Ph.D.  The University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Philosophy, August 1995.  Dissertation: "Autonomy and Desire: An Essay in Moral and Philosophical Psychology."  Committee: Gerald Dworkin, Richard Kraut, Walter Edelberg, Charles Mills, and Al Mele.

M.A. The University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Philosophy,  August 1993.

B.A.  The Ohio State University, June 1989, Summa cum Laude.
 
 

Areas of Specialization: Moral Theory, Moral Psychology, Political Philosophy.

Areas of Competence: Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Mind.
 
 

Published:

(1)  "Autonomy and the Paradox of Self-Creation"  Forthcoming in Personal Autonomy: New Essays, edited by James Stacey Taylor; Cambridge University Press, October 2004.

(2)  "Resisting the Seductive Appeal of Consequentialism: Options, Ends, and Non-Quantitative Mattering"  Published in Utilitas, Volume 15, number 3, November 2003.

(3)   "From the Nature of Persons to the Structure of Morality."  Published in the Canadian Journal of Philosophy,  Vol. 31, No. 4, December, 2001.

(4) "Special Agents: Children’s Autonomy and Parental Authority."  Published in The Moral and Political Status of Children, edited by David Archard and Colin McLeod, to be published by Oxford University Press.

(5)    "On the Cross of Mere Utility: Utilitarianism, Sacrifices, and the Value of Persons."  Published in Utilitas. (January 2000)

(6)    "Kantian Respect and Particular Persons." Published in Canadian Journal of Philosophy.  Volume 29 (September 99).

(7)    "Integrity, the Self, and Desire-Based Accounts of Individual Good."  Published in Philosophical Studies.  (December 1999).

(8) "Rawls's Neglected Childhood"  Co-written with Samantha Brennan.  Published in

(a) The Idea of Political Liberalism : Essays on Rawls,  edited by Clark Wolf and Victoria Davion.  (Rowman and Littlefield, 1999).

(b) And (as "Rawls's Children") in The Philosopher's Child: Critical Essays  ed. by Gareth Matthews and Susan Turner (University of Rochester Press, 1999).

(9) "The Moral Status of Children"  Co-written with  Samantha Brennan.  Published in 

(a) Social Theory and Practice 23:1 (Spring 1997).

(b) Reprinted in Morals, Marriage, and Parenthood,  edited by Laurence Houlgate (Wadsworth, 1999).

(10)    "The Public Conception of Autonomy and Critical Self-Reflection."  Published in Southern Journal of Philosophy 35 (1997).

(11)     "The Nature of Motivation (And Why It Matters Less to Ethics than One Might Think)"  Published in Philosophical Studies 87 (1997): 87-111.

(12)    "Manipulative Actions: A Conceptual and Moral Analysis."  Published in American Philosophical Quarterly  33 (1996): 43-55.

(13)    "Autonomy, Value, and Conditioned Desire."  Published in American Philosophical Quarterly 32 (1995): 57-69.

National Conferences:

(1)  "Business Ethics, Moral Responsibility, and Product Integration: An Examination of the Ford/Firestone Tire Crisis"  Co-Written with Dan Palmer, Department of Philosophy, Kent State University.  Association for Practical and Profession Ethics, Colloquium Paper, 2002

(2)  "Special Agents:  Children's Autonomy and Parental Authority"  Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, 2001.  Colloquium paper.

(3)  "On the Cross of Mere Utility".  American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, 1999.  Colloquium paper.

(4) "The Web of Self: Reflections on the Structure of Personhood."  American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, 1998.  Colloquium paper.

(5) "Rawls's Neglected Childhood: Reflections on Stability, the Child's Sense of Justice, and the Parochialism of Political Liberalism."  American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, 1997.  Colloquium paper.

(6) "Full Information, Integrity, and Desire-based Theories of Well-being."    American Philosophical Association, Central Division, 1996. Colloquium paper.

(7) "The Moral Status of Children: Children's Rights, Parents' Rights, Family Justice."   With Samantha Brennan, University of Western Ontario.  Canadian Philosophical Association, June 1996. Colloquium paper.

(8) "Manipulative Actions: A Conceptual and Moral Analysis."  American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, 1995.  Colloquium paper.

(9) "The Nature of Motivation (& Why it Matters Less to Ethics than One Might Think)."  American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division. 1994.  Colloquium paper.
 

Other Presentations:

(1)  "Honesty:  The Cardinal Virtue of Legislative Program Evaluators."  Plenary Address to Fall Training Conference of the National Legislative Program Evaluation Society (NLPES), October 17, 2003. 

(2) "Demanding Autonomy and the Tolerant Society."  Invited paper, Symposium on Autonomy.  University of Missouri/Washington University St. Louis, 1999.

(3)  "Kantian Respect and Particular Persons."  Invited colloquium paper.  Department of Philosophy, Univ. of Western Ontario, 1999.

(4) "The Self, Stability, and the Communitarian Foundations of Liberalism."  Invited Colloquium Paper. Department of Philosophy, Univ. of British Columbia, 1997.

(5) "Kantian Ethics and Particular Persons."  Invited Colloquium Paper. Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, 1997.

(6) "The Need for a Thin Theory of Autonomy in Moral Theory, or, How To Lead an Unexamined Life and Still Be Autonomous."  Panel presentation.  Symposium on Autonomy. Washington University, St. Louis, 1997.

 

Review of Marya Schechtman,  The Constitution of Selves.
      In Ethics July 1998.

Review of G. F. Schueler,  Desire : Its Role in Practical Reason and the Explanation of Action.
      In Ethics 106 (July 1996): 848-50.

Review of Noah Lemos, Intrinsic Value: Concept and Warrant.
      Forthcoming in Southwest Philosophical Review.

I have also contributed numerous short (200 word) book notes to Ethics
 
 

Central Michigan University.   Associate Professor of Philosophy, Tenure Effective August 2002.  July 2000 to present. (Because CMU counts previous service toward promotion but not tenure, I was eligible for promotion two years before being eligible for tenure.)

Courses Taught: Moral Theory, Advanced Moral Philosophy, Contemporary Moral Problems, Business Ethics, Introduction to Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy.

Central Michigan University.  Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Tenure Track. August 1998 to July, 2000.

Courses taught:  Ethical Theory, Moral Problems, Business Ethics, Intro. to Philosophy.
 

Florida International University.  Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Tenure Track.  August 1995 to July 1998.  

Courses taught:

Introductory Level: Philosophical Analysis (a writing-intensive intro. to philosophy); Critical Thinking.  

Advanced Undergraduate: Social and Political Philosophy; Philosophy of Mind;    Advanced Ethics; Philosophy and Feminism.
 

Simon Fraser University.   Visiting Assistant Professor. Fall, 1997.

Courses taught:
(1) Graduate/Advanced Undergraduate Special Topics course, "Autonomy and Moral Psychology.  (2) Advanced Undergraduate Moral Theories course, Consequentialism, Deontology, and Moral Argumentation."
 

Managing Editor of  Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy.  September 1991 to September 1993.
 

University of Illinois at Chicago.  Graduate Teaching Assistant.
        September 1989 to June 1991.
 
 

CMU Provost’s Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity, 2002 (This award is given to two junior faculty each year.)

CMU Research Professorship, Awarded Spring 2002. (This is a competitive program that awards semester-long research leaves to approximately 8 faculty per year.)

Central Michigan University, College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences, Summer Faculty Scholars Research Grant.  1999.

FIU Foundation Summer Research Grant, 1997.

Dean's Scholar Fellowship from the Graduate College of the University of Illinois at Chicago, September 1993.

Phi Beta Kappa. June 1990.

National Merit Scholar. 1985-1989.