The Center is delighted to welcome scholars who wish to interact with the Center researchers and with others in the Stanford community. Such interchanges are mutually beneficial and enrich the collegial atmosphere. However, the resources at hand to support such visits are limited. Consequently, preference is given to scholars who wish to carry out longer visits and who therefore can develop working collaborations. Ideally, visiting scholars will be able to defray costs associated with their visit, such as computer support, office assistance, and telephone charges.
To be appointed as a Visiting Scholar, you must meet the following criteria: (1) be a recognized expert in your field; (2) have a doctoral degree; and (3) have an affiliation with an outside institution or organization. Visiting Scholar appointments are usually made for one year. Visiting Scholars are not employees of the University and the title may not be used for personnel or payroll purposes. Visiting Scholars may not receive regular compensation from the University. Application for Visiting Scholar status must include proof of funds in an amount equivalent to or greater than the current first-year postdoctoral stipend.
Potential visiting scholars should contact the Visiting Scholars Committee at for further information.
Current Visiting Scholars
Joanna H. Fanos, Ph.D. is Research Assistant Professor, Department of
Pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School. She has worked as a research psychologist focusing on the impact of pediatric illness on the family, especially the well sibling. She has documented the long-term psychosocial effects of growing up with and possibly surviving an affected sibling in such disorders as cystic fibrosis, ataxia-telangiectasia, X-linked severe combined immune deficiency, pediatric HIV, Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Her research led to her founding and directing a Sibling Center in the Department of Pediatrics at California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, a preventive clinical program to help children and adolescents with an ill sibling.
John Paris, S.J., Ph.D., (2006) is the Michael P. Walsh Professor of Bioethics at Boston College. He is also Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at Tufts Medical School and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Susan Leigh Star, Ph.D., B.A., is currently Senior Scholar and and Visiting Professor of Computer Engineering at Santa Clara University. She was formerly Professor of Communication at UCSD and Professor of Information Science at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Her research at Stanford, with Niranjan Karnik, is a historical-contemporary study of electro-shock therapy, following the trajectory of the technology as well as patient's experience and navigation through the medical treatments and their integration into daily life.
Past Visiting Scholars
John Paris, S.J., Ph.D., (2006) is the Michael P. Walsh Professor of Bioethics at Boston College. He is also Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at Tufts Medical School and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Shinmi Kim, Ph.D. (2005), was a Visiting Scholar at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics. Dr. Kim is Assistant Professor with the Department of Nursing, Woosuk University in Korea. Her research interests include end of life care, good death
Mary Mahowald, Ph.D. (2003-2004), was Visiting Professor Emerita at the Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics. She is a philosopher and Professor Emerita in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, and the Committee on Genetics at the University of Chicago.
Azumi Tsuge, Ph.D. (2003-2004), was a Visiting Scholar at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics as well as the Institution for Research on Women Studies and Gender. She is a Medical Anthropologist and Professor at the Department of Sociology, Meijigakuin University, Tokyo. Her primary research interest is the analysis of socio-cultural factors on the decision-making process of patients assessed by interview and observation methods.
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