Emeritus Faculty
David L. Ferguson
Distinguished Service Professor and Provost's Scholar Ph.D.
Previous DTS Chairman 2002-2017;
University of California, Berkeley
Quantitative methods; computer applications (especially intelligent tutoring; systems and decision support systems; mathematics, science, and engineering education.
1949 - 2019
David Ferguson was a Distinguished Service Professor of Technology and Society and Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Stony Brook University. Previously, he was chair of the Department of Technology and Society. His research and teaching were intertwined and focus on issues of Quantitative reasoning; Problem solving; Use and assessment of educational technologies; Technology in mathematics, science and engineering education; and Decision Making.
University of California, Berkeley
Quantitative methods; computer applications (especially intelligent tutoring; systems and decision support systems; mathematics, science, and engineering education.
1949 - 2019
David Ferguson was a Distinguished Service Professor of Technology and Society and Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Stony Brook University. Previously, he was chair of the Department of Technology and Society. His research and teaching were intertwined and focus on issues of Quantitative reasoning; Problem solving; Use and assessment of educational technologies; Technology in mathematics, science and engineering education; and Decision Making.
Lester Paldy
Distinguished Service Professor
M.S., Hofstra University
Global issues
Lester Paldy holds appointments as Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in this department and the Department of Pathology and is Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics. He teaches the global issues course in the University Honors College and his current work focuses on the requirement for informed consent of human subjects participating in medical research. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His government service includes appointments to U.S. Department of State delegations negotiating nuclear weapon agreements in Geneva and UN and service as a Marine officer in Korea.
Global issues
Lester Paldy holds appointments as Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in this department and the Department of Pathology and is Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics. He teaches the global issues course in the University Honors College and his current work focuses on the requirement for informed consent of human subjects participating in medical research. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His government service includes appointments to U.S. Department of State delegations negotiating nuclear weapon agreements in Geneva and UN and service as a Marine officer in Korea.
Sheldon Reaven
Previous Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Science and technology policy; energy and environmental problems and issues; environmental and waste management; risk analysis and life-cycle analysis; nuclear, chemical, and biological threats.
Industrial, institutional, and municipal waste management, pollution prevention, and environmental regulatory compliance.
Recycling and waste minimization (various materials, products, and businesses)
Environmental comparisons of materials and products (e.g., plastic vs. wood lumber)
Risk, energy, and environmental life-cycle analysis
Integrated environmental design.
Science and technology policy; energy and environmental problems and issues; environmental and waste management; risk analysis and life-cycle analysis; nuclear, chemical, and biological threats.
Industrial, institutional, and municipal waste management, pollution prevention, and environmental regulatory compliance.
Recycling and waste minimization (various materials, products, and businesses)
Environmental comparisons of materials and products (e.g., plastic vs. wood lumber)
Risk, energy, and environmental life-cycle analysis
Integrated environmental design.
Wolf Schäfer
Chair Emeritus and John S. Toll Professor
Previous Chair from 2018 to 2022
Professor Schäfer received his higher education in Marburg, Bonn, King's College London,
Munich, and Bremen; he earned an MA in History, International Politics, and Philosophy
and a PhD in History of Science and Technology and Social History. Resarch in technology,
and society (STS); big technoscience projects; automotive ethics; geography and
cartography; energy transitions and population growth; global history and global studies.