Marvin J. Croy

Associate Professor of Philosophy, UNC Charlotte

Vice-President, International Association for Computing and Philosophy

2003-2007: Chair, Committee on Philosophy and Computers, American Philosophical Association

Office: Winningham 105C
Phone: (704) 687-2174
Fax: (704) 687-2172
E-Mail:
mjcroy@email.uncc.edu


Education

Ph.D. in Philosophy from Florida State University.

B.A. in Psychology from Florida State University.


Areas of Specialization

Educational applications of computer technology, especially using computers to teach logic; philosophy of science; philsophy of education; philosophy of technology.


Current Projects

  • Building an intelligent tutoring system for deductive proof construction (Co-investigator: Dr. Tiffany Barnes, Dept of Computer Science)
  • Development of web based materials for teaching cognitive science.
  • Interface design for deductive proof construction.
  • Assessing the promise of Distance Education.


Awards

  • 1983: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant ($2,700), Summer Seminar at the University of Maryland, College Park, on the philosophical implications of cognitive science.
  • 1990: Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant (Ethics and Values Studies in Science Program), "The Bearing of Computer Technology on Human Interaction and Individualization in Education," ($91,013).
  • 1991: Selected as one of the most successful CAI projects in the USA and Canada in a competition sponsored by EDUCOM (The Joe Wyatt Challenge).
  • 1993: Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant (Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program) and The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, "An Undergraduate Research Experience in Cognitive Science," ($61,000).
  • 1994: National Endowment for the Humanities, funded for participation in the Summer Institute on "Re-Thinking Technology" held at Pennsylvania State University, June-July.
  • 1997: Principal Investigator, "Computer Technology and Higher Education in America," National Science Foundation ($15,000).
  • 1999-2001: Senior Project Team Member, "Web Based Materials for an Interdisciplinary Course in Cognitive Science," National Science Foundation ($200,000).
  • 2004-2007: Project Advisory Board Member, "Building Capability in Philosophical Approaches to Ethics and Science and Technology," National Science Foundation, $81,000.
  • 2006-2008: Senior Project Team Member, Research Experiences for Undergraduates, National Science Foundation ($300,000).


Selected Publications

Articles

Publications in Books

  • Croy, M., and Amidon, J. (1991). "A Mouse-Driven Graphic Interface for Deductive Proof Construction," in Burkholder, L. (ed.) Philosophy and the Computer, New York: Westview Press, pp. 198-203.
  • Croy, M. (1992). "The Ethics of Evaluating Instructional Computing", in Bynum, T. (ed.) Computer Ethics Issues in Academic Computing. New Haven: Research Center on Computers and Society, pp. 48-63.
  • Croy, M. (1992). "Report on the Discussions of the Working Group on Policy Issues in Campus Computing", in Bynum, T. (ed.) Computer Ethics Issues in Academic Computing. New Haven: Research Center on Computers and Society, pp. 90-96.
  • Croy, M. (1993). "CAI to Enhance Human Interaction in Learning Deductive Proof Construction", in 101 Success Stories of Information Technology in Higher Education: The Joe Wyatt Challenge, edited by J.V. Boettcher, New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., pp. 501-506.


           

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