Bruce Umbaugh

Bruce Umbaugh is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Webster University, within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. He has been at Webster since 1994 and is based at the St. Louis Main Campus in Missouri, USA.

His educational background:

• BA from Ohio University
• MA from the University of Maryland
• PhD from the University of Maryland

Umbaugh's research focuses on the ethical and philosophical dimensions of technology. He is particularly known for his work in Ethics for Cyberspace, Information Technology Ethics, and Virtual Community. He also explores Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, History of Philosophy, and Critical Thinking. He is convinced of the educational and community-building potential of networked virtual environments and regularly teaches philosophy classes online.

He maintains the X-Ray Net mailing list and the weblog "A blog doesn't need a clever name", and administers the Arts & Sciences Web conferencing system at Webster University.