Biography

New Jersey Institute of Technology - Humanities

Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities, New Jersey Institute of Technology
J. Britt
Holbrook
In August, 2015 I became Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities at New Jersey Institute of Technology.

In addition to 12 years experience teaching philosophy classes, I also have interdisciplinary teaching experience as a member of the faculty of the 2007 Texas Governor's School and as a two-time co-instructor (with biologists) of a field course in socioecological conservation in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve in southernmost sub-Antarctic Chile (see photo).

My current research focuses on interdisciplinarity, peer review, and the relationship between science, technology, and society. I am especially interested in the future of research and scholarly communication and the incorporation of societal impacts considerations into the evaluation of academic research.

Recent publications include:

Ethics, Science, Technology, and Engineering: A Global Resource, eds. J. Britt Holbrook (Editor in Chief) and Carl Mitcham (Associate Editor), 4 vols. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2015.

. J. Britt Holbrook and Adam Briggle (2014). “Knowledge kills action – why principles should play a limited role in policy-making,” Journal of Responsible Innovation 1 (1): 51-66. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2014.882554.

J. Britt Holbrook (2013). “What is interdisciplinary communication? Reflections on the very idea of disciplinary integration.” Synthese, 190 (11): 1865-1879. DOI: 10.1007/s11229-012-0179-7.

J. Britt Holbrook, Kelli R. Barr, and Keith Wayne Brown (2013). “Research Impact: We Need Negative Metrics Too.” Nature 497, 439 (23 May 2013) doi:10.1038/497439a

Specialties: Peer review, interdisciplinarity, ethics of science and technology

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