Dissertation: “In Search of Thrasymachus: The Role of Thrasymachus in the Ethical Argument of Plato’s ‘Republic’.”
Committee: David Keyt (chair), Jean Roberts, S. Marc Cohen.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2010 - present Professor, Coastal Carolina University
2008 Visiting Professor, University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein Sieg, Germany
2005 - 2008 Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Coastal Carolina University
2004 - 2010 Associate Professor, Coastal Carolina University
2003 - 2004 Director, TEAL-Faculty Technology Center, Coastal Carolina University
1998 - 2004 Assistant Professor, Coastal Carolina University
1997 - 1998 Visiting Assistant Professor, Weber State University
1995 - 1996 Predoctoral Teaching Associate, University of Washington
1993 - 1995 Consultant, Center for Instructional Development and Research, University of Washington
1991 - 1993 Teaching Assistant, University of Washington
1988 - 1990 Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado


SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
President, American Association of Philosophy Teachers, 2010-
Vice-President, American Association of Philosophy Teachers, 2008-2010
Board Member, American Association of Philosophy Teachers, 2002-
Treasurer, South Carolina Society for Philosophy, 2008-
President of the South Carolina Society for Philosophy, 2002-2003
Vice-President, South Carolina Society for Philosophy, 2001-2002

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS
Readings on the Ultimate Questions:an Introduction to Philosophy. 3rd Edition edited together with Robert Bass, Prentice Hall in 2009; 2nd Edition. New York, Longman/Pearson Person; 1st Edition edited together with Renee Smith in 2003.
Ultimate Questions: Thinking about Philosophy. 2006 (2nd Edition) New York,Longman (Penguin Academics), (1st Edition in 2002).
The Big Questions. (2005) New York, Pearson/Longman. [This book is a slightly modified version of the first edition of Ultimate Questions]

ARTICLES, REVIEWS, ENCYLOPEDIA ENTRIES
Review of Michael Sandel “Justice: What Is the Right Thing to Do?” in APA Newsletter for Teaching Philosophy Spring 2010, Volume 9, Number 2.
"How Virtuous was Socrates?" (forthcoming in Festschrift for David Keyt, ed. G. Anagnostopoulos and F. Miller, Jr., supplementary volume of Philosophical Inquiry).
“The Ontological Argument” in: Rauhut and Bass (eds.) Readings on the Ultimate Questions (3rd Edition) Prentice Hall 2009, p. 278-284.
"Mr. Monk has an Epiphany" in: D.E. Wittkover (ed.) Mr. Monk and Philosophy Chicago: OpenCourt, 2010 pp.17-28.
“Teaching Kant to Undergraduate Students: Is it Worth It?” in APA Newsletter for Teaching Philosophy Spring 2009, Volume 8, Number 2.
“Justice in the Family,”(written together with Julinna Oxley) in: Wiseman, Dennis.(ed.) The American Family ; Understanding Its Changing Dynamics and Place in Society. Springfield, Ill: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 2008, pp.81-96.
“Globalization and Philosophy: Can there be a Global Theory of Justice?” in: Social Policy and Sociology 32:4 2006 pp.16-24.
Review of James Arieti’s “Philosophy in the Ancient World” in: Teaching Philosophy, 29:2, 2006. pp. 152-155.
Review of James Rachels “Problems from Philosophy” in: Teaching Philosophy 28:1, March 2005, pp. 77-80.
Review of K. Codell Carter “A First Course in Logic” in: Teaching Philosophy 27:4, December 2004, pp. 283-285.
“Thrasymachus,” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy , October 2002.
Review of Th. Schick and L. Vaughn “Doing Philosophy: An Introduction through Thought Experiments” in Teaching Philosophy 23:3, September 2000, pp.283-285.
“Definitions,” chapter three in eLogic. A Concise Introduction to Logic. Prentice Hall. 2002.
“Categorical Propositions,” chapter five in eLogic. A Concise Introduction to Logic. Prentice Hall. 2002.
“Symbolic Logic,” chapter eight in eLogic. A Concise Introduction to Logic. Prentice Hall. 2002

SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
“Philosophy and Plagiarism” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, Vancouver, April 11, 2009.
“Mission Impossible: Teaching Aristotle in four weeks in a survey class” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, Vancouver, April 10, 2009.
“Virtue Ethics and Sexuality” presentation at the Temperance Conference on the Cardinal Virtues. D,B, Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership. Viterbo University, La Crosse, Wisconsin, April 3 2009.
“Russell and the Long Shadow of Idealism,” South Carolina Society for Philosophy, Winthrop University, February 28, 2009.
“Are there Necessary Conditions for the Possibility of Teaching Kant to Undergraduate Students?” American Philosophical Association, Central Division Meeting, Chicago, April 2008.
“How Virtuous was Socrates?” invited presentation at the John Tyler Community College, March 6, 2008.
Comments on Zena Hitz’s paper “Degenerate Regimes in Plato's Republic ” at the 13th Annual Arizona Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, University of Arizona Tucson, February 16th 2008.
“How Virtuous was Socrates?” invited presentation at the University of Washington, May 19, 2007.
“The Philosophical Challenge of Religious Diversity,” presentation as part of the CCU “Unseen, Unheard, Unsolved” community dialogue series in Litchfield, March 21, 2007.
“The Mathematics and Philosophy of Non-Euclidean Geometry,” Celebration of Inquiry, Coastal Carolina University, February 16, 2007.
“Philosophy and Near-Death Experiences” invited presentation at the Horry Georgetown Technical College, February 8, 2007.
“Is Doing What Comes Naturally Ethical?” with Robert Bass, for Tea and Ethics Center, Coastal Carolina University September 14 and 28, 2006.
“How not to teach Philosophy” 16th International Workshop Conference on Teaching Philosophy, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA, August 2006.
“Would Socrates use PowerPoint?” Future Discourse Conference, University of Leeds (UK), Leeds, July 2005.
“Is Kobe Bryant happier than Mother Teresa?” invited presentation at Greenville Technical College, Greenville, SC February 2005
“1001 Ideas for Active Learning in Philosophy Classes” 15th International Workshop Conference on Teaching Philosophy, University of Toledo, Toledo, August 2004.
“Is Kant a Rationalist? Some Responses to Bonjour's Assessment of Kant's Epistemology” South and North Carolina Society for Philosophy, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC February,2004.
“How Virtuous was Socrates? The Truth about Alcibiades and Socrates,” Presidential Address at the South Carolina Society for Philosophy, University of South Carolina, Lancaster, March 7, 2003.
“Do Philosophy Teachers ask the wrong Questions?” 14th International Workshop Conference on Teaching Philosophy, Thomas More College, Covington, August 2002.
“Should Socrates be Afraid of Death?” South Carolina Society for Philosophy, Coastal Carolina University, Myrtle Beach, March 2001.
"Changing Student Learning Behavior Outside of Class" 13th International Workshop Conference on Teaching Philosophy, Alverno College, Milwaukee, August 2000.
“How to find an honest Quantum Mechanic?” Celebration of Inquiry Conference at Coastal Carolina University, February1999.
“Does Truth have many Faces?” Celebration of Inquiry Conference at Coastal Carolina University, February1999.
“Democratic and Sophistic Immorality in Plato’s Republic,” South Carolina Society for Philosophy, Clemson University, February 1999.
“Science in Transition: Galileo’s and Aristotle’s theories of natural motion” Celebration of Inquiry Conference at Coastal Carolina University, February 1998.
“What are the Humanities?” Celebration of Inquiry Conference at Coastal Carolina University, February 1998.
“The Role of Empirical Knowledge in Plato’s Moral Argument in the Republic” presentation at the annual meeting of the Utah Academy of Science and Letter, Ogden, July 1997.
“Syllogistic and Anti-syllogistic Interpretations of Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics” comments on Professor Tkask’s paper “A Medieval View on Aristotelian Science” at the Northwestern Conference of Philosophy at Portland State University, March 1996.
“Human Nature and Plato’s Readers,” Philosophical Collaboration Conference, University of Oregon, April 1996.

COURSES TAUGHT

Coastal Carolina University
PHIL 415 – Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 318 – Business Ethics
PHIL 314 – Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL 309 – Philosophy of Mind
PHIL 305 – Contemporary Moral Issues
PHIL 302 – 18th and 19th Century Philosophy
PHIL 300 – Ancient Philosophy
PHIL 321 – Symbolic Logic
PHIL 110 – Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking
PHIL 101 – Introduction to Philosophy
SSEM 111- Freshman Success Seminar

University of Applied Sciences, Bonn-Rhein Sieg (Germany)
Philosophy of Economics
International Business Ethics

Coastal Carolina University (Extended Learning Program)
The Big Questions: Exploring Philosophy-Spring 2006
From Plato to Christianity – Spring 2000 What you always wanted to know about God but never dared to ask – Fall 2000
Great Problems in the History of Philosophy- Spring 1999
Contemporary Moral Problems – Fall 1999

Weber State University
Phil 405 – The Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein
Phil 320 – Philosophy of Language
Phil 120 – Symbolic Logic
Phil 100 – Introduction to Philosophy

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Speaker at CCU Freshmen Convocation 2007

CIDD International Summer Program

Instructor for International Business Ethics 2005-2007

Honors Program
Taught “Ideals of Virtue, family and Politics in Plato and Confucious” in interdisciplinary Honors Seminar “East Meets West” in 2006 and 2007
Taught “Christianity and the Ancient Greeks on Pride nad Virtue” in interdisciplinary Honors Seminar in 2008

University Committees
Faculty Workload Committee 2009
Selection Committee CCU Distinguished Teacher Scholar 2008
Strategic Planning Committee 2006-2007
Student Life 2006-2007
Student Affairs Committee, 2000 – 2002
University Task Force for International Students, 2000 – 2001
Honors Program Advisory Committee, 1999 – 2003
SACS Self-Study, Undergraduate Program Committee, 1999
Chair, International Programs Committee, 1999 – 2001

COHFA Committees
Future of the College Task Force, 2003-2004.
COHFA Instructional Technology Task Force, 2003 – 2004
Organizer of the first COFHA Humanities Teaching Retreat with Ray Peterson, Bard College, February 17, 2000

Faculty Search Committees
Member, Search Committee, (Philosophy Department) Modern Philosophy 2009/2010
Member, Search Committee (Department of Foreign Languages) Professor of German, Spring Semester 2008
Member, Search Committee (Department of History) Ancient History, 2007
Member, Search Committee (Philosophy Department) Ethical Theory 2006
Member, Search Committee (Department of Physics) Astronomy 2004
Chair, Search Committee (Philosophy Department) Metaphysics/Epistemology 2003