Posted on August 31, 2001 at 8:51 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, AL — Alison Wylie, Ph.D., noted for her active involvement in philosophical and ethical issues in contemporary archeology, will be the Jemison Visiting Professor in the Humanities for the fall semester, September 10-14, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Her appointment will be in the department of philosophy.

Wylie is a professor of philosophy at Washington University. While at UAB, she will teach several classes, including a class on women and science. In addition, she will meet with faculty in the department of anthropology.

Wylie is the author of a forthcoming book Thinking from Things: Essays in the Philosophy of Archaeology (University of California Press) that is due out this year. In addition, she has co-edited several other books, including Ethics in American Archaeology: Challenges for the 1990s for the Society of American Archeology, Special Report Series, Washington D.C., (1995) and Breaking Anonymity: The Chilly Climate for Women Faculty, (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1995). She is now involved with the study of feminist initiatives in Anglo-American archaeology that integrates feminist, philosophical and science studies perspectives.

Wylie earned her master’s degree in anthropology in 1979 and her doctoral degree in philosophy in 1982 from State University of New York at Binghamton. She has been a member of the editorial board for American Anthropologist, Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory and Philosophy of Science. In 1995 she received a presidential award from the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) for her contributions to the SAA Committee for Ethics in Archaeology.