Curriculum Vitae - Dan Perry
Dan Perry, PhD. Israeli Citizen
55 Remez St. Born August 3, 1965
Peteh-Tikva, Israel
Education and Training (Chronologic Order)
BA, 1993, Philosophy, Tel-Aviv University.
BA, 1993, Jewish Philosophy, Tel-Aviv University.
MA (with honors), 1999, Religious Studies, Tel-Aviv University.
Thesis title “Christian views on the morality of hunting for sport.”
Software engineer, 1999 Sela training courses.
Ph.D., 2008, Science Technology and Society, Bar-Ilan University.
Thesis title “Alien species, the philosophical, historical and social rationale behind the contemporary treatment of invasive alien species.”
Teacher’s diploma in environmental science, 2009, The Weizmann Institute of Science.
Employment
1999-2000 Lucent technologies, software engineer.
2000-2009 The Weizmann Institute of Science,
Coordinator, Youth-Mobile program; Science Teacher; Computer Technician.
2009-2012 Texas Tech University, Department of Natural Resources- Management,
Post-doctoral research assistant and postgraduate class instructor for an NSF field studies ethics project.
2010-2012 Texas Tech University, Department of Philosophy,
Visiting Assistant Professor.
2012- Porter School of Environmental Studies, Tel-Aviv University, Adjunct Lecturer.
2012- Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, Ketura, Israel, lecturer.
Publications
Perry Dan. 2004. Animal Rights and Environmental Wrongs, Essays in Philosophy, 5:2.
Perry Dan and G. Perry. 2008. Improving Interactions between Animal Rights Groups and Conservation Biologists, Conservation biology 22:1, pp. 27-35.
Perry Dan and G. Perry. 2008. Animal Rights and Conservation, Conservation biology 22:4, pp. 816-818.
Perry Dan. 2008. Biodiversity, a scientific term or a public relations slogan?, Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, 54:2. p. 271.
Curzer Howard, Dan Perry, Mark C. Wallace, Gad Perry and Peter Muhlberger. 2011. Teaching wildlife research ethics: a progress report, Teaching Ethics, 11:2.
Perry Gad, Mark Wallace, Dan Perry, Howard Curzer, and Peter Muhlberger. 2011. Toe-Clipping of Amphibians and Reptiles: Science, Ethics, and the Law, Journal of Herpetology, 45:4, pp. 547-555
Perry Dan. 2012. “Endemic aliens”: Grey-headed Flying-foxes at the Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens, Journal of Animal Ethics, 2:2, pp.162-178.
Perry Dan, Mark C. Wallace, Gad Perry, Howard Curzer and Peter Muhlberger. 2012. "Why is ecological ethics necessary?". CORE Issues, August. Available at: http://nationalethicscenter.org/content/article/184
Curzer Howard, Mark C. Wallace, Gad Perry, Peter J. Muhlberger, and Dan Perry. 2013. “The Ethics of Wildlife Research: A Nine R Theory”. ILAR Journal, 54:1, pp.52-57.
Curzer Howard, Mark C. Wallace, Gad Perry, Peter J. Muhlberger, and Dan Perry. 2013. “Environmental Research Ethics”. Environmental Ethics, 35:1, pp. 95-114.
Presentations and Posters at Conferences/Meetings (Selected)
Social, moral and philosophical considerations in alien species management. Biological invasions in ecological ecosystems in Israel. Ben Gruion University in the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel. January 31, 2005.
Moral and philosophical considerations in alien species management in Israel. Israel Society for History & Philosophy of Science 5th Annual Conference. Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem, Israel. March 16-17, 2005
Animal rights and environmental wrongs (Poster). 8th International Conference of the Israeli Society for Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. May 30 – June 1, 2005.
Environmental wrongs and animal rights, Environmental Justice and Global Citizenship, Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom. July 2005.
Social, moral and philosophical considerations in alien species management in Israel. Knowing Borders, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. November 15 2005.
Animal rights as indicators of scientific change, New England Workshop on Science and Social Change, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, U.S.A. April 20 – April 23, 2006.
Endemic aliens and artificial nature: Grey Headed Flying Foxes at the Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens, Animals and Society 2: Considering Animals, Old Woolstore, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. July 3 – July 6, 2007.
Biological Field work, ecological ethics, and the America COMPETES Act, with Perry, G.,
M. Wallace, H. Curzer, and P. Muhlberger, Evolution 2010. joint annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB), and the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), Portland, Oregon 25-29 June 2010
Teaching Ecological Ethics, 8th Biennial Conference on Education in Natural Resources. Blacksburg, VA. March 25-27, 2010.
Biological field work, ecological ethics, and the America COMPETES Act, with Perry, G. , M. Wallace, H. Curzer, and P. Muhlberger. South Western Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Annual meeting, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado, 5-8 August 2010
Enhancing ethical awareness in natural science research students, Eleventh Annual meeting of the Israeli Association of the History and Philosophy of Science, Jerusalem, 6 March 2011.
Awards, honors and research fellowships
1993. The Posis fund scholarship
1996-7. The British Council Chevening scholarship.
2009- The Israeli Society for History & Philosophy of Science Outstanding Thesis award.
Classes taught
Environmental ethics (TTU, Philosophy Dep.)
Field research ethics (TTU, NRM)
Internship course (TAU, Porter school)
Weekly seminar (TAU, Porter school)
Environmental ethics (AIES)