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Email: htavani@rivier.edu
Biographical Sketch
HERMAN T. TAVANI, PHD, is Professor of Philosophy at
Dr. Tavani has held appointments as a visiting
lecturer at Boston College, and as a visiting scholar at Dartmouth College and
the Harvard School of Public Health. An
active member of several professional associations, Tavani is a past president of the Northern
New England Philosophical Association (NNEPA) and served as Secretary/Treasurer
of the Association for Computing’s Special Interest Group on Computers and
Society (ACM SIGCAS). He received the
2008 ACM SIGCAS Outstanding Service Award for his contributions to SIGCAS and
its quarterly publication, Computers and
Society, and received the Catholic Library Association’s 2004 John Brubaker
Memorial Award for his scholarly writing in Catholic
Library World.
Professor Tavani has been honored in Who's Who
Among America's Teachers on multiple occasions for “making a difference as a college teacher.” Before he became a full-time
professor, Tavani worked in the computer industry as a software technical
writer and writing supervisor. He
resides in
Current Appointments and Offices
Professor of Philosophy
Coordinator, Philosophy Department
Director, Liberal Studies Program
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ETHICS AND
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (INSEIT)
President
HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH (Boston,
MA)
Visiting Scholar–Environmental Health Ethics,
Department of Environmental Health
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Selected Books (since 2000):
Ethics
and Technology: Controversies, Questions, and Strategies in Ethical Computing
Third Edition
John Wiley & Sons
Publishers; 406 pages
ISBN 978-0-470-5095-0
© 2010
The Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics
(with Kenneth Himma)
John Wiley & Sons; 702 pages
ISBN: 978-0-471-79959-9
© 2008
Ethics and Technology: Ethical Issues in an Age of Information and
Communication Technology
Second Edition
John Wiley & Sons Publishers; 404 pages.
ISBN:
0-471-99803-6
© 2007
Ethics,
Computing, and Genomics
Jones and
Bartlett Publishers; 374 pages
ISBN:
0-7637-3620-1
© 2006
Intellectual
Property Rights in a Networked World: Theory and Practice
(with
Richard Spinello)
IGI Global
(an imprint of Idea Group, Inc.); 281 pages.
ISBN:
159140577-7
© 2005
(with
Richard Spinello)
Second Edition
Jones and Bartlett Publishers; 697 pages.
ISBN: 0-7637-2410-6
© 2004
Ethics and
Technology: Ethical Issues in an Age of Information and Communication
Technology
First Edition
John Wiley
& Sons Publishers; 368 pages.
ISBN: 0-471-24966-1
© 2003
Readings
in Cyberethics
(with
Richard Spinello)
First
edition
Jones
and Bartlett Publishers
ISBN:
0-7637-1500-X
©
2001
Books (other than my own) in which my scholarly
papers have been published (since 2000) include:
·
The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer
Ethics. Edited by L. Floridi
(Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press), 2010.
·
Applying Ethics: A Text with Readings. Edited by J. Olen, J. Van Camp, and V. Barry
(Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth), 2008.
·
Information Technology Ethics: Cultural Perspectives. Edited by S. Hongladarom and C. Ess (New York: IGI
Global), 2007.
·
Internet
Security: Hacking, Counterhacking, and Society. Edited by K. E. Himma (Boston, MA: Jones and
Bartlett) 2007.
·
Computer Ethics.
Edited by J. Weckert (London, UK: Ashgate), 2007.
·
Localizing the
Internet: Ethical Issues in Intercultural Perspective. Edited by R. Capurro, J. Frühbauer, and T. Hausmanninger
(Munich, Germany: Fink Verlag), 2007.
·
Contemporary Moral Issues: Diversity and Consensus. 3rd edn. Edited by L. Hinman (Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Prentice Hall), 2006.
·
The Impact of
the Internet on Our Moral Lives.
Edited by R. Cavalier (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press), 2005.
·
Foundations of
Information Ethics. Edited by M. Ochi, M. Tsuboi,
and Y. Goto (Hiroshima, Japan: Hiroshima University Press), 2002.
·
Internet
Ethics. Edited by D. Langford
(London: Macmillan/New York: St. Martin’s Press), 2000.
Books of Proceedings where my peer-reviewed conference
papers have been published (since 2000) include:
CEPE (Computer Ethics – Philosophical
Enquiry) Conference Series
- Proceedings
of the Eighth CEPE Conference
(Ionian University, Greece), 2009.
- Proceedings
of the Seventh CEPE Conference
(University of San Diego), 2007.
- Proceedings
of the Sixth CEPE Conference
(Twente University, Netherlands), 2005.
- Proceedings
of the Fifth CEPE Conference
(Boston College), 2003.
- Proceedings
of the Fourth CEPE Conference
(Lancaster University, UK), 2001.
- Proceedings
of the Third CEPE Conference
(Dartmouth College), 2000.
ETHICOMP (Social and Ethical Impacts of
Information and Communication Technology) Series
- Proceedings
of the Eleventh Ethicomp Conference
(University of Rovira and Virgili, Spain), 2010.
- Proceedings
of the Tenth Ethicomp Conference
(University of Pavia, Italy), 2008.
- Proceedings
of the Fifth Ethicomp Conference
(University of Gdańsk, Poland), 2001.
ISTAS (International Symposium on Society
and Technology) Series (Published by IEEE Press)
- Proceedings
of the ISTAS 2004 Symposium
(Worcester Polytechnic Institute), 2004.
- Proceedings
of the ISTAS 2002 Symposium
(North Carolina State University), 2002.
- Proceedings
of the ISTAS 2001 Symposium
(University of Connecticut, Stamford), 2001.
Journals in which my scholarly papers have been
published (since 2000) include:
- Catholic
Library World (Publication of
the Catholic Library Association), 2002.
- Computers
and Society (ACM Press, New
York), 2000-2002, 2007, 2008.
- Ethicomp
Journal (CCSR Publication,
Leicester, UK). 2004.
- Ethics
and Information Technology
(Kluwer/Springer, The Netherlands), 2001-2005, 2008.
- Information
Technology, Learning, and Performance Journal (OSRA Publication), 2006.
- International
Review of Information Ethics
(ICIE Publications, Stutgart, Germany), 2005.
- Journal
of Information, Communication, and Ethics in Society (Troubadour, UK), 2003, 2004.
- Journal
of Information Ethics (McFarland
Publishers, Jefferson, NC), 2000, 2006.
- Library
Hi Tech (Emerald Publishing,
UK), 2007.
- Metaphilosophy
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishers,
UK), 2007.
- Technology
and Society (IEEE Press, New
York), 2002, 2005.
- The
Information Society (Routledge/Taylor
and Francis Publishers, New York), 2005.
Colleagues with whom I have co-authored or co-edited
scholarly works (since 2000) include:
- Ann Backus (Harvard School of Public Health),
2003-2004.
- Maria Bottis (Ionian University, Greece), 2009-2010.
- Jeff Buechner (Rutgers University), 2010.
- Edward Gehringer (North Carolina State
University), 2004.
- Frances Grodzinsky (Sacred Heart University),
2001-2005, 2007-2009.
- Kenneth Himma (Seattle Pacific University), 2008.
- Deborah Johnson (University of Virginia), 2000,
2001.
- Laurie King (College of the Holy Cross), 2004.
- James Moor (Dartmouth College), 2000, 2001.
- Richard Spinello (Boston College), 2001,
2003-2005.
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Institutions at which I have presented keynote addresses
and invited lectures (since 2000) include:
- Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA),
2000, 2001.
- City University New York (CUNY) – Graduate Center
(NYC), 2002.
- College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA), 2002.
- Harvard School of Public Health (Boston, MA),
2003.
- Hiroshima University (Hiroshima, Japan), 2001.
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Karlsruhe,
Germany), 2009.
- LUISS Guido Carli University (Rome, Italy), 2009.
- New Hampshire Technical Institute (Concord, NH),
2002.
- Purdue University (West
Lafayette, IN), 2001.
- University of Memphis (Tennessee), 2009.
- U.S. Embassy – Prague
(Czech Republic), 2004.
- Yale Law School (New
Haven, CT), 2007.
Institutions at which I have presented peer-reviewed
conference papers (since 2000) include:
- Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA), 2003.
- Clark University (Worcester, MA), 2001.
- Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH), 2000, 2004.
- Ionian University (Corfu, Greece), 2009.
- Keene State College (Keene, NH), 2003.
- North Carolina State
University (Raleigh, NC), 2002.
- Twente University
(Enschede, The Netherlands), 2005.
- University of
Connecticut (Stamford, CT), 2001.
- University of New
Hampshire (Dover, NH), 2000.
- University of Rovira
and Virgili (Tarragona, Spain), 2010.
- University of San Diego
(San Diego, CA), 2007.
- Worcester Polytechnic
Institute (Worcester, MA), 2004.
Institutions at which I have moderated panels and
chaired paper sessions (since 2000) include:
- Bates College (Lewiston, ME), 2006.
- Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA), 2003.
- Center for Art and Media (Karlsruhe, Germany),
2004.
- Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH), 2000.
- Harvard School of Public Health (Boston, MA),
2003.
- Ionian University (Corfu, Greece), 2009.
- Kennedy School of Government – Harvard University
(Cambridge, MA), 2002.
- Palace of St. George and St. Michael (Corfu,
Greece), 2009.
- Twente University
(Enschede, The Netherlands), 2005.
- University of New
Hampshire (Dover, NH), 2009.
- University of Rovira
and Virgili (Tarragona, Spain), 2010.
- University of San Diego
(San Diego, CA), 2007.
Colleagues with whom I have co-presented
conference/colloquium papers or have presented/participated with on panels and
roundtables (since 2000) include:
- Maria Bottis (Ionian University, Greece), 2010.
- Terrell Ward Bynum (Southern Connecticut State
University), 2000, 2007-2008.
- Edward Gehringer (North Carolina State
University), 2004.
- Frances Grodzinsky (Sacred Heart University),
2002, 2004-2005, 2007-2009.
- Kenneth Himma (Seattle Pacific University), 2007,
2008.
- Deborah Johnson (University of Virginia), 2000,
2002.
- Laurie King (College of the Holy Cross), 2004.
- Keith Miller (University of Illinois –
Springfield), 2007.
- James Moor (Dartmouth College), 2000, 2001, 2008.
- Richard Spinello (Boston College), 2001.
- Richard Volkman (Southern Connecticut State University),
2007, 2008.
- John Weckert (Charles Sturt University,
Australia), 2000.