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James "Kip" Currier, PhD, JD

  • Assistant Professor

Dr. Currier is a Faculty Fellow with the Beatrice Institute at the University of Pittsburgh. 

Institution of Highest Degree

  • PhD, University of Pittsburgh
  • JD, University of Pittsburgh

Representative Publications

Dr. Currier is the author of "Ethics, Information, and Technology" (Bloomsbury, 2026). 

He created and maintains several blogs:

Ethics, Info, Tech: Contested Voices, Values, Spaces. 

Intellectual Property (IP), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Open Movements (OM).

Management and Leadership. 

Spink, A., & Currier, J. (2006a). Emerging evolutionary approach to human information behavior. In A. Spink & C. Cole (Eds.), New directions in human information behavior (pp. 13-31). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

Spink, A., & Currier, J. (2006b). Towards an evolutionary perspective for human information behavior: An exploratory study. Journal of Documentation, 62(2), 171-193.

Research Interests

Ethics/Technology Ethics; AI; Intellectual Property (focused on Copyright & Fair Use); Open Movements; Management & Leadership