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 Robert Lee Frodeman
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Robert Lee Frodeman
Professor-Philosophy
 
Contact address   University of North Texas/ Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, 1155 Union Circle # 310920, Denton, Texas 76203     Office LocationEnvironmental Education Science and Tech., Room No.: 320D 
Email  frodeman@unt.edu    Contact Number 9405653547    Fax No: 9405654448    Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity   
Keywords environmental philosophy, science policy, interdisciplinarity   
Graduate Faculty Membership Status: Full Membership-Permanent   
toggle toggle  Professional Preparation
 Degree Major/Thesis/Dissertation Institution Year
Master of Science Earth Science/“The Philosophy of Geology" University of Colorado 1996
Doctor of Philosophy Philosophy/"Heidegger and the Proper Place of Thought" Pennsylvania State University 1988
Bachelor of Art History and Philosophy St. Louis University, Magna cum Laude 1981
toggle toggle Courses Taught By Semester --- Organized Classes will be uploaded from THECB Data file
SemesterSubjectCourse NumberSectionCourse NameCalculated Semester Credit HoursSyllabus 
Fall 2014PHIL4200001Science, Technology, and Society  
Spring 2014PHIL4400001Metaphysics Download Syllabus
Fall 2013PHIL3100001Aesthetics Download Syllabus
Spring 2012PHIL3700001Science, Technology, and Society Download Syllabus
Spring 2012PHIL2600001ETHICS IN SCIENCE Download Syllabus
Spring 2010PHIL4750001Philosophy and Public Policy120 
Fall 2011PHIL4750001Philosophy and Public Policy Download Syllabus
toggle toggle  Research and Expertise
Continental Philosophy
 
Environmental Ethics and Philosophy
 
Philosophy of Science Policy
 
Science and Technology Studies
 
Theory and Practice of Interdisciplinarity
 
toggle toggle Appointments
Duration (YYYY - YYYY or Present)RankDepartment / SchoolCollege / OfficeUniversity / Company
2008-presentDirectorUNT Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity University of North Texas
2008-presentProfessorDept of Philosophy and Religion Studies University of North Texas
2004-2008Chair and Associate ProfessorDept of Philosophy and Religion Studies University of North Texas
2002-2004Research Scientist IIICenter for Science & Technology Policy Research University of Colorado
2001-2002Visiting Professor Hennebach Visiting Professor in the HumanitiesColorado School of Mines
1999-2001ConsultantCenter for Science Policy US Geological Survey
1997-1999Assistant Professor  University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
1999Invited professorGrand Canyon Semester Northern Arizona University
1999El Paso Natural Gas Fellow  University of Colorado Law School
1996-1997Visiting Assistant Professor  Fort Lewis College
1993-1996work toward a master’s degree in the Earth Sciences   
1992-1993Assistant Professor  Fort Lewis College
1988-1990Assistant Professor  University of Texas, Pan American
Spring-1988Visiting Assistant Professor  Eckerd College
toggle toggle Faculty Workload
Duration (YYYY - YYYY)Percentage TeachingPercentage ResearchPercentage Service
2013-2014205030
2012-2013204040
2011-2012204040
2010-201108020
2009-2010205030
toggle toggle Publications
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  YearPublication  Type
2012
Published
Peer Review, Research Integrity, and the Governance of Science: Practice, Theory, and Current Discussions.
 
Frodeman, Robert, Holbrook, J. Britt, Mitcham, Carl, and Hong Xiaonan.
People’s Publishing House
Books Edited
2012
Published
"The University, Metrics, and the Good Life,” in The Good Life in a Technological Age, Adam Briggle, ed.
 
Frodeman, Robert; Holbrook, J. Britt; Barr, Kelli
Routledge
Book chapters
2012
Accepted/In-press
“The State of Philosophy” 
 
Frodeman, Robert
Synthese
Refereed(Peer reviewed) Journals
2012
Published
“The Dedisciplining of Peer Review” 
 
Frodeman, Robert & Briggle, Adam
Minerva, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 3-19, 2012.
Refereed(Peer reviewed) Journals
2012
Published
Good Transformations.” 
 
Holbrook, J. Britt; Frodeman, Robert; and Barr, Kelli.
Science Progress, March 22, 2012.
Refereed(Peer reviewed) Journals
toggle toggle Presentations and Projects
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Start DateEnd DatePresentation/Project
 2009 Invited workshop Participant, “The Columbia Gorge Quorum: Bringing the Climate Home,” Columbia River Gorge, March 6-8, 2009.
 2009 “Comparative Assessment of Peer Review, AAAS SciSIP Meeting, March 26, 2009
 2009 ‘The Future of Science,” Oklahoma Science and Arts University, March 28, 2009.
toggle toggle External Funding
 Performance PeriodTitleSponsorFundingRoleStatus
2008“Comparative Assessment of Models for Integrating Societal Impacts Concerns into the Peer Review of Grant Proposals,”National Science Foundation$394,000Principal InvestigatorCompleted
2007“Space Science, Environment Ethics, and Policy,”NASA- Ames, National Science Foundation$28,432Principal InvestigatorCompleted
2007Fondos Basalas Grant in support of the UNT-IEB Chile Field Station, CONIYCTNational Science Foundation$15,000,000Co-PICompleted
2007Workshop on NSF’s 2nd Criterion,National Science Foundation$24,692Co-PICompleted
2007“Frontier Ecosystems in Chile: Scientific, Ethical, and Policy Perspectives,”National Science Foundation$54,348Co-PICompleted
2006“New Orleans, Katrina, and the Mississippi Delta: Lessons from the Past, Lessons for the Future;”National Science Foundation$48,437Principal InvestigatorCompleted
2005Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) fellowshipLancaster University, England$8000Principal InvestigatorCompleted
2001-2003“Climate Modeling and Societal Impacts: Scientific, Political, and Philosophic Themes,”National Science Foundation$231,000Principal InvestigatorCompleted
2003“Flatirons Outdoor Classroom Workshop,”National Science Foundation$37,000Principal InvestigatorCompleted
2000-2001“Humanities in the Park”$5000 from the University of Colorado Institute for Global Change and Environmental Quality, and $5000 from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship$10,000Principal InvestigatorCompleted
1997-1999“Southwest Earth Studies Program,”National Science Foundation$245,000Principal InvestigatorCompleted
1999“1999 Grand Canyon Semester,”National Collegiate Honors, Grand Canyon National Park, the Grand Canyon Trust, and Northern Arizona University Principal InvestigatorCompleted
1999“Future Funding Priorities in the Earth Sciences: Philosophical Perspectives,”National Science Foundation$25,000Principal InvestigatorCompleted
19991999 El Paso Energy FellowNatural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado Law School$25,000Principal InvestigatorCompleted
1998"Conversations with the Earth: Philosophers and Geoscientists in Dialogue," a symposium to be held at the 1998 GSA Annual Meeting, Torontothe Geological Society of America2670OtherCompleted
 “New Directions in the Earth Sciences and Humanities: Experiments in Interdisciplinarity,”NSF, NEH, NASA, NCAR, and the EPA, and a consortium of universities$182,000Principal InvestigatorCompleted
 “Flatirons Outdoor Classroom Project,”funds raised within community, $48,000; Flatirons Crossing Arts and Music Fund, $2500$73,000Principal InvestigatorCompleted
 “Cities and Rivers: Interdisciplinary and International Perspectives,”National Science Foundation$54,442Principal InvestigatorCompleted
 “The New Directions Initiative: Integrating Ethics and Values into Science-Society Relations,”National Aeronautics and Space Administration$146,000Principal InvestigatorCompleted
 Senior Personnel, Center for Space Exploration Policy ResearchSouthwest Research Institute$198,000Principal InvestigatorCompleted
toggle toggle Teaching
19th & 20th Century Philosophy
 

Aesthetics
 

Ancient Philosophy
 

Contemporary European Philosophy
 

Environmental Ethics
 

Ethics
 

Ethics and the Professions
 

Ethics in Science
 

Heidegger’s Being and Time
 

History of Political Philosophy
 

History/Philosophy of Technology
 

Intro to Logic
 

Intro to Philosophy
 

Intro to the Humanities
 

Metaphysics
 

Philosophy in the Earth Sciences
 

Philosophy of Culture and Technology
 

Philosophy of Religion
 

Philosophy of Science
 

Philosophy of Science and Engineering
 

Philosophy of Science and Nature
 

Philosophy of Science Policy
 

Philosophy, and the Environment
 

Public Humanities
 

Seminar in Environmental Ethics
 

Seminar in Post-Modernism
 

Senior Capstone
 

Social Philosophy
 

toggle toggle Field Experience
Duration (YYYY - YYYY or Present)Company/OrganizationPosition
2008-2010“Seeing the Connections between Environmental Philosophy and the Philosophy of Technology,”Co-Organizer
2004-2010Annual Joint ISEE/IAEP Conference in Environmental Philosophy, Allenspark, COCo-Organizer
2009“Research Funding and the Good Life,” University of TwenteCo-Organizer
2004-2008Joint ISEE-IAEP Environmental ConferenceCo-Organizer
2008UNT Center for the Study of InterdisciplinarityFounder
2007“Making Sense of ‘Broader Impacts,’” Colorado School of MinesCo-Organizer
2007“The Future of Environmental Philosophy,” a by-invitation meeting of 15 prominent environmental philosophers at the University of North TexasCo-Organizer
 UNT Field Station in Environmental PhilosophyCo-founder
toggle toggle Professional Community Engagement
YearOrganizationRoleType of Service
2008NSF Advisory Committee for GPRA Performance Assessment (AC/GPA)Member 
1996International Association for Environmental PhilosophyCo-founder & Executive Officer 
 Environmental EthicsEditorial board 
 Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and EthicsEditorial board 
 State University of New York Press, Temple PressBook Reviewer 
 Encyclopedia of Applied EthicsEditorial board 
 Journal of Agricultural and Environmental EthicsEditorial board 
 American Association for the Advancement of ScienceMember 
 National Science FoundationPanel Reviewer 
 National Endowment for the HumanitiesReviewer 
toggle toggle Additional Information
Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity: http://www.csid.unt.edu

 
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