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Ryan Long Education Academic Appointments Areas Of Ryan Long College of Humanities & Sciences [email protected] Thomas Jefferson University http://sites.philau.edu/longr 4201 Henry Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19144 Education The University of Chicago Ph.D. in Philosophy, 2012 Macalester College B.A. in Philosophy, magna cum laude 1999 Academic Appointments Associate Professor of Philosophy, Thomas Jefferson University 2018-present Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Thomas Jefferson University 2017-2018 Visiting Researcher, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University 2013-2014 Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Philadelphia University 2012-2017 Law and Philosophy Fellow, The University of Chicago Law School 2011-2012 (deferred arrival at Philadelphia University for one year) Areas of Specialization Moral Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law Areas of Competence History of Philosophy (Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern), Logic, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Action (especially Free Will) Peer-Reviewed Publications 1. ``Bioethics, Complementarity, and Corporate Criminal Liability.” Reprinted in Biolaw and International Criminal Law: Towards Interdisciplinary Synergies (Brill/Martinus Nijhoff Publishers) (forthcoming) 2. "Student-Directed Exam Reviews, Real-Time Collaborative Composition, and Assessment of Student Preparation." Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 19, no. 3 (2019). 3. Baldwin, Erik, Ryan Long, Willie Mack, Anja Matwijkiw, Bronik Matwijkiw, and Anna Oriolo. "The Burqa Ban: Legal Precursors for Denmark, American Experiences and Experiments, and Philosophical and Critical Examinations." International Studies Journal 15, no. 1 (2018). 4. ``Bioethics, Complementarity, and Corporate Criminal Liability.’’ International Criminal Law Review 17, no. 6 (2017): 997-1021. 1 5. ``Egalitarianism.’’ In James Fieser & Bradley Dowden (eds.), The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (2016, ISSN 2161- 0002, http://www.iep.utm.edu/egalitar) 6. ``Luck Egalitarianism, Responsibility, and Political Liberalism.’’ Dialogue 55, no. 01 (2016): 107-130. 7. ``Ethics, Rights, and White’s Antitrust Skepticism.’’ The Antitrust Bulletin 61, no. 2 (2016): 336-341. 8. ``Responsibility, Authority, and the Community of Moral Agents in Domestic and International Criminal Law.’’ International Criminal Law Review 14, no. 4-5 (2014): 836-54. 9. ``The Incompleteness of Luck Egalitarianism.’’ Social Philosophy Today 27:87-96. (2011). Dissertation ResponsiBility, Luck, and Equality Committee: Martha Nussbaum (chair), Daniel Brudney, John Deigh Works in Progress ``Egalitarianism’’ (invited contribution to Oxford BiBliographies, Oxford University Press) ``Advising Advocates” (revise & resubmit at The Mentor) ``Open Societies and Burqa Bans'' ``Corporate Responsibility and Reactive Attitudes'' ``Identity and Moral Standing in Westworld’’ ``Lockean Labor and Complex Entitlements" ``A New Proviso for Public Reason” ``Genetic Self-Tests and Student Attitudes’’ ``Humanities Labs’’ Presentations ``Open Societies and Burqa Bans'', Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Lund, Sweden (moved online due to COVID-19), May 2020 `` The Impact of Genetic Self-Testing Exercises on Student Attitudes about Genetic Profiling’’, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Retreat, Thomas Jefferson University, May 2019 Bioethics panelist, Jefferson Global Day, Thomas Jefferson University, April 2019 2 ``Bioethics and Corporate Responsibility”, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, December 2018 ``Bioethics, Complementarity, and Corporate Criminal Liability,’’ North American Society for Social Philosophy Conference, Loyola University, Chicago, July 2017 The Empathy Exams invited panelist, Thomas Jefferson University, March 2017 ``Authority and Consent,’’ Utica College, February 2016 Invited commenter on ``Reflection and Responsibility for the Self,” symposium on Responsibility and the Self, American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, January 2016 Moderator, Lawrence Katz Memorial Lecture on Traumatic Brain Injuries and the Ethics of Being a Sports Fan, Philadelphia University, November 2015 Invited commenter on ``Empathy Re-Moralized,’’ session on Moral Emotions, American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, December 2014 ``Individual Responsibility and Justice in the Allocation of Organs,” Bioethics Department, National Institutes of Health, November 2014 ``Luck Egalitarianism and Organ Transplants: Hold the Desert,” Georgetown University/Kennedy Institute of Ethics, April 2014 ``The Scope and Limits of Public Reason,” Practical Philosophy Workshop, Northwestern University, May 2013 ``Political Liberalism and Luck Egalitarianism,” Faculty Work-in-Progress Series, University of Chicago Law School, May 2012 ``The Scope and Limits of Public Reason,’’ Political Theory Workshop, University of Chicago, March 2012. ``Equality and a Political Conception of Responsibility,’’ Practical Philosophy Workshop, University of Chicago, November 2010; Bowling Green State University, January 2011; Practical Philosophy Workshop, Northwestern University, November 2011. 3 ``The Incompleteness of Luck Egalitarianism,” North American Society for Social Philosophy International Conference, Ryerson University, July 2010 Session chair, ``Voluntarism and Responsibility,” North American Society for Social Philosophy International Conference, Ryerson University, July 2010 ``Fixing Egalitarian Appeals to Responsibility”, Practical Philosophy Workshop, University of Chicago, April 2010 ``The Incompleteness of Luck Egalitarianism,” Illinois Philosophical Association Conference (plenary session), University of Illinois, October 2009 ``Luck and Equality,” Franke Institute for the Humanities, University of Chicago, April 2009, and the Contemporary Philosophy Workshop, University of Chicago, May 2009 ``The Incompleteness of Luck Egalitarianism,” The State University of New York at Albany Political Philosophy Conference, March 2009 Discussion panelist on the ethics of the financial crisis, Dutch Public Television (VPRO – ``Chicago Sessions on the Financial Crisis”), January 2009 Teaching Thomas Jefferson University • Bioethics • Medical & Professional Ethics (co-taught with Jesse Coale) • World Philosophies • Evil and Good • Scholarly Inquiry – Humanities Track (Sidney Kimmel Medical College) The University of Chicago • Philosophical Perspectives on the Humanities I (Chicago Common Core) • Philosophical Perspectives on the Humanities II (Chicago Common Core) • Freedom, Control, and Responsibility (Philosophy Department) • Equality and Justice (Philosophy Department) • Global Justice (The Law School) Graduate Student Supervision Daniela Fishbein (Sidney Kimmel Medical College) Humanities Track Project 2017-2018 - “A Philosophical Look at the Fast-and- 4 Frugal Model: How Do Algorithmic Heuristics Account for Uncertainty and Creativity?” Academic Awards and Grants 2018 Provost Team Award for Interdisciplinary Education (Thomas Jefferson University) 2016-17 Faculty Research Grant (Philadelphia University) 2015-16 Faculty Research Grant (Philadelphia University) 2015-16 Nexus Learning Grant (Philadelphia University) 2014 Nexus Learning Award (Philadelphia University) 2013-4 Nexus Learning Grant (Philadelphia University) 2013-4 Faculty Research Grant (Philadelphia University) Mellon Dissertation Fellowship (The University of Chicago) Century Fellowship (The University of Chicago’s most prestigious doctoral fellowship) Thomas Hill Prize in Philosophy (Macalester College) Research Languages German Professional Service and Administrative Experience Thomas Jefferson University • College Faculty Affairs Committee (Fall 2020-present) • College Personnel Committee (Chair, Fall 2019-present) • University Personnel Committee (Fall 2019-present) • Chair, CSHLA College Education Committee (Fall 2014–Spring 2016) (I chaired this curriculum committee during the creation of our new general education program.) • Chair, University Student Experience Committee (Fall 2018-present) • College Executive Committee (2019-present) • Shared Governance Committee (2018-2019) • Middle States Self-Study for Reaccreditation (2018) • Degree Works Committee (2018 – present) • Global Studies Search Committee (2018-2019) • Anthropology Search Committee (2017-2018) • Retention Committee (2017 – 2019) • CSHLA College Education Committee (Fall 2013 – Spring 2014) • General Education and Foundation Science Integration Subcommittee (Fall 2016 – 2018) • CSHLA Academic Resources Committee (Fall 2016 – Spring 2018) 5 • CSHLA Executive Dean Search Committee (2015) • Academic Affairs and Oversight Committee (Fall 2014 – Spring 2016) • Institutional Review Board (2012 – present) • Fulbright Committee (2012 – present) • Academic and Community Education Sessions Committee (2012-2014) • Community and Trauma Counseling Search Committee (2013) • CSHLA Strategic Planning Committee (2012-13) • College Recruitment Scenario Committee (2013) • University Student Experience Committee (2013-2014 and Fall 2016 - present) • CSHLA Advising Advocate (2016 – present) • First Year Advisor (2013 - present) The University of Chicago • Conference Organizer: Affirmative Action (New Delhi, 2008); Speech, Privacy, and the Internet (Chicago, 2008); Shakespeare and the Law (Chicago, 2009); Funding Higher Education (New Delhi, 2011) Professional Memberships American Philosophical Association, North American Society for Social Philosophy Refereeing Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, Ethical
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