Kristi Scott

Kristi Scott is a doctoral student in Mass Communication and Media Arts at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale working on the way popular culture presents issues of identity, body modification, cosmetic surgery, and emerging technologies. Her specific interest is in the body and how it is technologically mediated, a topic on which she has presented in New York, Salzburg, and Oxford. She has been a freelance writer since 2003 writing for a variety of magazines over the years, most recently as a writer and copy-editor for h+ magazine. She has served an intern, writer/blogger, volunteer, teaching assistant and coordinator for the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies since 2007, and also a reviewer, copy-editor, and layout editor for the Journal of Evolution and Technology. She is was elected to the Board of Directors of Humanity+ in 2010, and is a member of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities and the Futurist Board of the Lifeboat Foundation, a reviewer for the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, an invited member of the Judging Panel for the 2008 Udo Schuklenk Bioethics Essay Competition in Nigeria, and a contributor and blogger for the Women’s Bioethics Project.

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Blogs

Care to Elaborate...

Examining Free Reign over Vacant Eyes

Big Hairy Hobbit feet are OK by me

Keeping up, staying ahead and what I want for Xmas

How do the kids know and what do we say

Part II: Jon and Kate Plus Truman

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Articles

"The Baroque Body: The Role of Body Modification in Scott Westerfeld´s Uglies"   Humanity in Cybernetic Environments  Mar 20, 2010

"Examining Free Reign over Vacant Eyes"   The Yellow Canary  Jan 27, 2010

"An Imperfect Organic Woman’s Perspective on the “Perfect Robot Woman”"   Women's Bioethics Project  Jan 21, 2010

"Big hairy hobbit feet are OK by me"   The Yellow Canary  Jan 7, 2010

"Kristi Scott: Best and Worst"   h+  Dec 31, 2009

"The Second Self through Second Life: Mask or Mirror?"     Dec 16, 2009

"How do the kids know, and what do we say?"   Care to Elaborate  Nov 9, 2009

"Part II: Jon and Kate Plus Truman"   Care to Elaborate  Oct 20, 2009

"Andy Miah, Sports Doping, and the Enhancement Enlightenment"   h+ Magazine  Aug 8, 2009

"Cheating Darwin: The Genetic and Ethical Implications of Vanity and Cosmetic Plastic Surgery"   Journal of Evolution and Technology  Jul 27, 2009

"Jon & Kate plus Plastic Surgery"   Care to Elaborate  Jul 8, 2009

"Review of The Medicalization of Cyberspace"   Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology  Feb 4, 2009

"Wall-E takes over my Two-Year Old and what it can do for the environment"   Care to Elaborate  Jun 21, 2008

"The Pistorius Effect"   Care to Elaborate  May 25, 2008

"Bionic Athletes stepping out of the debate and in to action"   Women's Bioethics Project  May 15, 2008

"Autonomous Killing Machines"   Care to Elaborate  Oct 21, 2007