Prof. David M. Berube This is Me

Education

 View all 174 references Web References

1. 1. Lifeboat Foundation Bios: Dr. David M. Berube

   lifeboat.com/ex/bios.david.m.b - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/27/2008   Last Visited: 6/27/2008

   DR. DAVID M. BERUBE
   
   Dr. Berube said the following about Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines Fascinating read.
   ...
   Dr. David M. Berube is Professor of Communication Studies and NanoSTS, Communication Coordinator for International Council on Nanotechnology USC NanoCenter, and Director of Nano-Ethics.He is on the advisory committee of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, and on the advisory committee of the International Council on Nanotechnology.He is the author of Nano-Hype: The Truth Behind the Nanotechnology Buzz, Non-Policy Debating, the innovative Amazon download Nanotechnology politics: An article from: Issues in Science and Technology, and of the blog NanoHype: Nanotechnology Implications and Interactions.He is the recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant (2003-2007) to study the ethical implications of nanotechnology and is associated as a site manager, CoPI, or mentor on two others.
   
   David teaches a range of courses in the speech division of the Department of English.He also is the director of Carolina Debate.He has been publishing in the areas of debate theory and pedagogy, rhetoric of technology, especially newly emergent technologies and nanotechnology, and posthumanism.He is also a union dramatist, Equity actor and a journalist with over 150 newspaper articles in print.
   
   His professional papers include "SEIN (Societal and Ethical Implications of Nanotechnology", Testimony before the Committee to Review that national Nanotechnology Initiative, Assess the Responsible Development of Nanotechnology, and Determine the Technical Feasibility of Molecular Self Assembly, National Materials Advisory Board, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, February 9-11, 2005, "Understanding Posthumanism , Debunking the Humanists: Arguments from Science Fiction and Faction", a paper presented at the Twelfth Annual International Conference in Literature and the Visual Arts, including Cinema, State University of West Georgia, Atlanta Renaissance Hotel - Downtown, Atlanta, GA, October 23, 1997 and "Claims of Techno-Visionaries: An Analysis of Nanotechnology through the Rhetoric of K. Eric Drexler and the Foresight Institute", a paper presented at the Communication in High Risk Technologies: Global and Local Ethical Concerns Seminar, Speech Communication Association Convention, Atlanta, 31 October 1991.
   
   David received a B.A. in Psychology/Biology from Seton Hall University in 1975, a M.A. in Speech and Theatre from Montclair State College in 1978, and a Ph.D. in Communication Studies from New York University in 1990.
   
   Read his official Lifeboat Foundation blog NanoHype: Nanotechnology Implications and Interactions.Print bio!

2. 2. www.wingsets.com

   www.wingsets.com/Nanoparticles - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/28/2007   Last Visited: 10/28/2007

   David M. Berube, PhD, professor of nanoscience and technology at the University of South Carolina and communication director of the International Council on Nanotechnology, and the author of Nano-Hype (Prometheus).

3. 3. www.newsobserver.com

   www.newsobserver.com/business/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/2/2008   Last Visited: 7/2/2008

   But safety research is lagging, and public understanding has stalled, making the field ripe for a consumer backlash if problems emerge."The public, in general, has no idea what is happening," said David Berube, a communications professor at N.C. State University who is working with a $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation on how to communicate nanotech risks."There is a window of opportunity right now," Berube said.
   ...
   As part of the National Science Foundation grant, Berube will hold a conference in August to discuss strategies for communicating the risks of nanotech.Surveys conducted on behalf of the nanotechnology project show that 42 percent of Americans say they have heard nothing about nanotechnology; 29 percent say they have "heard just a little."That makes sense to Berube, who said most people say, "It's tiny," when asked what they know about nanotechnology.