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Dr. Craig Hanks

  • Chair - Professor - Philosophy

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Philosophy

Duke University, 1991

Bachelor's Degree

BA in Philosophy

Texas A&M University, 1983

  • 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.
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  • 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.
  • Farinas, R. L., Hanks, J. C., Van Camp, J., & Bresnahan, A. (Eds.). (2021). Dance and Philosophy. London, UK: Bloomsbury.
  • 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.
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  • 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
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  1. Member

    P7009.1 IEEE Reliability Society Standards Committee - working group on Fail-Safe Design - Standard for Fail-Safe Design of Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Systems

  2. Organizer

    College of Liberal Arts AI Institute

  3. Member

    General Education Committee, Texas State University-San Marcos

  4. Other

    Philosophy of Engineering and Technology (PoET), a book series with Springer

  5. Member

    Philosophy Department Personnel Committee, Texas State University-San Marcos

  6. 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

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