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Curriculum Vita of ROBIN S. DILLON December 2016 Department of Philosophy Lehigh University 15 University Drive Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA 610-758-3776 fax 610-758-3790 [email protected]
Appointments Lehigh University: Chairperson, Department of Philosophy, 2011- William Wilson Selfridge Professor of Philosophy, 2009- Professor of Philosophy, 2008- Associate Professor of Philosophy, 1993-2008 Director of Women's Studies, 1994-2001 Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 1987-1993
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Visiting Assistant Professor, 1991-92
Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges, Fall 1989 Consortial Professor
Education University of Pittsburgh: Ph.D. 1987, Philosophy M.A. 1981, Philosophy B.A. 1978, summa cum laude, honors in Philosophy Lafayette College: 1973-1975
Areas of Specialization Ethics: Moral Psychology, Feminist Ethics, Virtue Theory, Normative Ethics
Publications Book Dignity, Character, and Self-Respect, edited with Introduction (49 pages) (Routledge, Dillon 12/16
1995); 326 pages
Journal issue Criticism and Compassion: The Ethics and Politics of Claudia Card, ed. Robin S. Dillon and Armen Marsoobian; special issue of Metaphilosophy, October 2016.
Articles
22. “Feminist Approaches to Virtue Ethics,” (forthcoming) Oxford Handbook of Virtue, ed. Nancy Snow (Oxford University Press)
21. “Feminist Virtue Ethics,” (2017), in Routledge Companion to Feminist Philosophy,” ed. Ann Garry, Serene Khader and Alison Stone (Routledge)
20. “Self-Respect and Humility in Kant and Hill,” (2015) in Reason, Value, and Respect: Kantian Themes from the Philosophy of Thomas E. Hill, Jr., ed. Mark Timmons and Robert Johnson (Oxford University Press), pp. 42-69.
19. “Arrogance,” (2013) International Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. Hugh LaFollette (Wiley- Blackwell), print and online
18. “Self-Respect and Self-Esteem,” (2013) International Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. Hugh LaFollette (Wiley Blackwell), print and online
17. “Critical Character Theory: Toward a Feminist Theory of ‘Vice’” in Out From the Shadow, ed. Sharon Crasnow and Anita Superson (Oxford University Press, 2012)
16. “Strategizing Changes in the Cultural and Ideology of Philosophy,” APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy 9, no.1 (Fall 2009)
15. “Respect for Persons, Identity, and Information Technology,” Ethics and Information Technology 12,1 (2010) (published online April 2009) DOI 10.1007/s10676-009- 9188-8)
14. "Respect: A Philosophical Perspective," Gruppendynamik und Organisationsberatung 38, no. 2 (2007): 201-212
13. "Arrogance, Self-Respect and Personhood," Journal of Consciousness Studies 14, no.5- 6 (2007): 101-126
12. “Respect and Self-Respect,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. Edward Zalta,
11. "O sebaucte zien" ("On Women's Self-Respect"), in Cvikova, J., Juranova, J., and Kobova, L, eds., Zena nie je tovar: Komodifikacia zien v nasej culture (Bratisslava: Aspekt, 2006), pp. 196-204.
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10. “Respect,” Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2nd edition, ed. Donald M. Borchert (Macmillan Reference, 2006); 1353 words
9. “Zu Arroganz und Selbstachtung bei Kant,” in Henning Hahn, ed., Selbstachtung oder Annerkennung?: Beiträge zur Begründung von Menschenwürde und Gerechtigkeit (Bauhaus-Universitat Weimar Universitatsverlag, 2005), pp. 50-75
8. “‘What’s a Woman Worth? What’s Life Worth? Without Self-Respect?’: On the Value of Evaluative Self-Respect,” in Margaret Walker & Peggy DesAutels, eds., Minds, Hearts, and Morality: Feminist Essays in Moral Psychology (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004), pp. 47-68
7. “Kant on Arrogance and Self-Respect,” in Cheshire Calhoun, ed., Setting the Moral Compass: Essays by Women Philosophers (Oxford University Press, 2003), pp. 191-216
6. “Self-Forgiveness and Self-Respect,” Ethics 112 (October 2001): 53-83
5. "Self-Respect: Moral, Emotional, Political," Ethics 107 (January 1997): 226-249
4. "How to Lose Your Self-Respect," American Philosophical Quarterly 29, no. 2 (April 1992): 125-139
3. "Toward a Feminist Conception of Self-Respect," Hypatia. 7, no. 1 (Winter 1992): 52-69
2. "Respect and Care: Toward Moral Integration," Canadian Journal of Philosophy Vol. 22, No. 1 (March 1992): 105-132
1. "Care and Respect," in Explorations in Feminist Ethics: Theory and Practice, ed. Eve Browning Cole and Susan Coultrap-McQuin (Indiana University Press, 1992), pp. 69-81
Reviews 4. Review of Sarah Clark Miller, The Ethics of Need: Agency, Dignity, and Obligation (New York: Routledge, 2012); Journal of Moral Philosophy 12 (2015): 787-805.
3. Review of Richard Keshen, Reasonable Self-Esteem (McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996); Ethics 107 (July 1997): 774
2. Review of Rosemarie Tong, Feminine and Feminist Ethics (Wadsworth, 1993); APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy, Fall 1994
1. Review of John Kekes, The Examined Life (Bucknell University Press, 1988); Ethics, April 1994
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Book Under Contract Arrogance: The Deadliest Sin? (Oxford University Press)
Works in Progress Criticism and Compassion: The Ethics and Politics of Claudia Card, ed. Robin S. Dillon and Armen Marsoobian (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017).
“Self-Respect, Arrogance, and Power: A Feminist Perspective on Self-Respect,” for Respect for Persons, ed. Richard Dean and Oliver Sensen (Oxford University Press)
Honors and Awards Featured philosopher interview, Ein Forscherleben für Respekt, ed. Eva Marsal (Bamberg: CC Buchner Verlag, 2014) (a German textbook for elementary school children; double page interview (other double pages devoted to Kant, Schopenhauer, Cassirer, Albert Schweitzer, and Hannah Arendt))
Lehigh Student Affairs Award, January 2012 nominated by students or Student Affairs staff as “as a strong partner in the holistic development of students both inside and outside of the classroom”
Invited to participate in 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, and 2004 Oxford Round Table, Oxford, England; invitations declined
Stabler Award for Excellence in Teaching, Lehigh University, May 2000
Awarded competitive Francis Elvidge Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Ethics Center of the University of South Florida for 1996-97 academic year. Relinquished prior to residency for personal reasons.
Senior Class Gift pledge made in my honor by Elizabeth Glaser, April 1996
Letters of commendation from Dean of Students; cited by students for playing an important role in their lives at Lehigh, 2000, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994
Lehigh S.T.A.R. Faculty Mentor Award, 1999, 1995
Teaching Award, College of General Studies, University of Pittsburgh, 1985
Research Grants and Fellowships AAUW Educational Foundation American Fellowship, 2006
Faculty Research Grant, Lehigh University, November 2005
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Paul Franz Summer Research Fellowship, Lehigh University, Summer 1989 Provost's Grant for Teaching Development, Lehigh University, Spring 1988
Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowship, 1985-86
Andrew W. Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship, 1983-84, 1979-80
Scholarly Presentations Refereed 26. “Arrogance, Power, and Self-Respect,” Fifteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Imperial College London, London, UK, 5-7 July 2017
25. “Arrogance and Power,” Philosophy, Knowledge, and Feminist Practices conference, XV International Association of Women Philosophers (IAPH) Symposium, Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, Spain, June 2014
24. “Arrogance, Self-Respect, and Power,” Culture, Values, and Justice conference, University of Vaasa, Society for Indian Philosophy & Religion, and Institute of Cross-Cultural Studies and Academic Exchange, University of Vaasa, Finland, May 2014 [paper on program; unable attend due to death in family]
23. “Humility, Arrogance, and Self-Respect: A Kantian Analysis of Vice and Virtue,” Kantian Ethics and Moral Life conference, Antwerp, Belgium, September 2012
22. “Arrogance, Humility, and Self-Respect,” ATINER international conference in Philosophy, Athens, Greece, May 2012
21. “Critical Character Theory,” Feminist Ethics and Social Theory conference, September 2009
20. “Critical Character Theory, “Transformation and the Dynamic of Radical Change conference, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, November 2008
19. “Critical Character Theory,” accepted for Mid-Atlantic Women’s Studies Association conference, Rutgers, March 2009
18. "Toward a Feminist Perspective on Vice," APA Pacific division main program, March 2008
17. "Arrogance and Power," Feminist Ethics and Social Theory conference, Sept 28, 2007
16. "Arrogance, Respect, and Self-Respect: A Feminist View,” accepted for Association for Feminist Ethics and Social Theory conference, October 2005 [Conference
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cancelled due to hurricanes]
15. "Arrogance, Respect, and Self-Respect: A Feminist View,” Teaching, Faith, and Service: The Foundation of Freedom conference, University of Portland, June 2005
14. "Arrogance, Respect, and Self-Respect: A Feminist View,” Eastern Society for Women in Philosophy conference, Temple University, April 2005
13. "Arrogance, Respect, and Self-Respect: A Feminist View,” American Philosophical Association Pacific Division meetings, main program, March 2005
12. "Arrogance, Respect, and Self-Respect: A Feminist View,” International Association of Women Philosophers 11th Symposium “Human Good: Dignity, Equality, Diversity,” Goteborg, Sweden, June 17, 2004
11. “Kant on Arrogance and Self-Respect, ”Kantian Ethics: Interpretations and Critiques conference, University of San Diego, January 16, 2003
10. “Kant on Arrogance and Self-Respect,” APA Pacific Division Meeting, main program, March 30, 2002
9. "Toward a Feminist Conception of Self-Respect," accepted for program of International Society for Value Inquiry, World Conference of Philosophy, Nairobi, Kenya, July 1991
8. “Toward a Feminist Conception of Self-Respect,” APA Pacific Division Meeting, main program, March 1991
7. “Toward a Feminist Conception of Self-Respect,” Eastern Society of Women in Philosophy Conference, Rider College, November 1990
6. “Toward a Feminist Conception of Self-Respect,” Midwest Society of Women in Philosophy Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, November 1990
5. “Toward a Feminist Conception of Self-Respect,” Conference on "Moral Agency and the Fragmented Self: Feminism and Moral Psychology," University of Dayton, October 1990
4. "How to Lose Your Self-Respect," APA Central Division Meeting, main program, April 1990
3. “How to Lose Your Self-Respect,” Eastern Society of Women in Philosophy Conference, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, October 1989
2. “Care and Respect,” APA Central Division Meeting, main program, April 1989
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1. “Care and Respect,” Conference on "Explorations in Feminist Ethics: Theory and Practice," University of Minnesota at Duluth, October 1988 Keynote addresses, Invited Presentations (Conferences, Universities, etc) 24. “Arrogance,” Keynote Address, International Conference on Changing Attitudes in Public Discourse, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, November 6-7, 2017
23. “Self-Respect, Humility, and Arrogance,” Keynote Address, Dignity, Respect, and Self-Respect conference, Bologna University and University of Pavia, Bologna, Italy, May 2014
22. “Kant on Humility, Arrogance, and Self-Respect,” Keynote address, Kantian Ethics Workshop, University of North Carolina, March 2014
21. “Arrogance and Power,” University of Zurich, October 2013
20. “Arrogance, Self-Respect, and Power,” Thumos The Genevan Research Group on Emotions, Values and Norms, University of Geneva, Switzerland, May 2013
19. “Humility, Arrogance, and Self-Respect,” University of Lausanne, Switzerland, April 2013
18. Keynote address, "Respect for Persons, Identity, and Information Technology," Ethics, Technology, and Identity Conference, Center for Ethics and Technology, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, June 2008
17. Keynote address, "Critical Character Theory," Society for Analytic Feminism conference, Lexington, KY, April 2008
16. "Writing as a Woman," APA Central division meeting main program, April 2008
15. Keynote address, "A Feminist View of Arrogance," American Association of University Women Pennsylvania State Convention, April 29, 2007
14. "Arrogance, Respect, and Self-Respect: A Kantian and Feminist View," University of Kentucky Philosophy Department, April 13, 2007
13. "Feminist Virtue Theory," Society for Analytic Feminism session on "Feminist Virtue Ethics," American Philosophical Association Pacific Division meetings, March 25, 2006
12. "Glaucon's Challenge," The Teaching Company, October 6, 2005
11. Plenary lecture “‘What’s a Woman Worth? What’s Life Worth? Without Self- Respect?’: On the Value of Evaluative Self- Respect,” Society for Analytic Feminism conference “Feminist Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition,” University of Western Ontario, Canada, June 6, 2004
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10. Keynote address, “Kant on Arrogance and Self-Respect,” “Selbstachtung oder Anerkennung: Ethik, Arbeit, Gerechtigkeit” conference, Kolleg Frederich Nietzsche and Stiftung Weimarer Klassik, Weimar, Germany, October 4, 2003
9. “Self-Forgiveness and Self-Respect,” Queens University Philosophy Department, Ontario, Canada, April 9, 1999
8. "Self-Respect: Emotional, Moral, Political," Western Michigan University Center for the Study of Ethics in Society, February 23, 1996
7. "Self-Respect: Emotional, Moral, Political," Oberlin Colloquium in Philosophy, April 23, 1995
6. "Self-Respect and Emotions," American Society of Value Inquiry, April 25, 1992
5. "Toward a Feminist Conception of Self-Respect," University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, January 31, 1992
4. "Self-Respect," Lafayette College, November 27, 1990
3. "How to Lose Your Self-Respect", University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, September 27, 1990
2. "Power and Gender," Moravian College, March 1990
1. "Ethical Concerns with the Critically Ill Cardiac Patient," Third Annual 'New Horizons in Cardiovascular Nursing' Conference, St. Luke's Hospital, November 27, 1989
Invited Commentary 10. Comment on Kathryn Norlock’s “Meaningful Narrative and Analytic Forgiveness,” Meeting of the Society for Analytic Feminism, APA Central Division meetings, April 22, 2004
9. Comment on Hilde Lindemann Nelson’s ‘People on Whom Nothing Is Lost: The Role of Narrative in Moral Perception’, APA Pacific Division meeting, April 1, 1999
8. Comment on Frances Howard-Snyder's 'Jonathan Bennett on Doing and Allowing', APA Pacific Division meeting, March 28, 1997
7. Comment on Cindy Stark's 'Decision Procedures, Standards of Rightness, and Impartiality', University of Utah Philosophy Colloquium, May 4, 1996
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6. Comment on John Corvino's 'A Matter of Sentiment, But Not Just a Matter of Taste', APA Pacific Division meeting, April 6, 1996
5. Comment on Joseph Kupfer's 'Generosity of Spirit', APA Eastern Division meeting, December 29, 1995
4. Comment on Diana T. Meyers' Subject and Subjectivity (Routledge 1995), New York Society of Women in Philosophy, November 2, 1995
3. Comment on Anthony Cunningham's 'The Virtues of Modesty', APA Central Division meeting, April 1995
2. Comment on Julius Moravcsik's 'Two Kinds of Ethical Attitudes', Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs, March 1989
1. Comment on Kultgen and Doyle, Society of Philosophy and Technology, April 1988
Invited Talks (Lehigh) 10. "Ethical Theory: Respect," talk at Dietrich Bostiber Program "Ethics and Leadership" seminar, Lehigh University, February 2008
9. "Thinking about the moral justifiability of stem cell research," Lehigh University Bioscience in the 21st Century course, October 24, 2007
8. "Moral Reasoning in Bioethics," Lehigh University Bioengineering Program, October 13, 2006
7. "Ethics in Global Perspective," Lehigh University Global Citizenship seminar, March 2, 2005
6. "Moral Reasoning in Bioethics," Lehigh University Bioengineering Program, February 7, 2005
5. “Arrogance and Self-Respect,” Lehigh University Women’s Studies Faculty Research Forum, September 24, 2004
4. “A Framework for Moral Reasoning,” Lehigh University “Responsible Conduct of Science” seminar December 5, 2003
3. "Moral Reasoning in Bioethics," Lehigh University Bioengineering Program, February 18, 2003
2. "Through a Glass Less Darkly: Feminist Perspective in Scholarship," Lehigh University Rise and Shine Series, November 14, 1995
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1. “New Directions in Women's Studies," Faculty Development Lunch, November 8, 1995
Conferences and conference sessions organized/chaired 33. Organized Fourth Annual Conference in Philosophy, Lehigh Department of Philosophy, October 2016
32. Organized Second Annual Lehigh Undergraduate Ethics Symposium, April 2016.
31. Organized and chaired two sessions for Society for Analytical Feminism at APA Pacific Division meetings, March 2016.
30. Organized and chaired two sessions for Society for Analytical Feminism at APA Central Division meetings, March 2016
29. Organized and chaired session for Society for Analytical Feminism at APA Eastern Division meetings, January 2016
28. Organized Third Annual Conference in Philosophy, Lehigh Department of Philosophy, October 8 & 9, 2015.
27. Organized First Annual Lehigh University Undergraduate Ethics Symposium, April 2015
26. Organized and chaired two sessions for Society for Analytical Feminism at APA Pacific Division meetings, April 2015
25. Organized, secured commentators for, and chaired session for Society for Analytical Feminism at APA Central Division meetings, February 2015
24. Organized and chaired session for Society for Analytical Feminism, Eastern APA, December 2014
23. Organized Second Annual Conference in Philosophy, Lehigh Department of Philosophy, October 23 & 24, 2014
22. Organized First Annual Conference in Philosophy, Lehigh Department of Philosophy, October 3 & 4, 2013
21. Organized, secured commentators for, and chaired session for Society for Analytical Feminism at APA Central Division meetings, February 2014
20. Organized and chaired session for Society for Analytical Feminism at APA Pacific Division meetings, April 2014
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19. Organized session for Society for Analytical Feminism at APA Eastern Division meetings, December 2013
18. Organized, secured commentators for, and chaired session for Society for Analytical Feminism group meeting at APA Central Division meeting, February 2013
17. Organized and chaired session for Society for Analytical Feminism group meeting at APA Pacific Division meetings, March 2013
16. Organized 3rd International Society for Analytical Feminism conference, Vanderbilt University, October 4-7, 2012
15. Organized session for Society for Analytical Feminism group meeting at APA Eastern Division meetings, December 2012
14. Organized session for Society for Analytical Feminism group meeting at APA Pacific Division meetings, March 2012
13. Organized, secured commentators for, and chaired session for Society for Analytical Feminism group meeting at APA Central Division meetings, February 2012
12. Organized “Author meets Critics” session for Society for Analytical Feminism at APA Eastern Division meeting, December 2011
11. Organized and chaired session, “Women in Introductory Philosophy,” Society for Analytical Feminism group session, Pacific APA, April 2011
10. Organized, secured commentators for, and chaired session for Society for Analytical Feminism at APA Central Division meeting, March 2011
9. Session chair, “Meaning of Life” conference, Swarthmore College, April 2010
8. Organized and chaired 4 paper session for Society for Analytic Feminism at 2010 APA Eastern Division meeting, spring 2010
7. Organized and chaired 4 paper session for Society for Analytic Feminism at APA Central meeting, February 2010
6. Organized and chaired session on “Feminist Perspectives on Vice” for 2008 APA Pacific meeting for APA’s Committee on the Status of Women, Society for Feminist Ethics and Social Theory, and Society for Analytic Feminism, March 22, 2008
5. Organized and chaired session on "Strategizing changes in the culture and ideology of philosophy" for APA’s Committee on the Status of Women for 2008 APA Pacific meeting. March 20, 2008
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4. Organized and chaired session on "Feminist Virtue Ethics" at Society for Analytic Feminism meeting at APA Pacific Division meetings, March 25, 2005
3. Organized special session on autonomy for Society for Analytic Feminism April 2006 meeting
2. Organized and chaired 4-paper session for Society for Analytic Feminism April 2006 meeting
1. Chaired 3 panel session on "Virtue and Ethics," APA Pacific Division meetings, April 2000
Teaching and Research Advising Regular Course Responsibilities Ethics, Contemporary Ethics, Kantian Ethics, Politics of Self-Respect, Feminism and Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Sex and Gender, Ethics in Global Perspective, Introduction to Philosophy, Character and Conduct, Philosophical Questions, Philosophical Methods, Senior Thesis
Courses Taught at Lehigh Philosophy 1: The Examined Life: An Introduction to Philosophy Philosophy 8: Ethics in Global Perspective Philosophy 13: Practical Logic (course discontinued) Philosophy 90: Freshman Seminar: The Politics of Self-Respect Philosophy 105: Ethics Philosophy 116: Medical Ethics/Bioethics Philosophy 117: Engineering Ethics Philosophy 125/198/199: Social and Political Philosophy Multicultural and Global Citizenship, Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Fall 2009, Spring 2008 How Should We Live Together? Fall 2003 Philosophy 146: Philosophy, Sex, and Gender Philosophy 215: Contemporary Ethics Dignity and Self-Respect, Spring 2010 Vice (and Virtue), Spring 2005, Spring 2004 Self-Respect, Spring 2001, Spring 1995 Moral Epistemology, Fall 1998, Spring 1998 Emotions and the Moral Life, Spring 1991, 1993 What is a Good Person?, Spring 1990 Feminist Ethics, Fall 1988 Virtue Ethics, Fall 1987 Philosophy 226: Feminism and Philosophy Philosophy 235: Figures & Themes in Modern Philosophy Kant’s Ethics, Fall 2012, Spring 2010, Fall 1998
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Philosophy 271: Independent Study Business Ethics, Fall 2010 “The Meaning of Life,” Spring 2004 “Marxism and the Good Life,” Spring 2004 Bioethics, Fall 2001 Feminist Theory, Spring 1994 Emotions and Morality, Fall 1993 Medical Ethics, Fall 1992 Feminist Theory, Fall 1990 Feminism and Philosophy, Fall 1989 Environmental Ethics, Fall 1988 Philosophy 292: Philosophical Methods (Required of junior majors), 2016 (F & S), 2015, 2011
Philosophy 350-351: Senior Thesis (2 semesters, required of majors) 2016-17, 2015-16, 2013-14, 2010-11 (2), 2009-10 (2), 2008-09,2007-08, 2004, 2002—3, 2001, 1995-6, 1993-4, 1991 (honors awarded to 4) Philosophy 291: Senior Seminar: Gauthier’s Morals by Agreement
Women's Studies 101: Introduction to Women's Studies Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies 146: Philosophy, Sex, and Gender Women's Studies 272: Independent Study Feminist Theory, Spring 1996
Eckardt Scholars Seminar 282: Persons it is really worth being, lives it is really worth living, Fall 2015 College Scholars 281: Great Books Seminar, Spring 1995
Philosophy Faculty Seminar: Dignity and Virtue (Kant and Thomas E. Hill), Spring 2015 Evil (Work of Claudia Card), Spring 2010 Feminist Ethics II, Spring 1995 Feminist Ethics, Spring 1989
Undergraduate Theses Directed Philosophy Senior Theses (2 semesters, required of majors) “Meaningful Work,” 2015-16 “What is Necessary for People to Live Lives of Dignity?” 2015-2016 “Freedom and Obedience,” 2013-14 Honors awarded “Race and Feminist Aesthetics,” 2010-2011 Honors awarded “Philosophies of Resistance,” 2010-2011 “The Ethics of Suicide,” 2009-2010 Honors awarded
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“Rape and the Oppression of Women,” 2009-2010, Honors awarded “Is Capital Punishment Morally Justified?” 2008-2009 “The Ethics of Stem Cell Research,” Fall 2001
Eckardt Scholars/Philosophy Senior Theses "Autonomy in Health Care," 2007- 2008 “The Morality of Homosexuality,” Fall 2004 “Moral Considerability and Personhood in Bioethics,” 2002-03 "Emotions and Moral Life," 1993-94
Philosophy Honors Thesis (optional for majors) "Simone de Beauvior," Spring 1995 "Feminist Ethics and Autonomy," Spring 1991, Honors awarded
Thesis Committees Ph.D. Dissertation Examining Committee, Stony Brook University “Empowerment Respect, Self-respect, and Political Liberalism,” 2017
Ph.D. Dissertation Committees, Lehigh University, English Department 7. “Writing Pedagogy,” 2007-2011 6. “Reading Women’s Lives,” 2005-2011 5. “Cultural Meaning of ‘Stella Dallas’,” 2000- 4. "Views of Animals, Children, and Women in Literature," 1994-2001 3. "Women's Autobiography and Violence against Women," 1994-1998 2. "Feminist Critique and Literary Treatments of Vampires," 1993- 1997 1. "Women's Coming of Age and the Ethics of Care," 1992-1994
Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain “Social Supports for Self-Respect,” 2015 –
Masters Thesis Committees, Government Department "Rape Law Reform," 1993 "Women and the Church in Guatemala," 1991
Honors Thesis Committee, Moravian College “Moral Responsibility,” 2004
New Courses Developed at Lehigh Philosophy 2: Philosophical Questions Philosophy 7: Character and Conduct Philosophy 8: Ethics in Global Perspective Philosophy 90: Politics of Self-Respect Philosophy 105: Ethics Philosophy 116: Bioethics
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Philosophy 117: Engineering Ethics Philosophy 125: Social and Political Philosophy Philosophy 146: Philosophy, Sex, and Gender Philosophy 226: Feminism and Philosophy Philosophy 292: Philosophical Methods
Course Taught at Moravian College Philosophy 192: Feminism and Philosophy LVAIC Consortial Professorship, Fall 1989
Courses Taught at University of North Carolina (1991-2) Philosophy 22: Introduction to Ethics, Fall 1991, Spring 1992 Philosophy 44: Bioethics, Fall 1991 Philosophy 208: Graduate Seminar in Normative Ethics, Spring 1992 Emotions and the Moral Life
Philosophy 393: MA Thesis (Director), Spring 1992 "Self-Respect, Oppression, and Desire,"
Interdisciplinary Programs (Lehigh) Women’s Studies Global Citizenship Eckardt Scholars Program (College Scholars)
Professional Activities Offices Held in Professional Societies President, Society for Analytic Feminism, 2009- 2015 (re-elected twice)
Executive Board, Society for Analytic Feminism; 2007-2009; 2005-2007
American Philosophical Association Committee on the Status of Women; 2005-2009
Professional Associations American Philosophical Association, 1984 -
Society for Women in Philosophy, 1989 -
Feminist Ethics and Social Theory Association, 1999-
Society for Analytic Feminism, 2002-
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North American Kant Society, 2002-
International Association of Women Philosophers, 2004-
American Association of University Women, 2006-
American Association of University Professors, 2005-2009
National Women's Studies Association, 1994 –2008
Other Scholarly Activities Scholarly Writing Workshop, Lehigh University Faculty Development workshop, January 2005
Grant Writing workshop, Lehigh University Faculty Development Workshop, August 2004
Feminist Ethics and Social Theory Association, founding member, 1999-
“Feminist Ethics Revisited”: An International Conference on Feminist Ethics, Oct 1-3, 1999
Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges Philosophy Consortium 1994-98
Lehigh Valley Feminist Research Group, 1988-2004 papers presented November 2000, October 1994, October 1990, October 1989, April 1989
Society for Women in Philosophy conferences, April 1995, November 1990, October 1989
Research Triangle Ethics Circle, 1991-92; paper presented, April 1992
Kantian Ethics Workshop, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, November 1991
Chapel Hill Colloquium in Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, October 1991
Feminist Reading Group, University of North Carolina, 1991-
Professional Development Teaching Writing workshops, Fall 2012
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TRAC (Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum) program workshop, August 2009
"Effective Use of Collaborative Student Peer Activities to Improve Writing" workshop, Lehigh Writing Across the Curriculum workshop, December 2007
Participated in semester-long faculty seminar for Lehigh Global Citizenship Program, Spring 2005
"Fostering Great Discussions and Improving Student Participation," Lehigh Faculty Development workshop, March 2005
"Exemplary Uses of Blackboard," Lehigh Faculty Development workshop, April 2005
Feminist Pedagogy Workshop, LVAIC Women’s Studies Coalition, October 1998
20th Annual POD (Professional and Development Network) Conference, October 1995
14th Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching, November 1994
"Rethinking the Gender Connection in Women's Studies," LVAIC Women's Studies Faculty Development Workshop, October 1994
Collaborative Learning Workshop, Lehigh University, September 1994
Classroom Climate Workshops, Lehigh University, May 1995, January 1994
"Culture Wars," Faculty Development Workshop, Winter 1993
"Writing Across the Disciplines" Workshop, Lehigh University, May 1990
Medical College of Pennsylvania, Visiting Fellowship in Medical Humanities, June 1988
Conference on Institutional Ethics Committees and AIDS, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, June 1988
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