Alexandra Morrison

Alexandra Morrison

Contact

  • Associate Professor of Philosophy, Humanities
  • Ethics and Philosophy Minor Advisor
  • PhD (Philosophy) University of Guelph
  • MA, BA (Philosophy) University of Toronto

Biography

Alexandra Morrison is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Michigan Technological University. Her main research areas are Continental Philosophy especially Phenomenology, Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Ethics. Her research in ethics seeks to uncover the ways in which our embodied and habitual relations with technologies and technological systems, over time and often imperceptibly, transform who we are and what we value. Her work in ethics and technology is also informed by various interdisciplinary research projects with computer scientists, engineers, and anthropologists.

Research Areas

  • Continental Philosophy (especially Phenomenology and Existential Thought)
  • Ethics and Technology
  • Philosophy of Technology
  • Engineering Ethics
  • STEM ethics pedagogy