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David Sepkoski
American science historian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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David Sepkoski (born January 27, 1972) is an American science historian and college professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[1]
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Background and career
Sepkoski was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts to paleontologist Jack Sepkoski. His stepmother is the paleomammologist Christine Janis.[2] He received his BA from Carleton College, his MA from the University of Chicago, and his doctoral degree in science history from the University of Minnesota.[1] His publications include three books, most recently Catastrophic Thinking, which deals with mass extinction events.[3]
E. O. Wilson controversy
Shortly after the death of E. O. Wilson, Sepkoski and Mark Borello published an article in The New York Review of Books titled Ideology as Biology, which asked: E. O. Wilson corresponded for years with a notorious proponent of race science, advocating for his research behind the scenes. What does it tell us about his most controversial work?[4]
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Awards and honors
- 2018 - Thomas M. Siebel endowed Chair of History[1]
- 2020 - Guggenheim Fellowship[5]
References
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