Rate My Professor Rosalyn Berne

Berne's research interests encompass science, technology, and society; engineering ethics; animal welfare; and intersections of emerging technologies, science fiction, myth, and links between human and non-human worlds, with emphasis on ethics in engineering practice, biotechnology, and nanotechnology. Her publications include the books Nanotalk: Conversations with Scientists and Engineers about Ethics, Meaning, and Belief in the Development of Nanotechnology (2006), Creating Life from Life: Biotechnology and Science Fiction (2014), Animals, Ethics, and Engineering: Intersections and Implications (2025), When the Horses Whisper (2013), and Waking to Beauty (2016). She received the NSF Career Award for ethics in nanotechnologies (2002), Fulbright Scholar Lectureship at Nehru University (2007), Outstanding Teaching and Service Award from the Department of Science, Technology, and Society (2003), and book awards including the 2015 Living Now Books Silver Award and 2017 Nautilus Books Silver Award. Berne serves on the Ethics Committee of the American Society for Engineering Education, the Education Committee of the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems, and the National Academies Committee on Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, and is on the editorial board of Virtues and Vocations magazine. She teaches courses such as Engineering Ethics, Ethics and Engineering Practice, and Ethics in Nanotechnology Development.