JOYCE HAVSTAD
Associate Professor
Philosophy
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Professor Havstad has worked in a soil ecology lab, on a marine reserve, in a gene expression lab, and behind the scenes at a natural history museum. She has performed an extended ethnography of the laboratory—but also countless tail clips, PCRs, and Western blots. She has published in Bioethics, Biology & Philosophy, British Journal for the History of Science, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Nature, Perspectives on Science, Philosophy of Science, Public Affairs Quarterly, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and Systematic Biology (among other venues).
GRANTS
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTCTSA UM1 PROGRAM AT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: UTAH CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2027
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTIMPROVING SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC DATA COLLECTION PRACTICES TO ENHANCE THE VALIDITY OF CTS FOR ALL AMERICANSNational Center for Advancing Translational Sciences1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2028People funded by this grant:
- Millar M,
- Zickmund S
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTTraining in Advanced Statistical Methods in Neuroimaging and GeneticsNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke1 Jul 2025 - 30 Jun 2030People funded by this grant:
- Anna D,
- Vincent K
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTCTSA UM1 Program at University of UtahNational Center for Advancing Translational Sciences1 Apr 2023 - 31 Mar 2023People funded by this grant:
- Hess R,
- Majersik J