Education
- Ph.D. Philosophy, Syracuse University (May, 2015)
- B.A. Philosophy, George Mason University, (May, 2006 Magna Cum Laude)
Area of Specialization
- Ethics, Bioethics
Areas of Competence
- Social & Political Philosophy, Environmental Ethics
Dissertation
- A Defense of Formal Contractualism
- Committee: Ken Baynes (adviser), Ben Bradley, Hille Paakkunainen, Kate Manne, David Sobel
Publications
- “Why Physicians have Authority over Patients” (with Jake Greenblum) Medicine, Healthcare, and Philosophy” (2022)
- “Should Employment Division v. Smith be Overturned?” (with Jake Greenblum) AMA Journal of Ethics (2021)
- “Surrogates and Artificial Intelligence: Why AI Trumps Family.” (with Jake Greenblum) Science and Engineering Ethics (2020)
- “On Surrogates’ Moral Authority.” (with Jake Greenblum) American Journal of Bioethics (2020)
- “Physicians’ Duty to Refrain from Religious Discourse: A Response to Critics.” (with Jake Greenblum) Journal of Medical Ethics (2019)
- “Responding to Religious Patients: why physicians have no business doing theology” (with Jake Greenblum) Journal of Medical Ethics (2019)
- “The Common Rule’s “Reasonable Person” Standard for Informed Consent” (with Jake Greenblum) Bioethics (2018)
- “Parental Decision Making: The Best Interest Principle, Child Autonomy, and Reasonableness” (with Jake Greenblum) HEC Forum (2019)
Awards
- Affordable Instructional Material Initiative Grant, GCSC, (2019)
- Syracuse Summer Research Grant (2014 & 2011)
- GMU ‘Graduates of the Last Decade’ Award (2010)
- Fulbright Fellowship, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2007-2008)
Employment
- 2017 — Present
- Assistant Professor (TT), Gulf Coast State College
- 2016 – 2017
- Visiting Assistant Professor, New Mexico State University
- 2015 – 2016
- Part-Time Instructor, Syracuse University
- Adjunct Instructor, Le Moyne College
- 2011 – 2014
- Teaching Associate, Syracuse University
- Adjunct Instructor, Le Moyne College
- Adjunct Instructor, Bryant and Stratton College
- 2008 – 2010
- Teaching Assistant, Syracuse University
Courses Taught
- Gulf Coast State College
- PHI 2600: Ethics
- PHI 2010: Introduction to Philosophy
- PHI 2620: Environmental Ethics
- PHI 2635: Biomedical Ethics
- Florida State University
- PHI 2630: Ethical Issues and Life Choices
- New Mexico State University
- PHI 320: Social and Political Philosophy
- PHI 100: Philosophy Law and Ethics
- PHI 101: The Art of Wondering
- PHI 321: Biomedical Ethics
- Syracuse University
- PHI 192: Introduction to Moral Theory
- PHI 175: Introduction to Political and Social Theory
- PHI 191: Ethics and Contemporary Issues (TA for Laurence Thomas)
- PHI 293: Ethics and the Media Professions (TA for Paul Prescott)
- Le Moyne College
- PHIL 210: Moral Theory
- Bryant & Stratton College
- PHI 250: Practices in Analytic Reasoning and Critical Thinking
Presentations
- Presented at WMU Medical Humanities Conference,”State Actors: On Physicians’ Public Role”
- “Recent Legal Developments Involving Religious Exemption: A Troubling Picture Emerges” (Panel Discussion)
- American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (2020)
- “Surrogates and Artificial Intelligence: Why AI Trumps Family”
- American Society for Bioethics and Humanities” (2019)
- “Defending Formal Contractualism”
- APA Central Division (2019)
- Florida Philosophical Association (2017)
- “Toward a Functionalist Account of Blame”
- New Mexico Texas Philosophical Society (2017)
- “Blame, Obligation and Dignity: How to Establish Second-Personal Authority”
- Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (2015)
- Northwest Philosophy Conference (2014)
- Indiana Philosophical Association (2014)
- U. ABD Workshop (2014)
- “Explaining Moral Normativity: Moral Criticism and the Wrong Kind of Reasons”
- UGA Phil. Graduate Conference (2013)
- Gonzaga Phil. Graduate Conference (2013)
- “Anticipating Overlapping Consensus: Why Rawls’s Method of Justification Requires Discourse.”
- U. Working Papers Workshop (2011)
- WMU Phil. Graduate Conference (2011)
- Comments on Irwin Chan’s “‘And You, Brutus?’: Blame in Personal Relationships”
- New Mexico Texas Philosophical Society (2017)
- Comments on George Tsai’s “Expressives as Oppressive Speech”
- Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (2015)
- Comments on Amy Massoud’s “Supererogation and Constitutivism”
- U. ABD Workshop (2012)
Service
- Faculty Adviser:
- GCSC Center for Inquiry Club (2017 — Present)
- GCSC Philosophy Club (2017-2018)
- Committee Work:
- QEP Committee (2019 –, GCSC)
- Diversity and Inclusion Committee (2019 –, GCSC)
- Civic Engagement Committee (2017-2019, GCSC)
- Technology Standards Committee (2017-Present, GCSC)
- ABD Workshop co-organizer (2011-2012, Syracuse University)
Professional Memberships
- American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
- American Philosophical Association
- American Association of Philosophy Teachers
References
Timothy Cleveland
- Professor of Philosophy; New Mexico State University; 575-646-4444; tclevela@nmsu.edu
Ken Baynes
- Professor of Philosophy; Syracuse University; 315-443-8976; krbaynes@syr.edu
Hille Paakkunainen
- Associate Professor of Philosophy; Syracuse University; 315-443-5827; hpaakkun@syr.edu
Ben Bradley
- Allan and Anita Sutton Professor of Philosophy, Department Chair; Syracuse University; (315) 443-5813; wbradley@syr.edu