Charles Ess

(See complete curriculum vitae here)

Distinguished Research Professor, Global Studies
Professor, Philosophy and Religion

Drury University Springfield, Missouri 65802 USA

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Email: <cmess@drury.edu>

Professor II, Programme for Applied Ethics
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

[Fall, 2007] Guest Professor, Department of Information and Media Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark

[June, 2007] Guest professor, Institute Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres (IUFM), Centre Universitaire Vauban, Nîmes, France.

Co-Chair (with Fay Sudweeks, Herbert Hracovec, Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication (CATaC)'08 , Nîmes, France, 24-27 June, 2008

President, , Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), 2007-2009

Teaching / Research / Publication Areas:

  • History of Philosophy

  • Ethics

  • Culture, Technology, Computer-Mediated Communication

  • Online research ethics, West and East.

  • Logic

  • Feminist Philosophy

  • World Religions

  • Philosophy of Science / Philosophy of Religion



Education:
Ph.D.-1983: Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University
M.A.- 1975: Philosophy (minor in Greek), Penn State
B.A.- 1973: Philosophy and German, Texas Christian University (graduated with university honors, philosophy departmental honors, Phi Beta Kappa)

Dissertation:
Analogy in the Critical Works: Kant's Transcendental Philosophy as Analectical Thought (Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1983.)

Also Teaches:

Undergraduate:

  • Alpha Seminar (Interdisciplinary First-Year Course)

  • Values Analysis (Western / Eastern Ethics applied to contemporary issues)

  • Religions of the World (Middle-Eastern; Eastern)

  • Philosophy of Religion

  • Philosophy of Science

  • Honors (Postmodernism; Nietzsche; Existentialism; Sci-Fi/Cy-Phi An exploration of classic philosophical issues vis-a-vis science fiction; Gandhi)

Graduate:

  • Guest lectures, Erasmus Mundus Master in Applied Ethics, "Multicultural Conflicts and Ethics" (FI5201), NTNU, September 19, 21, 2007.

    Lecture 1: "Multiculturalism, Liberalism, Freedom and Tolerance" (Berlin, Rawls, Galston). Lecture 2: "Minority Rights, Group Representation and Deliberative Democracy" (Kymlicka)

  • First Opponent, Doctoral disputas: Janne C. H. Bromseth, Genre trouble and the body that mattered. Negotiations of gender, sexuality and identity in a Scandinavian mailing list community for lesbian and bisexual women. NTNU, Trondheim. 16. June 2006.

  • PhD co-supervisor (with Espen Aarseth): Miguel Sicart. Thesis topic: The Ethics of Computer Games. IT-University, Copenhagen.

  • Hauptseminar, 'Cross-cultural Approaches to Internet Research Ethics: Basic Issues and Emerging Guidelines.' Trier University, in affiliation with the Departments of Media Studies (Medienwissenschaften) and Chinese Studies (Sinologie). October 25-December 17, 2004.

  • Graduate course, 'Internet Research Ethics,' with Dag Elgesem (University of Bergen) and Chris Mann (Cambridge University). Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (Trondheim, Norway). June 3-6, 2002.

Languages:
German (fluent); reading proficiency in French, Greek, Danish, Norwegian

Academic Positions:

  • 2007: Visiting [Full] Professor, Centre for Internet Research, Department of Information and Media Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark. (fall semester).
    Guest professor, Institute Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres (IUFM), Centre Universitaire Vauban, Nîmes, France. June.

  • 2007-2009: President, Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)

  • 2006-2007: Information Ethics Fellow, the Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

  • 2006: PhD preliminary examiner (information ethics), Mälardalen University, Sweden;
    PhD Examiner, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia.

  • 2005-2006: Erasmus Mundus Scholar, Masters Course in Applied Ethics (NTNU, Linköping University, Sweden, and Utrecht University, The Netherlands - funded by the European Commission.

  • 2005-2007: Vice-President, Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)

  • 2005-2008: Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility, American Association for the Advancement of Science (Chair, 2007-2008)

  • 2005-2008: Professor II, in affiliation with the Programme for Applied Ethics, Norwegian Science and Technical University (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.

  • 2004-present: Editorial Board, INSEIT Journal (International Society for Ethics and Information Technology).

  • 2004: Fulbright Senior Scholar, Universität Trier (Departments of Chinese [Sinologie] and Media Studies [Medienwissenschaft], Sept. 16-Dec. 15.

  • 2004-present: Editorial Board, International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction

  • 2004-present: Editorial Board, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

  • 2003: Visiting Professor, Department of Digital Aesthetics and Communication, IT-University, Copenhagen (sabbatical leave, fall)

  • 2003-present: Editorial Board, new media and society (Sage)

  • 2002-present: Research Associate, Information Ethics Group, Oxford Computing Laboratory

  • 2002-2005: Academic Advisory Panel, Pew Internet and American Life Project

  • 2002-2005: Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility, American Association for the Advancement of Science

  • 2002-present: Editorial Board, Arts & Humanities in Higher Education (Sage)

  • 2000-present: Chair, Ethics Working Committee, Association of Internet Researchers

  • 2001-2002: Director, Interdisciplinary Studies Center, Drury University

  • 1998-2000: Board member, ASIANetwork

  • 1996-1998: Research Associate, Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics, Carnegie Mellon University (sabbatical leave, fall, 1996)

  • 1995-2001: Chair, Philosophy and Religion Department, Drury College 1994: Tenure, promotion to Professor, Drury College

  • 1988-1994: Associate Professor, Drury College

  • 1986-1988: Assistant Professor, Morningside College, Sioux City, IA. (Leave replacement)

  • 1980-1986: Assistant Professor, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT. (Tenure, leave of absence approved, 1986; promotion to associate approved, 1988)

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