Ashley C. McDowell

curriculum vitae

EMPLOYMENT

Kalamazoo College

EDUCATION

The University of Arizona

Ph.D. in Philosophy: July 2003
Dissertation: "Two Senses of Justification in Epistemology"
Dissertation committee: Keith Lehrer (chair), Terence Horgan, and John L. Pollock

Virginia Commonwealth University

B.A. summa cum laude, with honors, in Philosophy (double minor: History and Religious Studies): 1994

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind

AREAS OF COMPETENCE / TEACHING COMPETENCIES

Advanced undergraduate level:
Metaphysics, Applied Ethics
Introductory level:
History of Philosophy (especially Modern and Ancient), Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Logic and Critical Thinking

PUBLICATION

"Trust and Information: The Role of Trust in the Social Epistemology of Information Science." Social Epistemology, Vol. 16 No. 1, January 2002.

PRESENTATIONS

· "The Matrix and the Mental Patient," Kalamazoo College, February, 2003
· "A Two-Sense Theory of Epistemic Justification," Northern Arizona University Department of Philosophy colloquium: December 5, 2002
· "Two Types of Epistemic Justification," University of Arizona Department of Philosophy colloquium: November 1, 2002
· "Two Arguments for a Two-Sense Theory of Epistemic Justification" at the
Student Workshop in Philosophy, University of Arizona Department of Philosophy: 2002
· "Distributive Justice and Envy" at the Southeastern Virginia Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, Old Dominion University: 1994

HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

· Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona
· Department of Philosophy: 1998
· Philosophy Department Faculty Award, Virginia Commonwealth University: 1994

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES

· Consulting Editor, Episteme <http://www.episteme.eu.com/>
· Colloquium Assistant, Eighth Annual Arizona Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy <http://on.to/Plato2003>: 2002-2003
· Research Assistant for Professor Alvin Goldman, 1997

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

· Undergraduate Academic Advisor for the University of Arizona Department of Philosophy: Summer 2000 - May 2003
· Curriculum Committee member, University of Arizona Department of Philosophy: Fall 2000 - May 2003
· Departmental Advisor, University of Arizona Philosophy Club: 2000 - 2003
· Departmental Advisor, Arizona Alpha Chapter of the Phi Sigma Tau Philosophy Honorary: 2000 - 2003
· Co-author, University of Arizona Department of Philosophy Academic Program Review Self-Study: 2001
· Graduate Representative, University of Arizona Department of Philosophy: 1996-1997

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Independently:

* Introduction to Philosophy
* History of Western Civilization/Traditions and Cultures: Justice and Virtue
* History of Western Civilization/Traditions and Cultures: Mind, Matter, and God (three times)
* Philosophical Perspectives on the Individual (introduction to Philosophy of Mind)
* Medical Ethics (300-level)
* Business Ethics (300-level)

Co-taught:

* History of Western Civilization/Traditions and Cultures: Justice and Virtue

As a teaching assistant:

* Logic and Critical Thinking
* History of Western Civilization/Traditions and Cultures: Mind, Matter, and God (twice)
* Medical Ethics
* Introduction to Moral and Social Philosophy
* Introduction to Philosophy
* History of Western Civilization/Traditions and Cultures: Justice and Virtue (twice)
* Philosophical Perspectives on the Individual (introduction to Philosophy of Mind)
* Personal Morality

REFERENCES

Keith Lehrer
Regents Professor of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
The University of Arizona
P.O. Box 210027
Tucson, AZ 85721-0027
E-mail: lehrer@u.arizona.edu

Terence Horgan
Professor of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
The University of Arizona
P.O. Box 210027
Tucson, AZ 85721-0027
E-mail: thorgan@email.arizona.edu

John L. Pollock
Professor of Philosophy and Research
Professor of Cognitive Science
Department of Philosophy
The University of Arizona
P.O. Box 210027
Tucson, AZ 85721-0027
E-mail: pollock@arizona.edu

David Chalmers
Professor of Philosophy and Research
Professor of Cognitive Science
Department of Philosophy
The University of Arizona
P.O. Box 210027
Tucson, AZ 85721-0027
E-mail: chalmers@email.arizona.edu

Alvin I. Goldman
Professor of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
Rutgers University
Davison Hall
Douglass College
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
E-mail: goldman@philosophy.rutgers.edu

J. Christopher Maloney
Professor of Philosophy and Head,
Department of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
The University of Arizona
P.O. Box 210027
Tucson, AZ 85721-0027
E-mail: maloney@u.arizona.edu

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