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.
Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute
Assistant Professor, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute
Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, and Philosophy
Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Career Chair in Neuroethics
Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute
Associate Professor of Psychology
2023–26 Joyce L. and Douglas S. Sherwin Early Career Professor in the Rock Ethics Institute
Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute
Associate Professor of Rural Sociology
Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute
Senior Scientist in the Rock Ethics Institute
Professor of Geography
Director of Penn State Lab for Analysis of Culture and Environment (PLACE)
Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute
Associate Director of the Rock Ethics Institute
Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Catherine Shultz Rein Early Career Professor
2025–28 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
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Associate Professor, Informatics and Intelligent Systems
Research Associate, Rock Ethics Institute
Associate Director, Center for Artificial Intelligence Foundations and Scientific Applications
Professor of International Affairs
Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute
Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute
Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering