Ph.D., M.A., Philosophy, The Pennsylvania State University. 2005.
Dissertation: “The Slow Percolation of Forms”: Charles S. Peirce's Writings on Plato.
M.A. thesis: “Scientific Singleness of Heart” in Peirce’s “Neglected Argument for the Reality of God.”
Director: Douglas R. Anderson (dra3@psu.edu)
M.A ., Liberal Arts, St. John's College ( Santa Fe, NM) 2000.
Additional Post-M.A. research and writing on Hobbes' Leviathan and the Book of Job.
A.B., magna cum laude, Spanish, Middlebury College (VT), 1991.
Minors: teaching foreign language; comparative poetry.
Study Abroad: Instituto Internacional, ( Madrid, Spain) 1989-1990 academic year.

Courses Taught:

2005-Present, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Classics, Augustana College:
Phil 110 Dimensions of the Self (Intro to Philosophy)
Phil 220 History of Philosophy: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
Classics 200 Introduction to Classical Greek Language

2001-2005, Graduate Instructor, Penn State (Instructor of Record):
Phil 1 Basic Problems of Philosophy
Phil 10 Critical Thinking (Informal Logic)
Phil 13 Philosophy of Environment and Nature
Phil 100 The Meaning of Human Existence (Intro to Existentialism)
Phil 101 Pragmatism and American Philosophy
Phil 105 Philosophy of Law
Phil 106 Business Ethics
Phil 123 LEAP Media Ethics (Intensive 6-week summer course for first year students)
Phil 123 Media Ethics
Phil 124 Philosophy of Religion

Additional teaching at Penn State:
Undergraduate Independent Study, Phil 296, (spring 2005)
Topic: Philosophy of Religion in Literature

Undergraduate Independent Study, Phil 296, (summer 2003)
Topic: The Development of Plato's Metaphysics

Undergraduate Independent Study, Phil 496 (fall 2004)
Topic: Philosophy of Religion (American Philosophy and Existentialism)

Co-taught: Phil 106, Business Ethics (summer 2003)
Occasional guest lectures in:

• History of the Philosophy of Science for Philosophy of Science (Phil 110, Summer 2001),
• Ethics in Engineering, (Engr 403W, spring 2002), and the
• Philosophy of Nature in Landscape Architecture (Larch 460, Fall 2004)

Research Interests:

• Utopianism in 19th century American thought
• Environmental Philosophy: especially the ethics and aesthetics of fishing
• Legal Philosophy: especially restorative justice and mandatory incarceration
• Contemporary Feminist Philosophy of Religion
• The Book of Job in the history of philosophy
• 20th Century Jewish Philosophy

Publications, Presentations, Etc.

Recent Public Lectures and Presentations in Philosophy and Religion:

• "Peirce and Plato," November 2004, Penn State Philosophy Department Public Events Lecture Series.
• "The Relationship Between Philosophy and Religion: Pascal's 'Wager' and James' 'Will to Believe,'" November 2004, Penn State Philosophy Club.
• "Luther and Bonhoeffer on Political Responsibility," October 2004, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church.
• "Stones Falling From The Sky: Peirce's Reply to Hume on Miracles." August 23, 2004, Drexel University Philosophy Club.
• "The Anglican Response to AIDS in Zimbabwe," April 2004, Penn State Christian Graduate Fellowship.
• "Hellenism, Neo-Platonism, and Gnosticism in the Early Church," March 2004, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church.
• "Two Theories of the Incarnation: Athanasius' De Incarnatione and Anselm's Cur Deus Homo?" December, 2003, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church.

Book Reviews:

• Rodney Clapp, Tortured Wonders: Christian Spirituality for People, not Angels, in Prism, 2005
• Os Guinness, Unspeakable: Facing Up To Evil In An Age Of Terror And Genocide, in Prism, Sept. 2005.
• Jens Soering, An Expensive Way to Make Bad People Worse: An Essay on Prison Reform, in Prism, Mar/Apr 2005.
• Miroslav Volf and William Katerberg, eds. The Future of Hope: Christian Tradition Amid Modernity and Postmodernity, in Prism, Jan/Feb 2005.
• Roger Ward, Conversion in American Philosophy, in Newsletter of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, vol. 99, October 2004.
• Sarah Borden, Edith Stein, in Prism, Nov/Dec 2004.
• “Tolkien’s ‘Doom of Choice’: Fate, Free Will and Moral Responsibility in Tolkien”; a review of Matthew T. Dickerson’s Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in The Lord of the Rings, in Books and Culture online, February, 2004.
• Bruce Benson’s Graven Ideologies: Nietzsche, Derrida and Marion on Modern Idolatry, Forthcoming in Books and Culture.

Book chapters:

• “Peirce: Plato, Miracles and the Logic of History,” in Studies in the Religious Writings of Charles S. Peirce, C. Pearson, ed.. Forthcoming from Legas Press.
  

Articles:

• “Peirce, Plato and Miracles: On the Mature Peirce’s Re-discovery of Plato and the Overcoming of Nominalistic Prejudice in History,” in The Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, Fall 2005.
• "Not To Be Forgotten: Edith Stein," in Prism, Nov/Dec 2004.

Works in Progress:

• Understanding Myth and Fantasy. Co-author. Forthcoming from Brazos Press in 2006.
• The Religious Writings of Charles S. Peirce. Co-editor.
• Translation: Preface to Veinte Años de Caza Mayor, by José Ortega y Gasset (Ortega on hunting and the philosophic life.)
• Experience and Theology, a translation and commentary on Psalm 73.
• "Reconstructing the Peirce-Lutos ławski Correspondence."

Conference Papers:

• "Semeiosis and Phusis: Peirce's Semiotics and Plato's Cratylus," Symposium on the Semiotic Writings of Charles S. Peirce, March 6-8, 2005, Bakersfield, California.
• "Faith and Fallibilism in the Classroom: Notes Toward an Agapic Theory of Education," Faith in the Academy Conference, Sept 30-Oct 2, 2004, Messiah College, Grantham, Pennsylvania.
• “Peirce, Plato and Miracles: On the Mature Peirce’s Re-discovery of Plato and the Overcoming of Nominalistic Prejudice in History,” Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy 31st annual meeting, March 4-6, 2004, Birmingham, Alabama.
• “Truth, Religion, and ‘Postmodern’ Skepticism: Can The Truth Be Known?” Invited paper, Symposium on Truth, Academia and the Christian Faith, Middlebury College, Vermont, October 23-25, 2003.
• “Peirce: Plato, Miracles and the Logic of History,” First Annual Symposium on the Religious Writings of Charles S. Peirce, Denver, Colorado, March 15-18, 2003.
• "The Reception of Charles S. Peirce in the Spanish-Speaking World," (Panel presentation) Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy annual meeting, Denver, Colorado, March 13-15, 2003.
• "Scientific Singleness of Heart in Charles S. Peirce's 'Neglected Argument for the Reality of God,'" Midwest Regional Meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers, March 7-9, 2002.