Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

Paul Baer, Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy, is an internationally recognized expert on issues of equity and climate change, with training in ecological economics, ethics, philosophy of science, risk analysis and simulation modeling. He completed his PhD in 2005 at UC Berkeley’s Energy and Resources Group, and also has a BA in Economics from Stanford University and a Masters in Environmental Planning and Management from Louisiana State University. Since completeing his PhD, he has been a post-doctoral scholar at Stanford University’s Woods Institute for the Environment, as well as research director of EcoEquity, an environmental organization he co-founded in 2000.

Justin Biddle, Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy, received a BA in Philosophy and a BS in Physics from the University of Dayton in 1999. After spending a year doing social work in Bangalore, India, he began graduate studies at the University of Notre Dame, where he completed his PhD in the Program in History and Philosophy of Science in 2006. For the past three years, he has taught philosophy at Bielefeld University in Germany. His research interests are in the philosophy of science, particularly concerning the appropriate role of values in science, and in the commercialization of biomedical research.

Shiri M. Breznitz, Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy, Breznitz completed her PhD in Economic Geography at the University of Cambridge. Her dissertation compared technology transfer and economic development at the University of Cambridge, UK and Yale University, US, and their influence on the development of the local biotechnology clusters. This project resulted in three articles in referred journals and a book manuscript with Stanford University Press. Breznitz’ research focuses on regional economic development, especially the role of universities in economic development, technology transfer and commercialization and the biotechnology industry. Her current work examines and compares Israeli and Finish biotechnology clusters to evaluate the recent phenomenon of cluster specialization.

Janelle Knox-Hayes, Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy, completed her DPhil in Economic Geography and Masters of Science in Environmental Policy at the Oxford University School for Geography and the Environment. She completed a BA at the University of Colorado at Boulder, with a triple major in Ecology, International Affairs, and Japanese Language. Before beginning her graduate studies, Knox-Hayes worked for the Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center, and for the Government Accountability Office in Washington D.C.  In 2005, she was selected as a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar.  Her research focuses on institutional networks and carbon market development. She has also conducted research which maps and describes the socio-demographic characteristics of UK pension entitlements.

Robert Rosenberger, Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy, received his PhD in philosophy from Stony Brook University. His research in the philosophy of technology explores the habitual relationships people develop with everyday devices such as cell phones and television, with applications in design and policy. This focus includes a series of articles on the roles of imaging technologies in scientific practice. In the philosophy of science, he studies the conventions of scientific debate, and has edited the forthcoming interview book Philosophy of Science: 5 Questions. Also, with his research group colleagues, he works on the philosophy of computer simulation, and constructs game-theoretic models of prejudice reduction.