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Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Seattle Pacific University, Fall 2007 - present |
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Whitworth College, 2005-2007 |
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Teaching Fellow, Brown University, Spring 2005 |
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Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2000-2001 |
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EDUCATION |
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Brown University, Ph.D. in Philosophy, August 2007
- Dissertation: A Causal Approach to the Nature of Human Action
- Dissertation Committee: Jaegwon Kim (chair), Ernest Sosa, James Van Cleve
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, MA in Philosophy, May 2000
- Thesis: Taking Occasionalism Seriously
- Thesis Committee: William Wainwright (chair), Michael Liston, Fabrizio Mondadori
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Seattle Pacific University, BA in Philosophy and Theology, December 1996
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AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
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Metaphysics |
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Action Theory |
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| AREAS OF COMPETENCE |
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Philosophy of Mind |
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Epistemology |
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Philosophy of Religion |
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History of Modern Philosophy (particularly: Descartes, Malebranche, Edwards, and Reid) |
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Logic |
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses Taught (with full instructional responsibility): |
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History of Modern Philosophy, Whitworth College, Spring 2007 |
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How Free Are We?: Coercion, Exploitation, and Choice, Whitworth College, January 2007
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Metaphysics, Whitworth College, Fall 2006 |
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Philosophy of Action, Whitworth College, Spring 2006 |
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Philosophy of Religion, Whitworth College, Spring 2006, Spring 2007 |
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Epistemology, Whitworth College, Fall 2005 |
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Introduction to Philosophy, Whitworth College, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007
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Logic, Whitworth College, Fall 2005, Fall 2006
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Reason and Religion, Brown University, Spring 2005
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Informal Logic-Critical Thinking, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Fall 2000, Spring 2001
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TEACHING
ASSISTANTSHIPS |
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Reason and Religion, Brown University, Spring 2004 (C. Kane) |
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Early Modern Philosophy, Brown University, Spring 2003 (J. Broackes) |
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Existentialism, Brown University, Fall 2002 (B. Reginster) |
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Elementary Logic, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Fall 1999 (M. Liston), Spring 2000 (M. Kaplan) |
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Introduction to Asian Religions, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Fall 1998 (W. Wainwright), Spring 1999 (W. Neevel) |
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Faith and Philosophy, Seattle Pacific University, Winter 1996 (C. S. Layman) |
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CONFERENCES/TALKS
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"Actions and Omissions: Why You Might be to Blame, But Not for Anything You've
Done." Whitworth College Faculty Scholarship Forum, September 2006.
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"Agents, Reasons, and the Etiology of Action," Seattle Pacific University, May 2006 |
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"Reasons, Agency, and Alienation: A Critique of Reason Externalism," Bethel
University, November 2004
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Reply to Sarah McGrath's "Causation By Omission," Brown University Graduate
Student Philosophy Conference, February 2002
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"The Possibility of Divine Middle Knowledge," Western Washington Undergraduate
Philosophy Conference, March 1997
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| HONORS |
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Dean's Fellowship, Brown University, 2001 |
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Teaching Fellowship, Brown University, Spring 2005 |
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Summer Research Fellowship, Brown University, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 |
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Peltz award for excellence in philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2000 |
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Phi Kappa Phi, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2000 |
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McNichols award for excellence in writing, Seattle Pacific University, 1997 |
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Ivy Honorary, Mortar Board, Seattle Pacific University, 1996 |
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE |
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Session Chair, Pacific APA, San Francisco, CA, April 2007 |
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Session Chair, Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference, Moscow, ID/Pullman, WA,
April 2006
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Session Chair, Pacific APA, Portland, OR, March 2006 |
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President, Philosophy Graduate Forum, Brown University, 2004 - 2005 |
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Journal Fellow, Nous, Brown University, Fall 2003 |
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Committee Member, Philosophy Graduate Forum, Brown University, 2002 - 2003 |
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Session Chair, Wisconsin Philosophical Association meeting, May 2000 |
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Editorial Assistant, Faith and Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, August
1998 - June 2000
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| LANGUAGES |
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Latin - translation |
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Spanish - reading and conversational proficiency |
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| PROFESSIONAL AFFILLIATIONS |
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American Philosophical Association |
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Society of Christian Philosophers |
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GRADUATE COURSEWORK
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Brown University:
- Metaphysics Justin Broackes
- Philosophy of Thomas Reid* James Van Cleve
- Epistemology: Skepticism* Ernest Sosa
- Plato Mary-Louise Gill
- Philosophical Logic: Non-classical Brian Weatherson
- Self, Subjectivity, Agency* Jaegwon Kim
- Color: History and Debates* Justin Broackes
- Epistemology:Sosa and his Critics* Ernest Sosa
- Qualia* Christopher Hill
- Substance: Descartes and After* Justin Broackes
- Physicalism and Mind* Jaegwon Kim
- Action and Agency* Jaegwon Kim
- Philosophy of A.N. Prior* (Audit) James Van Cleve
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee:
- History of Ancient Philosophy Margaret Atherton
- Fundamentals of Formal Logic Joan Weiner
- Future Contingents: St. Thomas, Duns Scotus* Fabrizio Mondadori
- Political Philosophy William Wainwright
- Contemporary Meta-ethics Carla Bagnoli
- Moral Knowledge* Carla Bagnoli
- Aesthetics: Kant, Hegel, & Nietzsche* Bernard Gendron
- Jonathan Edwards* William Wainwright
- Wittgenstein* John Koethe
- Epistemology on the Street* Mark Kaplan
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