Carl Mitcham
PROFESSOR
Stratton Hall 318
303.273.3648
cmitcham@mines.edu
Biography
Carl Mitcham earned degrees from the University of Colorado (BA, MA) and Fordham University (PhD) and has held previous faculty appointments at Berea College (Kentucky), St. Catharine College (Kentucky), (Brooklyn) Polytechnic University, and Pennsylvania State University. He has also served in visiting positions at the Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez (1988), Universidad de Oviedo (1993), the Universities of Tilburg and Twente, Netherlands (1998), and as Fulbright Professor at the Universidad de País Vasco, Spain (2003-2004). Additionally, Mitcham is a Faculty Affiliate of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, and Adjunct Professor, European Graduate School, Saas Fee, Switzerland.
Courses Taught
- LAIS 221 Introduction to Religions
- LAIS 320 Ethics
- LAIS 486/586 Science and Technology Policy
Scholarship
Mitcham’s disciplinary background is in philosophy, with an emphasis on the philosophy and ethics of science, technology, and engineering. His scholarly publications, however, have been as much interdisciplinary as disciplinary, especially insofar as he worked to bring philosophy of technology into the interdisciplinary field of Science, Technology, and Society (STS) studies. Recent work has influenced a focus on science policy and philosophy of engineering.
Carl Mitcham is Director of the Hennebach Program for the Humanities, supported by a major endowment from Ralph Hennebach (CSM class of 1941). The Hennebach program sponsors a regular series of Visiting Professors and promotes the general enhancement of the humanities on campus. For more information, please go to the Hennebach Program in the Humanities link. He also co-directs the Ethics Across Campus program.
Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
European Graduate School
