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'''Thomas M. Powers''' (born 1965 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American Philosophy Professor at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Delaware University of Delaware]. | '''Thomas M. Powers''' (born 1965 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American Philosophy Professor at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Delaware University of Delaware]. | ||
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Thomas M. Powers (born 1965 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American Philosophy Professor at the University of Delaware.
Education
- PhD, University of Texas, Austin, 1994, Philosophy
- DAAD-Fulbright dissertation-year fellow, 1993-1994, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich
- BA, College of William and Mary, 1987, Philosophy
Career
Powers began his career at The College of William and Mary as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy. He then held the same position at Central Michigan University before becoming a Lecturer in Philosophy and an Adjunct Professor of Computer Engineering at Santa Clara University. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Delaware, as well as a Faculty Research Fellow of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute.
Other important positions that Powers held include NSF Research Fellow at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science, Co-editor of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy for "Ethics and Information Technology", and Director of the Science, Ethics, and Public Policy Program at the University of Delaware.
Publications
- “Real Wrongs in Virtual Communities”, Ethics and Information Technology, Vol. 5, No. 4 (2004), pp.191-198.
