Core Faculty
The Rock Ethics Institute Board of Visitors brings together individuals from across the nation who can provide guidance on how to best position the REI as a national leader in the development and dissemination of interdisciplinary research and teaching on pressing ethical problems.
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Assistant Professor, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
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Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, and Philosophy
Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Career Chair in Neuroethics
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Associate Professor of Psychology
2023–26 Joyce L. and Douglas S. Sherwin Early Career Professor in the Rock Ethics Institute
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Associate Professor of Rural Sociology
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Assistant Professor of Industrial Ecology
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Professor of Geography
Director of Penn State Lab for Analysis of Culture and Environment (PLACE)
Assistant Director of the Rock Ethics Institute
Assistant Professor of Public Policy
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Associate Professor of Philosophy
Catherine Shultz Rein Early Career Professor
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Associate Professor of Kinesiology
Director, PIKSI-Rock
2022–25 Joyce L. and Douglas S. Sherwin Early Career Professor in the Rock Ethics Institute
Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Philosophy
(he/they)
(On sabbatical leave through June 2025)
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Assistant Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
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Associate Professor of International Affairs
Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute
Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering