Thomas M Powers
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences
Director, Center for Science, Ethics & Public Policy
Secondary Appointed Professor, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Delaware
Harker ISE Building
Room 471
Newark, DE 19716
302-831-2359
tpowers@udel.edu
Bio
Dr. Tom Powers is Associate Professor in Philosophy and the founding director of the Center for Science, Ethics & Public Policy. He is also a faculty affiliate of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, the Delaware Environmental Institute, the Data Science Institute, the Sociotechnical Systems Center, the Center of AI Excellence, and the Center for Autonomous and Robotics Systems. His research and teaching focuses on ethics in information technology and ethics in AI, and more generally on ethics in science and engineering; this research has been supported by 20 external grants since coming to UD.
Degrees
- PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1994
- BA, College of William & Mary, 1987
Research Interests
Ethics in Information Technology, Ethics in AI, Science and Technology Policy
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