People
Carl Cranor
Mailing Address:
PhilosophyHNSS /3220
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
Phone: (951) 827-2353
Fax: (951) 827-5298
Email: carl.cranor@ucr.edu
Degree(s):
MA 1981 Yale Law SchoolPhD 1971 University of California, Los Angeles
BA 1966 University of Colorado
College/Division Affiliation:
College of Humanities, Arts and Social SciencesCenter/Inst Affiliation(s):
Biotechnology Impacts CenterStem Cell Center
Institute for Research on World Systems
Areas Of Expertise:
Risk Assessment; Regulatory and Personal Injury Law; Philosophy of Use of Science in the LawAwards / Honors:
2007-2008 UCR Academic Senate Distinguished Campus Service Award
Fellow, AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
Elected Fellow, Collegium Ramazzini
Research Summary:
Carl Cranor specializes in legal and moral philosophy. His research, supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the University of California Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program, has focused on philosophic issues concerning risks, science and the law. This research has led to publications in philosophy, law and scientific journals and to two books, Regulating Toxic Substances: A Philosophy of Science and the Law (Oxford, 1993, 1997), and Toxic Torts: Science, Law and the Possibility of Justice (Cambridge, 2006). As a Congressional Fellow he coauthored the U.S. Congress’ Office of Technology Assessment report, Identifying and Regulating Carcinogens (1987).