Academic Work
 
Research Dr. Weasel’s current research interests are centered on ethics and equity issues relating to the life sciences. Her scholarly work encompasses a broad range of interdisciplinary topics, from feminist science studies to public engagement with science to sustainable agriculture and food security in the developing world. Books Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food. Amacom, 2008. Feminist Science Studies: A New Generation. Maralee Mayberry, Banu Subramanian, and Lisa Weasel, Eds. Routledge, 2001. Book Chapters Mayberry, M., Subrumaniam, B., and Weasel, L. (2001). Adventures across natures and cultures. in Mayberry, N., Subrumaniam, B., and Weasel, L. Feminist Science Studies: A New Generation. Routledge, p. 173-182. Weasel, Lisa. (2001) Laboratories without walls: The "science shop" as a model for feminist community science in action. in M. Mayberry, B.Subrumaniam and L. Weasel, (Eds). Feminist Science Studies: A New Generation. Routledge, 2001. Weasel, Lisa, Bautista, D. and Honrado, L. (2001) The forgotten few: Women and minorities in the physical sciences and engineering, . in M. Mayberry, B.Subrumaniam and L. Weasel, (Eds). Feminist Science Studies: A New Generation. Routledge, 2001 Weasel, Lisa. (2000). The cell in relation: An ecofeminist revision of cell and molecular biology. in I. Bartsch and M. Lederman, The Gender and Science Reader, Routledge 2000. Book Reviews Weasel, L. (2002). Biology at Work: Rethinking Sexual Equality, by Kingsley Browne. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 28 (3): 1000-1003 
Weasel, L. (2002). Reinventing the Sexes: The Biomedical Construction of Femininity and Masculinity, by Marianne van den Wijngaard. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 28 (3): 1000-1003. Peer-reviewed articles Jensen, Eric and Weasel, Lisa H. (2006). Abortion discourse in American news coverage of human cloning. New Genetics and Society 25(3): 305-323. Weasel, Lisa and Jensen, Eric. (2005) Language and Values in the Human Cloning Debate: A web-based survey of scientists and Christian fundamentalist Pastors. New Genetics and Society 24(1):1-14. Weasel, Lisa. (2004). Feminist Intersections in Science: Race, Gender and Sexuality through the Microscope. Hypatia 19(1):183-193. Koyama, Emi and Lisa Weasel (2003). Von der sozialen Konstruktion zu sozialer Gerechtigkeit, Wie wir unsere Lehre zu Intersex veraendern. Die Philosophin 28: 79-89. Weasel, L. (2002) The message beneath the meaning: The role of race in human cloning discourse. Fireweed Feminist Quarterly, volume 78: 6-16. Koyama, Emi and Lisa Weasel. (2002). From Social Construction to Social Justice: Transforming How We Teach About Intersexuality. Women’s Studies Quarterly 30 (3-4): 169-178. Weasel, Lisa. (2001) Dismantling the self/other divide in science: Towards a feminist theory of the immune system. Hypatia, 16(1):27-44. Weasel, Lisa, Bautista, D. and Honrado, L. (2000) The forgotten few: Women and minorities in the physical sciences and engineering, Women's Studies Quarterly, 28(1-2):251-263. Weasel, Lisa. (1997). The cell in relation: An ecofeminist revision of cell and molecular biology. Women's Studies International Forum 20:1, 1-11. Semenza, J. and Weasel, L. (1997). Molecular epidemiology in environmental health: Tumor suppressor gene p53 as a biomarker. Environmental Health Perspectives, 105:1, 155-163. Wessendorf, L., Wehrli, M. and Wilcox, M. (1992). Genetic Interactions with the Integrins During Wing Morphogenesis in Drosophila. in The Cell Surface, Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology, vol 57. Yang, Z., Suguwara, M., Ponath, P., Wessendorf, L., Banerji, J., Li, Y. and Strominger, J. (1990). Interferon gamma response region in the promoter of the human DPa gene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 87(23):9226-30. Lectures and Presentations “Biopharm makes odd bedfellows: Ethical controversies surrounding genetically modified pharmaceutical crops.” Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society meeting, June 4, 2008. “Roots of Resistance: Knowledge, Power, and the Global Politics of Genetically Modified Food.” Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities Lecture Series: The Book of Life in a Genomic Age. Iowa State University, November 8, 2007. Interview, Iowa Midday Show, WOI Iowa Public Radio, November 8, 2007. “Feminism in the Field(s): Genes, Gender, and the Globalization of GMOs.” California Polytechnic State University, October 30, 2007. “Sustainable Agriculture Policy in Global Context: Lessons from Agricultural Biotechnology.” Agriculture, Environment and Development: A Regional Project for Africa. International Visitor Leadership Program, U.S. Department of State, August 27, 2007. “Nanotechnology and the Public: Wow, Yuck, or…I don’t know?” Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), July 17, 2007. Current Issues in Biotechnology Panel, Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, University of Oregon, March 3, 2007. “Feminism in the Field(s): Gender, Knowledge and the Globalization of GMOs.” Department of Women’s Studies, SUNY Stony Brook, February 21, 2006. “DNA at the Dinnertable: Global Ethical Debates Surrounding Genetically Modified Food.” Penn State University, Dept. of Science and Technology Studies, February 15, 2006. “Differing Visions of GMOs Worldwide: Ethics, Values and Equity Implications.” Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society Annual Meeting, June 2005. “Genetically Modified Organisms: How Far? How Fast?” Symposium on Environmental Affairs, Lewis & Clark College, October 2004. “Negotiating the Genetic Border: Feminist Approaches to Understanding the Social Dimensions of Genetic Modification. “National Women’s Studies Association Conference, June 2004. Junior Faculty Issues in Women’s Studies Roundtable, National Women’s Studies Association Conference, June 2001. “Feminist Intersections in Science: Race, Gender and Sexuality through the Microscope.” National Women’s Studies Association Conference, June 2001. “Teaching Intersex in Women’s Studies. “National Women’s Studies Association Conference, June 2001. “Feminist Intersections in Science: Race, Gender and Sexuality through the Microscope.” Gender Studies Symposium, Lewis and Clark College, March 2001. “The Cyborg and the Seed: Postmodernism, Ecological Feminism, and Agricultural Biotechnology.” Taking Nature Seriously Conference, University of Oregon, February 2001. "Danger and Difference in Popular and Scientific Representations of Immunity: A Feminist Perspective on Constructions of the Self in Science" American Comparative Literature Association, Interdisciplinary Studies: In the Middle, Across, or In-Between? Conference, Feb 2000. “The Science Question in Women's Studies.” The Future of Women’s Studies Conference, University of Arizona, Oct 2000 “Interdisciplinarity, Science and Women’s Studies: Merging content and values in the classroom.” Interdisciplinarity – Values in Conflict, Association for Integrative Studies Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, Oct 2000, Grants and Awards Principal Investigator, The Global Helix: Ethics and Equity Issues in International Biotechnology. National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 9/01-9/06 $249,998. Principal Investigator, Oregon Biotechnology Education Program Rural Outreach. Ford Family Foundation, 2/01-2/03 $64,000. Principal Investigator, Oregon Biotechnology Education Program. M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, 6/00-6/02. $219,000. Principal Investigator, Oregon Biotechnology Education Program, Eisenhower Federal Education Program, 8/00-7/01. $43,190. Project Kaleidescope, Faculty for the 21st Century, 2001-present NIH Ethical Legal and Social Issues (ELSI) Faculty fellowship, Dartmouth College, 2001 Campuswide Innovative Teacher of the Year, University of California at Irvine, 1999 Program in Women’s Studies Teaching Prize, UC Irvine, 1998, 1999 Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Grant, 1995 Overseas Research Studentship of the United Kingdom, 1990-93 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowship, 1989-94 Teaching Gender and Science (Undergraduate, UC Irvine) Feminist Epistemologies of Science (Graduate, UC Irvine) Knowledge, Power and Science (Undergraduate, UC Irvine) Feminist Science Studies (Undergraduate, UC Irvine) Genes and Society (Undergraduate; UC Irvine, Portland State) General Biology (Undergraduate, Portland State) General Biology Laboratory (Undergraduate, Portland State) Developmental Biology (Undergraduate/Graduate, Portland State) Feminist Methodologies for the Natural and Social Sciences (Grad. Seminar, PSU) Democracy, Ethics and Civic Discourse in the Gene Age (Undergraduate Capstone, PSU) Service and Community Involvement Board Member, Green House Network, 2007-present Member, Governor’s Ad Hoc Committee on Biopharming, State of Oregon, 2005-2007 Member, Program Committee, Growing Gardens, 2005-8 Board Member, Geneforum, 2002-2005 Director, Oregon Biotechnology Education Program, 2000-2004
 
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 email: lisaw@pdx.edu