Publications

2023 Publications

 
AI Research Group for the Centre for Digital Culture of the Dicastery for Culture and Education of the Holy See. Encountering Artificial Intelligence: Ethical and Anthropological Explorations, ed. Matthew J. Gaudet, Noreen Herzfeld, Paul Scherz, Jordan J. Wales. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Press, 2024. https://jmt.scholasticahq.com/issue/8579. With John Slattery and Nathan Colaner as co-authors.

"Imitation Isn’t Enough: An interview with Bishop Paul Tighe, Noreen Herzfeld, and John P. Slattery." Commonweal. (2023).

Chee, Florence (External Fellow), Suomela, Todd, Berendt, Bettina, and Rockwell, Geoffrey. “Applying a Feminist Ethics of Care in Conducting Internet-based Archival Gender Research: The Case of Studying Gamergate Reactions." In Trauth, Eileen and Quesenberry, Jeria (Eds.), Handbook of Gender and Technology: Environment, Identity, Individual. Edward Elgar Publishing. (2023).

Chee, Florence (External Fellow). Digital Game Culture in Korea: The Social at Play. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. (2023).

Scherz, Paul (External Fellow). "No Acceptable Losses: Risk, Prevention, and Justice." Christian Bioethics 29 (2): 164-75. (2023).
 
Curlin, F. and Scherz, Paul (External Fellow). "Theological and Ethical Problems with Medicalizing Risk." Christian Bioethics 29 (2): 105-109. (2023).
 
Scherz, Paul (External Fellow). "A Time of Regret." The Hedgehog Review. 25(1): 9–11. (2023).

Miller Neilan, Rachael (Duquesne Fellow), Carley Reith, Iniya Anandan, Kayla Kraeuter, Heather N. Allen, and Benedict J. Kolber. "Developing a 3-D computational model of neurons in the central amygdala to understand pharmacological targets for pain." Frontiers in Pain Research 4 (2023): 1183553.

Zhou, Wenqi (Affiliated Faculty) (Co-authors: Wenjing Duan and Sherri Cheng. "An Investigation of Marketing Compensation in Medicine: The Impact of the Information Disclosure Regulations." Proceeding of HICSS. (2023).

Avci, Ercan (Post-Doctoral Fellow) (co-author: Henk ten Have). "Ethics Education and Institutional Ethics Committees." In Handbook of Bioethical Decisions. Volume II (2023).

Avci, Ercan (Post-Doctoral Fellow). "Some Ethical Concerns About End of Life: A Paradigm Shift from Ars Moriendi to Medicalized Death." Şırnak University Journal of Divinity Faculty (2023).

Avci, Ercan (Post-Doctoral Fellow).  “Co-Production as a Resolution to Authoritarian Attitudes in Healthcare.” Nursing Ethics (2023).

Avci, Ercan (Post-Doctoral Fellow.  “A Framework for Examining Bioethical Issues from a Sunni Perspective: Maslaha.” Journal of Religion and Health (2023).

Avci, Ercan (Post-Doctoral Fellow). “The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Physicians in Turkey Towards Informed Consent (co-authors: Omer Faruk Boran and Maruf Boran).” Journal of Harran University Medical Faculty (2023).

Scherz, Paul (External Fellow). Tomorrow's Troubles: Risk, Anxiety, and Prudence in an Age of Algorithmic Governance (Book). Georgetown University Press, 2023.

Avci, Ercan (Post-Doctoral Fellow). “Fostering Sustainability Through Ethical Principles in Artificial Intelligence.” in Strands of Sustainability, eds. Gerard Magill and James Benedict, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023.

Raicu, Irina (2022 Symposium Speaker). "On Biased Humans and Algorithms: Can Biased Humans Design Biased Algorithms that Still Enhance Human Flourishing?." Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, January 4, 2023.

2022 Publications

Scherz, Paul (External Fellow). "How the Body Became Integrated: Cybernetics in the History of the Brain Death Debate." Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 47:3, 2022.

Scherz, Paul (External Fellow). Enhancement, Quantification, and the Image of God: A Theological Analysis of the Biostatistical Vision of Human Nature, in The Ethics of Grace: Engaging Gerald McKenny, eds. P Martens and M. Mawson, T&T Clark, 2022.

Chee, Florence (External Fellow). "Communication as Conscience." Communication +1 9:2, 2022.

Chee, Florence (External Fellow). “Editorial: On IRIE Vol. 31: On Dialogue and Artificial Intelligence.” International Review of Information Ethics 31, 2022.

Chee, Florence (External Fellow). “Introduction to Ethics in the Age of Smart Systems.” International Review of Information Ethics 31, 2022.

Avci, Ercan (Post-Doctoral Fellow). “The Relationship Between Quality and Ethics in Healthcare.” Journal of Performance and Quality in Health, 2022. 

Slattery, John (Director). "Privileges of Personhood: The possibility of sentient AI raises new questions." Commonweal, July 8, 2022.

Scherz, Paul (External Fellow). "Data Ethics, AI, and Accompaniment: The Dangers of Depersonalization in Catholic Health Care." Theological Studies 83, no. 2 (June 2022): 271-92.

Vasko, Elisabeth T.  and Ferrara, Lyndsie (Faculty Scholars). True Crime and the Justice of God: Ethics, Media, and Forensic Science (Book). Orbis, 2022.

Zhou, Wenqi and Vasko, Elisabeth T. (Faculty Scholars). Anti-Asian Bias during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Big Data, Christian Ethics and Digital Literacy (2022 Paluse Grant Award). Center for Catholic Faith and Culture, Duquesne University.

Slattery, John (Directing Fellow). In Search of a Prophetic Voice for Tech Ethics: How should the Church speak about the digital age? Commonweal, March 10, 2022.

Avci, Ercan (Post-Doctoral Fellow). "The Goals of Medicine and Compassion in the Ethical Assessment of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide: Relieving Pain and Suffering by Protecting, Promoting, and Maintaining the Person's Well-Being." Journal of Palliative Care, 2022.

Slattery, John (Directing Fellow). Neither Artificial Nor Intelligent. Commonweal, Jan 26, 2022.

Slattery, John (Directing Fellow). We Must Find a Stronger Theological Voice: A Copeland Dialectic to Address Racism, Bias, and Inequity in Technology. Journal of Moral Theology, 11: Special Issue 1, 2022.

Gaudet, Matthew J. (External Fellow) and Brian P. Green, editors. Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence, Journal of Moral Theology, 11: Special Issue 1, 2022.

2021 Publications

Gaudet, Matthew J. (External Fellow). The Two Types of Grades and Why They Matter to Ethics Instruction. Teaching Ethics, 21, no. 2, 2021.

Zhou, Wenqi (Faculty Scholar) (Co-authors: Hong Chen and Wenjing Duan). "When products receive reviews across platforms: Studying the platform concentration of electronic word-of-mouth." Information & Management. (2021). 

 Gaudet, Matthew J. (External Fellow). Infrastructure as an Ideal. Commonweal, Aug 31, 2021.

Juola, Patrick (Internal Fellow). The Informer in Your Pocket. Commonweal, Aug 5, 2021.

 Ghoba,  Sama & Colaner, Nathan (External Fellow). Counterfactual Fairness in Mortgage Lending via Matching and Randomization. In NeurIPS Workshop Algorithmic Fairness through the lens of Causality and Robustness, 2021.

Avci, Ercan (Post-Doctoral Fellow). Evaluating the Effectiveness of Bioethics Education through Quality Standards and Indicators. International Journal of Ethics Education, 2021.

Geiger, Mark (Faculty Scholar) & Moore, Kelly. Attracting the crowd in online fundraising: A meta-analysis connecting campaign characteristics to funding outcomes. Computers in Human Behavior, 2022.

Scheid, Anna Florke (Faculty Scholar). Of Encounters and Extremists: How Religion Can Contribute to the Common Good on Social Media. Berkley Forum, Berkeley Center for Religion, Peace, & World Affairs, November 30, 2021.

Conference Presentations

2023 Conference Presentations

Ercan Avci (Post-Doctoral Fellow), "The Impact of Ethics Education in Ethics Consultation on the Therapeutic Relationship," 11th International Conference for Education in Ethics:  Ethics Education, Interdisciplinarity and Pluriperspectivism, Zagreb-Croatia, June 15-17, 2023.

2022 Conference Presentations

Ercan Avci (Post-Doctoral Fellow), "Examining Ethical Principles in Artificial Intelligence through the Perspective of Different Organizations," 10th International Conference for Education in Ethics: Ethics Education and New Technologies: Cooperation or Conflict?, Padua-Italy, June 23-25, 2022.

Ercan Avci (Post-Doctoral Fellow), "Distinguishing Therapeutic Interventions from Preventive Measures in Assessing the Ethical Acceptability of Emergency Use Authorizations," International Conference on Health Policies, Ankara-Turkey (Online), May 25-26, 2022.

Paul Scherz, "Trapped in our Jeans? The Role of Genes in Determining Our Self" webinar hosted by the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame, Mar 22, 2022.

2021 Conference Presentations

Matthew J. Gaudet (External Fellow), "Lethal Autonomous Weapons--Do We Need a Human in the Loop?," presentation at "Tool or Surrogate: How Autonomous Should AI Be?" Online Symposium Sponsored by the International Research Center on Artificial Intelligence, under the auspices of UNESCO, July 22, 2021.

John Slattery (Directing Fellow), "We Must Find a Stronger Theological Voice: Addressing Racism, Bias, Inequity, and Injustice in Digital Technology," Annual Convention of the College Theology Society, June 3-6, 2021.

Ercan Avci (Post-Doctoral Fellow), "Evaluating Medical Issues from an Islamic Perspective," 4th International Ahmed-I Hani Symposium, Turkey-Agri, October 14-15, 2020.