Tamara Phillips Fudge

Tamara Phillips Fudge is a full-time professor in the graduate technology programs at Purdue University Global. She has won fellowships and awards for innovation and teaching, and has taught a wide variety of topics, including web development, human-computer interaction, systems analysis and design, and those featuring documentation, diagramming, problem-solving, and presentation. Her career started with music degrees from Indiana University and Florida State University. She sang opera, oratorio, and in recital; her compositions have been heard on Public Radio, at various universities, and a state choral convention. She taught vocal and choral music, piano, pedagogy, foreign language diction, opera production, music theory, composition, and related courses in the traditional college classroom for 20-odd years. For 7 years, she was a weekend correspondent for the Quad-City Times (Davenport, IA). Following a brief stint as an agent/registered representative selling life and health insurance and variable products, she returned to school with a keen interest in technology and has since distinguished herself in online teaching, coordination of large projects, and curriculum development.

Publications

Search and Rescue Drones: Balancing Security and Privacy With Preserving Life
Search and Rescue Drones: Balancing Security and Privacy With Preserving Life
Tamara Phillips Fudge, Susan Shepherd Ferebee. © 2024. 20 pages.
The multifaceted potential of using drones for search and rescue (SAR) is worthy of exploration. There are surely benefits in securing the safety of humans and animals, but there...
Exploring Ethical Problems in Today’s Technological World
Exploring Ethical Problems in Today’s Technological World
Tamara Phillips Fudge. © 2022. 385 pages.
The pervasiveness of technology today has brought with it a bevy of ethical questions, many of which are difficult to answer. Average consumers place themselves at risk...
Pedagogy in a Potentially Hostile Online Environment
Pedagogy in a Potentially Hostile Online Environment
Lynne Williams, Tamara Phillips Fudge. © 2022. 15 pages.
Student-on-student bullying in brick and mortar schools is unfortunately commonplace and has been the subject of research for many years. Alongside the growth of online learning...
Embedding RFID Chips in Human Beings: Various Uses With Benefits and Ethical Concerns
Embedding RFID Chips in Human Beings: Various Uses With Benefits and Ethical Concerns
Tamara Phillips Fudge, Linnea Hall, Kathleen McCain. © 2022. 23 pages.
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chips can contain a variety of information and are placed in debit and credit cards, embedded in products in the supply chain, planted in...
Ethics and Risks Associated With Self-Driving Automobiles
Ethics and Risks Associated With Self-Driving Automobiles
Tamara Phillips Fudge. © 2022. 26 pages.
Autonomous vehicles are already on public roadways and may present hazards well beyond simply allowing a car or truck to drive itself. As the automobile industry prepares to add...
Curriculum Development and Online Instruction for the 21st Century
Curriculum Development and Online Instruction for the 21st Century
Tamara Phillips Fudge, Susan Shepherd Ferebee. © 2021. 400 pages.
The world of education has undergone major changes within the last year that have pushed online instruction to the forefront of learning. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, online...
Pedagogy in a Potentially Hostile Online Environment
Pedagogy in a Potentially Hostile Online Environment
Lynne Williams, Tamara Phillips Fudge. © 2020. 15 pages.
Student-on-student bullying in brick and mortar schools is unfortunately commonplace and has been the subject of research for many years. Alongside the growth of online learning...