Robert Rosenberger

Professor

Member Of:
  • School of Public Policy
Office Location: DM Smith 315
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Overview

Robert Rosenberger is a Professor in the School of Public Policy and is currently serving as the President of the Society for Philosophy & Technology. His research in the philosophy of technology explores the habitual relationships people develop with everyday devices, with applications in design and policy. This includes lines of research into the driving impairment of smartphone usage, the educational advantages of computer-simulated frog dissection, the roles of imaging devices in scientific debates, and the critique of hostile design and architecture (especially anti-homeless design). His edited and co-eidted books include Postphenomenological Investigations: Essays on Human-Technology Relations, Postphenomenology and Imaging: How to Read Technology, The Critical Ihde, and the interview book Philosophy of Science: 5 Questions. His monographs include Callous Objects: Designs Against the Homeless and Distracted: A Philosophy of Cars and Phones.     

Education:
  • PhD, Stony Brook University, Philosophy