John Carter McKnight

Biography

John Carter McKnight is a second-year PhD student at Arizona State University, in Human & Social Dimensions of Science and Technology. His work focuses on the use of games for informal education in ethical, legal and social issues with respect to emerging technologies.

Currently, he is Adjunct Professor of Law at ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, where he is co-teaching a graduate seminar on governance of virtual worlds. He is a Science Foundation Arizona Fellow for 2008-2010.

He has been a Wall Street corporate finance attorney, an officer and director of nonprofit organizations involved in science education and policy, CEO of a startup spacesuit-technology firm, and Prelaw Services Coordinator at Arizona State University.

He holds a JD from the New York University School of Law, a Masters of International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and a B.A. (honors) in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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