Catherine Kendig is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Exeter, ESRC Center for Genomics in Society; an MSc. in Philosophy and History of Science from King’s College London; and an MA in Philosophy, Social Policy, and Ethics from American University, Washington, DC. Before taking up her current post, she was a Lecturer in Philosophy of Science in the Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London and an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion, Missouri Western State University.
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Catherine Kendig is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Exeter, ESRC Center for Genomics in Society; an MSc. in Philosophy and History of Science from King’s College London; and an MA in Philosophy, Social Policy, and Ethics from American University, Washington, DC. Before taking up her current post, she was a Lecturer in Philosophy of Science in the Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London and an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion, Missouri Western State University.
She is Associate Editor for the 'History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences' and Co-Editor (with Lydia Patton and Alan Richardson) for the History of Philosophy and Science series, De Gruyter Press.
Her current research focuses on philosophy of scientific classification (including normative aspects of classificatory and pre-classificatory activities), natural kinds, philosophy of synthetic biology and bioengineering, philosophy of ethnobiology, and the philosophy and history of agricultural practice.