Our faculty are not content to trod well-worn engineering paths. Instead, they are driven to pursue innovations in teaching, research that address truly complex challenges, and to pursue worldwide leadership roles in their fields. See Also: Emeritus Faculty Directory.
Chair, Department of Engineering and SocietyProfessor of Engineering and Society
Jonathan Beever's research is focused broadly on the concept of ecological ethics, or the moral relationships among human and nonhuman animals, technologies, and environments.
Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied EthicsCo-director, Online Ethics CenterDirector, Engineering Character Strength Initiative
Rosalyn W. Berne, PhD is the Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics in the Department of Engineering and Society of the University of Virginia's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, where she has been a faculty member since 1999 and co-directs the Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science (OEC).
ProfessorSchool of Engineering and Applied Science Copenhaver Fellow
Coleen Carrigan is a Professor in the Department of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia. She investigates and writes about culture in STEM and the allocation of resources, opportunities and respect in the US labor force. Carrigan's book, Cracking the Bro Code, is available from MIT Press.
As our technological creations increasingly permeate all that surrounds us, altering our behaviors and bodies in subtle and obvious ways, we ought to ask ourselves:
Ph.D. in Science, Technology, and Society from Virginia Tech. Research areas include: History of Eugenics, Regenerative and Genetic Medicine, Transhumanism, Cyborgs, and Future Imaginaries. Scholarly Fields include: Philosophy of Technology, Medical Humanities, Media Studies, Disability Studies.
Dr. Gerard J. Fitzgerald’s research employs a multi-disciplinary approach informed by different subfields including environmental history, the history of technology, sensory history, the history of public health, and the history of science to investigate the evolution of modern…
Dr. Rider W. Foley is a professor in the science, technology & society program in the Department of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia. He is the principal investigator at University of Virginia on the ‘4C Project’ on Cultivating Cultures of Ethical STEM education.
MC Forelle is an assistant professor in Engineering & Society at the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. Their work broadly examines the intersection of law, technology, and culture, with particular interests in materiality, sustainability, and…
Pedro Augusto Pereira Francisco, Ph.D., researches the intersections of science, technology, and culture, with emphasis on digital governance, surveillance, defense, and the sociotechnical shaping of institutions. He examines how cultural narratives reshape scientific legitimacy and technological practices.
Associate ProfessorDept. of Engineering & Society (primary appointment)Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering (courtesy appointment)
James Groves is a leading university educator in the field of sustainable development. In the classroom he educates his students about sustainable energy systems; his overarching goal is to help "people and planet." His primary teaching focus in this arena is his popular Introduction to Sustainable Energy Systems course.
