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Cecelia Watson
Cecelia Watson (2019)
BornUnited States
TitleScholar in Residence at Bard College
AwardsAmerican Council of Learned Societies New Faculty Fellow
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Chicago (Ph.D., M.A.); St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe) (B.A.)
Doctoral advisorRobert J. Richards
Other advisorsLorraine Daston
Academic work
DisciplineHistory and philosophy of science
Writing career
LanguageEnglish
GenreNonfiction
Notable worksSemicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
Websitececeliawatson.com

Cecelia Watson is an American author, and a historian and philosopher of science.

Career

Watson attended St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe), earning a B.A. in Liberal Arts. She then did graduate work at the University of Chicago under the supervision of Robert J. Richards and Lorraine Daston. She earned an M.A. in Philosophy and a Ph.D. in Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science.

From 2011 to 2013, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and a scientific advisor to Haus der Kulturen der Welt, working on a joint project on the Anthropocene hypothesis. She then was awarded an American Council of Learned Societies New Faculty Fellowship, which she undertook at Yale University from 2013 to 2015 with a joint appointment in the Department of Philosophy and the Program in the Humanities.

She is currently Scholar in Residence at Bard College, with no departmental affiliation listed. She has stated that she considers her academic work equally informed by the disciplines of history and of philosophy and that she rejects traditional disciplinary boundaries and specializations.

Writing

Watson has written for The New York Times, NBC, The Paris Review, LitHub, and The Millions. Her first book, Semicolon: The Past, Present and Future of a Misunderstood Mark was published in July 2019 by HarperCollins in the United States. The book argued in favor of the use of semicolons, and against traditional grammar rules.

A version of the book for British readers was published in the United Kingdom by 4th Estate with the title Semicolon: How a Misunderstood Punctuation Mark Can Improve Your Writing, Enrich Your Reading and Even Change Your Life.

In February 2022, Publishers Weekly announced that Watson's second book, covering the world of watch collecting and the watch industry, had been acquired by Riverhead Books.

References

  1. Norris, Mary (2019-07-15). "Sympathy for the Semicolon". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  2. "St. John's College | Annapolis Alum Pens Acclaimed Book on the Semicolon". www.sjc.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  3. "Alumni | Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science | The University of Chicago". chss.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  4. ^ "Curriculum Vitae". Cecelia Watson. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  5. "The Anthropocene Project | MPIWG". www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  6. "ACLS American Council of Learned Societies | www.acls.org - Results". www.acls.org. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  7. College, Bard. "Cecelia Watson". www.bard.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  8. "on william james and john la farge". 3:16. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  9. Watson, Cecelia (2021-05-04). "John McWhorter Takes a Serious Look at Profanity". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  10. "Opinion | Is there a right way to send text messages? A language expert explains". NBC News. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  11. Watson, Cecelia (2019-08-01). "The Birth of the Semicolon". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  12. "The Virtues of the Semicolon; or, Rebellious Punctuation". Literary Hub. 2019-08-29. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  13. Watson, Cecelia (2019-07-29). "Nine Things You Didn't Know About the Semicolon". The Millions. Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  14. ^ Sehgal, Parul (2019-07-30). "'Semicolon' Is the Story of a Small Mark That Can Carry Big Ideas". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  15. "Are you afraid of the semicolon?". The University of Chicago Magazine. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  16. "Semicolon by Cecelia Watson — a mark of distinction". www.ft.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  17. "Publishers Marketplace: Log In". www.publishersmarketplace.com. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
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