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Adam Briggle is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies. He has an interdisciplinary PhD in Environmental Studies, with an emphasis on Science and Technology Policy from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Briggle spent three years as a post-doctoral fellow in the Philosophy Department at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. There, he worked on a team research project, "Evaluating the Cultural Quality of New Media," which assessed new media technologies and cultures with the use of theories of the good life. Briggle is currently working on two book projects. A Rich Bioethics: Public Policy, Biotechnology, and the Kass Council (University of Notre Dame Press) characterizes and defends a type of public bioethical inquiry that explicitly evaluates competing notions of human flourishing. Ethics and Science: An Introduction (Cambridge University Press) is a texbook designed to introduce college students in all disciplines to the ethical, social, and cultural dimensions of science.