EDUCATION:

University of California, San Diego. 1990-1991
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.  1987-1989
University of California, San Diego.  1983-1987
University of California, Berkeley.  1976-1980
University of Birmingham, England.  1977-1978
University of California, Santa Barbara.  1974-1976
 

DEGREES:

PhD Philosophy: University of California, San Diego.  March 1992
MA Philosophy: University of California, San Diego. June 1987
BA Philosophy: University of California, Berkeley.  June 1980
 

DISSERTATION:

The Concept of the Lifeworld in Habermas’s Theory of Communicative Action.
Committee: Frederick Olafson (chair), Robert Pippin, Avrum Stroll, Jonathan Saville, David Luft.
 

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:

20th-Century Continental Philosophy
19th-Century Philosophy
 Philosophy of Language
 Philosophy of Literature
 

AREAS OF COMPETENCE:

Philosophy of Mind
Epistemology
Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics
Humanities
 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

University of Chicago, Philosophy Department 1998
Kalamazoo College, Philosophy Department 1991-Present
University of California, San Diego; Philosophy Department.  1989-1991
University of San Diego, Philosophy Department. 1987
University of California, San Diego: Revelle Humanities Program: 1983-1987
 

PAPERS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATON:

1.  “The Eclipse of Reason; The Occlusion of Being: Is Habermas’s Critique of Reason Complete?” Philosophy and Social Criticism (Fall 1997).

2.  “Honneth’s Renewal of Hegel’s Social Theory: Recognition in Early Childhood Development” European Journal of Philosophy (Fall 1997).

3.  “Natural Born Levellers: A Kierkegaardian Critique of Post-modern Cinematography” Philosophy and Film (Fall 1997).

4.  “Is the Speech Act the Actual Unit of Linguistic Exchange?: A Proposal for Reorienting Pragmatics” Linguistics and Philosophy (Fall 1997).

5.  “How Not to Conceive a Discourse Ethic: Young’s Debilitation of Difference” Constellations (Fall 1997).

6.  Reconstructing and Deconstructing the Ideals of Reason: Habermas and the Constructive Role of Narrative” European Journal of Philosophy (Fall 1997)
 

PUBLISHED PAPERS:

Review The Inclusion of the Other: Essay in Political Theory, (Forthcoming)  Ethics, Vol. 110, No. 4.

Review Habermas on Law and Democracy: Critical Exchanges, Ethics, Vol. 110, No. 3.

Review Heidegger and the Ground of Ethics: A Study of Mitsein, Ethics.Vol. 109, No 4.

Review of Habermas and the Unfinished Project of Modernity: Critical Essays on The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity, Ethics.

"Did Merleau-Ponty Have Two Concepts of The Body?" Michigan Academy Of Science, Arts and Letters Conference, Michigan State University, Lansing, March 1994.  Michigan Academician, August 1995.
 

INVITED CONFERENCE PAPERS:

"Teaching Ethics Through Multiple Readings of Othello: The Moor of Venice: From Aristotle and Kant to Judith Butler," American Association of Philosophy Teachers," Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 3 - 5, 2000. (Abstract)

"From Dialogical Self to Chronotopic Body: A Dialogical Approach to Gender Identity, Moral Psychology and Heterosexual Melancholy," First Annual Conference on the Dialogical Self, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands, June 22 - 16, 2000.  (Abstract)

"Dialogical Self and Chronotopic Embodiment: Infant Development, Multilayered Self-Placement and Clinical Archaeology," First Annual Conference on the Dialogical Self, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands, June 22 - 16, 2000.  (Abstract)

"The Ontological Foundations of Environmental Ethics: Toward a Hermeneutic Conception of Life,"   Twentieth Conference on the Life and Philosophy of Martin Heidegger: The Many Heideggers: Interpreting the Future of Heideggerian Studies, Denton, Texas, April 20 - 22, 2000.  (Abstract)

"Reconstructing and Deconstructing The Ideals of Reason: Habermas and the Constructive Role of Narrative," American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 5 - 8, 2000. (Abstract)

"Is There A ‘Teleological Suspension of the Ethical'?: Absolute and Relative Standing in Interpersonal Relations," The Michigan Academy Conference, Saginaw Valley College, Big Bay Michigan,  March 10th - 11th, 2000. (Abstract)

"Merleau-Ponty's Heideggerian Turn: From Individual Bodies to Social Flesh," The MidSouth Philosophy Conference, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, February 25th  - 26th, 2000.  (Abstract)

“The Body Politic: Naturalizing Biological Citizenship and Philosophical Reservations,” University of Chicago Midwest Seminar, March 1998. (Abstract)

“Binary Symbol Operations and Identity” (Psychology Division) Michigan Academy of Science Arts and Letters Conference: Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 1997.  (Abstract)

“Metaphorical Truth” (Philosophy Division) Michigan Academy of Science Arts and Letters Conference: Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 1997.  (Abstract)

“Feminist Motifs in the Paintings of Lynn Vought” (Women’s Studies) Michigan Academy of Science Arts and Letters Conference: Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 1997.  (Abstract)

“Natural Born Levellers: A Kierkegaardian Critique of Post-modern Cinematography.” American Comparative Literature Association Conference: Between Philosophy and Cultural Studies, Notre Dame, Indiana, March 1996.  (Abstract)

“The Politics of Difference and Critical Social Theory” APA, Central Division Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 1996.  (Abstract)

“Intentionalist Semantics and Acoustic Reversibility” (Philosophy Division) Michigan Academy of Science Arts and Letters Conference: Alma, Michigan, March 1996.  (Abstract)

“Undamaged Identity or Undistorted Communication: Two Competing Ideals of Critical Theory?” (Political Science Division) Michigan Academy of Science Arts and Letters Conference: Alma, Michigan, March 1996.  (Abstract)

 “Dialogical Conceptions of Self and Early Childhood Development” (Psychology Division) Michigan Academy of Science Arts and Letters Conference: Alma, Michigan, March 1996.  (Abstract)

"Where is Putnam Going?: A European Itinerary for Analytic Philosophy."  Michigan Academy Of Science, Arts and Letters Conference; Ferris State, Big Rapids, March 1995. (Abstract)

"Is the Kohlberg-Gilligan Debate Over." Michigan Academy Of Science, Arts and Letters Conference; Ferris State, Big Rapids, March 1995. (Abstract)

"Feminizing Discourse: Reflections on Benhabib's Feminist Appropriation of Discourse Ethics." Michigan Academy Of Science, Arts and Letters Conference; Ferris State, Big Rapids, March 1995.  (Abstract)

"The Politics of Difference: Young on Habermas."  Michigan Academy Of Science, Arts and Letters Conference; Ferris State, Big Rapids, March 1995.  (Abstract)

"Embodiment as Metaphor: A Critique of Ricoeur's The Rule of Metaphor. Thirtieth Conference in Modern Literature: "Aesthetics and Ideologies: An Interdisciplinary Conference"; Michigan State University, October 1994. (Abstract)

"Did Merleau-Ponty Have Two Concepts of The Body?" Michigan Academy Of Science, Arts and Letters Conference, Michigan State University, Lansing, March 1994.  Published In Michigan Academician, August 1995. (Abstract)

"Illocutionary Binding Force: How Do Speech Acts Coordinate Interaction?."  Guest Speaker Before Hope College Faculty, Holland, November 1993. (Abstract)

"Habermas' Concept of Aesthetic-Expressive Rationality."  Michigan Academy Of Science, Arts and Letters Conference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, March 1993.  (Abstract)

"Teaching Kierkegaard's Pseudonymous Writings."  Michigan Academy Of Science, Arts and Letters Conference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, March 1993.
(Abstract)

"The Role of the Lifeworld In Transcendental Phenomenology" "Besprechung der wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten," Fakultaet Philosophie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, Summer 1989.  (Abstract)

"The Complementarity of Communicative Action and Lifeworld: Searle and Habermas on the Internal Connection between Meaning and Validity" "Besprechung der wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten," Fakultaet Philosophie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, Summer 1988.  (Abstract)
 

INFORMAL PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS:

“The Perception of Character,” Stetson Chapel, Kalamazoo College, Summer 1997.

"The Struggle For Recognition," Stetson Chapel, Kalamazoo College, Summer 1995.

"The Future of Philosophy" Stetson Chapel, Kalamazoo College, May 1994.

"Modern Identity Formation and the Politics of Difference" Faculty Study, Kalamazoo College, Summer 1994.

"Knowledge, Power and Imagination,"  Stetson Chapel, Kalamazoo College, October 1993.

"Two False Paths, Blind Happiness and Empty Justice: Schillerian reflections on Post-Modernity."  Stetson Chapel, Kalamazoo College, Spring 1992.
 

ACADEMIC AWARDS:

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Stipendium; Juergen Habermas academic supervisor.  1987-1989

U.C.S.D. Dissertation Fellowship. 1987

U.C.S.D. Dissertation Travel Grant.  1986

U.C.B Education Abroad Program. 1987-1988
 

GRANTS:
 

McGregor Grant, "Identity as Dialogue:  Theories and Critiques," 2000 - 2001.

Center for International Programs, Travel Grant to Frankfurt, Germany and attendance at "First Annual Conference on the Dialogical Self," University of Nijmegen, Netherlands, and German.

Redfield Fellowship, University of Chicago, Academic year 1997/’98.

Center For Western European Studies Course Development Grant, Conceptions of Embodiment and Contemporary Political Theory, Summer 1998.

Center For Western European Studies (Non-Traditional) Course Development Grant, The Philosophy and Psychology of Moral Development," Summer 1994.

Center For Western European Studies Course Development Grant, Contemporary Aesthetics, Spring 1994.

Center For Western European Studies (Non-Traditional) Course Development Grant,  Portraits of the Self in European Philosophy and Film", Spring 1994.

Faculty Research Development Grant, Kalamazoo College, Fall Term 1993.

Faculty-Student Research Grant: Modern and Post-modern Aesthetic Theory,  Kalamazoo College, Summer 1993.

Center For Western European Studies Course Development Grant, Contemporary Continental Philosophy, Spring 1993.
 
 

LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION:

Steven Cox.
 Juergen Habermas.
Lawrence Hinman.
 Frederick A. Olafson.
 Robert Pippin.
 Jonathan Saville.
 Avrum Stroll.
 

LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES:

German
 Spanish
 

COURSES TAUGHT:
 

 1.  19th-Century Philosophy: Hegel's Objective Idealism [S'93].
 2.  19th-Century Philosophy (Survey) [SP'94/S'95/S'96/SP97/F'98/F'99].
 3.  Contemporary Continental Philosophy: Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action [Su'91].
 4.  Contemporary Continental Philosophy: The Frankfurt School of Social Criticism [Su'92/S'96].
 5.  Contemporary Continental Philosophy: Foucault's Early and Later Works [Su'91].
 6.  Contemporary Continental Philosophy: Philosophical Conceptions of The Body [S'97/S'00]
 7.  Philosophy of Science [SP'91/SP'92/S'94].
 8.  Philosophy of Language [S'93/S95/SP'97/W'99].
 9.  Philosophy of Law [SP'95/W'96/W97/W'99].
 10.  Philosophy And Literature [W'94/W'95/W'96/F'98].
 11.  Social Philosophy: The Problem of Technology [W'91/SP'91].
 12.  Existentialism (Survey) [W'94/W'95/S'96/W'99/W'00].
 13.  Existentialism: Kierkegaard's Pseudonymous Writings from 1843 to 1850. [W'92/W'93].
 14.  Logic [W'92, S'92].
 15.  Philosophy of Art [S'94/SP'96].
 16.  Aesthetics And the Literary Work of Art [S'93].
 17.  Writing Seminar: Critics of The Present Age [F92].
 18.  The Just Society: Theories of Justice [SP' 93/SP'94/S'95/W'00].
 19.  The Philosophy of the Social Sciences [S'97/SP'99].
 20.  Critical Social Theory (University of Chicago) [SP98].
 21.  History of Analytic Philosophy [W'95].
 22.  Ethics (University of Chicago Humanities Program) [SP'98].
 23.  Environmental Ethics [SP'99].
 24.  Dummett's Philosophy of Language [W'96].
 25.  Traditional and Contemporary Pragmatics [F'98].
 26.  Modern Philosophy [SP'96].
 27.  Introduction to Ethical Theory [F'99].