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Proposal Presentation Review

Presenter: John Cluck Reviewer: Kevin Fodness

1)Did the presentation clearly describe the aims of the research – empirical, conceptual, methodological, and practical?

Yes, very well.

2)Did the presentation provide an overview of what we already know about the research subject, and then explain how the proposed research will create new knowledge?

Yes. Basically, epigenetics is an understudied field, and certainly understudied in the STS literature. Studying epigenetics and publishing the results will contribute valuable new knowledge to the field.

3)Did the presentation provide a robust sense of how the research will be carried out, and of the type of data that will be collected?

Yes - “semi-unstructured ethnographic interviews” plus research into epigenetics itself.

4)Did the research plan presented seem credible and feasible?

Absolutely.

5)Did the presentation provide a tangible sense of the book and other outcomes of the research?

Not explicitly, but the work could easily be used for a book, conference presentations, journal articles, etc.

6)Did the presentation persuade you that the proposed research is important, in this historical moment in particular?

Absolutely. Epigenetics isn't getting a lot of press, and the press it is getting is scary.

7)Was the speaking style clear, engaging, and well timed?

Very much so. I really liked the fact that the presentation itself was primarily filled with quotes so that the audience could concentrate on the spoken content of the presentation instead of the visuals.

8)Further comments and questions:

Good job explaining what epigenetics is at the beginning of the presentation.