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Koffi N. Maglo
Assistant Professor | Philosophy of Science, History of 17th and 18th Century Science, African and African-American Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Philosophy - Tenure-Track Faculty
McMicken Hall
513-556-6324
koffi.maglo@uc.edu
Professional Summary
Koffi Maglo received his BA degree from the University of Lomé in Togo. After obtaining MA and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Burgundy in France, he migrated to the US and did postdoctoral studies at Virginia Tech. He was also a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, (2003-5). In 2005, he joined the Faculty at the University of Cincinnati as an Assistant Professor. His interests include philosophy of science, history of 17th and 18th century physics, bioethics and philosophy of biology, African philosophy, democracy and global justice.
His major English publications in the history and philosophy of science include “Force, Mathematics and Physics in Newton’s Principia: A New Approach to Enduring Issues,” in Science in Context, Cambridge University Press, 20:4, 2007; “The Reception of Newton’s Gravitational Theory by Huygens, Varignon, and Maupertuis: How Normal Science May Be Revolutionary,” in Perspectives on Science, MIT Press, 11: 2, 2003.
He published also on recent French philosophy of science as well as on French Enlightenment. Representative papers in this area are: “Bachelard et la négation positiviste de l’imagination scientifique,” in Actualité et postérité de Gaston Bachelard, Presses Universitaires de France, 1997; “Madame Du Châtelet, l’Encyclopédie et la philosophie des sciences,” in Émilie du Châtelet: éclairages et documents nouveaux, Paris, Ferney-Voltaire: CIEDS, 2008.
In the area of bioethics and philosophy of biology, Koffi Maglo is particularly interested in the issue of population stratification concept in science and medicine. On April 12-14, 2007, he organized an interdisciplinary symposium at the University of Cincinnati on “Race in the Age of Genomic Medicine: The Science and its Applications.” http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.asp?id=5592. He also co-authored with Borrell LN, Crawford ND and Barrington DS, “Black/White Disparity in Self-Reported Hypertension: The Role of Nativity Status,” in Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, The Johns Hopkins University Press, vol. 19:4, November 2008.
He is currently completing an essay on race in genomic science and medicine. His seminal paper presentations in this subject include: “Defining Natural Kinds vs. Making up People in Genomic Studies,” Harvard University; “Genomic Medicine and Race: Making the Case for Critical Genomic Epistemic,” Program in Science, Technology, and Society (MIT); “Gene, Disease and Ancestry: The Conflict over Population Stratification Concepts in Science and Medicine,” Annual meeting of the American College of Epidemiology in Boston in 2004.
