From September 3-6, 2025, members of the HASTS community gathered at the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA. Founded in 1975, 4S is the largest professional association of STS scholars in the world.
Current doctoral students Ambar Reyes, Diego Cerna-Aragon, and Zachary La Rock presented papers on moderated panels.
HASTS alum Candis Callison PhD ’10, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous journalism, media, and public discourse at the University of British Columbia, served as this year’s presidential plenary speaker in an event titled “Intersections of Indigenous Studies and STS.” Departing from past formats, the plenary unfolded as a conversation between Callison and Dian Million, a Tanana Athabascan critical theorist and associate professor of American Indian studies at the University of Washington-Seattle. The duo spoke to an overflow crowd at the Seattle Convention Center on Wednesday, September 3.
Anne Pollock PhD ’07, meanwhile, oversaw the meeting as current 4S president. Other program alums who presented work included Rijul Kochhar PhD ’22, Burcu Mutlu PhD ’19, Shreeharsh Kelkar PhD ’16, Emily Wanderer PhD ’14, Chihyung Jeon PhD ’10, Anita Chan PhD ’08, Wen-Hua Kuo PhD ’05 (4S president-elect), and Hannah Landecker PhD ’00. On the evening of Friday, September 5, many current and former members of the community joined together for a lively social hosted by MIT Associate Professor of STS Oliver Rollins.
(L-R): Ambar Reyes, Diego Cerna-Aragon, and Zachary La Rock
4S Presidential Plenary featuring Candis Callison PhD '10 and Dian Million