Philosophy and Religion
Ann C (Anncy) Thresher
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion and Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Ann C (Anncy) Thresher is a philosopher of science and applied ethicist. She is a project lead at the Next Generation Event Horizon Telescope, affiliate at the Harvard Black Hole Initiative, and leads the Culturally Sensitive Sites Group at the International Astronomical Union. Her book ‘The Tangle of Science’ grapples with the question of what make science reliable. She also works on the environmental crisis, including invasive species control, and the environmental cost of the new space age.