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CHRISTINE A. JAMES

Professor

Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies 2205 Bemiss Road #D-5

1500 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA 31602-3711

Valdosta State University 229.253.9265

Valdosta, GA 31698-0050

229.259.7609

F: 229.259.5011

chjames@valdosta.edu http://mypages.valdosta.edu/chjames/

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Previous Positions: Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Valdosta State

University, 2006-2011

Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Valdosta State

University, 2002-2006 Promoted to Associate in Summer 2006.

Tenured in Summer 2007.

Promoted to Full Professor 2011.

Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Allegheny College 2001-2002

Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Kent State University 2000-2001

Education

1995-2000 University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

PhD in Philosophy, 3.94 GPA

Dissertation: “Objective Knowledge In Science: Dialectical Objectivity and the

History of Sonar Technology” defended May 5, 2000, directed by Alfred

Nordmann and Davis Baird

1995 Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies, University of Kentucky

1993-1995 University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant in Philosophy, 4.0 GPA

1989-1993 Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; College of Arts and Sciences

B.A. in Philosophy with honors after writing a successful honors thesis in

Philosophy of Science: “Normative Factors of Scientific Knowledge” directed by

David Hull and Arthur Fine; 3.7 major GPA

Areas of Specialization Philosophy of Science and Epistemology

Areas of Competence History of Science, Ethics, Logic, Kant, Hegel, Aesthetics, Applied

Ethics, Social and Feminist Theory

Publications, Peer Reviewed, Chapters, Articles, Review Articles:

Textbook

Principles of Logic and Reasoning: Including LSAT, GRE, and Writing Skills, Kendall Hunt

Publishers, April 7, 2015, ISBN-13: 978-1465257024, ISBN-10: 1465257020

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Peer Reviewed Articles “The Neurological Research on Laughter: Social Context, Joys, and Taunts”, Israeli Journal of Humor Research: An International Journal, Vol. 7, Issue 1, August 2018, pp8-16. “Logic, Critical Reasoning, and OER/CC Materials”, Distance Learning Administration Annual and Conference Proceedings, 93-97, June 2016. “Teaching Ethics in Public Administration”, forthcoming in the Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, 2016. http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319209272

“Social Media in Practice: Tweeting the SPSP”, Newsletter of the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice, No. 8, December 2015.

“Aesthetics in the Age of Austerity: Building the Creative Class,” Anthology of Philosophical

Studies, vol. 9, pp37-48, Athens Institute for Education and Research, PHI2014-1271. ISBN:

978-618-5065-95-9

“Data Science and Mass Media: The Problem of Participation,” Proceedings of the Society for

Phenomenology and Media, vol. 2, pp49-54, 2015.

“The Economic and Family Context of Philosophical Autobiography: Acting ‘As-If’ for

American Buddenbrooks”, Journal of Philosophy of Life, vol. 3, no. 1, pp24-43, 2013. ISSN:

2185-4505

“Prisons for Profit in the United States: Retribution and Means vs. Ends”, Journal for Human

Rights (zfme: Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte), Wochen Schau Verlag, Germany, vol. 6 no. 1,

Menschenrechte und Strafe, pp76-93, 2012. ISSN: 1864-6492

http://philpapers.org/rec/JAMPFP

“Communication in Online Fan Communities: Ethics of Intimate Strangers”, Empedocles:

European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication, vol. 2, no. 2, pp279-289, December

2011. ISSN: 1757-1952 http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/ejpc

“Language and Emotional Knowledge: A Case Study on Ability and Disability in Williams

Syndrome”, Biosemiotics, August 2009. ISSN: 1875-1342

http://www.springer.com/life+sci/journal/12304

“Evolution and Conservative Christianity: How Philosophy of Science Pedagogy Can Begin the

Conversation”, Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science,

vol. 2, no. 1, 2008. ISSN: 1913-0465

http://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/SpontaneousGenerations/index

“Empowerment and Laughter in Philosophy”, Journal for Philosophical Practice, 2005, ISSN:

1531-7900 http://www.philosophicalpractice.ca/ Related article: “The Benefits of Comedy:

Teaching Ethics Through Shared Laughter”, Academic Exchange Extra, April 2005. ISSN:

1096-1453 http://www.unco.edu/ae-extra/2005/4/index.html

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“Sonar Technology and Shifts in Environmental Ethics”, Essays in Philosophy, vol. 6, no.1,

January 2005, ISSN: 1526-0569 http://commons.pacificu.edu/eip/vol6/iss1/

http://commons.pacificu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1172&context=eip

“Huntington or Halliburton: The Real Clash of Civilizations In American Life”, Journal for the

Study of Religions and Ideologies, vol. 8, Summer 2004, p 43-54. ISSN: 1583-0039

http://www.jsri.ro/old/html%20version/index/no_8/christinejames-articol.htm

http://jsri.ro/new/?Archive

http://www.jsri.ro/old/pdf%20version/jsri_nr_8.pdf

http://www.jsri.ro/old/html%20version/index/no_8/index_no_8.htm

“Irrationality in Philosophy and Psychology: the Moral Implications of Self-Defeating

Behavior”, Journal of Consciousness Studies, 5, 1998, (2): 224-234. ISSN: 1355-8250

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/jcs/1998/00000005/00000002/art00007

“Hegel, Harding and Objectivity”, Southwest Philosophy Review, 14, 1997, (1): 111-122. ISSN:

0897-2346

http://www.pdcnet.org/collection/show?id=swphilreview_1998_0014_0001_0111_0122&file_ty

pe=pdf

“Feminism and Masculinity: reconceptualizing the dichotomy of reason and emotion”,

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 17, 1997, (1/2): 129-152. ISSN: 0144-

333X http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1661378

“Feminist Ethics, Mothering, and Caring”, Kinesis, 22, 1995, (2): 2-16. ISSN: 0023-1568

http://teach.valdosta.edu/chjames/kinesis2.htm

Edited Journal Issue

“The Philosophy of Disability” Essays In Philosophy, volume 9 number 1, 2008. Includes nine

papers arranged in three groups: Rawls, Language and Communication, and Aesthetics and Film.

http://commons.pacificu.edu/eip/vol9/iss1/ ISSN: 1526-0569

Book Chapters

“Raichō Hiratsuka and Socially Engaged Buddhism” Chapter 3 in Buddhist Feminism(s) and

Femininities, edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo, SUNY Press, 2019, pp85-106, ISBN-13: 978-

1438472553

“Heartbreak Hotei: Spirituality and Metabolic Syndrome” in Chronic Illness, Spirituality, and

Healing: Diverse Disciplinary, Religious, and Cultural Perspectives, Palgrave Macmillan,

September 5, 2013. ISBN-10: 1137351365, ISBN-13: 978-1137351364

“Mothers, Children with Disability, and Postmodern Sainthood” in Philosophical Inquiry into

Pregnancy, Childbirth & Mothering: Maternal Subjects in the Routledge Studies in

Contemporary Philosophy Series, edited by Maureen Sander-Staudt and Sheila Lintott,

Routledge, 2011. Chapter 7, pp107-125. ISBN-13: 978-0-415-89187-5

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"Catholicism and Disability: Sacred and Profane" in Disability in Judaism, Christianity, and

Islam: Sacred Texts, Historical Traditions, and Social Analysis, edited by Darla Schumm and

Michael Stoltzfus, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. Chapter 9, pp167-185. ISBN-10: 0-230-11972-7,

ISBN-13: 978-0-230-11972-7

"A Caricature of Intimacy: Online Fan Communities and Intimacy Between Strangers" in Love

on Trial: Adjusting and Assigning Relationships, edited by Nadine Farghaly and Coraźon T.

Toralba, UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2011. Part VII, pp117-127. ISBN-13: 978-1-84888-076-4

“The Common Vernacular of Power Relations in Heavy Metal and Christian Fundamentalist

Performances” in Heavy Fundametalisms: Music, Metal & Politics, edited by Rosemary Hill and

Karl Spracklen, eds., UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2010. Part I, pp19-29. ISBN-13: 978-1-

84888-017-7

“Feminism and Masculinity: Reconceptualizing the Dichotomy of Reason and Emotion” in

Feminism and Men:Reconstructing Gender Relations, edited by Steven Schacht and Doris

Ewing, eds., New York: New York University Press, 1998, pp. 183-201. ISBN-10: 0-814-78077-

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Review Articles

“Chrissie Rogers, Intellectual Disability and Being Human: A Care Ethics Model” Reviewed by

Christine A. James, Hypatia, 2018, http://hypatiareviews.org/reviews/content/367

“Deinstitutionalization And People With Intellectual Disabilities: In And Out Of Institutions” edited by

Kelley Johnson and Rannveig Trausdóttir, Metapsychology, March 27, 2007.

http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=3568&cn=392 ISSN: 1931-

5716

“Science and Other Cultures: Issues in Philosophies of Science and Technology” edited by Robert

Figueroa and Sandra Harding, Essays in Philosophy: A Biannual Journal, vol.5, no.1, January 2004.

ISSN: 1526-0569 http://commons.pacificu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1117&context=eip

“What Dying People Want: Practical Wisdom for the End of Life” by David Kuhl, M.D.,

Metapsychology, November 11, 2003. ISSN: 1931-5716

http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=1962

“Reconceptualizing Masculinity: A Review of Current Literature on Masculinity,”

disClosure: a journal of social theory, 5, 1996, pp. 74-83.

http://teach.valdosta.edu/chjames/mascu.htm

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Professional Presentations, separated by International, National, and Regional/State/Local:

International 2017 “A Philosophical Look at the Neurological Research on Laughter,” Lighthearted

Philosophers’ Society, September 29-30, 2017, St. Petersburg, Florida.

2017 “The Neurological Research on Laughter: Social Context, Joys, and Taunts,”

International Society for Humor Studies Conference, July 9-14, 2017, Université du

Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada.

2017 “Stand-Up Comedy: Laughing At and Laughing With Comedians,” Ethics and Aesthetics

of Stand-Up Comedy Conference, April 5-8, 2017 Bucknell University, Lewisburg,

Pennsylvania.

2016 “Zen Buddhism, Women, and Japan: The Life of Hiratsuka Raichō,” Second Conference

of the European Network for Japanese Philosophy, December 7-10, 2016, Université

Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

2015 “Phenomenology, Sound, and Vision,” 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for

Phenomenology and Media, March 25-29, 2015, National University, San Diego,

California.

2014 “The Green Man and the Corn Mother: Religious Sustainability Figures,” Oxford

Symposium on Religious Studies, December 7-10, 2014, Old Library of the University

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.

2014a “Data Science and Mass Media: Seeking a Hermeneutic Ethics of Information,” Society

for Phenomenology and Media, March 12-15, 2014, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität

Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

2014b “The Cultural Economy and Austerity Measures: Problematizing the Creativity Market,”

Athens Institute for Education and Research, 9th Annual International Conference on

Philosophy, 26-29 May 2014, Athens, Greece.

2012 “Civil Discourse in Public Administration and the Media: Making the Ephebic Oath

Relevant Today,” Oaths and Codes in Economics and Business Conference organized by

the Review of Social Economy and the University of Groningen, May 11 and 12, 2012,

Groningen, The Netherlands.

2012a “Civil Discourse and Public Administration,” International Society for Universal

Dialogue, 9th World Congress in Olympia-Elida, June 22-27, 2012, Olympia, Greece.

2011 “Acting As-If for American Buddenbrooks: What I Learned from my James Ancestors,”

Lighthearted Philosophers’ Society, October 15, 2011, Treasure Island, Florida.

2009 “A Caricature of Intimacy: Online Fan Communities and Intimacy Between Strangers,”

at Persons, Intimacy and Love (November 6-8, 2009) and “The Common Vernacular of

Power Relations in Heavy Metal and Christian Fundamentalist Performances” at Music,

Metal and Politics: Heavy Fundametalisms (November 9-12, 2009); two interdisciplinary

conferences, November 5-13, 2009, in Salzburg, Austria.

2008 “Language and emotional knowledge: Case Studies on Ability and Disability,” Granada

Workshop on Language and Emotion, University of Granada, September 22-23, 2008,

Granada, Spain.

2008a “The Transformation of Christianity in Neo-Conservative Contexts: Morality Plays,

Pedagogy, and Pluralism,” Transformations and the Dynamics of Radical Change

Conference, Queens University, November 28-29, 2008, Belfast, Ireland.

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2007 “Comedy as a Means to the Truth, Theatre as a Means of Marketing Ideologies:

Limitations for Theatre and Religion,” TaPRA Philosophy, Theatre and Performance

Group of the Theatre and Performance Research Association, University of Birmingham,

United Kingdom, September 5-9, 2007, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

2007a “Social Knowledge: Emotional Awareness and Flourishing,” Culture, Society and

Knowledge Conference of the Canadian Epistemological Society, Université de

Sherbrooke, September 26-29, 2007, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.

2006 Baudrillard and Science, “Underwater Spectacles and Demon Images,” at the Engaging

Baudrillard Conference, September 4-6, 2006, University of Wales-Swansea.

2006a “Comments on Reports of Surgeon Success Rates,” International Conference on

Philosophy and Public Health, June 30–July 2, 2006, Manchester, United Kingdom.

2006b “Turbulence and Sediment: The Sonar Technology Community” at the International

Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society at McGill University, June 8-11,

2006, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

2006c “Religion and Philosophy of Science: Effective Pedagogy in Light of Evolving

Controversies” at the conference of the International Society for the Study of Religion,

Nature, and Culture; University of Florida, April 6-8, 2006, Gainesville, Florida.

2004 “Kant and Lyotard on Racism and the Sublime” at the Lyotard and Kant Conference,

Dominican College of Philosophy and Theology/ Collège Dominicain de Philosophie et

de Théologie, November 18-21, 2004, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

1996 “Nursing Science and Dialectical Objectivity,” Mephistos ’96, conference of graduate

students in history and philosophy of science, February 23-25, 1996, University of

Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

National

2016 “Logic, Critical Reasoning, and OER/CC Materials,” Distance Learning Administration,

June 19-22, 2016, Jekyll Island, Georgia.

2014 “David Foster Wallace as Eco-Critic,” Southwest Popular Culture and American Culture

Association, February 19-22, 2014, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

2013 “Assessment, Inclusivity, and Diversity in Philosophy Capstone Courses,” Diversity in

Philosophy Conference, May 29-31, 2013, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio.

2009 “Sonar Technology in the US Courts: A Case Study in Technology and Democracy,”

Technology, Democracy and Citizenship Conference of the Humanities and Technology

Association, September 24-26, 2009, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

2009a “Revisiting Mark Twain in the Age of Bioinformatics: From Dawson’s Landing to New

Halliburton,” Postcolonial Actualities Conference: Past and Present, University of Texas

at Austin, October 16-18, 2009, Austin, Texas.

2009b “Evolution, Creationism, and Pedagogy: Insights from the Philosophy of Science,”

Darwin’s Reach: Celebrating Darwin’s Influence Across the Disciplines Conference,

Hofstra University, March 12-14, 2009, Hempstead, New York.

2007 “Ethics and Social Work: Workshop and Case Studies,” National Association of Social

Workers, March 3, 2007, Tifton, Georgia.

2006 “Religion and Philosophy of Science: Effective Pedagogy in Light of Evolving

Controversies” at the conference of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers;

Washington & Jefferson College, August 2-6, 2006, Washington, Pennsylvania.

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2006a “Ethics in Georgia: The Next 20 Years”, Business and Professional Women National

Conference, July 19-22, 2006, Dallas, Texas.

2006b “Theorizing Disability”, paper presentation, and organized a three hour session on

disability for the Central APA, April 2006, Chicago, Illinois.

2005 “Williams Syndrome and Social Knowledge” at the Northeastern Modern Language

Association Conference, March 31-April 2, 2005, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

http://www.cwru.edu/affil/sce/NEMLA_2005.htm

2004 “Environmental Ethics: A Dialectical Approach” at the North American Interdisciplinary

Conference on Environment and Community, February 19-22, 2004, Saratoga Springs,

New York.

2003 “Acoustic Daylight Imaging Sonar and Augmented Senses” at the 4S Society for Social

Studies of Science meetings, October 17, 2003, in Atlanta, Georgia.

1996 “Curricular Reform in Higher Education: the Political and the Epistemological

Arguments,” invited plenary address at the American Association of Philosophy Teachers

International Workshop-Conference, July 31-August 4, 1996, Old Dominion University

in Norfolk, Virginia.

1995 “Curricular Reform in Higher Education: the Political and Epistemological Arguments,”

at the “What's the Difference? Communities and Communication in Transition”

Conference, co-sponsored by Duquesne University's Departments of Philosophy and

English, December 2, 1995, at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1995a “Irrationality in Philosophy and Psychology: The Moral Implications of Self-Defeating

Behavior,” at the “What's the Difference? Communities and Communication in

Transition” Conference, co-sponsored by Duquesne University's Departments of

Philosophy and English, December 2, 1995, at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania.

1994 “Commentary on Bodies May Matter, But We Should Still Dream: Some Derridean

Considerations on Judith Butler,” given at the National Graduate Student Conference in

Philosophy, October 21-23, 1994 at Washington University in St. Louis, St.Louis,

Missouri.

Regional, State, and Local

2018 “Accounting Ethics in the United States and Britain” for Student Center for the Public

Trust, Langdale College of Business Administration, Valdosta, Georgia, October 25,

2018

2018 Webinar for eCore, Seven Minute Sizzle on “Engagement and Encouragement for

Faculty and Students” September 5, 2018 via Blackboard Collaborate

2018 “Empowering Online Students to Be Independent Learners” at the eCore Annual

Meeting, Middle Georgia State University, Macon, Georgia, May 9, 2018

2018 “Business Ethics: International Case Studies and Examples” for Beta Alpha Psi, Mu Zeta

Chapter, Langdale College of Business Administration, Valdosta, Georgia, March 1,

2018

2018 Odum Library Panel Discussion on Religion and Science, February 22, 2018

2018 “Student Success Congratulatory Speech” at the Dean’s List Celebration Event, Valdosta

State University, January 31, 2018

2017 “Student Success Congratulatory Speech” at the Dean’s List Celebration Event, Valdosta

State University, February 1, 2017

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2016 “Make the Extra Effort, and Be Ready to Care” presentation at VSU Freshmen

Convocation, Valdosta State University, August 11, 2016.

2016 “Videos for Student Success and Retention” presentation at Core Curriculum Meeting,

Valdosta State University, August 10, 2016.

2016 “Balancing Expectations and Student Success” presentation at eCore Annual Meeting on

May 17-18, 2016 and at Webinar meeting May 27, 2016.

2015 “Panel Discussion on the film Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement” with

Kathleen Lowney and Maggie Viverette, Association of Higher Education and Disability:

the Moving AHEAD Conference, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia on

October 12, 2015.

2015a Webinar for eCore, Seven Minute Sizzle on “Helping Students Find Resources Online

and Paper Grading Tips,” September 23, 2015 via Blackboard Collaborate

2015b “Open Educational Resources, Creative Commons and ALG connecting with eCore” at

the eCore Annual Meeting in Macon, Georgia on May 20, 2015.

2015c “Affordable Learning Georgia and PHIL 2020 Logic Materials” at the VSU Odum

Library, a session on ALG grant work for faculty at Valdosta State, Waycross College,

and South Georgia State College on April 13, 2015.

2014 Webinar for eCore, Seven Minute Sizzle on “Best Practices for Teaching Research Skills

and Opportunities for Faculty Involvement,” October 15, 2014 via Blackboard

Collaborate with Camtasia and Youtube.

2014a “Weight and Public Health,” American Association of University Women, Valdosta,

Georgia, May 13, 2014.

2013 “Business Ethics: An Overview of the Ethical Decision Making Process” for Beta Alpha

Psi, Mu Zeta Chapter, Langdale College of Business Administration, Valdosta, Georgia,

January 24, 2013

2013a “Strategies to Encourage Student Success: Writing to Learn, Fallacy Banks” Panel and

Workshop, March 29, 2013, Valdosta State University.

2013b “Panel Discussion of Online Teaching” for the Faculty of the Langdale College of

Business Administration, Valdosta, Georgia, April 30, 2013.

2012 “Finding the Right Tool: What Works and What Doesn’t to Encourage Student Learning”

panel presentation at the 3rd Annual Core Matters Conference, Friday, November 9, 2012

with Donna Sewell, Thomas Aiello, Pat Bezona, Howard Carrier, Christine James and

Paula McNeill.

2012a “Building Bridges and Creating Networks: Working Together for Informed Major

Selection Resulting in Higher Student Retention” panel presentation at the 3rd Annual

Core Matters Conference, Friday, November 9, 2012 with Rebecca Gaskins, Christine

James, Jane Whitehead, and Melanie Byrd.

2012b “Organizational Leadership Reflective Seminars,” University System of Georgia Adult

Learning Consortium Summer Institute, Savannah, Georgia, June 18-20, 2012

2011 “How to Use and Be Used by a Guest Lecturer in Core Classes,” Core Matters

Conference, October 7-8, 2011.

2011a “Civil Discourse and Logic and Argumentation” Panel Discussion on Civil Discourse,

February 21, 2011.

2011b Panel Discussion on Core Teaching, New Faculty Orientation Series, February 8, 2011

2010 “Sonar Technology as a Philosophy of Science Case Study” Science Seminar, March 25,

2010.

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2010a Town Hall Meeting on Health Care, Invited Speaker, sponsored by Zeta Phi Beta

Sorority, Inc Zeta Sigma Zeta Chapter, March 30, 2010.

2007 “Science and Humanities Research” presented to the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, April

11, 2007, Odum Library Auditorium.

2007a “Community Service and Ethics,” American Association of University Women,

Bainbridge, Georgia Branch, April 5, 2007, Bainbridge, Georgia.

2006 “Knowledge, Religion and Philosophy of Science” presentation at the Get Lit Wiregrass

Literacy Conference, part of a panel session on Evolution, Intelligent Design and Science

Teaching, September 15, 2006, Valdosta State University.

2006a “Youth Programs in Valdosta: Sister to Sister” presentation to the Sunrise Rotary of

Valdosta, January 19, 2006, Valdosta, Georgia.

2004 “Ethics, Public Policy and Communication” at the Douglas Chamber of Commerce

Emerging Leaders Group, June 8, 2004, Douglas, Georgia.

2004a Drumming Circle presentation with Lynn Bell of the College of Nursing, at the Unitarian

Universalist Church, Sunday February 8, 2004, Valdosta, Georgia.

2003 “Masculinity, Femininity, and Violence” at the Eighth Annual Interdisciplinary

Women’s Studies Conference, March 14, 2003 at Valdosta State University, Valdosta,

Georgia.

2003a “Science and Spirituality: Scientists, Mystics, and Nurses” at the Unitarian Universalist

Church, Sunday October 13, 2003, Valdosta, Georgia.

2002 “History of Ethical Theory” and “Case Studies” at Ethical Theory, Values, Applications:

A Multidisciplinary Workshop, December 7, 2002, approved for certification and credit

by the American Psychological Association, the Georgia Psychological Association,

Georgia Licensed Professional Counselors Association, and the National Association of

Social Workers, Georgia Chapter.

2002a “The Human Genome, Cloning, and Kant,” Humanities Lecture Series, Allegheny

College, April 22, 2002, Meadville, Pennsylvania.

2001 “What Kant and Hegel Anticipated about Science in the New Millennium,” Southeastern

American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, March 1-3, 2001, Huntsville,

Alabama.

2001a Commentary on APA Pacific Symposium Paper, “Activism and Ethnography: An

Applied Ethics Methodology” by Christopher Meyer, CSU Bakersfield, March 28-31,

2001, San Francisco, California.

2000 “Sonar Technology, Objectivity, and Kitcher’s Account of Scientific Progress,”

September 29, 2000, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.

2000a “Kitcher, Objectivity and the Advancement of Science,” January 11, 2000, University of

South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina.

1998 “Acoustic Daylight Imaging and Objectivity,” Mid-Atlantic Conference in the History of

Science, Medicine and Technology, July 31 - August 2, 1998, Johns Hopkins University,

Baltimore, Maryland.

1998a “Objectivity and Sonar Technologies,” April 28, 1998, Rowan University, Glassboro,

New Jersey.

1997 “Hegel, Harding and Objectivity,” Southwestern Philosophical Society annual

conference, October 30-November 1, 1997, Memphis, Tennessee.

1996a “Irrationality in Philosophy and Psychology: The Moral Implications of Self-Defeating

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Behavior,” Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, April 4-7, 1996, Nashville,

Tennessee.

1996b “Irrationality in Philosophy and Psychology: The Moral Implications of Self-Defeating

Behavior,” invited presentation, Graduate Student Colloquium, February 22, 1996,

University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina.

Student Papers Published

2015 "Experiencing Comedy: How Synthetic Judgment and Experience Dictate What is

Funny" by Jonathan Lollar, Omnino, Undergraduate Research Journal of Valdosta State

University, Volume V, 2015, (Paper from my PHIL 4800 Philosophy, Comedy, and Film

course)

2015 "Review of Possible Causes, Effects, and Remedies for Metal Pollution in the

Environment" by Rachel K. Thomason, Omnino, Undergraduate Research Journal of

Valdosta State University, Volume V, 2015, (Paper from my HONS 3999 Honors

Research Methods course)

2014 “Motivation and Commitment Factors of Volunteers in Environmental Non-Profit

Organizations and Implications for the Future” by Adrienne M. Fry, Omnino,

Undergraduate Research Journal of Valdosta State University, Volume IV, 2014, pp64-

80 (Paper from my HONS 3999 Honors Research Methods course)

2013 “The Relationship Between the Media and School Shootings” by Jennifer Dandron,

Omnino, Undergraduate Research Journal of Valdosta State University, Volume III,

2013, pp76-94 (Paper from my HONS 3999 Honors Research Methods course)

2012 “Subtext in David's Death of Socrates” by Brendan Mullen, Omnino, Undergraduate

Research Journal of Valdosta State University, Volume II, 2012, pp14-21 (Paper from

my PHIL 3110 Aesthetics course)

2004 Tom Smith, On Punch Drunk Love, in Blastitude #17, July 2004

http://www.blastitude.com/17/PUNCHDRUNKLOVE.htm (Paper from my PHIL

3110 Aesthetics course)

Student Presentations Sponsored

2018 “Drug Legalization in America” by Jonathan Goldthwaite, presented at the Valdosta State

University Undergraduate Research Symposium at Valdosta State University, April 12,

2018. (Paper from my PHIL 4120 Ethics and Public Policy course.)

2017 “The Effects of a Native Language on Trombonists’ Playing Abilities” by Melissa Wilcox,

presented at the 2017 Georgia Collegiate Honors Council Conference in Columbus,

Georgia, February 17-18, 2017 and at the Valdosta State University Undergraduate

Research Symposium at Valdosta State University, April 10-12, 2017. Runner up for the

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Best Paper Award at the latter event. (Paper from my HONS 3999 Honors Research

Methods course)

2017a “Legalizing Prostitution” by Lauren Horne, presented at the Valdosta State University

Undergraduate Research Symposium at Valdosta State University, April 10-12, 2017.

(Paper from my PHIL 4120 Ethics and Public Policy course.)

2016 “High Premiums, Low Benefits: A Look at Health Insurance as a Consumer Product” by

Katie Tatro, presented at the 2016 Georgia Collegiate Honors Council Conference in

Augusta, Georgia, February 26-27, 2016 and winner of second place Best Paper in the

Social Sciences at that conference. (Paper from my HONS 3999 Honors Research

Methods course)

2016 “The Role of Women in the Bible” by Rebecca Loskoski, presented at the Undergraduate

Research Symposium, April 6-7, 2016 (Paper from my REL 4920 Religious Studies

Capstone course)

2015 "Experiencing Comedy: How Synthetic Judgment and Experience Dictate What is

Funny" by Jonathan Lollar, presented at the Undergraduate Research Symposium at

Valdosta State University, April 21, 2015 (Paper from my PHIL 4800 Philosophy,

Comedy, and Film course)

2015 "Review of Possible Causes, Effects, and Remedies for Metal Pollution in the

Environment" by Rachel K. Thomason, presented at the Georgia Collegiate Honors

Council Conference on February 27, 2015 in Americus, Georgia (Paper from my HONS

3999 Honors Research Methods course)

2014 “Ethical Theories: Kant and Mill” by Dan Nix, presented as an oral presentation at the

Georgia Collegiate Honors Council Conference on February 8, 2014 at Middle Georgia

State College in Macon, Georgia and winner of the Best Paper in Humanities Award

given by the GCHC at that conference.

2014a “The Ethics of the Death Penalty” by Hunter Pope, presented as an oral presentation at

the Georgia Collegiate Honors Council Conference on February 8, 2014 at Middle

Georgia State College in Macon, Georgia; and as a poster presentation at the Southern

Regional Honors Council Conference on March 27-29, 2014 in Savannah, Georgia.

2014b “Motivation and Commitment Factors of Volunteers in Environmental Non-Profit

Organizations and Implications for the Future” by Adrienne Fry, Department of English

and Honors College student paper presentation from HONS 3999 course, Undergraduate

Research Symposium at VSU in April 2014

2014c “Kawasaki Disease: The Most Effective Treatment” by Jasmine Spencer, Honors College

and Department of Biology, Honors College student paper presentation from HONS 3999

course, Undergraduate Research Symposium at VSU in April 2014

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2014d “The Feminist Theories of Art” by Kaylan Hand, poster presentation from PHIL 3110

Aesthetics course, Undergraduate Research Symposium at VSU in April 2014

2014e “Fueled by Food: Education and Nutritional Self-Efficacy” by Rebeccah Stansbery,

Research After Dark Poster Presentation at the College of Nursing, November 13, 2014

(Poster was based on paper and PowerPoint completed in my HONS 3999 Honors

Research Methods course)

2013 “Skeptical Uncertainty in Moore’s ‘Proof of an External World’,” by Jason Cole

Singletary, from the PHIL 4920 Capstone Metaphilosophy course, Undergraduate

Research Symposium at VSU in April 2013

2012-2013 “The Relationship Between the Media and School Shootings,” by Jennifer Dandron,

Georgia Collegiate Honors Annual Conference in Statesboro in Fall 2012; the

Undergraduate Research Symposium at VSU in April 2013; and the Southern

Regional Honors Council Annual Conference in Tampa, Florida in Spring 2013,

from the HONS 3999 Honors Research Methods course

2011 "Subtext in David's Death of Socrates,” by Brendan Mullen, from the PHIL 3110

Aesthetics course, Southern Appalachian Undergraduate Philosophy Conference at the

University of North Carolina – Asheville, November 12, 2011

2011 “How the Pandemic of the Fall Still Resides Today” by Taylor Naros, poster presentation

and winner of Outstanding Poster Award, Undergraduate Research Council, April

2011 (co-sponsored with Michael Stoltzfus)

2009 “Seminar Classes: Expanding the Mind, or Stifling Individuals” by Candace Jean

Edwards, Georgia Collegiate Honors Council, February 28, 2009

2008 “What Makes Music Beautiful?” by Kathleen Kirk, Philosophy Oral Presentation at the

Council on Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 10-11, 2008

2007 “The Culture of Death: An Aesthetic Analysis” by Luke McMurray, Philosophy Oral

Presentation at the Council on Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 12-13,

2007

2006 “The Role of Media in Perpetuating Stereotypes: What Is Being Black in America” by

Johnada Wessine Jones, Poster Presentation at the Council on Undergraduate

Research Student Symposium, April 6-7, 2006

2005 Jackie Caldwell, What Has Doane Done? Defending Women and Bawdy Humor as

Embodied by the Crone and the Hag, Philosophy, Council on Undergraduate

Research Student Symposium, April 16, 2005

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James David Nunally, Testicular Cancer: Practical Advice and Medical Ethics

Narratives, General Studies, Council on Undergraduate Research Student

Symposium, April 16, 2005

Katie Morris, Helping Children Lose Weight the Healthy Way, General Studies, Council

on Undergraduate Research Student Symposium, April 16, 2005

Ray Vegter, Alzheimer’s Disease, General Studies, Council on Undergraduate Research

Student Symposium, April 16, 2005 (poster)

Kayla Sheffield, Freedom of Speech: The Media and Society, General Studies, Council

on Undergraduate Research Student Symposium, April 16, 2005 (poster)

Emil Joseph Caldwell, Rationalist vs. Empiricist in the Quest for Knowledge, General

Studies, Council on Undergraduate Research Student Symposium, April 16, 2005

(poster)

2004 Brad Lenz, Derrida, Council on Undergraduate Research Colloquium, March 10, 2004

2004a Jessica Colby, The Evolution Revolution: An Example of Shifting Paradigms, Council on

Undergraduate Research Student Symposium, April 16, 2004

Stephen Everett, The Taxonomy of Environmental Philosophies: A Great Apes Case

Study With Aping Results, Council on Undergraduate Research Student

Symposium, April 16, 2004 (co-sponsored with Ari Santas)

Amos Batts, Defining the Line Between Science and Religion, Council on Undergraduate

Research Student Symposium, April 16, 2004 (poster)

Kenya Chantél Webb, African Americans and Their Under-Utilization of Hospice Care:

Are They Knowledgeable or Still Holding on to the Past?, Council on

Undergraduate Research Student Symposium, April 16, 2004 (poster)

James Turner, Adoption and Its Importance to Children, Council on Undergraduate

Research Student Symposium, April 16, 2004 (poster)

Conferences Attended with Students as a Faculty Mentor

2015 Georgia Collegiate Honors Council, February 27-28, 2015, Americus, Georgia

2014 Georgia Collegiate Honors Council, February 7-9, 2014, Macon, Georgia

2014 Southeast Regional Honors Council, March 27-30, 2014, Savannah, Georgia

Advisees

Johnathan Bair, Kelly Michelle Burke Barbour, Princess S. Brookes, Jarrod C. Carlton, Latanya

Castillo, Jaleesa Nicole Carson, Gerald Davis, (Athlete Mentee: Amanda Evans), Charles

Wesley Evans, Lazaro Cedric Evans, Kyndal S. Farrill, William Fulford, Yvonne Garcia, Corrie

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Gardner, Joshua Samuel Gayre, Javier Carlos Goizueta, Hannah N. Harris, Alphonzo Hopkins,

Brian Jimenez, Michael Mathis Johnson, Jeffrey Jermaine Jones, Caleb M. Koebble, Marques

Maxwell, Dontishia C. McClatchey, Phillip Miller, Derise Yvonne Mobley, Scott Patrick

Newman, Karen Elizabeth Paracca, Zachary Robinson, Larryn Rogan, Nicolas Sims, Quentin

Sabré Sims, David Shively, Cameron B. Smith, Deveron Smith, Patrick Lee Smith, Kirby Chad

Smith, Evelyn Lee Socarras, Michael Stalvey, Caryn Vandegriff, Elizabeth Virok, William

Wizner, Morton K. Wood

Past Advisees who have graduated between Fall 2005-Spring 2017

Jason Alston, David Auguste, Madeline F. Baldwin, Stephanie Barron, Rubin Beck, Aaron

Robert Beckman, Brittany Nicole Bell, Ryan Blalock, Tamika Booker, Otisha Bowen, David

Michael Bowman, Jesse A. Brady, Kelsey Buchanan, Jeffrey Buckman, Jackie Caldwell, Jeremy

Caldwell Plue, Alexis Carter, Joseph Colson, Matt Cribbs, Lainey Drummond, Chantrele

Edwards, Ryan Fallon, Shaun C. Galloway, Terence John Garten, Candice Gordon, Gerard Jay

Gordon, Tiffany N. Gregory, Isaiah Gresham, Justin Hales, Keith Hand, Luke Harben, Brian

Harmon, Christopher Harris, Joshua Hatfield, Corey Hines, Michael Jeffers, Leanne Johnson,

Phillip Klapp, Jonathan Ernest Lollar, Timothy Malone, Demarcus Marshall, David Martin,

Heather “Nikki” Mashburn, Jessica McKinney, Luke McMurray, Erica McDonald, Richard

Miller, Patrick Montooth, Ginger Moore, Andrew Morgan, Tiffany Morgan, Alexandra Morris,

Torekia Owens, Logan Pierce, Geoffrey Scott Platta, April Radney, Blake Rawlings, Daniel John

Richards, Wayne T. Rogers, Matt Rucker, Javier Sauve, Ansherri Scales, Travis David

Simmons, Jason Cole Singletary, Paris Michelle Skates, Charles McKinley Smith, Jesseca Smith,

Kelly Strickland, Michael "Sims" Turner, Adam Valdez, Edward Jacques Wattecamps, Antonio

Wesley, Miriam Watkins, Cocoa Williams, Meredith Anne Williams, Angelique Witmer

Transferred to the University of Georgia: Dan Thomas Nix

Transferred internationally, Japan: Doi You

Academic Committee Service and Service to Valdosta State University 2018 RAC at Georgia Tech, March 31, 2018

2018 Fall Freshmen Learning Community Group

2018 Majors Fair Department Representative February 21, 2018

2018 Faculty Marshall, College of Arts and Sciences at all University Commencement

Ceremonies; beginning Fall 2018 when restructured, College of Humanities and

Social Sciences Marshall

2018 Department Promotion and Tenure Committee (2)

2017-2018 College of Arts and Sciences Presidential Excellence Awards Committee

2017-2018 College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Student Awards Committee

2015-cont Jennett Scholars Selection Committee, VSU Honors College, became University

Wide as of 2017

2017-2018 eCore PHIL 2010 Revision Content Expert

2017- University Council Plus Working Group for Strategic Planning

2017-cont College of Arts and Sciences Leave With Pay Committee

2017 Fall Freshmen Learning Community Group

2016-cont University Wide Faculty Workload Committee

2016-cont TIES Conference Committee (General and Programming Subcommittee)

2016-cont College of Arts and Sciences Social Media Committee

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2016 Tenure and Promotion Committee for Odum Library/MLIS

2016 Faculty Marshall, College of Arts and Sciences at all University Commencement

Ceremonies; Name Reader at Graduate School Ceremony, May 7, 2016

2016 Department Online Degree Committee

2016 College of Arts and Sciences Presidential Excellence Awards Committee

2016 College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Student Awards Committee

2015-cont Faculty Advisor to Phi Sigma Tau (Honor Society in Philosophy) and Theta

Alpha Kappa (Honor Society in Religious Studies)

2015 Faculty Marshall, May and December Commencement Ceremonies

2015-cont Campus Communications Board Member

2015 IDEA Center Honors Teaching Circle Member (Fall)

2013-cont Honors College Jennett Scholars Selection Committee Member, Curriculum

Committee Member, Undergraduate Scholarship (Research) Co-Coordinator

2013-cont Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Tenure and Promotion

Committee

2015 IDEA Center Writing Circle Member (Spring)

2014-cont TIES Conference Organizational Committee Member, Program Subcommittee

Member 2013-2014, Programming Subcommittee Chair 2015-2016

2014-cont Center for International Programs Advisory Board

2014-cont Center for International Programs Scholarships Committee

2014-cont Capital Campaign Department Representative

2014-cont IDEA Center Honors Teaching Circle Member, led by Michael Savoie

2014-2015 eCore PHIL 2010 Revision Content Expert

2008-cont Valdosta State University Graduate Faculty Full Member

2014 College of Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee

2005-cont Valdosta State University Committee on Institutional Animal Care and Use

(IACUC)

2008-cont College of Arts and Sciences Environmental Studies Minor Committee

2014 eCore Grade Appeals Committee, Fall 2014

2014 Core Curriculum Committee Table Team Leader, August 12, 2014

2014- IDEA Center Leadership Circle Member

2014- eCore Mentor in two Certification Courses, October and November

2013- Honors College Advisory Board Member

2013- Honors College Curriculum Task Force Member

2013- IDEA Center Teaching Circle Member, led by Larry Hilgert

2013- IDEA Center Leadership Circle Member

2013-2014 Writing Across the Curriculum Completion Teaching Circle Member

2013 College of Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee

2012-2013 Writing Across the Curriculum inaugural group member, led by Donna Sewell,

Fall 2012-Spring 2013

2006-cont Center for International Programs, International Students Committee

(Scholarships for International Students), also in 2010 member of the Center for

International Programs Advisory Board

2011-cont Science Seminar Committee Member

2010-2012 President, local chapter of Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society

2009-2012 College of Arts and Sciences Assessment Committee

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2009-2012 Core Matters Conference Steering Committee

2008-2010 President’s Climate Commitment Steering Committee and Curriculum

Subcommittee

2005- Prior Learning Assessment Committee, University System of Georgia, Board of

Regents, USDOE Transition to Teaching Grant

2005-2014 Valdosta State University Committee for the Minor in International Studies

2007-2009 University System of Georgia Faculty Council, System Level Committee

2008-2012 VSU NEH Summer Stipend Review Committee

2007-2008 Search Committee Member (VSU President and Vice President for Advancement)

2006-2008 Faculty Senate Executive Secretary (President Pro Tem), Member of the

President’s Cabinet, Board of Trustees, University Council

2007-2008 Quality Enhancement Program QEP Task Force I Committee Member

2006-2008 VSU Centennial Committee Member

2006-2010 Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Search Committee Member

2006-2011 Valdosta State University Commencement Committee, Graduate School Rep

2005-2007 Valdosta State University CAR Coordinator Search Committee

2005-2008 Valdosta State University Council on Undergraduate Research Committee

2004-cont Valdosta State University Philosophy Department Curriculum Committee

(Chair, 2005-2006)

2004-cont Valdosta State University Cultural Diversity Trainer, Member of Cultural

Diversity Council

2004-2010 Valdosta State University Center for Applied Research Committee member

2004-2008 Valdosta State University Wellness Committee Member

2004-2007 Valdosta State University Graduate Faculty Associate Member

2004 Participant, Housing and Urban Development Grant Writing Workshop

2003-2006 Valdosta State University Faculty Senator

2003-2006 Valdosta State University Library Affairs Committee (Chair, 2004-2005)

2003-2005 Serving on a thesis committee in the College of Nursing, Dr. James Humphrey is

the thesis committee chair, and the student is Kelli Vaughn. She is studying

nurses' attitudes towards family presence during resuscitation of trauma patients

in Level II trauma centers in Georgia.

2003-2004 Valdosta State University Philosophy Department Tenure and Promotion

Committee

2003-cont Co-moderator, VSU Faculty “Research” email list

2002-2004 Valdosta State University Faculty Advisor to Philosophy and Religious Studies

Club (Plato's Cave), Women's Studies Club (Third Wave), Phi Sigma Tau Honor

Society

2003 Workshop on Teaching the Middle East, Georgia Middle East Studies

Consortium, October 18-19, 2003, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

2002-2003 Philosophy Department Review Committee, Philosophy Department Job Search

Committee

2003 Philosophy Department Tenure and Promotion Committee, chair for Michael

Stoltzfus

2003 Organized an eight-part series of talks on Rebuilding Iraq, featuring VSU faculty

and community leaders

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Other Academic Service:

1995-1996 Co-president, Philosophy Graduate Student Association, University of South

Carolina

1994-1995 Graduate Student Advisor, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Kentucky

1993-1994 Graduate representative to philosophy faculty; graduate representative on

Executive and Job Search Committees; University of Kentucky

1989-1993 Assistant to Humanities Bibliographer at Northwestern University Library

Graduate Faculty Activities

2018 Member of Masters Thesis Committee of Ashley R. Williams, with Maren Clegg-

Hyer and Theresa Thompson, Arthurian Literature and Women, committee

formed August 2018.

2017-2018 Member of Doctoral Dissertation Committee of Justin L. Yoshida, with Richard

Schmertzing, College of Education, Proposal Accepted November 10, 2017,

Dissertation Defended April 2, 2018

2016-2018 Member of Doctoral Dissertation Committee of Julia Winter, College of

Education, Proposal Accepted February 18, 2016, Dissertation Defended March

19, 2018

2018 Member of Masters Thesis Committee of Matthew Cowan, with Jonghoon Kang,

and John Elder, Department of Biology, Quantitative History of Biomedical

Sciences Using Nonlinear Analysis, Proposal Defense October 20, 2018

2018 Member of Masters Thesis Committee of Paula McCullers, with Marty Williams

and David Buehrer, Finding Religion: The Legacy of the Christ-haunted South in

Harry Crews’ A Feast of Snakes, Defended July 2018

2017 Member of Masters Thesis Committee of Brenton T. Dasher, with Theresa

Thompson, Department of English

2017 Member of Masters Thesis Committee of Anca Garcia, with Maren Clegg Hyer,

Department of English

2017 Member of Doctoral Dissertation Committee of Anthony Duva, Public

Administration, with Mary Eleanor Wickersham, James Peterson, and Bonnie

Peterson

2017 Member of Masters Thesis Committee of Richard Rhett Parker, with David

Buehrer and Ubaraj Katawal, Department of English, defended April 3, 2017.

2016 Member of Masters Thesis Committee of Jessica Gandy, with John Crowley,

Catherine Oglesby, Melanie Byrd, Department of History, defense April 8, 2016.

2016 Member of Doctoral Dissertation Committee of Mahaley Parks, College of

Education, defense April 13, 2016.

2016 Member of Masters Thesis Committee of Garett Hall, with Dixie Ray Haggard,

John Crowley, and John Dunn, Department of History, defense April 11, 2016.

2016 Member of Masters Thesis Committee of Phillip Hamner, with Donna Sewell and

Lee Campbell, Department of English, defense July 13, 2016.

2015-2016 Director of Dissertation in Public Administration, Thomas Dave Courson, “The

Psychology of Communication: Does the Ethical Perception of Downward

Openness Affect Employee Morale? A Case Study of Civilian Acquisition

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Professionals within the Air Force Tactical Airlift Division” Proposal Approved

Spring 2015, defended June 15, 2016.

2015 Member of Doctoral Dissertation Committee of Elizabeth Perkins, Dissertation

Defense October 23, 2015.

2015 Member of Doctoral Dissertation Committee of Lisa Rich, Dissertation Defense

October 16, 2015.

2014 Member of Masters Thesis Committee of Hannah E. Holmes, Department of

English

2013-4 Member of Doctoral Dissertation Committee of Christian Pantin, Education,

Defended October 27, 2014.

2013-4 Member of Doctoral Dissertation Committee of Melissa P. Willis, Education,

Defended March 2014.

2013 Member of Doctoral Dissertation Committee of Larkie Murray, Education.

2013-2015 Member of Doctoral Dissertation Committee of Kevin Scott, Education, Proposal

Defense November 2013, Dissertation Defense October 23, 2015.

2013 Member of Masters Thesis Committee of Ryan Gillen, with Owen Jones,

Sebastian Bartos, and Dixie Haggard, Department of History (Defense Completed

April 2013)

2013 Member of Masters Thesis Committee of Mary Anne Murphree, with Theresa

Thompson and Hugh O’Connell, Department of English (Defense Completed

April 2013)

2012-2013 Member of Masters Thesis Committee of Hillary Ring, with Darrell Fike and

Donna Sewell, Department of English (Defense Completed March 2013)

2012 Member of Masters Thesis Committee of Angela Willis, with Darrell Fike and

Donna Sewell (Defense Completed November 2012)

2011-2013 Member of Doctoral Dissertation Committee of Christina Tucker, Education,

Defense Completed April 2013.

2011-2014 Member of Doctoral Dissertation Committee of Resa Harris, Education, Defense

Completed April 2014.

2010 Member of Masters Thesis Committee of Kristy Singletary with Chere Peguesse

and Darrell Fike, on pedagogy and teaching of English courses, Department of

English, Defended 2012.

2007 Member of Doctoral Dissertation Committee of Barbara Hannaford, “Combining

Art and Science to Investigate and Illuminate the Lived Experience of Female

High School Principals in Georgia”, Education.

2007 Reader, Gerard Jay Gordon thesis on Religiosity, Hegel and Psychology,

Department of Psychology.

2006 Accepted as a reader for Doctoral Dissertations, Graduate Faculty

2006 “Education Research and Philosophy: From Kuhn and Latour to Ricoeur and

Foucault”, invited guest lecture in Dr. Richard Schmertzing’s Education Doctoral

seminar, April 15, 2006, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2003-2005 Member of a Masters Thesis committee in the College of Nursing, Dr. James

Humphrey is the thesis committee chair, and the student is Kelli Vaughn. She is

studying nurses' attitudes towards family presence during resuscitation of trauma

patients in Level II trauma centers in Georgia.

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2005- Valdosta State University Faculty Marshall for the Graduate School and the

College of Arts and Sciences

2004- Valdosta State University Graduate Faculty Associate Member

2000 Taught Philosophy of Science Graduate Seminar PHIL 512, at the University of

South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

Service to the Profession Reviewer for Religions, “The Book of Job as a Thought Experiment: On Science, Religion, and

Literature”, December 2018

Reviewer for The Journal of Urban Affairs, “When Urban Masculinity Manifests in Violence:

On Finding Practical Solutions to End the Practice of Dogfighting in America”, December 2018

Reviewer for Disability Studies Quarterly, “The Right to Respected Subjectivity: A Partial

Account of the Rights and Duties Owed to People Living with Dementia”, November 2018

Reviewer for Education Sciences, “An Exploration of Subjective-Life of Spirituality and Its

Impact”, November 2018

Reviewer for Religions, “A Mathematical Analysis of Maria Valtorta’s Mystical Writings”,

November 2018

Reviewer for Education Sciences, “Values Education or Religious Education? An Alternative

View of Religious Education in the Secular Age, The Case of Turkey”, November 2018

Reviewer for Religions, “The Prophecy of Green Arabia and Its Consequences: A Special

Consideration to David Hume’s Negation of Miracle and the Development of Earth’s

Ecosystem”, September 2018

Reviewer for Religions, “Sparring Partners and Sampling Platters: Film Language, the Sacred,

and Grace in Raging Bull and Babette's Feast”, August 2018

Reviewer for Religions, “The Religiosity of Roma Children Attending Religious Education in

Evangelical Churches with Particular Reference to Slovakia”, June 2018

Reviewer for Religions, “Religious Commitment, Subjective Income, and Satisfaction towards

the Functioning of Democracy in Latin America. A Mediation Analysis Model Based on

Latinobarómetro”, June 2018

Evaluation Committee Member for Religions Travel Awards, May 2018

Reviewer for Routledge, Public Policy in the United States: Challenges, Opportunities, and

Changes (6th edition), Summer 2017

Reviewer for Religions, “How is Chaplaincy Marginalised- by our faith communities and by our

institutions and can we change it?” December 2017

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Reviewer for Religions, “From Religious Diversity to Political Competition: The Differentiation

Process of Pentecostalism in Brazil”, December 2017

Reviewer for the journal Philosophy and Technology, “Teleosemantics, Symbol Grounding, and

Artificial Evolution”, September 2017

Reviewer for Religions, “Intertwinings of faith and doubt: the notion of truth in science and

Religion”, September 2017

Reviewer for Religions, “Deaf Liberation Theology and Social Justice”, September 2017

Reviewer for Religions, “Why Disability Studies Needs to Take Religion Seriously”, August

2017

Reviewer for Religions, “Christian Churches and the Boko Haram Insurgency in Cameroon:

Dilemmas and Responses”, July 2017

Reviewer for Religions, “Introduction: Religion and the New Technologies”, July 2017

Reviewer for Religions, “Literary Fiction or Ancient Astronomical and Meteorological

Observations in the Work of Maria Valtorta?”, June 2017

Reviewer for Religions, “The Dialogue between Science and Religion: A Taxonomic

Contribution”, March 2017

Reviewer for Religions, “Resurrection of the Body and Cryogenics”, February 2017

Reviewer for Rowman and Littlefield, Men’s Rights, Masculine Crisis, and Feminism, December

2016

Reviewer for Religions, “Socio-cultural tolerance of a faith-believing community in Singapore”,

December 2016

Reviewer for Religions, “"This World is Not My Home:" Richard Mouw and Christian

Nationalism”, December 2016

Reviewer for Religions, “Physicians’ Moral Dispositions, Role Perceptions, and Patient”,

November 2016

Reviewer for Religions, “A Personalist Approach to the Dialogue between Science and

Religion”, August 2016

Reviewer for Res Philosophica, “The Medical Model of Disability”, February 2016

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Reviewer for the journal Philosophy and Technology, “Social Media, Love, and Sartre’s Look of

the Other: Why Online Communication is Not Fulfilling”, April 2015-March 2016

Reviewer for Religions, “The Exemplar Approach to Science and Religion”, May 2016

Reviewer for Religions, “The Development of a Spirituality Interest Group in the Republic of

Ireland (ROI)”, March 2016

Reviewer for ATINER, “Memento Mori: Death and Resistance in Political Philosophy”,

February 2016

Reviewer for Routledge, Public Policy in the United States new edition, September 2015

Reviewer for the journal Religions, Two articles, The Development of a Spirituality Interest

Group in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) and Modern Transformation of Labor Culture and

Aesthetics in the Light of the Sergei Bulgakov’s Religious Philosophy, 2015

Reviewer for the journal Athens Journal of Humanities and Arts, Peer Disagreement, Testimony,

and Personal Justification, April-May 2015

Participant, Amherst College Workshop on Teaching the Art of Philosophical Writing, June 13-

15, 2014, Amherst, Massachusetts

Reviewer for Bloomsbury, Philosophical Methodology: A Reader, June 2014

Reviewer for Oxford University Press, Disability in Practice, February 2014

Reviewer for The Devil and Philosophy: The Nature of His Game (Popular Culture and

Philosophy Series, Open Court Publishers), August 2014

Social Media/Twitter for the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice, @SocPhilSciPract,

June 2013-present

Reviewer for Pearson, Consider Ethics: Theory, Readings, and Contemporary Issues, November

2013

Reviewer for Pearson, Ethical Issues in Business: A Philosophical Approach, November 2013

Reviewer for Cinema: Journal of Philosophy and the Moving Image, Talmudic Reasoning and

Comedy

Reviewer for Routledge, An Introduction to Ethics and Public Policy: Finding Our Way, May

2013

Reviewer for the journal Philosophy and Technology, Screened Conversations, Mediated

Knowledge of Other Minds, Online Communication

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Reviewer for the journal Disability Studies Quarterly, “Reason and Normative Embodiment in

Plato,” January 2013

Reviewer for the journal Emotion Review, “Wide Externalism and the Roles of Biology and

Culture in Human Emotional Development” (Philosophy of Mind/Psychology)

Reviewer for Journal of Social Philosophy, “Perfectionism for Neutralists” (Social and Political

Philosophy)

Reviewer for the journal Synthese, epistemology, methodology and philosophy of science

Referee for Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy

Reviewer for the journal Science, Technology, & Human Values

Reviewer for Pearson/Longman, Case Studies in Business Ethics, April 2012

Reviewer for Pearson/Longman, Applied Philosophy proposal, April 2012

Online focus group, J. L. Hahn Consulting, January 2012

Reviewer for Pearson/Longman, Deductive Logic text proposal, February 2012

Reviewer for Pearson/Longman, Bioethics in a Changing World, February 2012

Reviewer for Pearson; My Philosophy Lab software (October 4, 2011) My Logic Lab software

(October 4, 2011) and My Thinking Lab ethics software (October 13, 2011)

Member, Society for Women in Philosophy Committee for Distinguished Woman Philosopher

Award, 2009-2011

Reviewer for Pearson/Longman, Applied Ethics in a Multicultural Approach, December 2011

Reviewer for Pearson/Longman, Elementary Observations in Western Ethics, November 2011

Reviewer for Westview Press, Philosophy of Social Science by Rosenberg, March 2010

Reviewer for American Association of Philosophy Teachers Biannual Workshop Conference

Proposals, February 2008

Reviewer for McGraw-Hill Publishers, Fifty Readings in Philosophy, November 2007, Eileen

Clabby, publisher contact

Reviewer for Pearson/Longman, Readings to Accompany the Dream Weaver (An Introduction to

Philosophy text), Summer 2006, Priscilla McGeehon and Adam Christensen, publisher contacts

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Reviewer for McGraw-Hill Publishers, Fifty Readings in Philosophy, May 2006, Andrew

Lipsett, publisher contact

Review for Pearson/Longman, a new text in the Philosophy of Science, Donna Garnier, Fall

2006, publisher contact

Reviewer for Blackwell Publishing, Disability and Philosophy (Philosophy and Politics),

December 2005, Nick Bellorini, publisher contact

Reviewer for Allyn, Bacon & Longman Publishers, Philosophical Readings: A Journey Through

the Landscape of Reality, Spring 2005, Stephanie Ricotta, publisher contact

Reviewer for McGraw-Hill Publishers, Copernican Questions: A Concise Introduction to the

Philosophy of Science, November 2004, Allison Rona, publisher contact

Reviewer for Wadsworth Publishers, Political Philosophies in Conflict, April 2004, Jake Warde,

publisher contact

Reviewer for the journal Left History, published by the Department of History at York

University

Invited Guest Lectures at Valdosta State University 2018 “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures in Dr. Donna Gosnell’s

Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, September 12, 2018, Valdosta State University, Valdosta,

GA.

2018 “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures in Dr. Donna Gosnell’s

Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, February 27, 2018, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2018 “Guest Lecture on Ethics and Public Administration in Film” for J. Raymond Peace’s PHIL

4220 Ethics and Public Administration Class, February 22, 2018, Valdosta State University,

Valdosta, GA.

2017 “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures in Dr. Donna Gosnell’s

Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, October 5, 2017, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2017 “Logic, Fallacies, Political Debates and the LSAT” invited guest lecture for the College

Republicans, September 26, 2017, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2017 “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures in Dr. Donna Gosnell’s

Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, February 14, 2017, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2016 “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures in Dr. Donna Gosnell’s

Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, October 27, 2016, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2016 Honors Research Presentation” guest lecture for all students in the Honors College, August

31, 2016

2016 Panel on Excellence in Teaching Awards Moderator, TIES Conference, February 17-19,

2016, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2016a “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures in Dr. Donna Gosnell’s

Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, February 16, 2016, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2015 “Environmental Ethics and Aesthetics” invited guest lectures in Dr. Ari Santas’

Ethics and the Environment course, November 11, 2015, Valdosta State University, Valdosta,

GA.

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2015a “Honors Research Presentation” guest lecture for all students in the Honors College,

September 22, 2015

2015b “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures in Dr. Donna Gosnell’s

Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, September 17, 2015, Valdosta State University, Valdosta,

GA.

2015c “Mary Wollstonecraft and the Remnant Trust: Letters Written During a Short Residence in

Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, 1796 first edition previously owned by the family of

Elizabeth and William Nation” part of a panel discussion on various items in the Remnant

Trust Collection housed at Valdosta State University during 2015, Odum Library, April 8,

2015.

2015d “Reproductive Policies, Public Health and Women” guest lecture in Michael Stoltzfus’

Sexual Ethics class, May 26, 2015, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2015e “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures in Dr. Donna Gosnell’s

Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, February 24, 2015, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2015f “Pizza With A Prof” invited talk at the Honors College Residence Hall, Reade Hall, VSU,

January 28, 2015.

2014 “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures in Dr. Donna Gosnell’s

Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, October 2, 2014, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2014a “Sexual Health and International Policies” guest lecture in Michael Stoltzfus’ Sexual Ethics

class, May 22, 2014, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2014b “Heartbreak Hotei and Ethical Implications of Metabolic Syndrome” in Dr. Michael

Stoltzfus’s REL 4700 course on Spirituality, Health and Healing, March 25, 2014, Valdosta

State University. A similar presentation was also given as part of a panel discussion with

faculty members on April 17, 2014 organized by the Department of Philosophy and Religious

Studies.

2014c “Capstone Research Presentation” in Lily Vuong and Lavonna Lovern’s PHIL 4920/REL

4920 course, March 10, 2014

2014d Odum Library Book Club, Guest Speaker on John Langan’s Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy

Encounters, February 5-6 and March 5-6, 2014, Valdosta State University.

2014e “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures in Dr. Donna Gosnell’s

Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, March 4, 2014, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2013 “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures in Dr. Donna Gosnell’s

Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, October 10, 2013, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2013a “Reproductive Policies, Public Health and Women” guest lecture in Michael Stoltzfus’

Sexual Ethics class, May 16, 2013, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2013b Learning in Retirement Course on “Medical Ethics and Public Health,” April 17, April 24,

and May 1, 2013, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2013c Presented to the Sister-To-Sister group visiting Valdosta State University on March 9, 2013

in four different groups during the day’s sessions: “Science and Girls” (a motivational talk to

encourage junior high girls to enter STEM fields.)

2013d “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures and workshop over two course

meetings in Dr. Donna Gosnell’s Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, February 5 and February

12, 2013, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2013e Learning in Retirement Course on “Art, Aesthetics and Art Criticism,” January 23, January

30, February 6, 2013, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2013f Panel Discussion on Fossil Fuel Free Investments for Students Against Violating the

Environment (SAVE), November 12, 2013, Powell Hall Auditorium, Valdosta State

University

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2012 Learning in Retirement Course on “Medical Ethics and Public Health,” October 30,

November 6, and November 13, 2012, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2012a “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures and workshop over two course

meetings in Dr. Jesse Spencer’s Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, September 27 and October

4, 2012, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2012b “Women’s Issues, Public Health, Ecofeminism” guest lecture in Michael Stoltzfus’ Sexual

Ethics class, May 17, 2012, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA .

2012c Presented to the Sister-To-Sister group visiting Valdosta State University on March 31, 2012

in four different groups during the day’s sessions: “Science and Girls” (a motivational talk to

encourage junior high girls to enter STEM fields.)

2012d Presented to the Philosophy and Religious Studies Club as part of their faculty colloquium

series, “Ontology in the Sub-Fields of Philosophy,” March 1, 2012.

2012e “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures and workshop over two course

meetings in Dr. Jesse Spencer’s Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, February 21 and February

28, 2012, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2012f “Art, Aesthetics and Nature” member of a panel presentation with Dr. Serran-Pagan and Dr.

Lovern in Dr. Ari Santas’ Environmental Philosophy class, April 3, 2012, Valdosta State

University, Valdosta, GA, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2012g Learning in Retirement Course on “Art, Aesthetics and Art Criticism,” January 23, January

30, February 6, 2012, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2011 “Art, Aesthetics and Nature” invited guest lecture in Dr. Ari Santas’ Environmental

Philosophy class, November 4, 2011, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2011a “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures and workshop over two course

meetings in Dr. Jesse Spencer’s Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, September 29 and October

6, 2011, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2011b “Reproductive Health in South Georgia” invited guest lecture in Michael Stoltzfus’ Sexual

Ethics course, May 16, 2011, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2011c “Sonar Technology in the US Courts: Navy Case Study” invited guest lecture in Ari Santas’

Environmental Ethics class, April 5, 2011, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2011d “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures and workshop over two course

meetings in Dr. Jesse Spencer’s Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, February 22 and March 1,

2011, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2011e Learning in Retirement Course on “Medical Ethics and Public Administration,” January 24,

January 31, and February 7, 2011, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2010 “Postmodernism and Historiography” invited guest lecture in Dr. Dixie Ray Haggard’s

Historiography Seminar, Ocotber 12, 2010, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2010a “Science in the Medieval Period and Karen Armstrong’s The Case for God”, invited guest

lecture in Dr. Jim Hill’s Evolution of the Concept of God course, April 13, 2010, Honors

House, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2010b “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures and workshop over two course

meetings in Dr. Jesse Spencer’s Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, February 16 and 23, 2010,

Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2009 “Simone de Beauvoir and the Quest for Love”, invited guest lecture in Dr. Jim Hill’s

Existentialism class, October 22, 2009, Honors House, Valdosta State University, Valdosta

GA.

2009a “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures and workshop over two course

meetings in Dr. Jesse Spencer’s Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, October 22 and October 29,

2009, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

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2009b “Current Controversies on Abortion and the Supreme Court Nominations”, invited guest

lecture in Dr. Michael Stoltzfus’ Sexual Ethics seminar, May 26, 2009, Valdosta State

University, Valdosta, GA.

2009c “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures and workshop over two

course meetings in Dr. Jesse Spencer’s Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, February 24 and

March 3, 2009, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2008 “Abortion and Sexual Ethics”, invited guest lecture in Dr. Michael Stoltzfus’ Sexual Ethics

seminar, May 16, 2008, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2008a “Environmentalism, Aesthetics, Ecofeminism, Sonar”, invited guest lecture in Dr. Ari

Santas’ Environmental Ethics class, October 6, 2008, Valdosta State University,

Valdosta, GA.

2008b “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures and workshop over two

course meetings in Dr. Jesse Spencer’s Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, October 2

and October 9, 2008, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2008c “Nature and Spirituality: Inspired by the Work of Vandana Shiva and Karen Warren,”

invited presentation for Focus The Nation, January 31, 2008, Valdosta State University,

Valdosta, GA.

2007a “Abortion and Sexual Ethics”, invited guest lecture in Dr. Michael Stoltzfus’ Sexual

Ethics seminar, May 16, 2007, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2007b “Teaching I Heart Huckabees”, invited guest lecture in Dr. Ari Santas’ Philosophy and

Film class, May 22, 2007, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2007c “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures and workshop over two

course meetings in Dr. Jesse Spencer’s Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, September 13

and September 20, 2007, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2007d “Postmodernism, Historiography, and Genealogy”, invited guest lecture in Dr. Catherine

Oglesby’s Seminar in Historiography, September 11, 2007, Valdosta State University,

Valdosta, GA.

2006a “Chemistry, Ethics and Case Studies” invited guest lectures and workshop over two

course meetings in Dr. Jesse Spencer’s Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, September 28

and October 5, 2006, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2006b “Logic, Categorical Syllogisms, and Legal Theories”, invited guest lectures over two

class meetings in Ray Peace’s PHIL 2020 Principles of Logic and Argumentation Course

during Summer Session II, July 5-6, 2006.

2006c “Education Research and Philosophy: From Kuhn and Latour to Ricoeur and Foucault”,

invited guest lecture in Dr. Richard Schmertzing’s Education Doctoral seminar, April 15,

2006, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2006d “Sports Ethics and Religion in Chariots of Fire”, invited guest lecture in Ray Peace’s

Ethics and Sport class, April 13, 2006, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2006e “Gadamer and the Hermeneutic Circle”, invited guest lecture in Dr. Jim Hill’s History of

Late Modern Philosophy course, March 30, 2006, Valdosta State University, Valdosta,

GA.

2005 “Sediment, Sonar and Environmental Ethics”, invited guest lecture in Dr. Ari Santas’

Environmental Ethics class, October 19, 2005, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2005a “Postmodernism, Historiography, and Genealogy”, invited guest lecture in Dr. Catherine

Badura’s Seminar in Historiography, September 6, 2005, Valdosta State University,

Valdosta, GA.

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2005b “Ethics of Research in Chemistry with Special Emphasis on Cloning”, invited guest

lecture in Dr. Jesse Spencer’s Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, September 29, 2005,

Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2005c “Abortion and Sexual Ethics”, invited guest lecture in Dr. Michael Stoltzfus’ Sexual

Ethics seminar, May 16, 2005, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2005d “Categorical Logic”, invited to teach two days of Ray Peace’s Reasoning and

Argumentation class, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, July 7 and 11, 2005.

2004 “Interdisciplinary Research, Philosophy, Science and Art”, invited guest lecture in Dr.

Linda Calendrillo’s General Studies combined seminar, Valdosta State University,

January 29, 2004.

2004a “Hegel’s Significance Today”, invited guest lecture in Dr. Jim Hill’s History of Late

Modern Philosophy course, Valdosta State University, March 2, 2004, Valdosta State

University, Valdosta, Georgia.

2004b “Is Bush Good for the Environment?”, an Environmental Ethics Forum Panel including

members of the Geology, History and Philosophy faculty, participant, April 26, 2004,

Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2004c “Abortion and Sexual Ethics”, invited guest lecture in Dr. Michael Stoltzfus’ Sexual

Ethics seminar, May 25, 2004, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2004d “Bioethics Debate”, invited guest in Dr. Ikhide Imumorin’s Bioethics of Modern

Genetics course, June 3, 2004, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2004e “Postmodernism, Historiography, and Genealogy”, invited guest lecture in Dr. Catherine

Badura’s Seminar in Historiography, August 31, 2004, Valdosta State University,

Valdosta, GA.

2004f “Ethics of Research in Chemistry”, invited guest lecture in Dr. Jesse Spencer’s

Sophomore Chemistry Seminar, October 7, 2004, Valdosta State University, Valdosta,

GA.

2004g “Neo-Pragmatism, Cornel West and Social Theory” invited guest lecture in Dr. Ari

Santas’ PHIL 3430 American Philosophy class, November 8, 2004, Valdosta State

University, Valdosta, GA.

2004h “No Child Left Behind” Panel Discussion participant, with Dean Phillip Gunter, College

of Education; Dr. John Hummel, Educational Psychology; and Mr. John Davis, Principal,

S.L. Mason Elementary School; by invitation from Dr. Ari Santas’ PHIL 3430 American

Philosophy class, November 29, 2004, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

2003 “Kant’s Prolegomena and the Antinomies”, invited guest lecture in Dr. Ari Santas’

History of Early Modern Philosophy Course, Valdosta State University, September 12,

2003, Valdosta, Georgia.

2003a “Persistent Vegetative State Palliative Care and the Terri Schiavo Case,” invited guest

lecture in Dr. Jim Hill’s Ethics in the Trenches Course, Valdosta State University,

November 19, 2003, Valdosta, Georgia.

2003b “Kant’s Prolegomena and the Antinomies,” invited guest lecture in Dr. Ari Santas’

History of Early Modern Philosophy Course, Valdosta State University, September 12,

2003, Valdosta, Georgia.

2003c “War and Profiteering,” a Business Ethics Forum Panel including Christy James (PT

Political Science), Kevin Cronin (GMC), Reverend Floyd Rose, Michael Noll (Geo), and

Jim Hill (Phil), Moderator, April 30, 2003, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

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2003d Guest taught two PHIL 2020 Logic course sections for Richard Amesbury, September 17,

2003.

2002 “From American Pragmatism to Feminist Epistemology,” invited guest lecture in Dr.

Michael Stoltzfus’ Fundamentals of Philosophy Course, Valdosta State University,

November 5, 2002, Valdosta, Georgia.

2002a “Love and Relationships, from Aristotle to Baier: with inspirations from Hedwig and the

Angry Inch,” Symposium on Love with Dr. Ari Santas’ Ancient Philosophy Class,

October 11, 2002.

Community Service 2018 AAUW Political Forum Chair, October 4, 2018

2018 Constitution Day Volunteer, Voter Registration Drive, Odum Library at VSU

2017 AAUW Political Forum Chair, September 21, 2017

2017 AAUW Programs Co-Chair, 2017-2018

2017 Science Bowl Science Judge – Volunteer, January 28, 2017

2015-2017 VSU Facebook Pages Volunteer (Media Contribution)

2016 Voice Work for VSU Graduate School Promotional Videos, November 21, 2016 (Media

Contribution)

2016 AAUW Political Forum Volunteer, October 4, 2016

2016 Symphony Guild Barganza Volunteer, March 18-20, 2016

2016 Radio Interview at 92.1 Scott James Talk Show to Promote Symphony Guild Barganza,

March 11, 2016 (Media Contribution)

2016 Reader at Dr. Seuss Reading Day, VSU Honors College, March 2, 2016

2016 Science Bowl Science Judge – Volunteer, January 30, 2016

2015- Valdosta Symphony Guild Member, Volunteer at Tunes for Tots

2016- Valdosta Symphony Guild Publicity Committee Chair

2016 AAUW Sister-To-Sister Planning Committee Member, Session Leader March 5, 2016

2016 Faces of VSU feature, January 28, 2016 (Media Contribution)

2015 American Association of University Women Political Forum Organizer/Volunteer,

September 24, 2015

2015 Volunteer at Dr. Seuss Reading Day, VSU Honors College, March 2, 2015

2015 Science Bowl Judge – Volunteer, January 31, 2015

2014 AAUW Guest Speaker, May 13, 2014

2014 Unitarian Universalist Book Club Discussant, September 2015 (Erdrich’s The Round

House)

2012- AAUW second time as Vice President of Programs

2010 State of Georgia High School Science Bowl Judge, Saturday February 6, 2010

2009 Belk Community Service Voucher Day, May 9, 2009, Community Organizations

Volunteer

2008 Organized two Political Forums for AAUW, Lowndes-Valdosta Chamber of Commerce,

Lowndes Democrats and Lowndes Republicans. Primary forum June 24, 2008, 7:00pm

Pound Hall at VSU, General Election forum October 14, 2008, 5:30pm, Rainwater

Conference Center

2005-2007 President, American Association of University Women, Valdosta Branch

2006 Member of the Just Change speakers series and community leaders committee, UU

2005 Valdosta area Sacred Harp Sing (Appalachian Shape Note Singing) member

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2005-06 Valdosta Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce volunteer, Think B.I.G. Buy In

Greater Valdosta campaign, July 29, 2005 and August 18, 2006

2004 “Ethics, Public Policy and Communication” at the Douglas Chamber of Commerce

Emerging Leaders Group, June 8, 2004, Douglas, Georgia under the auspices of the

Center for Professional and Applied Ethics.

2004 Drumming Circle presentation with Lynn Bell of the College of Nursing, at the Unitarian

Universalist Church, Sunday February 8, 2003, Valdosta, Georgia.

2004- Cultural Diversity Training sessions on and off campus through the Office of Minority

and Diversity Affairs’ Cultural Diversity Council

2002-2004 Vice President of Programming, Scholarships Officer, and Member, American

Association of University Women. This group engages in community service,

including a philanthropy/mentoring program for underprivileged junior high

school girls called "Sister to Sister." The AAUW also gives a

number of scholarships, grants and fellowships locally and nationally.

2003 "Science and Spirituality: Scientists, Mystics, and Nurses?" invited talk at the

Unitarian Universalist Church, Sunday October 13, 2003, Valdosta, Georgia.

Grants Obtained VSU Faculty Scholarship $2000, in support of conference presentation in Montréal, Canada

2017

VSU Faculty Scholarship $2000, Internationalization Funds $500 in support of conference

presentation in Brussels 2016

VSU Faculty Scholarship $1000 in support of conference presentation at Jekyll Island 2016

Innovation Grant for producing videos to assist students with campus life and study skills,

$13,500 with Media Services, Faculty, and Student Life Collaborators

Affordable Learning Georgia Textbook Transformation Grant, PHIL 2020 Principles of Logic

and Argumentation, with Michael Holt of VSU MLIS Odum Library, $10,800

VSU Faculty Scholarship $1109.20 in support of conference presentation in San Diego, CA 2015

VSU Department Travel Funding $600.00 in support of conference presentation in San Diego,

CA 2015

VSU Department Travel Funding, $85.00 in support of overnight conference in Macon, GA,

2015

VSU Honors College Funding, $165.00 in support of travel to Georgia Collegiate Honors

Conference in Americus, GA, 2015

VSU Faculty Scholarship $2000 in support of conference presentation in Oxford, UK 2014

VSU Faculty Internationalization Funds $600 in support of conference presentation in Oxford,

UK 2014

VSU Faculty Internationalization Funds $600 in support of conference presentation in Freiburg,

Germany 2014

VSU Faculty Development/Scholarship $1000 in support of conference presentation trip to

conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico 2014

VSU Faculty Development/Scholarship $1000 in support of conference presentation trip to

conference in Freiburg, Germany 2014

VSU Faculty Development/Scholarship $750 in support of conference presentation trip to

conference in Dayton, Ohio 2013

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Writing Across the Curriculum travel grant $500 in support of conference presentation trip to

Dayton, Ohio 2013

VSU Faculty Development/Scholarship $750 in support of conference presentation trip to

conference in Olympia, Greece 2012

VSU Faculty Internationalization Funds $500 in support of conference presentation in

Groningen, the Netherlands, 2012

VSU Faculty Development/Scholarship $750 in support of conference presentation trip to

conference in Treasure Island, Florida 2011

VSU Faculty Development/Scholarship $750 in support of conference presentation trip to UT

Austin

VSU Faculty Development/Scholarship $750 in support of conference presentation trip to UVA

Charlottesville

VSU Faculty Development/Scholarship $750 in support of conference presentation trip to

Hofstra

VSU Faculty Internationalization Funds $500 in support of conference presentation in Salzburg,

Austria 2009

VSU Faculty Development Funds $1500 in 2009 for international conference presentation travel

VSU Faculty Service Award Grant $500 September 2008

VSU Faculty Internationalization Funds in support of conference presentation in Granada, Spain

2008

VSU Faculty Development Funds $1000 in 2008 for international conference presentation travel

VSU Faculty Development Funds $1000 in 2007 and $500 in Spring 2008 in support of

conference travelVSU Center for Applied Research Grant, 2006, for international travel and

research in Philosophy and Public Health. $1,000

VSU Center for International Programs Grant, 2006, for international travel to a conference

where I presented a paper on research in Baudrillard and scientific images. $500

VSU Faculty Research Grant, 2004-2005, for Scripps Oceanographic research trip in Philosophy

of Science, Summer 2005. $1,000

VSU Faculty Professional Development Grant for international travel, Summer/Fall 2006,

$1,000

VSU Faculty Professional Development Grants, Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005,

Spring 2006.Used for research and travel to conference presentations. 5 x $500 = $2,500

Allegheny College Professional Development Grants, Fall 2001, Spring 2002. Used for research

and travel to conference presentations. 2 x $500 = $1,000

Kent State University Faculty Travel Funds, Fall 2000-Spring 2001. Used for research and travel

to conference presentations. 2x $500 = $1,000

Grants Applied for and Pending

NEH Summer Stipend, $5,000

AAUW Community Action Grant, $7,000

Honors and Awards

2018 eCore Mentor Teacher to one new faculty member, Russell Crawford, Fall 2018

2018 eCore Mentor in Certification Courses, Summer 2018

2018 Asked to join Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity, and became Faculty Advisor

for the Valdosta State University Chapter, Fall 2018

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2018 “I Caught You Caring” Award for Mentoring Student in MPA Graduate Program,

May 3, 2018

2018 eCore Mentor Teacher to two new faculty members, Edward James Hackett and

Joseph Johnson, Spring 2018

2017 Joseph Ellin Award, Best Paper Award of the Lighthearted Philosophers’ Society,

11th Annual Conference, September 30, 2017

2017 “I Caught You Caring” Award for Advising Student on Graduate Program in

Religion and Esotericism the Netherlands, December 7, 2017

2017 “I Caught You Caring” Award for Service on the VSU Facebook Pages to Parents

and Students, September 7, 2017

2017 eCore Mentor in Certification Courses, Summer 2017

2017 eCore eHero Award, Annual eCore meeting in Macon, first recipient, May 2017

2016 eCore Mentor in Certification Courses, July 2016

2016 eCore PHIL 2010 Mentor Teacher; mentoring new eCore faculty member

Benjamin Lee Buckley

2015 eCore PHIL 2010 Revision Content Expert, Fall 2015

2015 eCore PHIL 2010 Mentor Teacher; mentoring new eCore faculty members

Kencho Tenzin and Matthew Schneider; Fall 2015

2015 eCore PHIL 2010 Mentor Teacher; new eCore faculty members George Wrisley,

James Grindeland, Sanjay Lal, and Aaron Dopf, Spring 2015

2014 eCore PHIL 2010 Revision Content Expert, Fall 2014

2014 eCore Mentor in two Certification courses, September-October and November

2014 eCore Mentor Teacher; new eCore faculty members Walter Riker and Murray

Skees, Summer 2014

2014 eCore Mentor Teacher; new eCore faculty member Ray Peace, Spring 2014

2013 eCore Mentor Teacher; assisted with training of two new eCore faculty,

mentoring Brian Davy and Brett Hackett in Fall 2013

2011 Exemplary Honors Program Professor, won April 18, 2011

2011-2012 eCore Mentor Teacher; assisting with training of new eCore faculty, and acting as

a consultant for the eCore program. Course revision for PHIL 1001 and PHIL

2010 eCore in Spring 2011, mentoring of Michael Bradley Fall 2011, mentoring

Tom Brommage Spring 2012, mentoring Lisa Yount Summer 2013.

2010 Nominated for Exemplary Honors Program Professor

2010 Certificate of Academic Contribution, eCore

2009 Named as an eCore mentor teacher, December 2009

2008 Winner of College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Service Award

2007 Inducted into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, April 11, 2007

2006 Certified as a Prior Learning Assessor, May 15, 2006

2005 Business and Professional Women of Georgia, State Young Careerist Award,

November 5, 2005

2005 Business and Professional Women of Valdosta Young Careerist Award,

September 27, 2005

2003 Certificate of Appreciation for work with Sister-to-Sister from the American

Association of University Women

2003 Successfully chartered the Georgia Theta chapter of the Philosophy collegiate

honorary, Phi Sigma Tau

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1998-1999 Finalist and Alternate, American Association of University Women Dissertation

Fellowship, $30,000

1996-1997 Nominee, University Freshmen Advocate Award

1993 BA awarded with Honors

Professional Organization Membership

American Philosophical Association, Philosophy of Science Association, History of Science

Society, History of Philosophy of Science (HOPOS), Society for Social Studies of Science,

Hegel Society of America, Society of Women in Philosophy, Southern Society for Philosophy

and Psychology, Southwestern Philosophical Society, International Society for the Study of

Religion, Nature and Culture; American Association of Philosophy Teachers, American

Association of University Women, Science and Literature Commission, Society of

Phenomenology and Media, Southeast Regional Honors Council, International Development

Ethics Association

Foreign Languages French and German

Various Trainings, Workshops, Tutorials and Faculty Development Activities

eCore Webinar, November 13, 2018

SkillPort Annual Compliance Training, November 2018

eCore Webinar, August 30, 2018

eCore Webinar, August 29, 2018

OneDrive Office365 Training, August 28, 2018

eCore Webinar, July 25, 2018

eCore Webinar, July 18, 2018

eCore Webinar, June 20, 2018

eCore Webinar, June 14, 2018

eCore Webinar, June 13, 2018

eCore Webinar, June 7, 2018

eCore Webinar, June 5, 2018

eCore Webinar, June 4, 2018

eCore Annual Meeting, Macon, Georgia, May 9, 2018

eCore Webinar, April 13, 2018

RAC Committee Meeting at Georgia Tech, March 31, 2018

Freshman Learning Community Meeting, March 30, 2018

eCore Webinar, March 3, 2018

eCore Course Revision Webinar, March 2, 2018

eCore Webinar, February 21, 2018

Siteimprove Training, February 7, 2018

eCore Course Revision Webinar, January 26, 2018

eCore Webinar, January 9, 2018

eCore Webinar, November 17, 2017

eCore Webinar, October 31, 2017

GIL Workshop, VSU Library, September 27, 2017

eCore Webinars and Mentorship, Summer 2017

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eCore Annual Meeting, Macon, Georgia, May 2, 2017

eCore Webinar, Academic Honesty, January 30, 2017

eCore Webinar, Student Success, January 27, 2017

Voice Over Continuing Education Course, January 23, 2017

SkillPort Annual Compliance Training, November 2016

eCore Webinar Proctored Exams, October 18, 2016

Symphony Guild September 3, 2016

AAUW IDEA Center, September 15, 2016

AAUW Social Equity Office, September 8, 2016

Niles Reddick roundtable at Book and Table, September 7, 2016

eCore Webinar on SEADS, August 26, 2016

Defensive Driver Training and Recertification, August 12, 2016

eCore Webinar on Final Grades, July 25, 2016

VSU Budgeting Part II, July 21, 2016

VSU Budgeting Part I, July 20, 2016

eCore Student Success Webinar, June 15, 2016

eCore Webinar Meeting, June 10, 2016

eCore SEADS Webinar, June 8, 2016

eCore Webinar on Student Success, June 6, 2016

CMS Cascade Update Training, June 3, 2016

Workshop on Making Accessible OER Content, June 1, 2016

Copyright Webinar, University System of Georgia, May 4, 2016

eCore/ALG web event meeting, April 26, 2016

CMS Cascade Open Lab, April 22, 2016

Success Portal Training II, March 11, 2016

Success Portal Training I, February 29, 2016

eCore Webinar on course customization, September 24, 2015

eCore Webinar on course design, September 10, 2015

Affordable Learning Georgia/OER Webinar, August 19, 2015

eCore Webinar on grading, July 28, 2015

Building a Team & Motivating your Workforce, July 22, 2015

Camtasia Screen Capture, June 24, 2015

Windows Movie Maker Basics, June 4, 2015

Travel Procedures and Expenses Update, May 13, 2015

Video Captioning, May 11, 2015

Affordable Learning Georgia Webinar, November 17, 2014

CMS: Cascade Server Basic Training, November 11, 2014

Desire 2 Learn/Brightspace, What’s New in 10.3, November 3, 2014

eCore Blackboard Collaborate Webinar, October 29, 2014

University System of Georgia Blackboard Collaborate Webinar, October 28, 2014

Creative Commons, Academic Research and You, October 22, 2014

University System of Georgia Webinar on Open Access Texts, October 21, 2014

Affordable Learning Georgia meeting and training in Macon, October 20, 2014

Open Educational Resources: Revolutionizing Teaching and Research, September 24, 2014

University System of Georgia Webinar, September 9, 2014

Affordable Learning Georgia Webinar, August 14, 2014

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University System of Georgia Webinar, August 14, 2014

eMajor WebX meeting, July 10, 2014

Blazeview D2L: Troubleshooting When Things Go Wrong, June 20, 2014

Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP), June 5, 2014

Qualtrics Survey Tool Intro, April 25, 2014

Innovations in Teaching and Learning: Assessing Learning in the Core, November 8, 2013

Innovations in Teaching and Learning: Measuring Learning in the Major and in Graduate

Programs, November 8, 2013

Innovations in Teaching and Learning: Creating a Critical Thinking Community in the

Classroom, November 7, 2013

Innovations in Teaching and Learning: Strategies for Mentoring Undergraduate Research,

November 7, 2013

Blazeview D2L: What’s New in 10.2, November 6, 2013

AAA Defensive Driver Certification and University Vehicle Training, December 11, 2013

Digital Measures training, June 13, 2013

IACUC Chairs, Members and Coordinators CITIProgram Training Course Completed, June

2013

eCore Training, May 6-7, 2013

Annual Compliance, May 13, 2013

BlazeVIEW D2L: Working with Migrated Content, April 25, 2013

BlazeVIEW D2L: Gradebook, April 10, 2013

eCore Webinar, D2L Features, February 8, 2013

First Look: D2L Overview, January 25, 2013

Financial Conflict of Interest Policy & Procedures for Sponsored Programs OSPRA

CITIProgram Training Course Completed, January 2013

Advising and Working with the Adult Learner, November 16, 2012

Building Courses in GoVIEW (eMajor, GOML, & WebMBA faculty ONLY), October 30, 2012

Introduction to Preparing Your Faculty Activity Report, October 23, 2012

Introduction to GoVIEW (eMajor, GOML, & WebMBA faculty ONLY), October 18, 2012

Working with Academic Transcripts and Transfer Students, October 10, 2012

iPad Basics, Information Technology Course at VSU, September 20, 2012

Advising 101 Master Advisor Course, September 6, 2012

Distance Learning Administrators Meeting, Jekyll Island, June 3-6, 2012

D2L and GoVIEW training, 6, Tuesdays from the State System Offices in Atlanta, Fall 2012

D2L and GoVIEW training, 4, Thursdays from the eCore offices at West Georgia, Fall 2012

Desire2Learn training via eCore webinar, May 8-9, 2012

Online Lifeline Conference D2L platform introduction February 17, 2012

INGRESS training via eCore January 24, 2011

Wimba training via eCore, March 22, 2011

eCore webinar March 29, 2011

Webinar on Adult Learners, Gerald Merwin and CAEL, March 31, 2011

Connect Think Webinar, April 11, 2011

eCore Training, May 11-13, 2011

CAEL Prior Learning Assessment Webinar, May 26 and June 2, 2011

Adult Learning Consortium Meeting, Jekyll Island, June 10-14, 2011

Presenting with Prezi Workshop, July 29, 2011

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Motor Vehicle Policy Training, Blazeview, July 2010

FERPA Training, Blazeview, June 2010

Georgia Open Records Act Training, June 2010

eCore Training, May 2010, University of West Georgia

University System of Georgia Ethics Training, January 2010

Expression Web Training, January 2010

eCore Mentor assisting with training of new faculty completing their online certification

program, December 6-22, 2009

New University Budget and Strategic Planning Software (PeopleSoft with Travel Authority

Emphasis), November 24, 2009

Degree Works Training September 3, 2009

Event Services Webviewer Scheduling System Training, July 2009

ADP Shared Services Training, June 30, 2009

AAA Driver Certification and University Vehicle Training, May 19 and 21, 2009

eCore Training, May 2009, University of West Georgia

Blazeview Training for new updates in Vista, April 21, 2009

PLAConsortium meeting in the HUB, February 18, 2009

Smart Classroom Training for Supersections, February 10, 2009

Contribute Training, June 2007

eCore Training, May 10-11, 2007, University of Georgia

PLA Presentation to Dean’s Council, February 1, 2007

Webinar at the HUB, January 23 and 30, 2007

PLA Wimba Webinar, December 12, 2006

AAA Driver Certification and University Vehicle Training, January 21, 2006

Courses Taught (by Title) At Valdosta State University:

Introduction to Philosophy PHIL 1001 (eCore)

Fundamentals of Philosophy PHIL 2010 (also Honors)

Principles of Reasoning and Argumentation PHIL 2020 (also Honors)

Ethics and Health Care PHIL 3100 (also graduate level PHIL 5100)

Aesthetics PHIL 3110

Social and Political Philosophy PHIL 3130

Ethics and Business PHIL 3150

Ethics and the Social Sciences PHIL 3190

Philosophy of Science PHIL 3200

Ethics and Technology PHIL 3210

Existentialism PHIL 3400

Honors Capstone HONS 3990

Honors Research Methods HONS 3999

Ethics and Public Policy PHIL 4120

Ethics and Public Administration 4220

Directed Study in Religious Studies: Art, Aesthetics and Religion REL 4710

Philosophy, Comedy, and Film PHIL 4800

Philosophy and Public Health PHIL 4800

Science, Images, Nature and Aesthetics Seminar PHIL 4800

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Writing Styles in Philosophy PHIL 4800

Directed Study in Philosophy: Holistic Health and Wellness PHIL 4810

Directed Study on Ethics, Law and Healthcare, PHIL 4900

Independent Study on Derrida PHIL 4910

Independent Study on German Idealism PHIL 4910

Independent Study on Logic and Metatheory PHIL 4910

Metaphilosophy and Religious Studies Capstone PHIL 4920/REL 4920

Ethics and Health Care Graduate Level PHIL 5100

Designed four new courses for the online Organizational Leadership Degree, ORGL 3000, 3050,

4000, and 4690 Capstone (by request of Gerald Merwin, AMP, and Sheri Gravett, AVP.)

Courses designed in Summer 2011 and accepted into the VSU Catalog in the Fall of

2011. The first two courses are being taught in Spring 2012.

At Allegheny College:

Seminar on Philosophy, Comedy and Film FS102

Seminar on Hegel’s Phenomenology PHIL 450

Ethics and Community PHIL 140

Seminar on Bioethics and Nursing PHIL 451

Environmental Ethics PHIL 340

Ethics and Community PHIL 140

At Kent State University:

Aesthetics PHIL 31060

Introduction to Formal Logic PHIL 21002

Principles of Thinking PHIL 11009

Introduction to Philosophy PHIL 11001

At the University of South Carolina:

Introduction to Logic PHIL 110

Contemporary Moral Issues PHIL 211

Philosophy of Science Graduate Seminar PHIL 512

Courses Taught (by Semesters)

2018 PHIL 4120 Ethics and Public Policy, PHIL 2020 Principles of Logic and Argumentation

(including one special section for a Freshmen Learning Community FLC), PHIL 2010

Fundamentals of Philosophy, Fall Semester

2018 PHIL 4120 Ethics and Public Policy; PHIL 3150/WGST 4600 Ethics and

Business/Women and Business; PHIL 3210/WGST 4600 Ethics and Technology/Social

Media/Gender and Social Media; PHIL 2020 Principles of Logic and Argumentation,

AFAM 2020/WGST 2020 Race, Class, and Gender, Spring Semester

2017 PHIL 4120 Ethics and Public Policy, PHIL 2020 Principles of Logic and Argumentation

(including one special section for a Freshmen Learning Community FLC), PHIL 2010

Fundamentals of Philosophy, Fall Semester

2017 PHIL 3100 Ethics and Health Care, PHIL 2010 Fundamentals of Philosophy, Summer III

and Summer I

2017 PHIL 3210 Ethics and Technology/WGST 4600 Gender and Social Media, PHIL 3200

Philosophy of Science/WGST 4600 Women and Science, PHIL 2020 Principles of Logic

and Argumentation, PHIL 2010 Fundamentals of Philosophy, Spring Semester

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2016 PHIL 4120 Ethics and Public Policy, HONS 3999 Honors Research Methods, PHIL 2020

Principles of Logic and Argumentation, PHIL 2010 Fundamentals of Philosophy, PHIL

4900 Ethics, Law and Healthcare, Fall Semester

2016 PHIL 3100 Ethics and Health Care, PHIL 2010 Fundamentals of Philosophy, Summer III

and Summer I

2016 PHIL and REL 4920 Senior Capstone/Metaphilosophy, PHIL 3200 Philosophy of

Science, PHIL 2020 Principles of Logic and Argumentation, PHIL 4810 Directed Study

in Philosophy: Holistic Health and Wellness, PHIL 2010 Fundamentals of Philosophy

(online), Spring Semester

2015 PHIL 4120 Ethics and Public Policy, PHIL 2020 Principles of Logic and Argumentation,

PHIL 2010 Fundamentals of Philosophy (Face-2-Face for VSU), PHIL 2010

Fundamentals of Philosophy (online), Fall Semester

2015 PHIL 3100 Ethics and Health Care, PHIL 2010 Fundamentals of Philosophy, REL 4710

Directed Study in Religious Studies: Art, Aesthetics and Religion, Summer Semester

2015 HONS 3999 Honors Research Methods, PHIL 3200 Philosophy of Science, PHIL 2020

Principles of Logic and Argumentation, Spring Semester

2014 HONS 3990 Honors Capstone, PHIL 4120 Ethics and Public Policy, PHIL 2010H

Honors Fundamentals of Philosophy, PHIL 4800 Philosophy, Comedy, and Film, Fall

Semester

2014 PHIL 3100 Ethics and Health Care, PHIL 2010 Fundamentals of Philosophy, Summer

Semester, Online

2014 PHIL 3200 Philosophy of Science, PHIL 2020 Principles of Logic and Argumentation,

PHIL 4800 Writing Styles in Philosophy, HONS 3999 Honors Research Methods, Spring

Semester

2013 PHIL 3110 Aesthetics, PHIL 2010H Honors Fundamentals of Philosophy, PHIL 2020

Principles of Logic and Argumentation, HONS 3999 Honors Research Methods, PHIL

2010 Fundamentals of Philosophy online, Fall Semester

2013 PHIL 3100 Ethics and Health Care, PHIL 2010 Fundamentals of Philosophy, Summer

Semester, Online

2013 PHIL 2020 Principles of Logic and Argumentation, PHIL 3150 Ethics and Business,

PHIL 3200 Philosophy of Science, HONS 3999 Honors Research Methods, Spring

Semester

2012 PHIL 2010H Honors Fundamentals of Philosophy, PHIL 2010 Fundamentals of

Philosophy (one section face to face, one section online), PHIL 2020 Principles of Logic

and Argumentation, PHIL 4120 Ethics and Public Policy

2012 PHIL 3100 Ethics and Health Care, Summer Online, PHIL 2010 Summer Online eCore

2012 PHIL 2020 Logic, PHIL 3200 Philosophy of Science, PHIL 3130 Social and Political

Philosophy, PHIL 4920 Metaphilosophy Capstone, REL 4920 Religious Studies

Capstone, ORGL 3000 Organizational Leadership Reflective Seminar I, ORGL 3050

Organizational Leadership Reflective Seminar II, PHIL 2010 Fundamentals eCore

2011 PHIL 2010 and PHIL 2010H Fundamentals of Philosophy and Honors Fundamentals of

Philosophy, PHIL 3110 Aesthetics, PHIL 4800 Science, Images, Nature and Aesthetics

Seminar

2011 PHIL 3100 Ethics and Health Care, PHIL 2010 Fundamentals of Philosophy Summer

Online

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2011 PHIL 2020 Logic, PHIL 3200 Philosophy of Science, PHIL 4800 Philosophy, Comedy

and Film, PHIL 4920 Senior Capstone Metaphilosophy, REL 4920 Religious Studies

Capstone

2010 PHIL 4220 Ethics and Public Administration, PHIL 2020 Principles of Logic and

Argumentation, PHIL 2010 Fundamentals of Philosophy, PHIL 3100 Ethics and Health

Care, PHIL 5100 Ethics and Health Care Graduate Level, PHIL 1001 Introduction to

Philosophy, University System of Georgia eCore

2010 PHIL 2020 A and B Principles of Logic and Argumentation, PHIL 3200 A Philosophy of

Science, PHIL 4920 and REL 4920 Metaphilosophy and Religious Studies Capstone,

PHIL 1001 Introduction to Philosophy, University System of Georgia eCore

2009 PHIL 3100/PHIL 5100 Ethics and Health Care, PHIL 2010H Honors Fundamentals of

Philosophy, PHIL 2020 A Principles of Logic and Argumentation, PHIL 3190 A Ethics

and the Social Sciences, PHIL 4120 Ethics and Public Policy, PHIL 1001 Introduction to

Philosophy, University System of Georgia eCore,

2009 PHIL 4800 Philosophy, Comedy and Film (An Exploration of Ethical Theory as

Represented in Comedic Film and Television), PHIL 3110 Aesthetics: Theories of Art,

PHIL 2020 Logic, PHIL 2010 Fundamentals of Philosophy, PHIL 1001 Introduction to

Philosophy, University of Georgia eCore

2008 Metaphilosophy and Religious Studies Capstone Seminar (PHIL 4920/REL 4920), Logic

(Principles of Reasoning and Argumentation) (PHIL 2020), Honors Fundamentals of

Philosophy (PHIL 2010), Introduction to Philosophy PHIL1001), Spring 2008)

2007 Philosophy, Comedy and Film (PHIL 4800), Aesthetics (PHIL 3110), Fundamentals of

Philosophy (PHIL 2010)

2007 Metaphilosophy and Religious Studies Capstone Seminar (PHIL 4920/REL 4920),

Fundamentals of Philosophy (PHIL 2010)

2006 Philosophy and Public Health (PHIL 4800), Fundamentals of Philosophy (PHIL 2010)

2006 Ethics and Health Care (PHIL 3100), Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL 1001G), Summer

Session II

2006 Metaphilosophy and Religious Studies Capstone Seminar (PHIL 4920/REL 4920),

Aesthetics (PHIL 3110), Fundamentals of Philosophy (PHIL 2010), Spring 2006

2005 Philosophy of Science (PHIL 3200), Philosophy, Comedy and Film (PHIL 4800),

Principles of Reasoning and Argumentation (PHIL 2020), Independent Study on Logic

and Metatheory (PHIL 4810), Fall 2005

2005 Ethics and Health Care (PHIL 3100), Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL 1001G), Summer

Session II

2005 Ethics and Technology (PHIL 3210), Principles of Logic and Argumentation (PHIL

2020), GENS 2000/4000 Introduction to General (Interdisciplinary) Studies/General

Studies Capstone

2004 Existentialism (PHIL 3400), Honors Logic and Argumentation (PHIL 2020H), Logic and

Argumentation (PHIL 2020), Fundamentals of Philosophy (PHIL 2010), University of

Georgia eCore (PHIL 1001G) Introduction to Philosophy, Fall Semester

2004 Ethics and Health Care (PHIL 3100), Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL 1001G), Summer

Session II

2004 Seminar on Philosophy, Comedy and Film (PHIL 4800), Seminar on Philosophy of

Science (PHIL 3200), Logic and Argumentation (PHIL 2020), 2 sections, Spring

Semester

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2003 Aesthetics (PHIL 3110), Social and Political Philosophy (PHIL 3130),

Fundamentals of Philosophy (PHIL 2010), Fall Semester

2003 Seminar on Philosophy, Comedy and Film (PHIL 4800), Health Care Ethics (PHIL

3150), Honors Fundamentals of Philosophy (PHILH 2010), Fundamentals of Philosophy

(PHIL 2010), Spring Semester

2002 Seminar on Philosophy of Science (PHIL 3200), Fundamentals of Philosophy (PHIL

2010), Honors Logic and Argumentation (PHIL 2020H), Logic and Argumentation

(PHIL 2020), Fall Semester

2002 Seminar on Philosophy, Comedy and Film (FS102), Seminar on Hegel’s Phenomenology

(PHIL 450), Ethics and Community (PHIL 140); Allegheny College, Spring Semester

2001 Seminar on Bioethics and Nursing (PHIL 451), Environmental Ethics (PHIL 340), Ethics

and Community (PHIL 140); Allegheny College, Fall Semester

2001 Aesthetics (PHIL 31060), Introduction to Formal Logic (PHIL 21002), Principles of

Thinking (PHIL 11009); Kent State University, Spring Semester

2000 Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL 11001), Introduction to Formal Logic (PHIL 21002);

Principles of Thinking (PHIL 11009); Kent State University, Fall Semester

2000 Introduction to Logic (PHIL 110), Contemporary Moral Issues (PHIL 211), University of

South Carolina, Spring Semester.

1999 Philosophy of Science Graduate Seminar (PHIL 512); University of South Carolina (full

responsibility for the course, a graduate-level seminar); Contemporary Moral Issues

(PHIL 211); University of South Carolina (full responsibility); Introduction to Philosophy

(PHIL 102); University of South Carolina (full responsibility) Fall Semester.

1999 Contemporary Moral Issues (PHIL 211); University of South Carolina (TA, spring

semester; full responsibility for two sections in summer session)

1999 Contemporary Moral Issues (PHIL 211); University of South Carolina (full

responsibility, spring semester); Introduction to Logic (PHIL 110); University of South

Carolina (full responsibility, spring semester)

1998 Introduction to Logic (PHIL 110); University of South Carolina (full responsibility;

spring semester, also utilized LogicWorks computer program); and Introduction to

Philosophy (PHIL 102); University of South Carolina (full responsibility)

1998 Contemporary Moral Issues (PHIL 211); University of South Carolina, full responsibility,

fall semester

1997 Contemporary Moral Issues (PHIL 211); University of South Carolina (TA, spring

semester; full responsibility for two sections in summer session)

1996 Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL 102); University of South Carolina (TA, fall semester)

1996 Contemporary Moral Issues (PHIL 211); University of South Carolina (TA, spring

semester; full responsibility for two sections in summer session)

1995 Introduction to Logic (PHIL 110); University of South Carolina (full responsibility, one

section, fall semester)

1994 Elementary Logic (PHI 120); University of Kentucky (full responsibility, two courses a

semester)

1993 Medical Terminology in Greek and Latin (CLA 131); Department of Classical Languages

and Literatures, University of Kentucky

References available on request