As of 2012[update] he holds the positions of professor of philosophy, director of cognitive science, and director of The Digital Humanities Laboratory at the University of Evansville.
[1] Beavers received his MA and BA from Trinity College, Hartford and his PhD from Marquette University.
He was the fourth president of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP).
In 1996, he and Hiten Sonpal built the first peer-reviewed search engine, called Argos.
Beavers is the creator and editor of the online journal Noesis.