August Gorman Curriculum Vitae

Kennedy Institute of Ethics [email protected] 1400 37th St NW augustgorman.com Washington, DC 20007 973.768.4825 202.687.6774

EMPLOYMENT 2018- Postdoctoral Fellow, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University

EDUCATION 2018 Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Southern California 2012 Non-Matriculated Graduate Coursework, Temple University 2012 B.A. Philosophy, University of Mary Washington B.A. English, University of Mary Washington

AOS Ethics (including Free Will and Moral Responsibility)

AOC Aesthetics, Applied Ethics, Early Modern Philosophy, Logic, Metaethics, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind

PUBLICATIONS 2019 “The Minimal Approval View of Attributional Responsibility” Provisionally forthcoming in Oxford Studies in Agency and Responsibility 2017 “Williams and the Desirability of Body-Bound Immortality Revisited” European Journal of Philosophy 24(3), (DOI: 10.1111/ejop.12184)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Refereed Papers 2018 “How Should Deep Self Theorists Account for Weakness of Will?” Eastern APA 2017 “The Minimal Approval View of Attributional-Responsibility” New Orleans Workshop on Agency and Responsibility IV 2016, 2015 “Depression’s Threat to Self-Governance” Gothenburg Responsibility Project Inaugural Conference Free Will Conference, Center for Cognition and Neuroethics 2015, 2014 “On the Desirability of Body-Bound Immortality” Younger Scholars Workshop, Immortality Project International Association for the Philosophy of Death and Dying 2014 “Clinical Depression and Responsibility for Neglect” Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Moral Responsibility 2012 “A Response to Eddy Nahmias’ Confident Agent Thought Experiment” North Carolina Philosophical Society The Fifth Annual Southeast Philosophy Congress

-1- Invited Comments 2019 On Jonah Nagashima’s “Semi-incompatibilism" Eastern APA 2017 On Peter Antich’s “Experience, Judgment, and Motivation” Pacific APA 2017 On Max Barkhausen’s “Moral Assertions Are Invitations to Trust” Eastern APA 2016 On Kristen Irwin’s “Against Ill Will” Pacific APA

Departmental Talks 2016 “Hierarchical Attributability without Activity” USC Dissertation Seminar 2015 “On the Desirability of Body-Bound Immortality” USC Dissertation Seminar 2015 “Depression’s Threat to Self-Governance” USC Speculative Society 2014 “What Causes the Incredulous Stare to David Lewis’s Modal Realism?” USC Metaphysics Group 2014 “The Experience Machine and the Status Quo Bias,” USC Ethics Group

COURSES TAUGHT As Instructor of Record As Teaching Assistant

Georgetown University University of Southern California Social Media and Democracy (Fall 2018) Ethical Theory and Practice (Fall 2015) Data Ethics (Spring 2019) Philosophy of Love (Spring 2015) Modern Philosophy and the Meaning of Life Temple University (Fall 2014) Introduction to Aesthetics (Spring 2018) University of Mary Washington Widener University Introduction to Philosophy (Fall 2010) Business Ethics x2 (Spring 2017) Introductory Logic (Spring 2010)

University of Southern California Reasoning and Argument, Part 1 (Spring 2016) Reasoning and Argument, Part 2 (Spring 2016)

Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Introduction to Logic x3 (Summer 2016, 2017)

ADDITIONAL TEACHING AND PEDAGOGY Non-Collegiate Teaching Lead 1st Grade Teacher, EducationWorks 5th Grade Special Education Aide, Windsor Learning Center Preschool Teacher’s Aide, Fredericksburg HeadStart

-2- Theatre and Writing Instructor, Acting-A-Part Academic Tutor, Wyzant Tutoring, UMW Tutoring Program

Guest Lectures Fall 2017 Temple University, “The Minimal Approval View of Attributional-Responsibility” Fall 2015 University of Southern California, “Thomson’s Defense of Abortion”

Pedagogy Workshops APA Minority Mentorship invited participant, American Association for Philosophy Teachers Teaching seminar participant, Developed course design workshop for USC graduate students

SERVICE Refereeing Journal of the American Philosophical Association, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, American Philosophical Quarterly, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics

Conference International Association of Death and Dying Conference Committee, USC/UCLA Graduate Conference Referee, New Orleans Workshop on Agency and Responsibility Chair, Free Will Conference Chair, International Association of Death and Dying Chair

Editorial Stance, Editorial Review Board

SELECTED GRADUATE COURSEWORK In Philosophy of Agency Pamela Hieronymi Free Will and Moral Responsibility Gary Watson Independent Study in Agency at the Margins Gary Watson Independent Study in Free Will and Moral Responsibility x2 Kadri Vihvelin Free Will, Action, and Mental Causation Ralph Wedgwood Rational Choice Robert Pasnau Will and Desire

In Moral Philosophy Andrei Marmor Philosophy of Law: Issues in Applied Ethics Elyn Saks Law and Mental Health Gary Watson & Mark Schroeder Contemporary Philosophical Literature in Value Gary Watson & Gregory Keating Kant’s Moral and Legal Philosophy Stephen Finlay Deontic Modals David Wolfsdorf Normativity

Other Scott Soames & Gabriel Uzquiano Introduction to Contemporary Philosophical Literature Shieva Kleinschmidt Mereology and Location James Van Cleve Objectivity without Objects Jeff Russell Metalogic

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Gabriel Uzquiano Modal Logic John Dreher Continental Rationalism

Reading Groups Responsibility from the Margins, David Shoemaker Causation: A User’s Guide, L.A. Paul and Ned Block

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Association of Philosophy Teachers, American Philosophical Association, Society for the Philosophy of Agency, International Association for the Philosophy of Death and Dying

AWARDS AND HONORS 2018 Ralph and Francine Flewelling Graduate Fellowship 2018 Graduate Student Stipend, Eastern APA 2017 American Philosophical Association Mentoring the Mentors Travel Grant 2015 Immortality Project, Templeton Foundation, Younger Scholars Grant 2014-2015 Saks Institute Scholarship in Mental Health Law, Policy, and Ethics 2013-2018 USC Dornsife College Graduate Merit Award 2012 Outstanding Graduate in Philosophy 2012 Departmental Honors in Philosophy and English 2011 Phi Beta Kappa, Early Induction

REFERENCES

Jonathan Quong Stephen Finlay Associate Professor of Philosophy & Law Professor of Philosophy University of Southern California University of Southern California [email protected] [email protected]

Gary Watson David Shoemaker Provost Professor of Philosophy & Law Professor of Philosophy University of Southern California Tulane University [email protected] [email protected]

Gabriel Uzquiano (Teaching Reference) For letters of reference please contact Professor of Philosophy [email protected] University of Southern California [email protected]

Last updated: 8.4.2018

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