VITA
VITA, August, 2006
EMERSON THOMAS MCMULLEN
EDUCATION
Ph.D., History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, 1989. (Minors in Religious Studies and History.)
M.A., History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, 1986.
Graduate, United States Air Force Air War College, Air University, 1976.
M.S., Engineering Administration, Southern Methodist University, 1971.
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Washington State University, 1964.
Other: Templeton Science and Religion Workshop, 1995; Military History Fellow, U.S. Military Academy, June 1994; University of Oklahoma Professional Development Program, 1990; U.S.A.F. Academic Instructors' School, 1975; Air Command and Staff College, 1973; Squadron Officers' School, 1972, plus several other education topics.
EXPERIENCE
Georgia Southern University - Historian of Science, Technology, and Medicine, 1991 - present. Tenured in 1997; promoted to Associate Professor, 1998.
The Pascal Centre, Redeemer College, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada, grant research 1991 - 1992.
University of Oklahoma - Visiting Assistant Professor 1989 - 1990. Taught two different junior-level courses surveying the History of Science which also offered graduate credit to non-History of Science majors.
Indiana University - Associate Instructor/Ph.D. Candidate 1984 - 1989. Created and taught two different history of science courses (seven semesters) and helped teach two others (two semesters).
Joint Air Force/Navy Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile Systems Project Office - Chief of N.A.T.O. Division, 1980-1984.
Air Force Aeronautical Systems Division - Held two consecutive positions: Chief Equipment Engineer of the Life Support Systems Project Office and Special Assistant to the Deputy for Engineering, 1979-1980.
Air Force Institute of Technology - Instructor and then Assistant Professor, 1975-1979.
Air Force Aerospace Research Laboratories - Held two consecutive positions: Acting Chief of the Operations Office and Deputy Director of the Plasma Physics Laboratory, 1972-1975.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Research Associate, 1968-1970.
Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory - Research/Project Engineer, 1964-1968.
BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
"William Harvey's De Motu Cordis: A Critical Latin Edition and a New Translation," A book published by Academica Press, 2005.
Revised and edited World War II in a Khaki Skirt by Georgia B. Watson, published by Southern University Press, 2001/2002.
William Harvey and the Use of Purpose in the Scientific Revolution: Cosmos by Chance or Universe by Design? A book published by University Press of America, 1998.
The Battle of Midway: Tragedy, Triumph, Turning Point, a monograph published by the Bulloch County Historical Society, Statesboro, Georgia, 1998.
A Barren Virgin? Teleology in the Seventeenth Century, Ph.D. Dissertation, Indiana University, August 1989.
Helped to develop and later to revise a 228-page handbook for all Air Force laboratory contract managers. Published by the Air Force Systems Command, August 1976, and revised January 1978.
Case Studies for Contract Management for Air Force laboratory personnel, 46 pages, published by the Air Force Institute of Technology, Fall, 1975.
Field Measurements of the Permeability of Nevada Test Site Alluvium, Livermore Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, UCID-15727, July 1970. Coauthor: Dr. Alan Pasternak.
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
"Galileo's Condemnation: The Real and Complex Story," a refereed article, Georgia Journal of Science, 61/2:90-106, (2003).
"The Origin of Descartes' Mechanical Philosophy," a refereed article, Georgia Journal of Science, 60/2:127-144, (2002).
"Anatomy and Physiology to 1700," an extensively peer-reviewed article in The History of Science and Religion in the Western Tradition: An Encyclopedia, Gary B. Ferngren, editor, New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 2000, pp. 466-471.
"The Trustworthiness of Reason: Descartes, Harvey, and the Heart - A Case Study on the Need for Caution," Georgia Journal of Science 56:255-262 (1998).
"A New Framework for Scientific Discoveries, Change, and Advancement," Georgia Journal of Science, 55:161-173 (1997).
"Anatomy of a physiological discovery: William Harvey and the circulation of the blood," Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 88:491-8 (1995).
"New Insights on William Harvey's Discovery," Georgia Journal of Science, 53:101-115 (1995).
"The Reaction of Hydrazine and Chlorine Pentafluoride in a Laboratory Rocket Combustor," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Paper No. 68-02, January 1968. Coauthor: Dr. R.F. Sawyer and P. Purgalis.
"Combustion of the Hydrazine/Nitrogen Tetroxide Propellant System," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Paper No. 66-662, June 1966. Coauthor: W.H. Summers.
Other: Numerous technical and nontechnical reports; most are classified.
BOOK REVIEWS AND MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES
"Mitsuo Fuchida (1903-1973) and "Battle of Midway (1942)," signed articles in Walter J. Boyne, ed., AIR WARFARE An International Encyclopedia, Santa Barbara, California: A B C Clio, 2002, Vol. One, p. 245, and Vol. Two, pp. 412-413, respectively.
"No Vein Inquiry," a signed article about William Harvey in Chris Armstrong, ed., Christian History, Issue 76 (Vol. XXI, No. 4), Carol Stream, Illinois, Christianity Today, Inc., 2002, 76:41.
"Midway" and "Nuclear and Atomic Weapons," signed articles in Magill's Guide to Military History, John Powell, editor, Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, Inc., 2001, pp. 1006-1008 and 1141-1143, respectively.
"Jesus Christ" and"Mary," articles in Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, Vol. 2, Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, Inc., 2001, pp. 678 and 767-768, respectively.
"Iwo Jima: Their's was not to Reason Why," a signed article in the Statesboro Herald, Statesboro, Georgia: February 20, 2001, p. 1.
"Bacon's Rebellion," a signed article in The Encyclopedia of North American History, John C. Super, editor, 11 volumes, New York: Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 1999, Vol. 1, p. 96.
"William Harvey," a signed article in Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists, Richard Olson, Editor, New York: Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 1998, pp. 561-564.
Book review of J.D. Welsh, M.D., Medical Histories of Confederate Generals, published in the Journal of Mississippi History, Spring, 1996, pp. 103-104.
Book review of John Craige's Mathematical Principles of Christian Theology, published in Isis, 83:666 (1992).
"Objectives in Holy War," Command, Volume 29, Number 1, pp. 22-23 (1980).
"Nuclear War and the Christian," Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation 31:57-58 (1979).
CONFERENCE PAPERS
"El Fosil del Pez Terrestre," a paper given at Cientifica Conferencia, Actualization de las Grandes Interrogantes de la Ciencia, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Peru, 15 June 2006.
"Causa/Diseno Inteligente, Un Concepto Provado Pero Controversial," a paper given at Cientifica Conferencia, Actualization de las Grandes Interrogantes de la Ciencia, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Peru, 14 June 2006.
"El Big Bang y el Origin del Universo," a paper given at Cientifica Conferencia, Actualization de las Grandes Interrogantes de la Ciencia, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Peru, 14 June 2006.
"La Ciencia y el Origen de la Vida," a paper given at Cientifica Conferencia, Actualization de las Grandes Interrogantes de la Ciencia, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Peru, 13 June 2006.
"La Ciencia: Sus Limitaciones y sus Presuposiciones," a paper given at Cientifica Conferencia, Actualization de las Grandes Interrogantes de la Ciencia, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Peru, 13 June 2006.
"Intelligent Design, A Tested, but Controversial Concept," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science, at Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, Georgia, 25 March 2006. Abstract published in the Georgia Journal of Science 64:50 (2006).
"Translation of Harvey's De Motu Cordis," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science, at Gordon College, Barnesville, Georgia, 1-2 April 2005. Abstract published in the Georgia Journal of Science 63:78-9 (2005).
"The Limitations of Science," "The Origin of Life," and "The Big Bang," three papers given at a conference on science at the University of Cajamarca, Cajamarca, Peru, 8 - 9 June 2004.
"The Peppered Moth and Industrial Melanism - Ideological Fraud?" a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science, at Berry College, Mt Berry, Georgia, 26 March, 2004. Abstract published in the Georgia Journal of Science 63:69 (2004).
"William Harvey's De Motu Cordis and Translator Subjectivity," a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Association of the History of Medicine and Science, Augusta State University, Augusta Georgia, 27 February 2004
"Intelligent Design and Evolutionary Evidence," a paper given at the annual meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science, Reinhardt College, 22 March 2003. Abstract published in the Georgia Journal of Science 61:69 (2003).
"Reflecting on the Mighty Eighth: Oral History in Teaching and Research," Panel Commentator, Georgia Association of Historians, 30th Annual Meeting, St. Simons Island/Jekyll Island, Georgia, April 12-13, 2002.
"Galileo's Two Trials," a paper given at the annual meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, Georgia, 23 March 2002. Abstract published in the Georgia Journal of Science 60:89 (2002).
"Natural Philosophy Informed by Divine Light," a paper given at the annual meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science, Brunswick, Georgia, 24 March 2001. Abstract published in the Georgia Journal of Science 59:77 (2001).
"The Inception of Cartesian Philosophy," a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 16 February 2001,San Francisco, California. Abstract published in AAAS Annual Meeting & Science Innovation Exposition, ed. R. Paulson, 2001, p. A83.
"The Tyranny of the Experts: Cautionary Tales about Scientific Innovation," presented at the annual meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia, 24 March 2000. Abstract published in the Georgia Journal of Science 58:45 (2000).
"The Origin of Descartes' Mechanical Universe/Philosophy," presented at the annual meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science, Georgia Perimeter College, Lawrenceville, Georgia, 1999. Abstract published in the Georgia Journal of Science 57:77 (1999).
"The Trustworthiness of Reason: Descartes, Harvey, and the Heart - A Case Study on the Need for Caution," a poster presentation given 25 January 1999 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Anaheim, California, 21-26 January 1999. Abstract published in the program for the conference, Challenges for a New Century, eds. C.J. Boyd and M.S. Strauss, 1999, p.A-88.
"Descartes, Harvey, and the Heart," a paper given at the annual meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia, 25 April 1998. Abstract published in the Georgia Journal of Science, 56:68 (1998).
"A Historically-based Framework for Scientific Discoveries, Change and Advancement," a poster presentation given 14 February 1998 at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 12-17 February 1998. Abstract published in the program for the conference, Exploring Frontiers - Expanding Opportunities, eds. C.J. Boyd, M.S. Strauss, 1998, p. A-95.
"Lasting Influences in William Harvey's Childhood," a paper given at the annual meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science, West Georgia University, Carrollton, Georgia, 26 April 1997. Abstract published in the Georgia Journal of Science, 55:97 (1997).
"A New Framework for Scientific Discoveries, Change, and Advancement," a paper given at the annual meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science, Albany State College, Albany, Georgia, 27 April 1996. Abstract published in the Georgia Journal of Science, 54:63 (1996).
"When was the Discovery of the Blood's Circulation?" A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science, Augusta College, Augusta Georgia, 29 April 1995. Abstract published in the Georgia Journal of Science, 53:57 (1995).
"Rejecting a Paradigm," a poster presentation given on 18 February at the 1995 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia. Abstract published in the Program of the Conference, Unity in Diversity, ed. M.S. Strauss, p.135.
"The Timing of William Harvey's `Discovery' of the Circulation of the Blood," a paper presented at the History of Science Society Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1994.
"John Ray and Reasoned Anomaly," a paper given at the annual meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science, Kennesaw State College, Kennesaw, Georgia, 30 April 1994. Abstract published in the Georgia Journal of Science, 52:66 (1994).
"The Use of Reasoned Anomaly in Copernicus' Cosmology," a paper presented at the Georgia Academy of Science Annual Meeting, 1 May 1993, Dekalb College, Lawrenceville, Georgia. Abstract published in the Georgia Journal of Science, 51:56 (1993).
"The Role of Reasoned Anomaly in William Harvey's Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood," a paper presented at the joint meeting of the History of Science Society and the American Historical Association, Washington, D.C., 29 December 1992.
"God's Purposes and the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood," a paper presented at the International Conference on Science and Belief, Redeemer College, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada, 11 August 1992.
"Why Harvey? The Role of Anomaly in a Scientific Breakthrough," a paper presented at the Georgia Academy of Science annual meeting, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, 2 May 1992. Abstract published in the Georgia Journal of Science, 50:52 (1992).
"Purpose, Extraterrestrial Life and Galileo's Telescope," a paper presented at the Second Annual Conference on Science, Technology, and Religious Ideas, Kentucky State University, Frankfurt, Kentucky, 13 April 1991. Abstract published in the Proceedings of the conference.
"Utilize Final Causes in Science? The Seventeenth-Century Controversy," a poster presentation given at the 1991 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 18 February 1991. Abstract published in the Program of the conference.
"The Idea of Purpose in Science in Seventeenth-Century Europe," a paper presented at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Association of Professional Historians, Shawnee, Oklahoma, 24 February 1990.
"The Debate on Teleology in Science and Natural Theology in the Seventeenth Century," a paper presented at the History of Science Society Meeting, Gainesville, Florida, 27 October 1989.
INVITED TALKS
"Descent from a Common Ancestor? A Dialogue," A debate with Biology Professor Russ Stullken, at Augusta State University, Augusta Georgia, 3 November 2005.
"The War on Terrorism," panelist, Georgia Southern University, States boro, Georgia, 6 October 2005.
"The Limitations of Science," and "The Big Bang," two invited talks given to the PhD students at the University of Cajamarca, Cajamarca, Peru, 9 - 10 June 2004.
"US Foreign Policy Since 9/11" panelist, International Week, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, 9 April 2003.
"John Knox: Scotland's Fiery Prophet of Revolution," a talk given at the quarterly meeting of the Scottish Society of Southeast Georgia, Statesboro, Georgia, 7 April 2003.
"War and Religious Belief" panelist, Religious Awareness Week, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, 4 March 2003.
"Battle of Midway: WWII Climatic Battle of Men and Machines," the first presentation in the Augusta State University Lyceum Series, Augusta, Georgia, 27 September 2002.
"Ensign Glen Hodges and the Battle of Midway," with a postscript on the military career of the late Georgia B. Watson, at the Thanksgiving Dinner of the Statesboro Wildlife Club, Statesboro, Georgia, 8 November 2001.
"Glen Hodges and the Battle of Midway," A talk at the Kiwanis Club, Statesboro, Georgia, 30 November, 2000.
"Bert Ramsey and the Air War in Europe," A talk at the American Legion, Statesboro, Georgia, 17 November 2000.
"Truman and Victory," A public lecture at the Screven County Library, Sylvania, Georgia, 6 November 2000.
"MacArthur and the Pacific War," A public lecture at the Screven County Library, Sylvania, Georgia, 30 October 2000.
"The Navy's Wars," A public lecture at the Screven County Library, Sylvania, Georgia, 23 October 2000.
"Eisenhower and the European Command," A public lecture at the Screven County Library, Sylvania, Georgia, 16 October 2000.
"Marshall and the Strategy of War," A public lecture at the Screven County Library, Sylvania, Georgia, 9 October 2000.
"Roosevelt and the Wartime Presidency," A public lecture at the Screven County Library, Sylvania, Georgia, 2 October 2000.
"Introduction to the American Command Series," A public lecture at the Screven County Library, Sylvania, Georgia, 30 September 2000.
"An Introduction to Scientific and Biblical Arguments for a Young Earth." An invited talk at the University of Georgia, Athens, 25 September 2000.
"An Introduction to Soldiers, Sailors, and Statesmen in WWII," A talk at the Rotary Club, Sylvania, Georgia, 21 September 2000.
"Scientists Who Are Christians: Past and Present," presented as part of Religious Awareness Week, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, 12 April 1999, along with Dr. Norman Schmidt of the Department of Chemistry.
"The Death of the Dinosaurs, Superfloods, and other Megacatastrophes," an invited lecture given at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 11 May 1998.
"Mitsuo Fuchida, Lead Pilot at Pearl Harbor," a public lecture given at the Russell Union Building, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, 7 December 1998.
Curator of "Into the Wild Blue Yonder: A History of Aviation in Art," an exhibit on display at the Georgia Southern University Museum from 20 September to 26 October 1997. "The Battle of Midway: Tragedy, Triumph, Turning Point," a public lecture given at the Georgia Southern University Museum, Statesboro, Georgia, 20 September 1997.
"Anomalies and the Chemical Origin of Life Theory," a public lecture presented at the University of South Carolina, Lancaster, South Carolina, 3 April 1995.
"The History of Life from Non-Life," a public lecture given at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster, South Carolina, 16 April 1993.
GRANTS
Georgia Southern University Faculty Research Grant. To translate William Harvey's De Motu Cordis (1628/48) into English, Statesboro, Georgia, 2001.
National Endowment for the Humanities. To act as Resource Scholar and Discussion Leader, "The American Command," Sylvania, Georgia, 2000.
Georgia Southern University Development Grant. To jointly develop, with Dr. Barbara Horan of English/Philosophy, a cross-disciplinary course, "The Death of the Dinosaurs," Statesboro, Georgia, 1995. .
The Templeton Foundation. Per Diem grant to attend a Science and Religion Workshop at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 1995.
Redeemer College. To research topics in science and religion as part of a four-member team, Ancaster, Canada, 1990.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
International:
Referee: Isis, 2002.
Consultant, Dr. Kichiya Iwama, Osaka, Japan, translation of De Motu Cordis into Japanese, 2001.
Regional:
Chair, Philosophy and History Section Georgia Academy of Science, Present - 2001.
Referee - Georgia Journal of Science, 2001 - 1998.
Secretary, Philosophy and History of Science Section, Georgia Academy of Science, 2000.
Chair, Philosophy and History Section Georgia Academy of Science, 1996-1999.
State:
Historical consultant, Exhibits Committee, Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, Pooler, Georgia, 2000 - 1998.
Historical consultant: Savannah Magazine, Savannah, Georgia, 2000.
School and college service:
Member of the search committee for the Dean of the College of Information Technology, 2003 -2002.
Social Science Fair judge, 2004, 2002 and 2000.
Participant in the Timeshop, a joint GSU Museum and History Department living history presentation about Great Britian at war in 1940, 2005, 2004.
Talk at Dorman Hall, "Critique of Dead Presidents," 2002.
Chair, Lecture Committee (Until we did away with it in 1999).
Advisor, SCUBA Club, 1999. (Now inactive.)
Departmental Service:
On the Undergraduate Committee, 2006.
Advisees number four to six per year.
On the committee for teaching technology, 2001 to present.
Conducted separate independent studies, Summer and Fall semesters, 2002.
Responsible for Maps, up to 2002.
Peer Review Committee for Dr. Ruth Thompson, 2000.
Ad Hoc Committee on Web Sites, 2000.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
The American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The Georgia Academy of Science.
The History of Science Society.
The Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science