Markkula Center of Applied Ethics

Student Fellows

Hackworth Fellows

The Hackworth Fellows are Santa Clara University undergraduates who provide ethics programming for students. They can be reached by phoning the Center at 408-554-5319 or by sending an email to hackworths@scu.edu. For further information about the program, click here.

     Kari Kjos

Kari Kjos, of Mercer Island, Wash., is majoring in Biochemistry with a minor in Economics. For her fellowship, she will be organizing programming for her peers on topics in medical ethics and on ethical issues related to health care policy (like the current national debate over health care reform). She is the president of the Pre-Health Club at SCU.

   
     Courtney Meehan

Courtney Meehan is from Menlo Park, Calif., and is a Psychology major. For her fellowship year, she has created a blog called "The Technological Citizen" on which she is exploring the ethical implications of technological developments in such areas as information technology, neuroscience, and the environment. Her blog can be found at TheTechnologicalCitizen.com

   
   Daniel Solomon

Daniel Solomon is from Portland, Ore., and is majoring in Sociology and minoring in Political Science. This year he will be developing a statement of values and code of ethics for Associated Students, the student government at SCU. He is also the Chief Justice of the judicial branch of the student government.

   

The Hackworth Fellowships are made possible by a gift from Joan and Michael Hackworth.

Environmental Ethics Fellow

The Fellowship in Environmental Ethics has been awarded annually to an outstanding Santa Clara University undergraduate to support a project that examines the ethical implications of an environmental topic. The fellowship is made possible through the generous support of John (SCU '64) and Joan Casey.

     Liza Dadiomov

Liza Dadiomov is a Psychology and Environmental Studies major and an Urban Education minor at Santa Clara Univdersity. She is also vice president of the Green Club and an Environmental Education Intern at the Ulistac Natural Area in the South Bay. For her fellowship project, she will be conducting a survey of the culture of sustainability among SCU students, staff, and faculty. She is from Redmond, Wash.