Last updated on: 2/4/2009 | Author: ProCon.org

John Allen Paulos, PhD Biography

Title:
Professor of Mathematics at Temple University
Position:
Pro to the question "Should Prostitution Be Legal?"
Reasoning:

“Most women enter prostitution for the money.

This being so, legalizing it, regulating it (strictly enforcing laws against pimping, child prostitution, public nuisance and so forth) and improving the economic prospects for women seem to me a greatly preferable approach to it than moralistic denunciation.”

ABCNews.com (accessed May 7, 2006)
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Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Professor, Mathematics, Temple University, 1973-present
  • Monthly Columnist, ABCNews.com
  • Monthly Columnist, The Guardian
  • Fellow, Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI)
  • Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2003
  • Faculty Creative Achievement Award, Temple University
    Former volunteer, U.S. Peace Corps, 2002
  • Visiting Professor, Columbia University School of Journalism, 2001
  • Former Editorial Board Member, The Philadelphia Daily News
Education:
  • PhD, Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1974
  • MS, University of Washington, 1968
  • BS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1967
Other:
  • None found