Daniel Susser / curriculum vitae
Information Law Institute, NYU School of Law
239 Greene St. #204, New York, NY 10003
email: daniel.susser@nyu.edu or @sjsu.edu
website: www.danielsusser.com
AREAS of SPECIALIZATION and COMPETENCE
AOS
Philosophy of technology, social and political philosophy, applied ethics (esp.
information ethics), feminist philosophy
AOC
Hermeneutics and critical theory, phenomenology, philosophy of mind/AI
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2015-16
2015-
Research Fellow, Information Law Institute, New York University School of Law
Visiting Scholar, NYU Department of Media, Culture, and Communication
Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Philosophy Department, San Jose State University
EDUCATION
2009-15
Ph.D., with distinction, Stony Brook University
Dissertation: “Hermeneutic Privacy: On Identity, Agency, and Information”
Advisor: Eduardo Mendieta
Chair: Don Ihde
2003-07
B.A., magna cum laude, The George Washington University
Computer Science and Philosophy (double-major, with special honors)
AWARDS and HONORS
2014-15
2012
2009-14
2007
2007
2006-07
2006-07
2003-07
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Stony Brook University Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Graduate Fellowship
Funded participant in APA/AAPT Teaching and Learning Seminar in Philosophy
Stony Brook University full tuition scholarship and funded teaching assistantship
The George Washington University Gauss Prize for Excellence in Philosophy
The George Washington University Cruikshanks Award for the highest GPA of the
graduating class in Computer Science
The George Washington University Enosinian Scholar
The George Washington University Matthew Reynolds Fellowship
The George Washington University Presidential Scholarship
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PUBLICATIONS
f/c
“Information Privacy and Social Self-Authorship,” forthcoming in Techné: Research in
Philosophy & Technology.
2014
“Philosophy’s Climate Problem: A Primer,” in APA Newsletter on Feminism and
Philosophy, 13(2), Spring 2014.
2013
“Artificial Intelligence and the Body: Dreyfus, Bickhard, and the Future of AI,” in
Vincent C. Müller (ed.), Philosophy and Theory of Artificial Intelligence (SAPERE;
Berlin: Springer), 2013.
Under Review
Feminist critique of privacy (revise & resubmit)
In Progress
Postphenomenology and big data (article)
Value of mandated privacy disclosures (article)
Surveillance harms (article)
PRESENTATIONS and CONFERENCE ACTIVITY
* refereed, • invited
2015
Moderated a panel titled "Facilitating Connections" at the Responsible Use of Open
Data: Government and the Private Sector conference, jointly sponsored by the New
York University School of Law's Information Law Institute and UC Berkeley's Center
for Law and Technology. New York, NY. November 20, 2015.
2015
"What's the Point of Notice?" Presented at the New York University School of Law
Privacy Research Group. New York, NY. October 7, 2015.
2015
• “Ihde’s Missing Sciences.” Presented at the Pre-Publication Book Event for Don
Ihde’s forthcoming Husserl’s Missing Technologies (Fordham) at Stony Brook
University. Stony Brook, NY. March 10.
2013
* “Out of Control: On Privacy and Personal Information.” Presented at the
Association for Political Theory Annual Conference at Vanderbilt University.
Nashville, TN. October 11.
2013
• “Social Media.” Presented to the Stony Brook Philosophy Society “Philosophical
Tools” Lecture Series. Stony Brook, NY. March 11.
2011
* “Artificial Intelligence and the Body: Dreyfus and Bickhard on Intentionality and
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Agent-Environment Interaction.” Presented at the Philosophy & Theory of Artificial
Intelligence (PT-AI) Conference at Anatolia College. Thessaloniki, Greece. October 4.
2011
* “Wicked No More: On Moral Reform in Aristotle’s Ethics.” Presented at the
Catholic University Graduate Philosophy Conference. Washington, DC. March 18.
2010
“The Violence of Ambivalence: Gay Marriage as Civil Right.” Presented at the
Radical Philosophy Association (RPA) 9th Biennial Conference at the University of
Oregon. Eugene, OR. November 12.
2010
“From Telephones to Smellophones: Toward a Hermeneutics of Electronically
Mediated Communication.” Presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP) at McGill University. Montreal,
Canada. November 4.
2010
“On Meaning and the Other in the Electronically Mediated Lifeworld.” Presented at
the Stony Brook University Graduate Student Colloquium Series. November 3.
2010
“Religion How?: Deliberative Democracy and Proposition 8.” Presented at the
Annual “Queertopia” Conference at Northwestern University. Evanston, IL. May 22.
2010
* “Absent Bodies: Nietzsche and the Experience of Electronically Mediated
Communication.” Presented at the Society for Student Philosophers Annual
Conference at the University of Texas. Austin, TX. April 10.
2010
* “Religion How?: Deliberative Democracy and Proposition 8.” Presented at the Annual
Midsouth Philosophy Conference at the University of Memphis. Memphis, TN. March 6.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor - Stony Brook University
Philosophy and Public Policy
Introduction to Science and Technology Ethics
Concepts of the Person
Politics and Society
Historical Introduction to Western Philosophy
Logical and Critical Reasoning
Teaching Assistant - Stony Brook University
Historical Introduction to Western Philosophy
Logical and Critical Reasoning
Plato’s Republic
Introduction to Moral Reasoning
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SERVICE
Stony Brook University
2011-15
2013
2011-12
2010-11
2009-10
Philosophy Department Webmaster
Search Committee Member for Senior Philosophy of Technology Hire
Elected President of the Philosophy Graduate Student Organization
Elected Student Representative to the Faculty and Graduate Program Committee
Elected Dept. Representative to the Graduate Student Employees Union
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Philosophical Association
Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
Society for Philosophy and Technology
Association for Political Theory
American Association of Philosophy Teachers
Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Radical Philosophy Association
REFERENCES
Don Ihde (research)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Philosophy Department
Stony Brook University
Email: don.ihde@stonybrook.edu
Eduardo Mendieta (research & teaching)
Professor
Philosophy Department
Pennsylvania State University
Email: ezm5325@psu.edu
Serene Khader (research & teaching)
Associate Professor and Jay Newman Chair
Philosophy Department
Brooklyn College - CUNY
Email: sjkhader@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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