Bio
Dr. Frodeman specializes in environmental philosophy, science policy, and questions concerning interdisciplinarity. Dr. Frodeman has held positions at the University of Texas, the University of Tennessee, and the University of Colorado. He served as a consultant for the US Geological Survey for eight years, was the 2001-2002 Hennebach Professor of the Humanities at the Colorado School of Mines, and was an ESRC Fellow at Lancaster University in England in the spring of 2005. Frodeman is Editor in Chief of the Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity as well as co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics & Philosophy.
Education
M.S., University of Colorafo, 1996
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1988
B.A., History and Philosophy, St. Louis University, 1981
Courses
PHIL 2600: Ethics in Science
PHIL 3700: Science, Technology, and Society
PHIL 4750: Philosophy and Public Policy
Articles
Frodeman, R. (forthcoming). The state of philosophy. Synthese.
Frodeman, R. (2011). Interdisciplinary thinking and academic sustainability: Managing knowledge in an age of accountability, Invited paper, Environmental Conservation.
Frodeman, R. (November 23, 2010). Experiments in field philosophy. New York Times, Op Ed.
Frodeman, R. (2008). Redefining ecological ethics: Science, policy, and philosophy at Cape Horn. Science and Engineering Ethics.
More Articles
Frodeman, R. (2008). Philosophy unbound: Environmental thinking at the end of the earth. Environmental Ethics, 30(3).
Frodeman, R., Mitcham, C., Klein, J. T., & Tuana, N. (2007). Interdisciplinary studies in science, technology, and society: Introduction. Technology in Society Special Issue on Katrina and New Orleans, (special issue).
Frodeman, R. (2007). Nueva orlen, paisaje y eros. Revista Iberoamericana de Ciencia, Tecnologa y Sociedad, 8(3), 81-96.
Frodeman, R. (2007). The future of environmental philosophy. Ethics and the Environment, 12(2), 2-4.
Frodeman, R., & Holbrook, B. (2007). Science’s social effects. Issues in Science and Technology.
Frodeman, R. (2007). Geoaesthetics: New orleans, landscape, and geology. Contemporary Aesthetics, 5.
Frodeman, R. (2007). Mini-symposium on cities and rivers. Introduction, Nature and Culture , 2(2).
Frodeman, R., & Mitcham, C. (2007). New directions in interdisciplinarity: Broad, deep, and critical. Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society, 281), 506-514.
Frodeman, R. (2006). The policy turn in environmental philosophy. Environmental Ethics, 28(1).
Books and Books Edited
Frodeman, R., et al. (2012). Peer review, research integrity, and the governance of science - Practice, theory, and current discussions. Beiging: People's Publishing House.
Frodeman, R. (2012). Communication and the limits of knowledge. In Enhancing communication and collaboration in interdisciplinary research, Michael O'Rourke, et al, eds. Sage Publications.
Frodeman, R. (2012). The ontology of climate change: Geoengineering, and the ethical uses of ignorance. Geoengineering our climate: Science, ethics, and governance. Earthscan Publishing.
Frodeman, R. (2010). The Oxford handbook of interdisciplinarity. The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity..
More Books
Frodeman, R., & Callicott, B. (2008). Introduction. In Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy, Cengage Publishing.
Frodeman, R., & Callicott, B. (2008). Afterword. In Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy, Cengage Publishing.
Frodeman, R., & Callicott, B. (2008). Aquifers. In Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy, Cengage Publishing.
Frodeman, R., & Callicott, B. (2008). Foreword. In Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy, Cengage Publishing.
Frodeman, R. (2003). Geo-logic: Breaking ground between philosophy and the earth sciences. SUNY Press.
Posters/Presentations
Frodeman, R. (2009, March). The Columbia Gorge Quorum: Bringing the climate home. Columbia River Gorge.
Frodeman, R. (2009, March). Comparative Assessment of Peer Review. Presented at AAAS SciSIP Meeting.
Frodeman, R. (2009, March). The Future of Science. Oklahoma Science and Arts University.
More Presentations
Frodeman, R. (2009, March). De-disciplining the Humanities. North Texas Philosophical Association, University of North Texas.
Frodeman, R. (2009, June). Synthesis in the Geosciences. funded by the NSF, New York State.
Frodeman, R. (2008, December). Relevance and Impact of the Humanities. University of Vienna.
Frodeman, R. (2007, February). The Future of Environmental Philosophy. University of North Texas.
Frodeman, R. (2007, March). Double takes: Contrarian Views of NSF’s 2nd Criterion. University of South Florida, Tampa.
Frodeman, R. (2007, March). The philosophy of science policy. University of Chile, Santiago.
Frodeman, R. (2007, April). Environmental Ethics of Space. Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
