Dr. Christopher Horvath

Interim Chair and Associate Professor

School of Biological Sciences

Office

Stevenson Hall - STV STV 412

Office Phone

(309) 438-7298office
phone

Department Phone

(309) 438-7665dept
phone

chorvath@ilstu.eduemail

About
Education
Awards & Honors
Research

Current Courses

470Evolution

150Science And Human Culture

Research Interests & Areas

(Ph.D. Duke University) is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Biological Sciences. His research in evolutionary theory, phylogenetic systematics evolutionary psychology, and gender studies appears in numerous academic outlets including the Philosophy of Science, Biology and Philosophy, The Quarterly Review of Biology, and The Archives of Sexual Behavior. Professor Horvath has served as a visiting scholar in the Program for History and Philosophy of Science at Sydney University (Australia), and as a Fellow in History and Philosophy of Biology at Northwestern University. In addition to his appointment in Philosophy, Professor Horvath also has an adjunct appointment in the Department of Biological Sciences.

Ph D

Duke Univesity

Durham, North Carolina

David A. Strand Diversity Achievement Award

Illinois State University

2004

Illinois State University Outstanding Service Award

Illinois State University

2004

College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Service Award

Illinois State University

2002

Presentations

Why Build it Like That: Evolutionary Arguments Against Intelligent Design. Bloomington Normal Free Thinkers Society. (2014)

Constructing Masculinity. ISU FLAME. (2013)

Pre-theoretical Assumptions in Biological Explanations for Human Sexual Orientation. The 2013 Meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology. International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology. (2013)

Integrating History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology: David L. Hull's Contributions. The 2011 Meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology. International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology. (2011)

Testing Biological Hypotheses about Sexual Orientation: The Maternal Immune Hypothesis and Fetal T. Twenty-Second Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. Philosophy of Science Association. (2010)