CURRICULUM VITAE DAVID COPP Department of Philosophy telephone: 530-554-1386 University of California, Davis fax: 530-752-8964 Davis, CA 95616 [email protected] http://philosophy.ucdavis.edu/people/dcopp Education Ph.D. in Philosophy: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1976. Dissertation, “Individuals, Collectives and Moral Agency.” M.A.: Cornell University, 1973. Honours B.A. in Philosophy and Sociology: Glendon College, York University, Toronto, l970. Faculty Positions Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, 1974 - 1976. Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, 1976 - 1980 Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, 1980 - 1988. (On leave, 1984 - 1987.) Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1984 - 1987. Professor, Department of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, 1988 - 1989. Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, 1989 - 1999. (On leave, 1998 - 1999.) Professor, Department of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, 1998 - 2003. Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Florida, 2003 - 2009. Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, 2009 - 2013. Distinguished Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, 2013 - . Other Academic Positions Teaching Assistant to R. Stalnaker and N. Sturgeon, Cornell University, 1971 - 1972. Josephus Daniels Fellow of the Research Triangle Foundation, National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1988-89. Visiting Professor, Stanford University, Fall 1992. Fellow of the Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State University, August - December, 1996. Fellow of the Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia, Jan.- June, 1997. Research Fellow, Philosophy Program, Research School of Social Science, Australian National University, June and July, 1998.Senior Research Fellow, Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State University, 1998 - 2003. Visiting Professor, University of Leiden, Netherlands, Jan. - June, 2007. Visiting Professor, School of Law, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October, 2008. Areas of Research and Advanced Teaching Ethics and Meta-Ethics, Political and Social Philosophy, Action Theory. Professional Positions and Activities Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Philosophical Association, 1980-1983. Member of the Board of Referees, Dialogue, 1982 - 1986. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Doctoral Fellowships and Postdoctoral Fellowships Selection Committee, 1987. An Executive Editor of the Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 1982 - 1992. An Associate Editor of Ethics, October 1991 - August 2008. Program Committee, Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association, 1991-93. Chair, Nominating Committee, Pacific Division, American Philosophical Assoc., 1997-98. Member, External Review Committee, Graduate Program, Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, February, 2003. Advisory Council, Committee on Values and Ethics, Carleton University, 2002-2009. Nominating Committee, Central Division, American Philosophical Association, 2003-04. Member, Search Committee for new editor of Ethics, fall 2007. Member, External Review Committee, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, spring 2010. Subject Area co-Editor for Metaethics, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2003 - 2013. Editor, “Oxford Ethical Theory,” a monograph series with Oxford University Press. 2009 - present. Vice-President, Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association, 2013 - 2014. President, Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association, 2014-2015. Member, National Board of Officers, American Philosophical Association, 2013-2016. Member, Executive Committee, Pacific Division, A.P.A., 2013 - 2016. Referee at various times for various journals, including Ethics , The Philosophical Review, Nous, and for various publishers and institutions, including Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, the Canadian Philosophical Association, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, etc. Copp c.v. 2015 [2] Grants, Honours, and Awards Humanities and Social Sciences Fellowship, Cornell University, 1970-1974. Commonwealth Fellowship, 1970, declined. Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship, 1973-1974. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Leave Fellowship, 1980-81. President's Research Grant, Simon Fraser University, 1980. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Research Grant and Release Time Stipend, 1983-1985. University of Illinois at Chicago, Campus Research Board, Research Leave, Spring, 1986. Josephus Daniels Fellowship, Research Triangle Foundation, National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1988-89. Research Fellowship, Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State University, 1996. Research Fellowship, Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia, 1997. Bank of Montreal Distinguished Speaker, Trent University, 1997. Keynote Speaker, Western Canada Philosophy Association, October, 1997. Research Fellowship, Philosophy Program, Research School of Social Science, Australian National University, 1998. College of Arts and Sciences, Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, Bowling Green State University, November, 2002. Keynote speaker, Philosophy of Social Science Workshop, St Louis University, March, 2004. Keynote speaker, Conference on Value Inquiry, Louisiana State University, April, 2005. Zeno Lecture, Department of Philosophy, University of Utrecht, February, 2007. Keynote speaker, Symposium on Moral Philosophy, School of Law, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October, 2008. Austin and Hempel Lecturer, Dalhousie University, February 2009. Keynote speaker, Southeast Philosophy Graduate Student Conference, March, 2009. Keynote speaker, Second International Colloquium on Ethics and Applied Ethics, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil, June, 2011. Donald Brown Memorial Lecture, University of Vermont, April 2012. Keynote speaker, Third International Colloquium on Ethics and Applied Ethics, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil, June, 2012. Dean’s Leadership Award, Division of Social Science, UC Davis, 2013. President, Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association, 2014-2015. University Service: Simon Fraser University Acting Chair, Department of Philosophy, Summer 1979 and 1980. Chair, Departmental Graduate Studies Committee, 1975-1977, and Departmental Undergraduate Studies Committee, 1981-1982, 1988. Memberships on various departmental, Faculty of Arts, and University Senate committees. Initiated a series of public conferences entitled "Public Issues and Philosophy"; organized the first of the series, on pornography and censorship, September, 1979. Copp c.v. 2015 [3] Organized, with David Zimmerman, conference entitled "Reason in Ethics", February, 1980. Revised Departmental Undergraduate Curriculum, 1982; drafted plagiarism policy, 1975. University Service: University of Illinois at Chicago Member of the following committees of the Philosophy Department: Executive Committee, 1985-87; Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1986-7; Placement Committee, 1985-86; Recruiting Committee, 1985- 87; Preliminary Examination Committee, 1985-87. Senate Committee on Statutes, Constitution and Bylaws, 1986-87. Committee on program in International Security and Foreign Policy, 1986. Panelist at University retreat to discuss University investments in companies operating in South Africa, 1986. University Service: University of California, Davis (1989 - 1998) Search Committees: (a) Philosophy Department, 1990-91, 1992-93 (chair of ethics search), 1997-98 (chair of ethics search), 1997-98 (mind search); (b) Program in Economy, .Justice, and Society, 1989-90, 1990-91. Program Committee, Program on Economy, Justice, and Society (E.J.S.), 1989-1998. Acting Chair, Department of Philosophy, 1991-92. Staff Reorganization Advisory Committee, College of Letters & Science, 1994-95. Environmental Policy, Law, Economics Workgroup, Commission on the Environment, 1996. Bioethics Advisory Committee, School of Medicine, 1996-97. Chair, Department of Philosophy, 1994-96. Graduate Advisor, Department of Philosophy, 1997- 1998. University Service: Bowling Green State University Chair, Personnel Committee, Department of Philosophy, 1998-1999. Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Philosophy, 1998-2000. Chair Search Committee, Department of Philosophy, 1998-1999. Director of Graduate Program, Department of Philosophy, 1999-2000. Chair, Graduate Program Review Committee, Department of Philosophy, 1999. Acting Chair, Department of Philosophy, 2000-2001. Chair, Department of Philosophy, 2001-2003. University Service: University of Florida Graduate Committee, Department of Philosophy, 2005-2006. Executive Committee, Department of Philosophy, 2006 – 2008. Acting Chair, Department of Philosophy, fall semester, 2006. Graduate Coordinator, Department of Philosophy, 2007 – 2008. Chair, Search Committee for Chair of Department of Philosophy, spring 2009. Copp c.v. 2015 [4] University Service: University of California, Davis (2009 - present) Graduate Admissions and Fellowships Committee, 2009 - 2010. Representative to the Assembly of the College of Letters and Science, 2009-2010. Chair, Department of Philosophy, 2010 - 2015. Community