B.A. History Stanford University 1974 M.A. History of Science University of California at Berkeley 1991 Ph.D. History of Science University of California at Berkeley 1997

Debora Hammond served as the 2005-2006 President of the International Society for the Systems Sciences and hosted the 50th anniversary conference at Sonoma State University,
July 9-14, 2006 http://isss.org/world/conferences/sonoma2006

Dr. Hammond joined the Hutchins faculty in the fall of 1997. In addition to teaching courses in the lower division integrated general education sequence, she has taught upper division seminars on such topics as The Global Food Web; Oikos: Ecology and Economics; Health and Healing; The Dharma of Complex Systems; and Technology, Ecology, and Society. She served as Provost of the Hutchins School from 2001-2004.

She writes, "Coming of age during the Vietnam War era, I struggled to avoid becoming a cog in the "system," and subsequently spent half of my graduate career studying "systems theory," exploring ways of thinking about complex systems that might support more participatory and inclusive forms of social organization."

Dr. Hammond finds solace and inspiration in the wilderness, which is reflected in her work on environmental philosophy and ethics. She believes that social justice depends upon our ability to find more harmonious ways of living with the natural world. The accompanying picture was taken on a kayaking trip down the Green River in Canyonlands National Park