Biography
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, September 1994.
M.A. in Philosophy, University of Washington, Seattle, 1987
B.A. in Philosophy, University of Washington, Seattle, 1982
Specialization: History of Philosophy, in particular Early Modern Philosophy
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND CONSULTING
Manuscript referee for:
- Open Court Publishing
- Routledge Publishing
Encyclopedia Referee for:
- The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Journal referee for:
- Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie
- History of Philosophy Quarterly
- The Journal of the History of Ideas
- The Journal of the History of Philosophy
- The Journal of Philosophical Research
- The Southern Journal of Philosophy
- Social Theory and Practice
- American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly
- Southwest Philosophy Review
RESEARCH
& FACULTY-STUDENT COLLABORATION
- Faculty-student collaboration with Isabel Dore, Ian Nutting, Jaynellen Stokes, and Kyle Zunker on ethical issues in modern food production systems. Summer 2010.
- Faculty-student collaboration with Isabel Dore, Ian Nutting, Jaynellen Stokes, and Kyle Zunker on whether first world citizens can have moral obligations to help those in life-threatening poverty. Summer 2011.
- Faculty-student collaboration with Drew Brandt, Courtney Farmer, and Jaynellen Stokes on whether animals have moral rights. Summer 2012.
- Faculty-student collaboration with Jacob Diaz, Kelsey Yoemans, and Courtney Farmer on whether we have moral obligations to help those in life-threatening poverty. Summer 2013.
PUBLICATIONS
Commissioned to write a book chapter entitled “Leibniz & the 17th-Century German Interpretations of Plato,†for Brill in the forthcoming book entitled Companion to German Platonism (ed. Alan Kim)
“Leibniz on Free Will,†in Continuum Companion to Leibniz, Brandon Look (ed), 208-222, Contiuum, 2011
“Leibniz’s Philosophy of Religion,†in The History of the Philosophy of Religion, 4 volumes, edited by Graham Oppy & Nick Trakakis (eds), 167-181. Acumen Publishing, 2009
“Leibniz on Theories of Freedom,†presented at a conference on La Rationalite Pratique Dans La Philosophie Morale Du XVII Sciecle at the University of Neuchâtel, October 23, 2009. Coauthor Mark Kulstad
