EDUCATION:

• February 1999 -- Ph.D. -- University of Rochester
• May 1996 -- M.A. -- University of Rochester
• May 1993 -- B.S. -- Bowling Green State University
  • double concentration: Philosophy/Psychology
  • Magna Cum Laude

DISSERTATION:

Title: Truth and Imagination in Spinoza's Metaphysics
Advisor: Professor Ralf Meerbote

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:

• History of Modern Philosophy (esp. Descartes, Spinoza, Kant)
• History of Ancient Philosophy (esp. Aristotle)

AREAS OF COMPETENCE:

• Metaphysics
• Philosophy of Religion (esp. the medieval period)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Minnesota State University
2000-2002 Visiting Assistant Professor

• Introduction to Western Philosophy
• Philosophical Thinking
• Practical Reasoning
• Medieval Philosophy
• 17th Century Philosophy
• 18th Century Philosophy
• Symbolic Logic

Emory University
1999-2000 Visiting Assistant Professor

• Introduction to Philosophy
• Introduction to Logic
• Undergraduate Seminar: Kant

SUNY Brockport

• Fall 1998 -- Introduction to Ethics
• Fall 1998 -- Introduction to Philosophy
• Fall 1997 -- Introduction to Philosophy of Religion
• Spring 1997 -- Introduction to Philosophy
• Fall 1996 -- Intermediate Logic

University of Rochester

• Summer 1996 -- Introduction to Philosophy

Monroe Community College

• Summer 1995 -- Introduction to Philosophy
  

TEACHING ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE:

• Spring 1998 -- History of Early Modern Philosophy
• Fall 1997 -- Political Philosophy
• Fall 1996 -- Philosophy of Religion
• Spring 1996 -- History of Early Modern Philosophy
• Fall 1995 -- History of Ancient Philosophy
• Spring 1995 -- Introductory Logic
• Fall 1994 -- Introduction to Philosophy

COURSES PREPARED TO TEACH:

Upper Level Courses:

• Seminars on major historical figures (e.g, Aristotle, Spinoza, Kant)
• Topics in Metaphysics
• Topics in Philosophy of Religion

Lower Level Courses:

• Introduction to Philosophy
• Introductory Logic
• Symbolic Logic
• History of Ancient Philosophy
• History of Modern Philosophy
• Philosophy of Religion
• Ethics

ACADEMIC HONORS:

• Spring 2001 Distinguished Faculty Award finalist
• 1997 Dissertation Fellowship in the Humanities
• 1993-1997 University of Rochester Fellowship
• 1989-1993 National Merit Scholarship

PAPERS PRESENTED:

November 2000 - Minnesota State Univeristy Moorhead
"Spinoza: Truth and Adequacy"

October 2000 - Minnesota Philosophical Society
"James and Clifford Revisited"

March 1997 - Syracuse University
"A Response to 'Descartes' Two Accounts of Mind-Body Union'"

December 1995 - University of Rochester Philosophy Department
"Spinoza's Imaginary Finite Modes"

PAPERS SUBMITTED:

• "Spinoza: Truth and Adequacy"
• "Finite Modes in Spinoza's Metaphysics"

CURRENT RESEARCH:

• Spinoza's Attributes and Modality
• The Voluntary Nature of Belief

LANGUAGES:

Latin (read with dictionary)

ORGANIZATIONS:

• American Philosophical Association
• Phi Kappa Phi (National Honor Society)
• Psi Chi (National Psychology Honor Society)

RELATED EXPERIENCE:

• Advisor for The Alcove, a student organization (2000-2002)
• Organizer of Graduate Colloquium Series at University of Rochester (1997-1998)
• Member of graduate admissions committee - U of R (Spring 1997)
• Professor Lewis White Beck's Private Seminar (Fall 1994 to Spring 1997)

REFERENCES:

• Professor Ralf Meerbote -- University of Rochester
• Professor Deborah Modrak -- University of Rochester
• Professor Georges Dicker -- SUNY Brockport

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