Michael D Dahnke, PhD

Michael D. Dahnke, PhD, is a philosopher and bioethicist. He received his PhD in philosophy from Temple University and a BA in liberal studies from Bowling Green State University. In his career, he has worked across many interdisciplinary fields: Healthcare Ethics, Nursing Ethics, Medical Humanities, Healthcare Administration, Philosophy of Science in Nursing Practice, and Cultural Issues in Healthcare. His early work was in Aesthetics. He is the author and co-author of four books: Film, Art,...See more

Michael D. Dahnke, PhD, is a philosopher and bioethicist. He received his PhD in philosophy from Temple University and a BA in liberal studies from Bowling Green State University. In his career, he has worked across many interdisciplinary fields: Healthcare Ethics, Nursing Ethics, Medical Humanities, Healthcare Administration, Philosophy of Science in Nursing Practice, and Cultural Issues in Healthcare. His early work was in Aesthetics. He is the author and co-author of four books: Film, Art, and Filmart: An Introduction to Aesthetics Through Film (2007); first author on Philosophy of Nursing Science for Nursing Practice: Concepts (2011), which received a five-star review from Doody's (less than 2% of all health profession books reviewed earn this distinction). The second edition of this book (2016) received 2nd place in the American Journal of Nursing's Book-of-the-Year Awards in the Research Category. He was also co-author of ME Smith Glasgow, HM Dreher, MD Dahnke, and J. Gyllenhammer's (2020) Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing Education: An Essential Guide. He has taught students in health care fields including nursing (Bachelors, Masters, and Doctoral), physician assistant, behavioral health science, and health care administration, as well as undergraduates from all types of majors in his Introduction to Philosophy, Ethics, Logic, and Business Ethics courses. He has published (and sometimes mentored undergraduate students as first author) in Critical Care Nurse , Journal of Bioethical Enquiry , Emergency Nursing , Advances in Health Sciences Education , International Journal of Healthcare Management , Journal of Neonatal Nursing , Holistic Nursing Practice , Auslegung: A Journal of Philosophy , MedSurg Nursing, and Philosophy Now . Dr. Dahnke's most influential work has been examining some fewer known aspects of the Terri Schiavo case, publishing "What we learn (and don't learn) from the Terri Schiavo autopsy" in Functional Neurology, Rehabilitation, and Ergonomics and "Levinas and the face of Terri Schiavo: Bioethical and phenomenological reflections on a public spectacle and private tragedy" in Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics . He was previously Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Health Administration and Division of Graduate Nursing at Drexel University and Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and Health Professions at The College of New Rochelle. He is currently Adjunct Assistant Professor at the College of Staten Island (City University of New York -- CUNY) and teaches at Seton Hall University. See less