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John Parsi

Graduate Research Assistant

John Parsi graduated from Arizona State University with a B.S. in Political Science and a B.A. in Sociology in May, 2002. After graduation John took a position as Assistant Director of a documentary film company in Milan, Italy. In the Spring of 2004 John returned to Arizona State University to pursue a PhD in Political Science, receiving his M.A. in May, 2006. In the Fall of 2005 John began work for the Center for Nanotechnology in Society. His work spans the major political and philosophical questions concerning contemporary society both within the political realm and the scientific realm. John's major projects are the exploration of the political and philosophical issues of human enhancement and the tracing the global social justice movement. Within the sphere of human enhancement John is working on the need for anticipatory governance when examining the political and ethical dimensions of advancing technology.