Profile: Erin Johnson

Profile of Alexander D. Johnson.

Discussing the yeast Candida albicans, biochemist Alexander Johnson describes a resident of the human gut that can turn into a fatal pathogen in the immunocompromised. Johnson, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of California, San Francisco, appreciates the genetic intricacies of this eukaryote that changed his views on transcriptional regulation and the evolution of m...

Erin Giffin

Gender differences in economic decisions are well-documented and span a variety of important choices. Laboratory experiments have been used to identify potential mechanisms to explain these differences, and the results have most frequently been attributed to men and women having different preferences, especially when subjects’ choices are anonymous. In this paper, I propose a theoretical model ...

Erin Lee

Profile of Philip N. Johnson-Laird.

O ur greatest technological accomplishments, from space travel to nuclear power and the creation of the Internet, stand as testaments to the scientific process and mankind’s ability to reason. These advances, however, have been matched with equally spectacular technological catastrophes. “Scientists and technologists are rational in principle,” explains Philip Johnson-Laird, a professor of psyc...

Erin O’Connor

of the Manuscript Project: This monograph investigates some of the historical roots of the contemporary and complicated connections between Indian men, Indian women, and the state by examining multilayered links between gender and Indian/state relations from 1850-1925. In particular, the study explains the historical foundations for Indian women’s often-peripheral status in Indian/state relatio...