Featured grants
- Roundtree, Aimee Kendall (Principal), Hanks, James C (Co-Principal). Setting Industry Standards for Ethical, Person-Centered Design in Facial Recognition and Biometric Applications, NEC Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $58000. (Submitted: May 2019, Funded: November 2019 - December 2021). Grant.
- Hanks, J C (Co-Principal). Supplemental Grant to NSF NanoTRA for Undergraduate Research, $6000. (Funded: 2014). Grant.
- Hanks, J C (Co-Principal). Supplemental Grant, NSF-NanoTRA, $6000. (Funded: 2014). Grant.
- Hanks, J C (Co-Principal). Supplemental Grant to NSF NanoTRA for Teacher Education, $10000. (Funded: 2013). Grant.
- Hanks, J C (Co-Principal). Supplemental Grant, NSF-NanoTRA, $10000. (Funded: 2013). Grant.

Featured scholarly/creative works
- Hanks, J. C., & Hanks, E. K. (2024). Ethics and Communication (revised). In Nano-safety. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter.
- Fazarro, D., Trybula, W., Tate, J., & Hanks, J. C. (Eds.). (2024). Nano-Safety: What We Need to Know to Protect Workers, Revised, 2nd Edition. Berlin: De Gruyter.
- Hanks, J. C., Trybula, W., Tate, J., & Fazarro, D. (2018). Nanotechnology Safety Education. In K. Winkelmann & B. Bhushan (Eds.), Global Perspectives of Nanoscience and Engineering Education.
- Hanks, J. C., & Hanks, E. K. (2017). Ethics and Communication. In Nano-safety. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter.
- Fazarro, D., Trybula, W., Tate, J. S., & Hanks, C. (Eds.). (2017). NANO-SAFETY What we need to know to Protect Workers. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter. Retrieved from Ingram School of Engineering
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: PAWS Preview Namesake Professor. 2014
- Award / Honor Nominee: Honors Professor of the Year, Honors Professor of the Year. 2014
- Award / Honor Recipient: Stephany Goodbread Faculty Advisor of the Year, Honors College. 2014
- Award / Honor Recipient: Co-Chair, Program Committee, Midsouth Philosophy Conference. 2012 - 2013
- Award / Honor Recipient: Co-Chair, Program Committee, Midsouth Philosophy Conference. 2011 - 2012

Featured service activities
- Member
General Education Committee, Texas State University-San Marcos
- Other
Philosophy of Engineering and Technology (PoET), a book series with Springer
- Member
Philosophy Department Personnel Committee, Texas State University-San Marcos
- Other
Grants: National Science Center, Poland (Narodowe Centrum Nauki)
- Other
Journals: South Atlantic Quarterly, Techne, Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society, Research in Social Problems and Public Policy, Journal for Research on Women and Gender, Ethics, Place, and Environment, Humanities
- Other
Book Publishers: SUNY Press, Routledge, Lexington, McGraw-Hill, Oxford University Press, Macmillan Press, Harcourt Brace, Cengage, Rowman and Littlefield, Cambridge University Press, Springer