Professor
Dr. Elliott specializes in practical ethics. In addition to her writings in media ethics, she has published work relating to ethical issues and animals, government, higher education, philanthropy, research and teaching. Her recent books include Ethical Challenges: Building Your Ethics Toolkit, The Kindness of Strangers, Philanthropy in Higher Education and Ethics in the First Person, and A Guide to Teaching and Learning Practical Ethics. Journalistic experience includes stints as ethics coach and general assignment reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer and Louisville Courier Journal. She also produced and hosted a public radio show, Ethically Speaking. Dr. Elliott served as the Ethics Officer for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and has previously taught at Utah State University, Dartmouth College, and the University of Montana. She was recently named to the Fulbright Specialist roster.
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About Deni Elliott
Dr. Elliott specializes in practical ethics. In addition to her writings in media ethics, she has published work relating to ethical issues and animals, government, higher education, philanthropy, research and teaching. Her recent books include Ethical Challenges: Building Your Ethics Toolkit, The Kindness of Strangers, Philanthropy in Higher Education and Ethics in the First Person, and A Guide to Teaching and Learning Practical Ethics. Journalistic experience includes stints as ethics coach and general assignment reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer and Louisville Courier Journal. She also produced and hosted a public radio show, Ethically Speaking. Dr. Elliott served as the Ethics Officer for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and has previously taught at Utah State University, Dartmouth College, and the University of Montana. She was recently named to the Fulbright Specialist roster.
| Present | Professor, University of South Florida | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2021 - 2022 | New Jersey Institute of Technology Campus Alignment Review of Ethics (NJIT CAREs) |
| National Science Foundation | |
| Role: PI | |
| $44,762 | |
| 2017 - 2019 | Communication Ethics, Media Literacy, and Civic Agency: A Pilot Study of the National Ethics Project (NEP) |
| Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | |
| Role: PI | |
| Colleague(s): co-investigators Anne Newman (Stanford) and Maggie Schein (The Citadel) | |
| $75,000 | |
| 2016 - 2018 | Officer’s Grant |
| Spencer Foundation | |
| Role: PI | |
| Colleague(s): Co-PIs Danielle Allen, Jess Miner (Harvard), Rob Reich, Anne Newman (Stanford), Stuart Yoak (APPE, Indiana University) | |
| $75,000 | |
| 2008 - 2009 | The Ethics of Asking: Philanthropy and Breast Cancer |
| Arthur W. Page Center | |
| Role: PI | |
| $10,500 | |
| 2005 - 2005 | Ethically Speaking Radio Show |
| Montana Committee for the Humanities | |
| Role: PI | |
| $6,900 | |
| 2003 - 2005 | Ethics Audit Tool for Institutional Officers |
| Office of Research Integrity (ORI), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) | |
| Role: Project Director | |
| $25,000 | |
| 2002 - 2003 | Responsible Conduct of Research Online Education for Investigators |
| Office of Research Integrity (ORI), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) | |
| Role: Project Director | |
| $25,000 | |
| 1999 - 2000 | Academic Integrity Survey and Guide Project |
| Centers for Academic Integrity, Duke University | |
| Role: UM Project Director | |
| $1,000 | |
| 1996 - 1999 | Development of Graduate Degree Program in Teaching Practical Ethics |
| Fund for Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education | |
| Role: Project Director | |
| $174,000 | |
| 1995 - 1996 | Moral Excellence in Business in Japan and America |
| International Environmental Institute | |
| Role: PI | |
| $10,000 | |
| 1992 - 1995 | Curriculum and Faculty Development for the Teaching of Academic Research Ethics |
| Fund for Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education | |
| Role: Project Director | |
| Colleague(s): CO-PD Judy Stern (Dartmouth) | |
| $219,777 | |
| 1992 - 1994 | Production of Educational Modules for the Teaching of Research Ethics |
| National Science Foundation (EVS) | |
| Role: PI | |
| $224,999 | |
| 1992 - 1993 | The Burden of Knowledge, Moral Dilemmas in Prenatal Testing |
| New Hampshire Humanities Council, Montana Committee for the Humanities and the Greenwall Foundation | |
| Role: PI | |
| $58,000 | |
| 1990 - 1992 | Ethics and Organ Transplantation |
| Peter Kiewit Foundation | |
| Role: PI | |
| Colleague(s): Co-PI Carl Greiner (U Nebraska) | |
| $134,295 | |
| 1989 - 1992 | Ethics and Higher Education Advancement |
| The Lilly Endowment and Kellogg Foundation | |
| Role: PI | |
| $320,000 |
| Ph.D., Harvard University ‐ Philosophy of Education | ||
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| M.A., Wayne State University ‐ Philosophy | ||
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| B.A., University of Maryland ‐ Speech Communication | ||
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Links
Contact Information
Office: FCT 204
Phone: 727-873-4857
Email: elliott@mail.usf.edu
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