Valerie Racine, Western New England University
Valerie Racine completed her Ph.D. in History and Philosophy of Science at ASU’s Center for Biology and Society in 2016. Her dissertation project studied the development of particular research programs in molecular genetics and genomics during the 20th century. After a short stay as a Visiting Fellow at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research in Klosterneuburg, Austria, she joined Western New England University as Assistant Professor of Philosophy in 2017. She was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor in 2022 but decided to leave academia soon after. She continues to research topics in bioethics, data ethics, and AI ethics as she pursues a new career trajectory in software development.