Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Craig Hanks

  • Chair - Professor at Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, General Education Committee, Texas State University-San Marcos. August 2014 - Present.
  • Series editor, Philosophy of Engineering and Technology (PoET), a book series with Springer. May 2012 - Present.
  • Member, Philosophy Department Personnel Committee, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2002 - Present.
  • Reviewer, Grants: National Science Center, Poland (Narodowe Centrum Nauki). 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer, 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. 1925 - Present.
  • Reviewer, Book Publishers: SUNY Press, Routledge, Lexington, McGraw-Hill, Oxford University Press, Macmillan Press, Harcourt Brace, Cengage, Rowman and Littlefield, Cambridge University Press, Springer. 1925 - Present.
  • Editorial Board, Philosophy in the Contemporary World (Journal). 1925 - Present.
  • Editorial Board, Philosophy of Engineering and Technology (Book Series). 1925 - Present.

2025

  • Member, P3511 - IEEE Working Group - Standard for Risk Management Guidelines for Generative Artificial Intelligence Systems. December 2024 - April 2025.
  • Member, P7999 - IEEE Working Group - Standard for Integrating Organizational Ethics Oversight in Projects and Processes Involving Artificial Intelligence. September 2024 - April 2025.
  • Member, Maintenance Philosophy of Technology. August 2023 - April 2025.
  • Member, Sustainability Council. August 2016 - April 2025.

2024

  • Member, Provosts’ Budget Model Redesign Task Force. April 2024 - December 2024.
  • Member, Applied Humanities Working Group. January 2024 - December 2024.
  • Member, Council of Chairs and Directors. January 2024 - December 2024.
  • Participant, TXST AI Community of Practice. January 2024 - December 2024.
  • Member, Explainable AI and Society Working group. January 2024 - December 2024.
  • Member, Budget Redesign Administrative Budget Subcommittee. April 2024 - November 2024.
  • Member, KT Architecture Design Review Committee. January 2024 - November 2024.
  • Attendee / Participant, Being Human in the Age of AI. May 2024.
  • Chair, Academic Program Review. October 2022 - May 2024.
  • 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. January 2023 - April 2024.
  • Attendee / Participant, Revitalizing Science and Values. March 2024.
  • Member, College Review Group - College of Liberal Arts. December 2023 - January 2024.

2020

  • Institutional Representative, Southwest Regional Consortium on Academic Integrity. March 2015 - 2020.

2017

  • Department Webmaster, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2010 - 2017.

2016

  • Member, Texas State University, White-Paper Committee on Research Integrity. May 2014 - 2016.

2015

  • Member, Program Committee, Midsouth Philosophy Conference. 2015.
  • Member, University Pre-Health Committee, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2012 - 2015.
  • Member, Living-Learning Community Task Force, Texas State University-San Marcos. September 2013 - May 2015.

2014

  • Chair, MA Lecturer Search, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2014.
  • Chair, PhD Continuing Lecturer Search, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2014.
  • Member, PhD 2-yr Lecturer Search, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2014.
  • Development of a New Undergraduate course in BioMedical Ethics, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2014.
  • Developed new Graduate course in American Philosophy, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2014.
  • Member, Program Committee, Midsouth Philosophy Conference. 2014.
  • Member, tenure-track search in Religious Studies, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2013 - 2014.
  • Undergraduate Advisor, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2012 - 2014.
  • Member, College of Liberal Arts Graduate Scholarship Committee, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2011 - 2014.
  • Faculty Co-Advisor, Texas State Quidditch Team. 2011 - 2014.
  • Member, College of Liberal Arts Curriculum Committee, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2010 - 2014.
  • Co-Chair, Comal Building Re-dedication Committee, Texas State University-San Marcos. August 2014 - October 2014.
  • Member, University Research Committee, Texas State University-San Marcos. August 2012 - August 2014.
  • Member, Faculty Advisory Council, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University-San Marcos. August 2010 - August 2014.
  • Member, US1100 Committee, Texas State University-San Marcos. September 2012 - May 2014.
  • Local Arrangements Coordinator, New Mexico West Texas Philosophical Society Annual Meeting. March 2014.
  • Member, Research Misconduct Investigating Panel, Texas State University System. April 2013 - March 2014.
  • “Reason, Faith, and Religious Experience,” San Marcos Public Library. February 2014.

2013

  • Organizer and Discussant, Honors/Common Experience Movie Series: Evil in the Modern World (four films), Texas State University-San Marcos. 2013.
  • Co-Chair, Program Committee, Midsouth Philosophy Conference. 2013.
  • Session Chair, New Mexico Texas Philosophical Society Meeting. 2013.
  • Faculty Advisor, Texas State University Cycling Team. 2011 - 2013.
  • Session Chair, Summer Institute in American Philosophy, University of Oregon. July 2013.
  • Member, Honors College Faculty-In-Residence, Butler Hall, Texas State University-San Marcos. May 2012 - June 2013.

2012

  • Organizer and Discussant, Honors/Common Experience Movie Series: Global Odyssey (four films), Texas State University-San Marcos. 2012.
  • Co-Chair, Program Committee, Midsouth Philosophy Conference. 2012.
  • Session Chair, New Mexico Texas Philosophical Society Meeting. 2012.
  • Member, Program Committee, New Mexico West Texas Philosophical Society. 2012.
  • Faculty Advisor, Texas State University, Feminists United. 2010 - 2012.
  • Faculty Advisor, “Human, Environmental, And Animal Action Team” (HEAT), Texas State University-San Marcos. 2010 - 2012.
  • Member, University Arts Committee, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2009 - 2012.
  • Member, Instructional Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2004 - 2012.
  • Academic Advisor, Philosophy Majors and Minors, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2001 - 2012.
  • “Globalization, Technology, and Change,” San Marcos Public Library. October 2012.
  • Session Chair, Summer Institute in American Philosophy, University of Oregon. July 2012.
  • Associate Graduate Advisor, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2011 - May 2012.
  • Member, 2011-2012 Common Experience Team, “Freedoms: The First Amendment”, Texas State University-San Marcos. October 2010 - May 2012.
  • Faculty-In-Residence, Residential College, Texas State University-San Marcos. July 2009 - May 2012.

2011

  • Organizer, Symposium Series on “Architecture, Design, and Human Values,” Texas State University-San Marcos. 2011.
  • Member, Program Committee, New Mexico West Texas Philosophical Society. 2011.
  • Member, Program Committee, Midsouth Philosophy Conference. 2011.
  • Member, Program Committee, Association for Political Theory. 2010 - 2011.
  • Member, 2010-2011 Common Experience Team, “Sustainability,” Texas State University-San Marcos. 2009 - 2011.
  • Member, Philosophy Dialogue Series Organizing Committee, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2008 - 2011.

2010

  • Organizer, Symposium Series on “Food, Ethics, and Society,” Texas State University-San Marcos. 2010.
  • Organizer, Symposium Series on “Neuro-Imaging: Ethical and Epistemological Issues,” Texas State University-San Marcos. 2010.
  • Member, Program Committee, Midsouth Philosophy Conference. 2010.
  • Member, Program Committee, New Mexico West Texas Philosophical Society. 2010.
  • Member, MA Program Development Committee, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2006 - 2010.
  • Session Chair, Association for Political Theory. October 2010.
  • Member, 2009-2010 Common Experience Team, “The Whole Mind,” Texas State University-San Marcos. May 2009 - May 2010.
  • Organizer, Symposium on Medical Ethics, San Marcos Public Library. February 2010.

2009

  • Member, Program Committee, Midsouth Philosophy Conference. 2009.
  • Member, Program Committee, Association for Political Theory. 2008 - 2009.
  • Member, Executive Committee and Program Committee, Mid-South Philosophy Conference. 2006 - 2009.
  • Member, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2000 - 2009.
  • Member, Faculty Advisory Council, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University-San Marcos. August 2008 - August 2009.
  • Member, Program Committee, 2009 Bi-Annual Meeting of the International Society for Philosophy and Technology. July 2009.
  • Session Chair, New Mexico West Texas Philosophical Society. March 2009.

2008

  • Member, Responsible Conduct of Research Advisory Committee, Graduate College, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2006 - 2008.
  • Session Chair, American Studies Association of Texas Annual Meeting. November 2008.

2007

  • Development of a New Graduate Course in BioMedical Ethics, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2007.
  • Member, Program Committee, Association for Political Theory. 2006 - 2007.

2006

  • Member, Texas State Blackboard Users Advisor Group. 2005 - 2006.
  • Member, Beta Test of TRACS, a New On-Line Course Software, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2005 - 2006.
  • Co-President and Co-Chair Program Committee, Mid-South Philosophy Conference. 2005 - 2006.
  • Local Arrangements Coordinator, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy 2006 Annual Meeting. 2004 - 2006.
  • Chair, Institutional Review Board, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2003 - 2006.
  • Member, Institutional Review Board, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2000 - 2006.
  • Member, Faculty Advisory Council, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University-San Marcos. August 2005 - August 2006.

2005

  • Session Chair, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Annual Meeting. 2005.
  • Member, Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching Selection Committee, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2004 - 2005.
  • Member, College of Liberal Arts Research Advisory Council, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2004 - 2005.
  • President, New Mexico West Texas Philosophical Society. 2004 - 2005.
  • Faculty Advisor, Texas State University Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Honor Society, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2003 - 2005.
  • Member, College of Liberal Arts Budget and Planning Committee, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2003 - 2005.
  • Member, University Library Committee, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2002 - 2005.

2004

  • Development of a new course in Philosophy of Sport, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2004.
  • Member, Department of Philosophy Committee on Course Evaluations, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2004.
  • Session Chair, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Annual Meeting. 2004.
  • Member, Program Development Committee for BioEngineering, BioTechnology, and BioSciences, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2003 - 2004.
  • Vice President, New Mexico West Texas Philosophical Society. 2003 - 2004.
  • Faculty Advisor, Texas State University Rugby Club. 2001 - 2004.
  • Judge, South Texas Ethics Bowl, St. Mary’s University. November 2004.
  • Session Chair, New Mexico West Texas Philosophical Society. March 2004.

2003

  • Development of two new courses in Philosophy of Technology, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2003.
  • Member, Advisory Committee, Texas Council on the Humanities Grant Application – “To Gladly Teach”, Grant Director: Joann Carson, Philosophy, SWT. 2002 - 2003.
  • Member, Advisory Committee, Texas Council for the Humanities Grant to bring Parker Palmer to SWT and San Marcos. 2002 - 2003.
  • Faculty Advisor, Texas State University Objectivist Philosophy Club. 2001 - 2003.
  • Judge, South Texas Ethics Bowl, St. Mary’s University. November 2003.
  • Session Chair, Society for Philosophy and Technology. July 2003.
  • Panel Member, “To Gladly Teach,” an all day program for Central Texas K-12 Teachers and Administrators. April 2003.

2002

  • Member, College of Liberal Arts Research Advisory Council, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2001 - 2002.
  • Judge, South Texas Ethics Bowl, St. Mary’s University. November 2002.

2001

  • Member, Department of Philosophy Committee on Course Evaluations, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2000 - 2001.
  • Member, Department of Philosophy Committee on Large Sections, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2000 - 2001.
  • Session Chair, Society for Philosophy and Technology. July 2001.

2000

  • Member, UAH Provost Search Committee. 2000.
  • President, UAH Faculty Senate. 1999 - 2000.
  • Member, UAH Registrar Search Committee. 1999 - 2000.
  • Secretary, Alabama Council of University Faculty Presidents, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1999 - 2000.
  • Member, University of Alabama System Board of Trustees, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1999 - 2000.
  • Member, Academic Council, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1999 - 2000.
  • Member, Administrative Council, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1999 - 2000.
  • President, Alabama Philosophical Society. 1999 - 2000.
  • Member, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1997 - 2000.
  • Member, UAH Faculty Senate Executive Committee. 1997 - 2000.
  • Faculty Senator, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1997 - 2000.
  • Faculty Advisor, UAH Pre-Law Student Organization. October 1997 - 2000.
  • Academic Advisor, students majoring in philosophy, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1991 - 2000.
  • Coordinating Advisor, University Pre-Law, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. October 1997 - October 2000.
  • Member, UAH Women’s Studies Interest Group Program Committee. September 1992 - September 2000.
  • Faculty Advisor, UAH Independent Rock Student Association. April 1996 - April 2000.

1999

  • Member, Program Committee, Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World 1999 Annual Meeting. 1999.
  • President-Elect/Vice President, UAH Faculty Senate. 1998 - 1999.
  • Member, College of Liberal Arts Promotion and Tenure Advisory Committee, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1997 - 1999.
  • Faculty Advisor, UAH Society for Creative Anachronisms. 1997 - 1999.
  • Panel chair and organizer, “Faculty Advice to New Faculty,” UAH New Faculty Orientation. August 1999.
  • Member, UAH Faculty Senate Admissions and Scholastic Affairs Committee. May 1997 - August 1999.
  • Member, Intercollegiate Athletics Oversight Committee, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. May 1997 - May 1999.

1998

  • Panel Member, “Faculty Expectations of Students” at UAH COMPASS (new student orientation). 1998.
  • Team-taught as an overload, Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar: Economics, Ethics and Politics of Healthcare, (with Dr. Billie Rozzell, Nursing), The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1998.
  • Co-Author (with Bill Wilkerson), Library Collection Enhancement Grant from the UAH Humanities Center. Topic: Feminist Philosophy. Grant Awarded. 1998.
  • Member, Program Committee, Mid-South Philosophy Conference. 1998.
  • Member, UAH Women’s Studies Advisory Committee. 1995 - 1998.
  • Lecturer, UAH Days of Discovery/UAH Open House. November 1998.
  • Panel Member, “Expectations of Faculty” at UAH New Faculty Orientation. September 1998.
  • Chair, UAH Faculty Senate Admissions and Scholastic Affairs Committee. May 1997 - August 1998.
  • Chair, College of Liberal Arts Curriculum Committee, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. August 1996 - August 1998.
  • Ex-Officio Member, UAH Faculty Senate Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. August 1996 - August 1998.
  • Member, College of Liberals Arts Curriculum Committee, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1995 - August 1998.
  • Member, UAH Honors Program Honors Council. January 1995 - August 1998.
  • Faculty Advisor, UAH Student Radio Committee. March 1994 - March 1998.

1997

  • Taught, as an overload, Stasis, Progress and Change: History and Philosophy of Ideas About the Nature of Nature, a seminar for the Honors Program, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1997.
  • Co-Organizer (with Bill Wilkerson, Philosophy), 1998 Philosophy Speaker Series, “Femininity and Feminist Thinking.” (Included preparing an application for and administering a grant from the Alabama Humanities Foundation). Grant Awarded. 1997.
  • Co-Chair, Program Committee, Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World 1997 Annual Conference. 1997.
  • Big Buddy, Huntsville/Madison County Big Brothers/Big Sisters. 1997.
  • Lecturer, UAH Days of Discovery/UAH Open House. November 1997.
  • Guest ‘Judge’, Huntsville Middle School Mock Puritan Court. November 1997.
  • Session Chair, Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World 1997 Annual Meeting. August 1997.
  • Faculty Advisor and Program Chair, 44th Annual Southeastern Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. March 1996 - April 1997.

1996

  • Member, UAH Foundation Teaching Award Selection Committee. 1996.
  • Member, Search Committee for Honors Program Director, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1996.
  • Panel Member, “Faculty Expectations of Students” at UAH COMPASS (new student orientation). 1996.
  • Panel Member, “Faculty Expectations of Students” at UAH COMPASS (new student orientation). 1996.
  • Panel Member, “Faculty Expectations of Students” at UAH COMPASS (new student orientation). 1996.
  • Panel Member, “Faculty Expectations of Students” at UAH COMPASS (new student orientation). 1996.
  • Team-taught as an overload, Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar: Race, Gender and IQ: The Uses and Abuses of Science in Social Policy, (with Dr. Marcy F. Lawton, Biological Sciences), The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1996.
  • Member, and sometimes Chair, Departmental Level Annual Review and Reappointment Committees (Philosophy, Education, Political Science, Foreign Languages, History). 1996.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1996.
  • Member, Program Committee: Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World, 1996 Annual Conference. 1996.
  • Member, Technical and Stage crew for the Huntsville Opera Theater. 1996.
  • Faculty Senator, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1994 - 1996.
  • Member, Faculty Senate Governance Committee, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1994 - 1996.
  • Member and Volunteer, Huntsville Film Co-op. January 1992 - 1996.
  • Lecturer, UAH Days of Discovery/UAH Open House. November 1996.
  • Local Arrangements Coordinator, Alabama Philosophical Society Annual Meeting. November 1996.
  • Secretary-Treasurer, Alabama Philosophical Society. November 1995 - November 1996.
  • Member, Advisory Committee on International Education, College of Liberal Arts, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. October 1992 - October 1996.
  • Session Chair, Society for Philosophy in The Contemporary World. August 1996.
  • Guest Speaker, Arab High School English Classes. May 1996.

1995

  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1995.
  • Lecturer, UAH Days of Discovery/UAH Open House. November 1995.
  • Faculty Advisor, UAH Environmental Forum. March 1994 - May 1995.
  • Member, University Committee on Employee Benefits, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. May 1992 - May 1995.

1994

  • Member, Team-Taught as an overload, Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar: Metamorphosis and Its Discontents: Literature and the Humanities, (with Dr. James Winchell, Foreign Languages and Literatures), The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1994.
  • Principle organizer, 1994 Department of Philosophy Speaker Series: “Solidarity and Conflict: Culture Politics and Identity in the Late 20th Century” (Included preparing an application for and administering a grant from the Alabama Humanities Foundation), The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1994.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1994.
  • Member and Volunteer, Opening Books, a non-profit bookstore/library. January 1992 - 1994.
  • Lecturer, UAH Days of Discovery/UAH Open House. November 1994.
  • Member, Organizing Committee for the 1993 Southern Humanities Council Annual Conference, UAH College of Liberal Arts. March 1992 - February 1994.

1993

  • Team-Taught as an overload, Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar: A Kinder, Gentler Nature: Concepts and Issues in Sociobiology, (with Dr. Marcy F. Lawton, Biological Sciences), The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1993.
  • Member, The University of Alabama in Huntsville Faculty Search Committee. 1993.
  • Program Committee, Southern Humanities Conference. 1993.
  • Session Moderator, "Bill Martin's Matrix and Line: Derridian Politics and Martin Matustik's Post-National Identity: Habermas, Kierkegaard and Havel," for the Radical Philosophy Association meeting in conjunction with the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association. December 1993.
  • Participant, the 1st meeting/discussions of the Midwest Critical Theory Roundtable. September 1993.
  • Panel Participant, National Healthcare: Panacea or Placebo, a Public Forum sponsored by Huntsville Hospital, The Huntsville Times, UAH College of Liberal Arts, UAH College of Nursing, and the UAH Department of Philosophy. June 1993.
  • Session Moderator, "Mapping the Postmodern: Consumerism and Desire,” at the Southern Humanities Council Annual Conference. February 1993.

1992

  • Team-Taught as an overload, Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar: Classes, Power and Conflict: Critical Issues in Political Economy, (with Dr. Glenna Colclough, Sociology), The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1992.
  • Volunteer, North Alabama Scholars’ Bowl. 1992.
  • Session Moderator, “The Politics of Identity and Difference,” for the Radical Philosophy Association as part of the Midwest Radical Scholars and Activists Conference. October 1992.
  • Guest Speaker, UAH College of Engineering Introduction for Minorities to Engineering and Technology. June 1992.
  • Session Moderator, “Politics and Science,” part of the Philosophy Section of the Popular Culture Association Annual Conference. March 1992.

1991

  • Session Moderator, “Community Between Marxism and Deconstruction,” for the Radical Philosophy Association as part of the Midwest Radical Scholars and Activists Conference. October 1991.

1990

  • Session Moderator, “The Idea of Community in Postmodern Philosophy and Literature,” for the Radical Philosophy Association as part of the Midwest Radical Scholars and Activists Conference. October 1990.

1988

  • Session Moderator, “Cultural Politics and the Law,” at the Popular Culture Association of the South Annual Conference. October 1988.