Pfatteicher, Sarah K.A.

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Sarah K.A. Pfatteicher

Sarah K.A. Pfatteicher
Research Professor. Assistant Dean, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

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116 Agricultural Hall
1450 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706

Tel: 608/262-3003
E-mail: spfatt@cals.wisc.edu

Program Affiliations

Education

AB '88 (Physics and Mathematics) Smith College, Northampton, MA
MA '90 (History of Science) UW-Madison
PhD '96 (History of Science) UW-Madison

Publications

Clark A. Miller & Sarah K.A. Pfatteicher. “Nanotechnology in Society Education: Cultivating the Mental Habits of Social Engineers and Critical Citizens." Invited chapter co-author. Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education: Issues, Trends and Future Directions, Aldrin Sweeney & Sudipta Seal, eds., American Scientific Publishers, forthcoming.
Katherine Sanders, Patrick V. Farrell, & Sarah K.A. Pfatteicher. "Curriculum Innovation Using Job Design Theory." Proceedings of the Human Factors Ergonomics Society 50th Annual Meeting (2006).
Editorial, “Anticipating Engineering's Ethical Challenges in 2020.” (IEEE) Technology and Society Magazine. Vol. 24, No. 4 (Winter 2005): 4, 43.
“Building Destruction and Collapse,” in Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics. New York: Macmillan, 2005.
“Depending on Character: The ASCE Shapes its First Code of Ethics.” (ASCE) Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, Vol. 129, No. 1 (January 2003): 21-31.
* Awarded Best Paper of the Year, JPI, October 2002 — July 2003 issues.
Sarah K.A. Pfatteicher and Margaret P. Tongue, “What Drives Diversity?” Frontiers in Education 2002 Conference Proceedings (on CD-ROM), November 2002, Paper #1550.
“Learning from Failure: Terrorism and Ethics in Engineering Education.” Feature Article. IEEE Technology & Society Magazine, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Summer 2002): 8-12, 21.
“Teaching vs. Preaching: EC2000 and the Engineering Ethics Dilemma.” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 90, No. 1 (January 2001): 137-42.
“Challenger Disaster.” Invited essay for The Oxford Companion to U.S. History. Paul S. Boyer, ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 110-111.
“'The Hyatt Horror': Failure and Responsibility in American Engineering,” (ASCE) Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, Vol. 14, No. 2 (May 2000): 62-66.
* Nominated for Outstanding Paper of the Year, JPCI, 2000.
“Walkways: Tragedy and Transformation in Kansas City,” Proceedings of the 2nd (ASCE) Forensic Engineering Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 19-23, 2000, 47-55.
Essay Review of Talking About Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences, by Elaine Seymour and Nancy Hewitt; Women in Medical Education: An Anthology of Experience, Delese Wear, ed.; and Gender and Career in Science and Engineering, by Julia Evetts. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 25 (Autumn 1999): 294-297.
“Henry Coddington Meyer [engineering researcher & publisher].” American National Biography, ed. John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes, vol. 5. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, pp. 401-402.
“Rebecca Lee Crumpler, M.D. [first black woman physician in U.S.]” American National Biography, ed. John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes, vol. 5. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, pp. 823-825.
Sarah K.A. Pfatteicher, Jennifer Kushner, and Ramona Gunter. “Inclusive Learning Communities: A Report on the Foundation Coalition Inclusive Learning Communities Conference, November 17-18, 1998, Madison, Wisconsin.” Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin College of Engineering (A Foundation Coalition Partner Institution), 1998.
Sarah K.A. Pfatteicher, Dianne Bowcock, & Jennifer Kushner. “Program Assessment Tool Kit: A Guide to Conducting Interviews & Surveys,” pilot ed. Madison, WI: LEAD Center, 1998.
Jeffrey S. Russell, Sarah K.A. Pfatteicher, and John R. Meier, “Improved Management of the Engineering Educational Process.” (American Society of Civil Engineers) Journal of Management in Engineering 13 (Nov./Dec. 1997): 37-41.
Review of The Introspective Engineer and The Existential Pleasures of Engineering, 2nd ed., by Samuel Florman. Technology and Culture 38 (October 1997): 1022-25.

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

Senior Member, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
Board of Governors, Society on Social Implications of Technology (IEEE)
Officer, American Society for Engineering Education
Affiliate Member, American Society of Civil Engineering
Chair's Advisory Council, InterCollegiate Ethics Bowl
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
Society for the History of Technology

Courses

Inter Ag 155: Freshman Seminar

Summary

Undergraduate curriculum development and policy are the primary focus of Sarah Pfatteicher's diverse duties as assistant dean. Her activities emphasize enhancing student learning and retention. She is also Research Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an active member (and past Steering Committee member) of the Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies. In these latter roles she conducts research in two overlapping areas, the first having to do with engineering education and the second focused on the history of ethics and professionalism in engineering, particularly related to engineering disaster response.

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