Publications

Popular Commentary:

“The Reason That Even Hands-Free Calls Are Risky For Drivers.” Psyche, November 28th, 2024. 

Robert Rosenberger & Peter-Paul Verbeek. “Don Ihde: 1934 – 2024.” Journal of Human-Technology Relations. 2(1).

“How Camping Bans—Like the One The Supreme Court Just Upheld—Can Fit into ‘Hostile Design’ Strategies to Push Out Homeless People.” The Conversation, June 28th, 2024. *Republished in The Oregonian, Salt Lake City Tribune, San Francisco Chronical, Fast Company, Yahoo! News, and elsewhere.

“Technologies are Non-Neutral: Postphenomenology and Issues of Care.” Essay/Interview with Ave Mets. Leida, Issue #4, June 14th, 2024.

“The Public Spaces of Trump Tower Reflect the Cruelty and Self-Dealing of the Trump Presidency.” Antipode Intervention. Dec. 4th, 2018.

“Hands-Free Georgia Act Improves Public Safety, Still Room For Improvement.” Saporta Report. Oct. 28th, 2018.

“Yes, Smartphone Use is Probably Behind the Spike in Driving Deaths. So Why Isn’t More Being Done To Curb It?” Slate. Dec. 28th, 2017.

“Smart Cities for Whom? Leveraging Technology For an Inclusive and Just Atlanta.” with A. Karner, J. Hirsch, & J. Woo. Saporta Report. Dec. 10th, 2017.

“Trump Tower and the Question of ‘Public’ Space.” the Atlantic online. Aug. 25th, 2016.

“The Politics of Park Benches.” Creative Loafing Atlanta. Jan. 15th, 2015.

“How Cities Use Design to Drive Homeless People Away.” the Atlantic online. June 19th, 2014.

“Court Overturns Nation’s Strongest Ban on Cell Phone Use While Driving.  That’s Disastrous.” Slate. June 16th, 2014.

“Dictation Technology Will Change Writing Instruction.” Edutopia. October 7th, 2013. 

“Why Don’t People Want to Read Ebooks on Tablets?” Slate. August 15th, 2013.

“Do Dissections Teach Animal Cruelty?” Atlanta Journal-Constitution. July 22nd, 2013, p.A10.

“Siri, Take This Down: Will Voice Control Shape Our Writing?” the Atlantic online. August 1st, 2012.

“The False Sense of Security Created By Hands-Free Devices in Cars.” Slate. March 5th, 2012.

Professional Writing:

A. Books

Monographs:

Distracted: A Philosophy of Cars and Phones. University of Minnesota Press, 2024.

Callous Objects: Designs Against the Homeless. University of Minnesota Press, 2017.

Edited volumes:

The Critical Ihde. SUNY Press, 2023.

Postphenomenology and Imaging: How to Read an Image. Co-edited with Samantha J. Fried. Lexington Books, 2021.

Postphenomenological Investigations: Essays on Human-Technology Relations. Co-edited with Peter-Paul Verbeek. Lexington Books, 2015.

1. Philosophy of Science: 5 Questions. Automatic Press/VIP, 2010. -interviews with leading figures in the field

B. Articles and Book Chapters

Jesper Aagaard & Robert Rosenberger. “Experience Without Essentialism: On ‘Posting” Phenomenology.” Qualitative Research in Psychology. Forthcoming.

“The Communication of Values Through Hostile Design.” In S. L. Connaughton & Stefanie Pakallus (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Conflict and Peace Communication. New York: Routledge, 2025, pp. 190-199.

“The Activist Potential of Postmodern Phenomenology of Technology.” In B. de Boer & J. Zwier (Eds.), Phenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology. Open Book Publishers, 2024, pp. 97-120.

“Hostile Design” Entry for Oxford Bibliographies in Urban Studies, May 23rd, 2024.

“A Classification Scheme for Hostile Design.” Philosophy of the City Journal. 1(1): 49-70, 2023.

“Technological Multistability and the Trouble with the Things Themselves.” In S. Vallor (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Technology, pp. 374-391, 2022.

“Against Spectatorial Utopianism.” AI & Society, 2021. 

“The Politics of the Passive Subject.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective. 10(9): 29-35, 2021.

“A Primer on Postphenomenology and Image Reading.” In S. J. Fried & R. Rosenberger (eds.), Postphenomenology & Imaging. Lanham: Lexington Books, pp. 3-95, 2021. 93 pages!

“Sartre’s Keyhole and the Politics of Multistable Space.” In I. B. Hyams, & L. Botin (eds.), Postphenomenology & Architecture. Lanham: Lexington Books, pp. 73-104, 2021.

“Backing Up Into Advocacy: The Case of Smartphone Driver Distraction.” The Journal of Sociotechnical Critique. 1(1): article 3, 1-16, 2020.

“A Preliminary Inventory of the Transformations of Scientific Imaging.” Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientariam. 8(2): 21-37, 2020.

“‘But That’s Not Phenomenology!’: A Phenomenology of Discriminatory Technologies.” Techné: Research in Philosophy & Technology. 21(1/2): 83-113, 2020.

“Hostile Design and the Materiality of Surveillance.” In H. Wiltse (Ed.), Relating to Things: Technology and the Artifactual. Bloomsbury, pp. 135-150, 2020.    *link to full book

“On Hostile Design: Theoretical and Empirical Prospects.” Urban Studies. 57(4): 883-893, 2020.

“The Experiential Niche: Or, On the Difference Between Smartphone and Passenger Driver Distraction.” Philosophy & Technology. 32(2): 303-320, 2019.

“Why It Takes Both Postphenomenology and STS to Account for Technological Mediation: The Case of LOVE Park.” In J. Aagaard, J. K. B. Friis, J. Sorenson, O. Tafdrup, & C. Hasse (Eds.), Postphenomenological Methodologies: New Ways in Mediating Techno-Human Relationships. Lanham: Lexington Books, pp. 171-198, 2018.

“Notes on a Nonfoundational Phenomenology of Technology.” Foundations of Science. 22: 471-494, 2017.

“On the Hermeneutics of Everyday Things: Or, The Philosophy of Fire Hydrants.” AI & Society. 32: 233-241, 2017, 2017.

“The ICT Educator’s Fallacy.” Foundations of Science. 22: 395-399, 2017.

“On the Immersion of E-Reading (Or Lack Thereof).” In Y. Van Den Eede, S. O. Irwin, and G. Wellner (eds), Postphenomenology and Media: Essays on Human-Media-World Relations. Lanham: Lexington Books, pp. 145-163, 2017.

“The Organization of User Experience.” In A. Shew & J. Pitt (eds.), Spaces for the Future: A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology. New York: Routledge. pp. 185-195, 2017.

“Phenomenological Approaches to Technological Ethics.” In S. O. Hansson (ed.), The Ethics of Technology: Methods and Approaches. London: Rowman Littlefield, pp. 67-82, 2017.

“Husserl’s Missing Multistability.” Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology. 20(2): 153-167, 2016.

Le Dantec, C. A., C. Appleton, M. Asad, R. Rosenberger, & K. Watkins. “Advocating Through Data: Community Visibilities in Crowdsourcing Cycling Data.” In A. Golub, M. L. Hoffman, A. E. Lugo, & G. F. Sandoval (eds.), Bicycle Justice and Urban Transformation: Biking for All? London: Routledge, pp. 70-85, 2016.

“Driver Distraction from Mobile and Wearable Computer Interfaces.” IEEE Technology & Society Magazine. 34(4): 88-99, 2015.

“An Experiential Account of Phantom Vibration Syndrome.” Computers in Human Behavior. 52: 124-131, 2015.

“Postphenomenology: What’s New? What’s Next?” In J. K. B. O. Friis & R. P. Crease (eds.), Technoscience & Postphenomenology: The Manhattan Papers. Lexington Books/Rowman Littlefield Press, pp. 129-148, 2015.

“A Field Guide for Postphenomenology.” Co-Authored with Peter-Paul Verbeek. In R. Rosenberger & P-P. Verbeek (eds.), Postphenomenological Investigations: Essays on Human-Technology Relations. Lexington Books, pp. 9-41, 2015.

“Multistability and the Agency of Mundane Artifacts: From Speed Bumps to Subway Benches.” Human Studies. 37: 369-392, 2014.

“The Phenomenological Case for Stricter Regulation of Cell Phones and Driving.” Techné: Research in Philosophy & Technology. 18(1-2): 20-47, 2014.

“Google Glass and Highway Safety—Messy Choices.” IEEE Technology & Society Magazine. 33(2): 23-25, 2014.

“The Importance of Generalized Bodily Habits for a Future World of Ubiquitous Computing.” AI & Society. 28: 289-296, 2013.

“An Argument Against ‘No-Look’ Texting While Driving.” IEEE Technology & Society Magazine. 32(1): 53-59, 2013.

“The Problem with Hands-Free Dashboard Cell Phones.” Communications of the ACM. 56(4): 38-40, 2013.

“Mediating Mars: Perceptual Experience and Scientific Imaging Technologies.” Foundations of Science. 18: 75-91, 2013.

“How Simulations Fail.” Patrick Grim, Robert Rosenberger, Adam Rosenfeld, Brian Anderson, and Robb E. Eason. Synthese. 190: 2367-2390, 2013.

“Embodied Technology and the Problem of Using the Phone While Driving.” Phenomenology & the Cognitive Sciences. 11(1): 79-94, 2012.

“A Phenomenological Defense of Computer-Simulated Frog Dissection.” Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology. 15(3): 215-228, 2011.

“A Case Study in the Applied Philosophy of Imaging: The Synaptic Vesicle Debate.” Science, Technology, & Human Values. 36(6): 6-32, 2011.

“A Phenomenology of Image Use in Science: Multistability and the Debate over Martian Gully Deposits.” Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology. 15(2): 156-169, 2011.

“The Spatial Experience of Telephone Use.” Environment, Space, Place. 2(2): 63-77, 2010.

“Perceptual Habituation and Image Interpretation in Neuroscience.” APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Medicine. 10(1): 18-20, 2010.

“The Sudden Experience of the Computer.” AI & Society. 24: 173-180, 2009.

“Quick-Freezing Philosophy: An Analysis of Imaging Technologies in Neurobiology.” In J.-K. B. Olsen, E. Selinger, and S. Riis (eds.), New Waves in Philosophy of Technology. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, pp. 65-82, 2009.

“The Habits of Computer Use.” International Journal of Computing & Information Technology. 1(1): 1-9, 2009.

“Perceiving Other Planets: Bodily Experience, Interpretation, and The Mars Orbiter Camera.” Human Studies. 31(1): 63-75, 2008.

Patrick Grim, Randy Au, Nancy Louie, Will Braynen, Evan Selinger, Robert Rosenberger, and Robb E. Eason “A Graphic Measure for Game-Theoretic Robustness.” Synthese. 163(2): 273-297 2008.

Robb Eason, Trina Kokalis, Evan Selinger, Robert Rosenberger, and Patrick Grim. “What Kind of Science is Simulation?” Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence. 19(1): 19-28, 2007.

“The Phenomenology of Slowly-Loading Webpages.” Ubiquity. 8(15), 2007.

Patrick Grim, Randy Au, Nancy Louie, Robert Rosenberger, William Braynen, Evan Selinger, and Robb E. Eason. “Game-Theoretic Robustness in Cooperation and Prejudice Reduction: A Graphic Measure.” In L. M. Rocha, L. S. Yaeger, M. A. Bedau, D. Floreano, R. L. Goldstone, and A. Vespignani (eds.) Artificial Life X. Cambridge: MIT Press. pp. 445-451, 2006.

Patrick Grim, Evan Selinger, William Braynen, Robert Rosenberger, Randy Au, Nancy Louie, and John Connolly. “Modeling Prejudice Reduction: Spatialized Game Theory and the Contact Hypothesis.” Public Affairs Quarterly. 19(2): 95-125, 2005.

“Bridging Philosophy of Technology and Neurobiological Research: Interpreting Images From the ‘Slam Freezer.’” Bulletin of Science, Technology, & Society. 25(6): 469-474, 2005.

Patrick Grim, Evan Selinger, William Braynen, Robert Rosenberger, Randy Au, Nancy Louie, and John Connolly. “Reducing Prejudice: A Spatialized Game-Theoretic Model for the Contact Hypothesis.” In J. Pollack, M. Bedau, P. Husbands, T. Ikegami, and R. A. Watson (eds.) Artificial Life IX. Cambridge: MIT Press. pp. 244-249, 2004.

C. Book Reviews

“The Problem of Technology and Disability.” Review of Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement, by Ashley Shew. Journal of Human-Technology Relations. 2(1), 2024.

Review of A Deadly Wandering, by Matt Richtel. Rain Taxi. 20(1): 44-45, 2015.

“Technologies of Education: Classrooms and Chat Rooms, Scalpels and Screens.” Review of The Place of the Classroom and the Space of the Screen, by Norm Friesen. Human Studies. 36: 307-313, 2013.

The Body as Image Interpreter.” (essay review of Don Ihde’s Expanding Hermeneutics.) Philosophy & Technology. 25: 257-261, 2012.

“Deflating the Overblown Accounts of Technology: A review of Ihde’s Ironic Technics.” AI & Society. 133-136, 2010.

“Questioning Philosophers of Technology.” Review of Philosophy of Technology: 5 Questions, edited by Jan Kyre-Berg Olsen and Evan Selinger. Science, Technology, & Human Values. 35(1); 140-143, 2010.

Review of Science: Key Concepts in Philosophy, by Steven French. Quarterly Review of Biology. 84(3): 278-279, 2009.

“An Ambivalent, Postphenomenological Philosophy of Technology.” Review of What Things Do: Philosophical Reflections on Technology, Agency, and Design, by Peter-Paul Verbeek. Janus Head. 10(2): 640-646, 2008.

Review of Objectivity, by Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison. Quarterly Review of Biology. 83(3): 292-293, 2008.

“Seeing the World Through Technology and Art.” Review of Mediated Vision, edited by Petran Kockelkoren. Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology. 12(1): 90-97, 2008.

4. “Catching Up With Technoscience Studies.” Review of Chasing Technoscience: Matrix for Materiality, edited by Don Ihde and Evan Selinger. Human Studies. 29: 399-403, 2006.

Review of Science in Society, by Matthew David. Quarterly Review of Biology. 81(3): 267-268, 2006.

Review of Politics of Nature: How To Bring The Sciences Into Democracy, by Bruno Latour. Quarterly Review of Biology. 79(4), 404-405, 2004.

Review of Investigative Pathways: Patterns and Stages in the Careers of Experimental Scientists by Frederic Lawrence Holmes. Quarterly Review of Biology. 79(4), 405-406, 2004.

D. Revolutionary History

As a hobby, I write about American Revolutionary History.

7. Review of Poor Richard’s Women: Deborah Read Franklin and the Other Women Behind the Founding Father, by Nancy Rubin Stuart. Compulsive Reader, September 15th, 2023.

6. “Reclaiming History From the Bigots: Jill’s Lepore’s This America.” The Rumpus, September 23rd, 2020.

5. “Escaping Washington.” Review of Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge, by Erica Armstrong Dunbar. Fiction Advocate, June 19th, 2019.

4. Review of The Bill of Rights: The Fight to Secure America’s Liberties, by Carol Berkin. The Rumpus, January 19th, 2017.

3. Review of The Quartet: Orchestrating The Second American Revolution, 1783-1779, by Joseph Ellis. The Rumpus, July 16th, 2015.

2. “Benny & Jenny.” Review of Book of Ages: The Life of Jane Franklin, by Jill Lepore. Fiction Advocate, February 19th, 2015.

1. “Aaron Burr: Good Father, Good Shot.” Review of The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr, by H.W. Brands. Identity Theory, May 30th, 2013.