Curriculum Vitae

MICHAEL PHILIP ALLEN Department of Philosophy East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN 37614-0656 Office phone (423) 439-6625 [email protected]

EMPLOYMENT Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, East Tennessee State University, 2012 to present Adjunct Faculty, Department of Behavioral and Community Health, East Tennessee State University, 2014 to 2016 Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, East Tennessee State University, 2006 to 2012

EDUCATION PhD. Saint Louis University (2006) MA. California State University at Los Angeles (1998) BA (Hons). University College of Wales at Aberystwyth, UK (1984)

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy

WORK IN PROGRESS MONOGRAPH Civil Disobedience in Global Perspective: Decency and Dissent over Borders, Trade Rules, and Government Secrecy (Under Contract)

PUBLICATIONS

JOURNAL ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS

19. “Hunters, Crown, Nobles, Conservation Elites: Class Antagonism over the Ownership of Common Fauna” (with Erica von Essen and Hans Peter Hansen), International Journal of Cultural Property, 24:2 (2017).

18. “A Reluctant Right-Wing Social Movement: On the ‘Good Sense’ of Swedish Hunters” (with Erica von Essen), Journal of Rural Studies, 50 (2017).

17. “Solidarity between Human and Non-Human Animals: Representing Animal Voices in Policy Deliberations” (with Erica von Essen), Environmental Communication, forthcoming 2017.

16. “From Obstructionism to Communication: Local, National and Transnational Dimensions of Contestations on the Swedish Wolf Cull Controversy” (with Erica von Essen), Environmental Communication, forthcoming 2017.

1 15. “Constitutional Fidelity and Extra-Legal Discretion: Justifying Executive Prerogative and Disobedient Disclosure,” Law and Philosophy, 35:6 (2016)

14 “Neo-Republicanism as a Route to Animal Non-Domination” (with Erica von Essen), Politics and Animals, 2:1 (2016).

13. “A Rabble in the Zoopolis? Considering Responsibilities for Wildlife Hybrids” (with Erica von Essen), Journal of Social Philosophy, 47:2 (2016).

12. “Wild-But-Not-Too-Wild Animals: Challenging Goldilocks Standards in Rewilding” (with Erica von Essen), Between the Species, 19:1 (2016).

11. “The Republican Zoopolis: Towards a New Legitimation Framework for Relational Animal Ethics” (with Erica von Essen), Ethics and the Environment, 21:1 (2016).

10. “Truth and Reasonableness in Gandhi and Rawls: Satyagraha without Suffering?” Journal of Indian Philosophy and Religion 20 (2015).

9. “Reconsidering Illegal Hunting as a Crime of Dissent: Implications for Justice and Deliberative Uptake” (with Erica von Essen), Criminal Law and Philosophy 1:16 (2015).

8. “Civil Disobedience in Cosmopolitan Perspective: National Responsibility, Citizenship, Representation,” in Cosmopolitanism and the Legacies of Dissent, Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought, eds. T. Caraus and C. Parvu (Routledge, 2015).

7. “Rationality and the Morality of Global Food-Justice,” in Morality and Spirituality in the Contemporary World, eds. C. Chakrabarti and S. Fairbanks (Cambridge Scholars, 2012)

6. “Is Liberty Bad for Your Health? Towards a Moderate View of the Co-Equality of Liberty and Health” Public Health Ethics 4:3 (2011)

5. “Misrecognition and Domination in Transnational Democracy,” Contemporary Political Theory 9:2 (2010) (This paper was the Feature Article in the “Theory and Practice” section of CPT)

4. “Civil Rights and Political Human Rights: Contesting Human Rights Failures within Democratic States,” Politics 29:1 (2009) (This paper was listed one of the top ten “most frequently downloaded articles” in Politics in 2009)

3. “Civil Disobedience and Terrorism: Testing the Limits of Deliberative Democracy,” Theoria 118 (2009)

2. “Effective Opportunity and Democratic Deliberation,” Politics 27:2 (2007)

2 1.“Hegel between Non-Domination and Expressive Freedom: Capabilities, Perspectives, Democracy,” Philosophy and Social Criticism 32:4 (2006)

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTCILES

20. “Bohman, James,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. D. Chatterjee (Springer, 2011)

19. “Civil Disobedience, International,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. D. Chatterjee (Springer, 2011)

18. “Civil Disobedience, Transnational,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. D. Chatterjee (Springer, 2011)

17. “Cosmopolitanism Republicanism,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. D. Chatterjee (Springer, 2011)

16. “Dante,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. D. Chatterjee (Springer, 2011)

15. “Democratic Legitimacy,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. D. Chatterjee (Springer, 2011)

14. “Democracy, Transnational,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. D. Chatterjee (Springer, 2011)

13. “Dryzek, John,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. D. Chatterjee (Springer, 2011)

12. “Global Citizenship,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. D. Chatterjee (Springer, 2011)

11. “Global Human Rights Culture,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. D. Chatterjee (Springer, 2011)

10. “Global Public,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. D. Chatterjee (Springer, 2011)

9. “Grameen Bank,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. D. Chatterjee (Springer, 2011)

8. “Habermas, Jurgen,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. D. Chatterjee (Springer, 2011)

7. “Hegel,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. D. Chatterjee (Springer, 2011)

6. “Held, David,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. D. Chatterjee (Springer, 2011)

5. “Humanitarian Intervention, Non-Military,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. D. Chatterjee (Springer, 2011)

4. “MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta),” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. D. Chatterjee (Springer, 2011)

3 3. “Political Representation,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. D. Chatterjee (Springer, 2011)

2. “Terrorism,” in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. D. Chatterjee (Springer, 2011)

1.“Walzer, Michael,” Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. D. Chatterjee (Springer, 2011)

PRESENTATIONS (Selected)

“A Rabble in the Zoopolis? Considering Responsibilities for Wildlife Hybrids” (with Erica von Essen), Animals Wild and Tame -- Peering beyond Categories, University of Turku, Finland, 2016 (Presenter: von Essen).

“Wild-But-Not-Too-Wild Animals: Challenging Goldilocks Standards in Rewilding” (with Erica von Essen), Joint Meeting of the South and North Carolina Philosophy Associations, Appalachia State University Boone, NC, 2016 (Presenter: Allen).

“From Obstructionism to Communication: Critical Deliberative Mini-Publics and the Wolf-Cull Controversy in Sweden” (with Erica von Essen), Political Ecologies of Conflict, Capitalism, and Contestation, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2016 (Presenter: von Essen).

“The Republican Zoopolis: Towards a New Legitimation Framework for Relational Animal Ethics” (with Erica von Essen), South Carolina Philosophy Association, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC, 2015 (Presenter: Allen).

“ Replies to Critics,” Author Meets Critics: Michael Allen, Civil Disobedience in Global Perspective, Tennessee Philosophical Association, Nashville, TN, 2015. Critics: Shannon Fyfe and Amber Carlson, Vanderbilt University.

“Why Liberty is not a Morally Self-Contained Value: J. S. Mill and the Health of the Public,” Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, San Diego CA, 2014

“Civil Disobedience by the Undocumented and the Obligation of Uptake,” Critical Theory Roundtable, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Mo, 2013

“Why Cyber-Harms are Not a Non-violent Alternative to War,” Meeting of Concerned Philosophers for Peace, Mercer University, Macon, GA, 2012.

“Non-Voluntary Civil Disobedients,” Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Washington DC, 2011

“Rationality and the Morality of Global Food Justice,” Spirituality, Rationality and Morality, Davis and Elkins College, WV, 2011

4 “Is Liberty Bad For Your Health?” Social Justice: A Public Health Imperative, Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Denver, CO, Fall 2010

“Global Deliberative Politics and Humanitarian Intervention,” Communities of Justice, Baker Philosophy Colloquium, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, 2009

“Transnational Civil Disobedience and the Transcultural Self,” Spirituality, Self, and Culture, Kolkata, India, 2009

“International Civil Disobedience and Humanitarian Intervention,” Freedom and Sovereignty, Globalization and Colonization, Davis and Elkins College, WV, 2008

“Civil Rights and Political Human Rights: Contesting Human Rights Failures within Democratic States,” Human Rights, Individualism, Globalization, Bethany College, WV, 2008.

“Misrecognition and Domination in Transnational Democracy,” Critical Theory Roundtable, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, 2007

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

Non-Instructional Assignment, College of Arts and Sciences, ETSU, Fall 2016

Reduced Instructional Assignment, Philosophy Department, ETSU, Fall 2012, Spring 2011, & Fall 2008

Summer Research Fellowship, College of Arts and Sciences and Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, ETSU, Summer 2012

Discretionary Research Funding, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, ETSU, Fall 2008

Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty, ETSU, 2008 to present

Pass with “Great Distinction,” Doctoral Oral Examination, Saint Louis University, 2006

Danforth Research Assistantship, Saint Louis University, 2003-6

SLU2000 Research Fellowship, Saint Louis University, 2002

James Collins Scholarship Award, Saint Louis University 2002

University Fellow, Saint Louis University, 1999-2003

COURSES TAUGHT

Senior Seminar (4000 level)

5 Global Justice (4000/5000 level)

Social Justice (4000/5000 level)

Health Justice (4000/5000 level)

Marxism (4000/5000 level)

Modern Political Philosophy (4000/5000 level)

Classical Political Philosophy (4000/5000 level)

Philosophy of Law (3000 level)

Deliberative Democracy (3000 level)

Human Rights (4000/5000 level)

Philosophies of Globalization (3000 level)

Philosophy and Terrorism (3000 level)

Philosophy as Conversation (2000 level)

Introduction to Philosophy (1000 level)

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