Education

 Ph.D., Philosophy, 2004, University of Colorado at Boulder
  Dissertation:  Parental Rights and Obligations
  Director:  David Boonin
  Committee:  Claudia Mills, Elinor Mason, Graham Oddie, Lynn Schofield Clark
 M.A., Philosophy, 2000 (Highest Honors), Biola University
 B.A., Political Science, 1991, Kansas State University

Employment

Assistant Professor of Philosophy (tenure-track), Eastern Kentucky University 2004-present

Areas of Specialty

Applied Ethics, Theoretical Ethics, Social/Political Philosophy

Areas of Competence

Philosophy of Religion, History of Ethics, Epistemology, History of Modern

Publications

Articles

"The Failure of Biological Accounts of Parenthood," The Journal of Value Inquiry (forthcoming)

“It Is Ethical Intuitionism, and Not Another Thing:  A Reply to Eggleston,” Southwest Philosophy Review 20 (2004), pp. 155-157.

“On the Alleged Irrationality of Ethical Intuitionism:  Are Ethical Intuitions Epistemically  Suspect?” Southwest Philosophy Review 19 (2003), pp. 205-213.

Encyclopedia Entries

"Parental Rights and Obligations," Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, ed. by Jack Rabin (New York:  Marcel Dekker, forthcoming, 2005)

“Parenting,” Ethics, revised edition, ed. by John K. Roth (Pasadena, CA:  Salem Press, 2005), pp. 1089-1090.

“Whistleblowing:  Corporate and Public Policy” (with Mike Harper) Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, ed. by Jack Rabin (New York:  Marcel Dekker, online edition 2004, print edition forthcoming).

Book Reviews

Review of The Story of Ethics:  Fulfilling Our Human Nature, ed. by Kelly James Clark and Anne Poortenga, in Teaching Philosophy, (forthcoming).

Review of Christian Theism and Moral Philosophy, ed. by Michael Beaty, Carlton Fisher, and Mark Nelson, in Philosophia Christi 3 (Series 2, 2001), pp. 608-610.

Review of New Ethics for the Public's Health, ed. by Daniel Beauchamp and Bonnie Steinbock, in Ethics and Medicine 16 (2000), pp. 93-94.

Courses Taught

Eastern Kentucky University

Practical Reasoning
Beginning Philosophy
Beginning Ethics
Philosophy of Religion (scheduled Fall 2005)
Morality and the Good Life

University of Colorado at Boulder

 Introduction to Ethics
 Philosophy and Society
 Introduction to Philosophy
 Philosophy and Religion (TA)
 

Presentations

“The Inadequacy of Biological Accounts of Parenthood,” 57th Annual Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS: October 2004.

“Teaching Introductory Moral, Social, and Political Philosophy,” Graduate Teacher Program Departmental Seminar (invited presentation), University of Colorado-Boulder, October 2003.

“On the Justification and Extent of Parental Rights,” 20th International Social Philosophy Conference, Annual Meeting of the North American Society for Social Philosophy, Boston, MA: July 2003; Center for Values and Social Policy, University of Colorado-Boulder, February 2003.

“On the Alleged Irrationality of Ethical Intuitionism:  Are Ethical Intuitions Epistemically Suspect?” 64th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Philosophical Society, Kansas City, MO: November 2002.

“Moral Difficulties in Plantinga's Model of Warranted Christian Belief,” 54th Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference, Portland, OR: October 2002.

"Comments on 'Drawing the Line at Reason:  A Response to Lehrer's Distinction Between Primitive and Discursive Knowers," by Anastasia Panagopoulos, 54th Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference, Portland, OR: October 2002.
 

Professional Service

Eastern Kentucky University

Referee, Philosophical Papers, 2005
PLUS Mentoring Program Mentor, 2004-2005
Reviewer, Prentice Hall, 2004
Philosophy Club Co-Advisor, 2004-
Department Newsletter Committee, 2004-
Department Committee on Academic Practices, 2004-
Philosophy Club Debate Participant, “Should the U.S.A. Permit Same-Sex Marriages or Same-Sex Civil Unions?” October 2004.

University of Colorado at Boulder

McNair Program Mentor, 2002-2004
Referee, Rocky Mountain Philosophy Conference, 2004
Department Undergraduate Studies and Curriculum Committee, 2003-2004
Department Teaching Assistant Mentor, 2003
Department Diversity Committee, 2002-2003
Center for Values and Social Policy Executive Committee (Internship Coordinator), 2002
Co-Director, 4th Annual Rocky Mountain Student Philosophy Conference, 2002
Department Library Committee, 2002
Department Graduate Studies and Curriculum Committee 2001-2002
 

Professional Affiliations

American Philosophical Association
North American Society for Social Philosophy
The Reid Society
 

Awards

McNair Community Fellow LOVE Award (for outstanding McNair mentors), 2004
Departmental Nominee for University of Colorado Dissertation Award, 2004
Graduate Teacher Program Certification, University of Colorado-Boulder, Fall 2003
Philosophy Department Dissertation Research Fellowship, University of Colorado-Boulder,
 Fall 2003
Departmental Nominee for University of Colorado-Boulder Teaching Excellence Award, 2002
Graduate Part-time Instructorship, University of Colorado-Boulder, 2001-present
Teaching Assistantship, University of Colorado-Boulder, 2000-2001
Teaching Assistantship, Biola University, 2000
The National Dean's List, 1998-1999
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1998-1999
Phi Beta Kappa, 1990
University Scholar, Kansas State University, 1987

References

David Boonin
University of Colorado-Boulder

Claudia Mills
University of Colorado-Boulder

Elinor Mason
University of Edinburgh

Robert Hanna
University of Colorado-Boulder