Fairfield University has announced the appointment of Gregg Caruso, PhD, as the Director of the Patrick J. Waide Center for Applied Ethics. Caruso brings extensive experience in applied ethics and applied philosophy, bridging the fields of law, psychology, and neurolaw with a deep understanding of moral, legal, and political issues.
Under Caruso’s leadership, the Waide Center will pursue three strategic directions— curriculum, research, and outreach—through research support, a speaker series, and other initiatives.
“I am honored to be joining Fairfield University as professor of applied ethics and management, and director of the Patrick J. Waide Center for Applied Ethics,” Caruso said. “Over the next few years, I aim to grow the Waide Center into a national and international hub for applied ethics by expanding its activities and reach.” He envisions this growth through an annual Waide Center seminar series, which will feature eight talks by world-class scholars in various areas of applied ethics. Additionally, the center will host conferences, workshops, professional training programs, and student-oriented roundtables.
Housed within the Charles F. Dolan School of Business, the Patrick J. Waide Center for Applied Ethics advances learning, research, and dialogue about the leading ethical issues of our time. The Waide Center works with Fairfield University students and faculty, as well as regional, national, and international leaders in a wide variety of fields, to develop strategies for managing ethical challenges.
Caruso’s esteemed academic career spans several international universities. He will continue his association with Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, as an honorary professor of philosophy, and with the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, where he serves as co-director of the Justice Without Retribution Network. Before joining Fairfield University, Caruso was a distinguished professor of Philosophy at SUNY Corning. An accomplished scholar, he is the author of six books, editor of five additional collections, and has published over forty journal articles and book chapters. Caruso’s research focuses on free will, moral responsibility, criminal punishment, philosophy of law, moral psychology, philosophy of mind, neurolaw, and applied issues in moral, legal, and political philosophy.
