Shannon Sylvie Abelson Download C.V. here
Current Affiliations
Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University 2023-present McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society/
Doerr School for Sustainability
Associate Member, NANOGrav 2022-present
Member, Next Generation Event Horizon Telescope 2023-present
Co-Lead, Responsible Siting Group
Education
PhD Philosophy Indiana University, Bloomington, 2023
Minor: History and Philosophy of Science
Graduate Certificate, Astronomy Swinburne University, 2021
Master of Arts Philosophy Virginia Tech, 2015
Bachelor of Arts Philosophy, German Stetson University, 2013
Magna Cum Laude
Minor in History
AOS: Philosophy of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ethics of Emerging Technologies, Space
AOC: Environmental Ethics, General Philosophy of Science, Epistemology of Science
Publications
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Variety of Evidence in Multimessenger Astronomy (2022) Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
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Simulation and Experiment Revisited: The Importance of Temporal Data in Astronomical Simulation (2023). Philosophy of Astrophysics: Stars, Simulations, and the Struggle to Determine What is Out There, in Synthese Library - Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Eds. Nora Boyd and Siska de Baerdemaeker)
Presentations:
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Maine Space Conference October 23-25, 2024
Portland, Maine
"Normative Considerations for Dark and Quiet Skies"
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7th Annual Black Hole Initiative Conference May 29, 2024
HPC Workshop
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
"Informed Consent and Responsible Telescope Siting"
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American Philosophical Association- Pacific Division. March 20-23, 2024
Philosophy of Physics Society
Portland, OR
"Mechanistic Evidence and the NANOGrav 15-Year Dataset"
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10th Annual Space Traffic Management Conference February 27-28, 2024
Strauss Center, University of Texas, Austin
Austin, TX
"Quiet Skies and the Future of Satellite Constellations"
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Stanford University Political Theory Workshop October 6th, 2023
Stanford, CA
"Contractualism and Space Governance"
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9th Annual Space Traffic Management Conference March 1-2, 2023
University of Texas, Austin, Strauss Center
"Attribution of Environmental Impact from Space Traffic: Challenges and
Lessons from Climate Change Attribution"
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PHEP 2022: Early Career Conference in Philosophy of March 26-27, 2022
Particle & High Energy Physics
Pittsburgh, PA
"Simulation and Experiment Revisted"
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der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft/ German March 21, 2022
Physical Society
AGPhil: Working Group in Philosophy of Physics
Heidelberg, Germany (online)
"Holistic Eliminative Reasoning for Astronomy and Astrophysics"
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Black Hole Initiative, Colloquium Series March 14, 2022
Harvard University, Boston, MA
"Eliminitive Reasoning in Astronomy and Astrophysics"
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2022 American Philosophical Association- Central Division February 23-26, 2022
Chicago, IL
"Simulation and Experiment Revisited: The Importance of Time in Astronomical Simulation"
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Indiana Philosophical Association November 13, 2021
“The Fate of Tensor-Vector-Scalar Alternative Gravity”
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Lichtenberg Group for History and Philosophy of Physics April 27, 2021
University of Bonn
“The Fate of Tensor-Vector-Scalar Alternative Gravity”
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2020/2021 Philosophy of Science Association Meeting November 2020/2021
Poster Forum, Baltimore, MD
“Reducing Uncertainty in Multimessenger Astronomy
Using Simulation”
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2020 Nelson Dissertation Fellowship Lecture September 18, 2020
Indiana University Bloomington
“Variety of Evidence in Multimessenger Astronomy”
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8th Integrated History and Philosophy of Science Conference (&HPS8)
Arlington, VA July 15-17, 2020
“Testing Modified Models of Gravity”
Moved to Asynchronous due to Covid-19
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Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice, East Lansing, MI July 7-10, 2020
“Variety of Evidence in Multimessenger Astronomy”
Cancelled due to Covid-19
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American Association of Philosophy Teachers/ APA Central Meeting 2020
Teaching Hub Poster Forum February 28, 2020
“Teaching Climate Ethics Using a Model Climate Forum”
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IU History and Philosophy of Science Fall Forum
“Testing Modified Gravity Models” November 29, 2018
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History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON November 10, 2017
“Einstein And the Michelson-Morley Experiment:
The Context of Justification Revisited”
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Thirteenth Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop at Notre Dame July 8, 2017
“Explanation and Unification: A Closer Look at Aristotle’s
Astronomical Model”
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Arizona State University Graduate Philosophy Conference February 4, 2017
“Moritz Schlick on Confirmation, Observation, and Conceptual
Frameworks”
Works in Progress
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Eliminative Reasoning in Astronomy and Astrophysics (under review)
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Machine Learning for Data-Driven Astronomy (manuscript)
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Quiet Skies and the Future of Satellite Constellations (under review)
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Contractualism and Space Governance
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Mechanical Evidence and the NANOGrav 15-Year Dataset
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Why Space is an Environment
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Informed Consent and Responisble Telescope Siting
All manuscripts available upon request.