{"id":486,"date":"2013-08-23T13:56:58","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T17:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/?page_id=486"},"modified":"2026-08-03T11:32:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:32:52","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Director<\/h4>\n<p><b>Alisa Bokulich<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cphs\/files\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-03-at-11.10.29\u202fAM-636x564.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"252\" class=\"wp-image-5327 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/files\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-03-at-11.10.29\u202fAM-636x564.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/files\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-03-at-11.10.29\u202fAM-1024x907.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/files\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-03-at-11.10.29\u202fAM-768x681.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/files\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-03-at-11.10.29\u202fAM-1536x1361.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/files\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-03-at-11.10.29\u202fAM-2048x1815.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><b><span>Alisa Bokulich <\/span><\/b><span>holds a PhD in the History &amp; Philosophy of Science, is a Professor in the Philosophy Department at Boston University, and an Associate Member of the History of Science Department at Harvard University. She serves on the Steering Committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Section-L.\u00a0\u00a0From 2010-2023 she served as Director of BU\u2019s Center for Philosophy &amp; History of Science.\u00a0\u00a0She co-founded &amp; directs the Philosophy of Science Association&#8217;s Underrepresented Philosophy of Science Scholars (UPSS) Initiative &amp; Mentoring Program. Bokulich leads a research group in the philosophy of the geosciences called\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bokulich.org\/%cf%86-geo-group\/\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(149, 79, 114)\" title=\"https:\/\/bokulich.org\/%cf%86-geo-group\/\"><span>Phi-Geo<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0\u00a0She is author of the book\u00a0<i>Reexamining the Quantum-Classical Relation: Beyond Reductionism and Pluralism\u00a0<\/i>and is currently working on a new book on the philosophy of the geosciences, titled\u00a0<i>Measuring the Earth and Reconstructing Deep Time: Philosophical Issues in Data, Modeling, &amp; Uncertainty<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:abokulic@bu.edu\">abokulic@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Directors Emeriti<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/philo\/profile\/victor-kumar\/\">Victor Kumar<\/a><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><em>Director (2025-2026)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/philo\/profile\/rachell-powell\/\">Rachell Powell<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/a><em>Director (2023-2025)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/philo\/profile\/alisa-bokulich\/\">Alisa Bokulich<\/a><br \/>\n<em style=\"font-weight: 100;\">Director (2010 &#8211; 2023)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/profile\/alfred-i-tauber\/\">Alfred Tauber\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<em style=\"font-weight: 100;\">Director (1993 &#8211; 2010)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/about\/robert-cohen\/\">Robert S. Cohen<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Director (1960 &#8211; 1993)<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>International Advisory Board<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihpst.utoronto.ca\/people\/directories\/all-faculty\/edward-jones-imhotep\">Edward Jones-Imhotep<\/a>,<br \/>\n<em>Director, Institute for the History &amp; Philosophy of Science &amp; Technology<\/em><br \/>\n<em>University of Toronto (Canada)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.umn.edu\/about\/directory\/profile\/aclove\">Alan Love<\/a>,<br \/>\n<em>Director, Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science<\/em><br \/>\n<em>University of Minnesota (U.S.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/cpnss\/people\/bryan-w-roberts\">Bryan Roberts<\/a>,<br \/>\n<em>Director,\u00a0Centre for Philosophy of Natural &amp; Social Science<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The London School of Economics and Political Science (UK)<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Artist-in-Residence<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kacabradonjic.com\/\"><span>Ka\u0107a Bradonji\u0107<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Visiting Researchers<\/h4>\n<h5>Visting Faculty:<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leemcintyrebooks.com\/\">Lee McIntyre<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/aimosaic\/faculty\/nersessian\/\">Nancy Nersessian<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Affiliate Members<\/h4>\n<p>Our Affiliate Members consists of over 40 scholars in the greater Boston area who work across a broad range of topics in the history and philosophy of science, technology, and medicine. Our affiliates include faculty members at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University, Boston College, Northeastern University, and more. Please visit our <a href=\"\/cphs\/affiliates\/\">Affiliates page<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director Alisa Bokulich Alisa Bokulich holds a PhD in the History &amp; Philosophy of Science, is a Professor in the Philosophy Department at Boston University, and an Associate Member of the History of Science Department at Harvard University. 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