Speaker Bios

David Benfield is a professor of Philosophy at Montclair State University.  His main areas of research are the analysis of knowledge and the ethical and social aspects of cyberspace.  His articles have been published in Philosophy and Phenomelogical Research and Philosophical Studies.  He regularly teaches a course on the "Philosophy of Cyberspace."

Tony Doyle is a reference librarian at the Hunter College Library of the City University of New York. He has an MA in Philosophy and a Masters in Library Science. He has also taught philosophy at Utica College, Marymount Manhattan College, and the United Nations International  School. His articles on information ethics have been published in Library Quarterly and the Journal of Information Ethics.

Don Fallis is an associate professor of Information Resources at the University of Arizona.  He has a PhD in Philosophy.  He has written on information ethics and regularly teaches a course on information ethics.  His articles have been published in Library Quarterly and the Journal of Philosophy.

Chris Herrera is an associate professor of Philosophy at Montclair State University.  His articles on research ethics have been published in Philosophy of the Social Sciences and the Journal of Medical Ethics.

Kay Mathiesen is an assistant professor of Philosophy at Montclair State University.  Her main areas of research are social groups and information ethics.  Her most recent article, "What is Information Ethics?", appeared in the ACM journal, Computers and Society.  She regularly teaches a course on "Information and Society" for which she received a CITI grant from the State of Massachusetts.

Alan Mattlage is a reference librarian at the University of Maryland Libraries. He has a PhD in Philosophy and a Masters in Library Science.  He has been published in the Journal of Academic Librarianship.

Marc Meola is a humanities librarian at the Roscoe L. West Library of the College of New Jersey.  He has an MA in Philosophy and a Masters in Library Science.  He has served on the American Library Association's Committee on Professional Ethics.  His articles have been published in College and Research Libraries and portal: a Journal of Libraries and the Academy.

Robert Plotkin is an attorney specializing in patent, trademark, and copyright protection for computer technology.  He teaches an advanced course on "Software and the Law" at the Boston University School of Law.  He has written extensively on legal protection for software and on the ethical implications of computer programming.

Siva Vaidhyanathan is an assistant professor of Culture and Communication at New York University.  He has a PhD in American Studies.  He is the noted author of The Anarchist in the Library and Copyrights and Copywrongs.  He was a professional journalist for many years.  He has taught at the University of Texas, Wesleyan University, and the University of Wisconsin.

Catherine Womack is an assistant professor of Philosophy at Bridgewater State College. Her main areas of research include philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of science, and logic.  She has been published in Synthese.  She teaches a course on "Values and Technology" for which she received a CITI grant from the State of Massachusetts.

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