BIOL368/F16:Week 7

This journal entry is due on Tuesday, October 18 at midnight PDT (Monday night/Tuesday morning). NOTE that the server records the time as Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Therefore, midnight will register as 03:00.

There will not be an individual journal assignment for this week; there will only be a shared journal assignment, which will count for 13 points.

Shared Journal Assignment

• Store your journal entry in the shared BIOL368/F16:Class Journal Week 7 page. If this page does not exist yet, go ahead and create it.
• Link to the shared journal entry from your user page; this should be part of your template.
• Link the shared journal page to this assignment page.
• Sign your portion of the journal with the standard wiki signature shortcut (~~~~).
• Add the "BIOL368/F16" category to the end of the wiki page (if someone has not already done so).

Readings

• Aspinall, P. J. (2005). The operationalization of race and ethnicity concepts in medical classification systems: issues of validity and utility. Health Informatics Journal, 11(4), 259-274. DOI: 10.1177/1460458205055688
• Bodenreider, O., & Stevens, R. (2006). Bio-ontologies: current trends and future directions. Briefings in bioinformatics, 7(3), 256-274. DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbl027
• Noble, S. U. (2012). Missed connections: What search engines say about women. Bitch Magazine, 54, 36-41.

Reflection

After the panel discussion, but before you do the readings

1. Please comment on what aspect of the From the Archive to Google: Information Technologies and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Americas panel that you found particularly interesting, exciting, or disturbing.
2. How is what was talked about in the panel relevant to your future career as a scientist or health care professional?

After you do the readings

1. Please comment on what aspect of the readings that you found particularly interesting, exciting, or disturbing?
2. What is the common thread amongst these three readings and how are they related to the panel discussion?
3. How might you change your practice in your future career as a scientist or health care professional based on the panel discussion and readings?
4. Write a discussion question based on the panel and readings that you would like to talk about further.