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Joseph R. Herkert
Lincoln Associate Professor of Ethics and Technology
School of Letters and Sciences
Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes
Email: joseph.herkert@asu.edu
Web: www.public.asu.edu/~jherkert
Joseph R. Herkert, D.Sc., is Lincoln Associate Professor
of Ethics and Technology in the School of Letters and
Sciences and the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes, and Arizona
State University. Herkert has been teaching engineering ethics and science,
technology, and society courses for twenty-five years. He is Co-Editor of The
Growing Gap Between Emerging Technologies and Legal-Ethical Oversight: the
Pacing Problem (Springer, 2011), Editor of Social, Ethical and Policy
Implications of Engineering: Selected Readings (Wiley/IEEE Press, 2000) and
has published numerous articles on engineering ethics and societal implications
of technology in engineering, law, social science, and applied ethics journals.
Current projects include ethical and legal issues related to emerging
technologies, integrating micro- and macroethics in graduate science and
engineering education, and societal implications of the smart grid. Herkert
previously served as Editor of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine,
published by the Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) of the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He has also served as
SSIT President (1995-1996) and is currently a member of the SSIT Board of
Governors. In 2007 he was the first recipient of the SSIT Distinguished Service
Award. Herkert is a Senior Member of IEEE and recently completed a threeyear
term on the IEEE Ethics and Member Conduct Committee. He is a
Distinguished Life Member of the Executive Board of the National Institute for
Engineering Ethics, an Associate Editor of the journal Engineering Studies, a
Board Member of the Engineering Ethics Division of the American Society for
Engineering Education (ASEE), and Past-Chair of the Liberal
Education/Engineering and Society (LEES) Division of ASEE. In 2005 Herkert
received the Sterling Olmsted Award, the highest honor bestowed by LEES, for
“making significant contributions in the teaching and administering of liberal
education in engineering education.” Herkert received his BS in Electrical
Engineering from Southern Methodist University and his doctorate in
Engineering & Policy from Washington University in St. Louis. He is a former
registered professional engineer with more than five years experience as a
consultant in the electric power industry.
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