Its that time of year when we have to fill out a form for merit pay. Decisions on merit pay are based (presumably) on what we've done this past year in terms of teaching, research, service, etc... Below the fold is the information that's going on my merit pay summary form; it gives a pretty good overview of what I've been up to, professionally speaking, this past year...
Teaching
- Introduction to Philosophy (x2)
- Virtues and Vices
- Philosophy of God
- Aquinas’ Philosophical Theology, Metaphysics and Ethics (new prep)
- The World of Augustine (with Dr. Jonathan Conant (History), new prep)
Research & Professional Activities
- Books:
- Completed a monograph entitled Free Will: Ultimacy and Its Alternatives, forthcoming from Continuum Press.
- Editing two books for Routledge: God and Metaphysics, and Arguing about Religion.
- Peer-reviewed publications:
- “Truthmaking and Divine Eternity,” Religious Studies 43.3 (2007).
- “Grace and Controlling what We Do Not Cause,” Faith and Philosophy 24.3 (2007).
- “Source Incompatibilism and its Alternatives,” American Philosophical Quarterly 44.2 (2007).
- “Moral Character,” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2007).
- “Free Will: Alternatives and Sources” (forthcoming in Sci-Phi: Philosophy Through Science Fiction; ed. Ryan Nichols, Fred Miller and Nicholas D. Smith (Routledge, 2008))
- “Causal History Matters, but not for Individuation” (forthcoming in Canadian Journal of Philosophy)
- Papers under review:
- “How Troublesome is Tracing?”
- “Heavenly Freedom” (co-authored)
- “Forensic Evaluation of a Sexually Violent Predator: Legal Facts and Philosophical Fictions” (co-authored)
- Book Reviews:
- Review of Brian Hebblethwaite’s Philosophical Theology and Christian Doctrine, forthcoming in Faith and Philosophy
- Presentations:
- “How Troublesome is Tracing?” invited paper, Conference on Responsibility, Agency and Persons, University of San Francisco, October 2007
- “The Demands of Friendship” (with Melissa Strahm), 2007 Symposium on Friendship, Baylor University
- “Sourcehood and Truthmaking,” invited paper, Western Michigan University, May 2007
- Invited Commentator, "Why Frankfurt-Examples Don't Need to Succeed to Succeed," 2007 American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting
- “Heavens No: Don’t Take Our Freedom” (with Tim Pawl), 2007 Pacific Society of Christian Philosophers Conference, Azusa Pacific University
- “An Aristotelian Account of Events and Their Individuation,” Aristotelian Encounters Conference, Roosevelt Academy, Middleburg, Netherlands, January 2007
Service
- Service to the College and/or University:
- Faculty Advisory Committee for the Center for Educational Excellence
- Committee on Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Committee (spring only)
- First Year Experience Advisory Council
- Preceptorial advisor to 16 preceptees
- Preceptorial Pilot Program, a year-long program to strengthen the preceptorial program and to provide a mentoring system of preceptorial advisors
- Service to the Department:
- Academic advisor for 6 philosophy majors
- Co-wrote and presented a paper with a USD philosophy major at a national conference
- Faculty co-advisor of the Philosophy Club
- Normal departmental duties
- Service to the Discipline:
- APA Committee on Academic Career Opportunities and Placement
- Philosophy of Religion area editor for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (General Editors: James Fieser and Bradley Dowden)
- Refereed monographs for Oxford University Press and Broadview Press
- Refereed articles for Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Philosophia, Dialectica
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