Curriculum Vitae
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AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
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AREAS OF COMPETENCE
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EMPLOYMENT
2016 - Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Chapman University
Affiliate Faculty in Economic Science Institute
2015 - Research Fellow Centre for Ethical Leadership
2015 - 2016 Junior Research Fellow & Leading Tutor for Ormond College,
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics University of Melbourne
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Arizona (expected 2015)
Dissertation: Embracing Moral Luck: Accidents, Apologies, and the Foundations of Social Cooperation
Committee: David Schmidtz (Director); Michael Gill; Michael McKenna; Shaun Nichols
M.A., Economics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, (expected May 2015)
Thesis: Exploring the Case Against Property-Owning Democracy
Committee: Doug Blair (Supervisor); Colin Campbell; Tomas Sjostrom
A.B., Philosophy (with Honors), Brown University, 2008
PUBLICATIONS
“Searching for the Ideal: The Fundamental Diversity Dilemma” with Jerry Gaus, forthcoming in Kevin Vallier and Michael Weber (eds.) Political Utopias. Oxford University Press
"Adam Smith's Intriguing Solution to the Problem of Moral Luck," Ethics, 126 (3), 2016, 711 - 746
"When Justice Demands Inequality" with John Thrasher, Journal of Moral Philosophy, 12 (2), 2015, 172 - 194
Review of John Tomasi's Free Market Fairness in the Journal of Moral Philosophy, 11 (6), 2014, 769 - 772
WORK IN PROGRESS
Under Review
“The Case Against Property-Owning Democracy”
“Responsibility Without Culpability: Blame, Blameworthiness, and the Expectation of Apology”
"Game Theory and Ethics" (Stanford Encylopedia entry w/ Peter Vanderschraff)
Works in Progress
“When Do Apologies for Unlucky Outcomes Stabilize Cooperation in Risky Environments?" (w/ Vernon Smith and Bart Wilson)
"Ideal Empiricism in Hume's Politics"
“In Defense of Moral Luck”
"Productivity and Self-Respect in a Growing Economy"
“ANCSA and the Case for Property-Owning Democracy: Using the impact of the Alaska Native Regional Corporations on Native welfare to
assess the case for property-owning democracy”
“Optimization, Parametrization, and the Role of Ideal Theory"
“Optimal Incentive Compatible Mechanisms for Allocating Amateur Talent in Professional Sports Leagues”
“Are Patient Consent Forms Too Long? What Can Be Done?"
SELECTED AWARDS
Selected Conference Presentations
Teaching And Research Positions
Instructor
Inequality: Moral, Political, and Economic Perspectives, Ormond College, Winter 2016
Intensive Seminar, 14 students, M/T/W/Th 2 hours
Explored normative and empirical issues related to various kinds of inequality.
The Ethics and Economics of Wealth Creation, Ormond College, Summer 2015
Intensive seminar, 13 students, M/T/W/Th 2 hours
Explored the social preconditions for successful markets, the benefits of functioning markets, and some of the ethical problems that arise
in markets.
Economics Through the Eyes of the Nobel Laureates, Ormond College, Semester II 2015
Seminar, 10 students, T 75 min
Introduces students the ideas and methods that have shaped modern economics by exploring the work of some of the Nobel Laureates in
Economics
The Social Contract (Philosophy / Political Science 250), University of Arizona, Fall 2014
Lecture w/ discussion, 50 Students, M/W/F 50 min
Explored classic texts from the social contract tradition, using tools from game theory and experimental economics to illuminate the texts.
The Social Contract (Philosophy / Political Science 250), University of Arizona, Spring 2014
Lecture w/ discussion, 68 students, M/W/F 50 min
Explored classic texts from the social contract tradition, using tools from game theory and experimental economics to illuminate the texts.
The Ethics and Economics of Wealth Creation (Graduate Seminar for Masters in Liberal Studies Program), Rutgers, Camden, Spring 2013.
Seminar w/ substantial lecture and discussion components, 8 students, M/W 2.5 hours
Explored the social preconditions for successful markets, the benefits of functioning markets, and some of the ethical problems that arise in markets.
Teaching Assistant
Human Nature and Human Diversity (Philosophy / Cognitive Science 253), School of Arts and Sciences Signature Course, Rutgers University, Spring 2013. (Stephen Stich)
Philosophical Perspectives on the Individual (Philosophy 101), University of Arizona, Fall 2010. (Shaun Nichols)
The Ethics and Economics of Wealth Creation (Philosophy / Economics 205), University of Arizona, Fall 2009. (Michael Gill)
The Ethics and Economics of Wealth Creation (Philosophy / Economics 205), University of Arizona, Spring 2009. (David Schmidtz)
Research Assistant
Professor John Tomasi, Political Science and Director Political Theory Project, Brown University (2006 – 2009).
Professional Service
Professional Member, Human Research Ethics Committee, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne (2015 - )
Coordinator of Current Research Workshop Series, Center for the Philosophy of Freedom, University of Arizona (2010 – 2011)
Organizer of Freedom Center Brown Bag Series, Center for Philosophy of Freedom, University of Arizona (2008 – 2011)
Professional Associations
Australasian Association of Philosophy
American Philosophical Association
Southern Economic Association
Association for Political Theory
American Political Science Association
References Available Upon Request
2016 - Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Chapman University
Affiliate Faculty in Economic Science Institute
2015 - Research Fellow Centre for Ethical Leadership
2015 - 2016 Junior Research Fellow & Leading Tutor for Ormond College,
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics University of Melbourne
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Arizona (expected 2015)
Dissertation: Embracing Moral Luck: Accidents, Apologies, and the Foundations of Social Cooperation
Committee: David Schmidtz (Director); Michael Gill; Michael McKenna; Shaun Nichols
M.A., Economics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, (expected May 2015)
Thesis: Exploring the Case Against Property-Owning Democracy
Committee: Doug Blair (Supervisor); Colin Campbell; Tomas Sjostrom
A.B., Philosophy (with Honors), Brown University, 2008
PUBLICATIONS
“Searching for the Ideal: The Fundamental Diversity Dilemma” with Jerry Gaus, forthcoming in Kevin Vallier and Michael Weber (eds.) Political Utopias. Oxford University Press
"Adam Smith's Intriguing Solution to the Problem of Moral Luck," Ethics, 126 (3), 2016, 711 - 746
"When Justice Demands Inequality" with John Thrasher, Journal of Moral Philosophy, 12 (2), 2015, 172 - 194
Review of John Tomasi's Free Market Fairness in the Journal of Moral Philosophy, 11 (6), 2014, 769 - 772
WORK IN PROGRESS
Under Review
“The Case Against Property-Owning Democracy”
“Responsibility Without Culpability: Blame, Blameworthiness, and the Expectation of Apology”
"Game Theory and Ethics" (Stanford Encylopedia entry w/ Peter Vanderschraff)
Works in Progress
“When Do Apologies for Unlucky Outcomes Stabilize Cooperation in Risky Environments?" (w/ Vernon Smith and Bart Wilson)
"Ideal Empiricism in Hume's Politics"
“In Defense of Moral Luck”
"Productivity and Self-Respect in a Growing Economy"
“ANCSA and the Case for Property-Owning Democracy: Using the impact of the Alaska Native Regional Corporations on Native welfare to
assess the case for property-owning democracy”
“Optimization, Parametrization, and the Role of Ideal Theory"
“Optimal Incentive Compatible Mechanisms for Allocating Amateur Talent in Professional Sports Leagues”
“Are Patient Consent Forms Too Long? What Can Be Done?"
SELECTED AWARDS
- Mercatus Center Adam Smith Fellow (2014-2015)
- Bernard Marcus Fellowship (2014, 2012, 2010, 2009)
- Institute for Humane Studies Summer Research Fellowship (2013)
- Humane Studies Fellowship (2013, 2008)
- Earhart Fellowship (2011)
- Thomas W. Smith Fellowship (2008)
- Best Graduate Student Submission, North Sea Early Modern Workshop (2010)
- Philosophy Department Commencement Speaker, Brown University (2008)
- Karen T. Romer Undergraduate Teaching & Research Award, Brown University (2007)
Selected Conference Presentations
- “Comments on McHugh ‘Comparing Smith and Hume on Sympathy’,” International Hume Society Conference, July 2016
- "Productivity and Self-Respect in a Growing Economy," Australasian Association of Philosophy Meeting, July 2016
- "A Liability Model of Moral Responsibility," Philosophy Department, University of Melbourne, May 2016
- "The Case for Property-Owning Democracy?" Philosophy Department, Monash University, May 2016
- "A Liability Model of Moral Responsibility," Philosophy Department, University of Queensland, March 2016
- "Responsibility Without Culpability," Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics, January 2016
- "Diversity, Disagreement, and the Search for Better States of Affairs," Centre for Moral, Social, and Political Theory, Australian National University, November 2015
- "The Opaque Sources of Blame and Responsibility," Philosophy Department, Australian National University, October 2015
- "The Opaque Sources of Blame and Responsibility," Australasian Association of Philosophy Annual Meeting, Macquarie University, July 2015
- “Comments on Berkey ‘Obligations of Productive Justice’,” Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, Boulder, CO, August 2014.
- “Pulling Apart the Evaluative and Prescriptive Dimensions of Blame,” poster presentation at Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, Boulder, CO, August 2014.
- “Smithian Sympathy and Norm Convergence,” Association for Private Enterprise Education Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, April 2014.
- “Searching for the Ideal, and Feasible Paths to It,” (w/ Jerry Gaus), PPE Workshop, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, April 2014.
- “The Case Against Property-Owning Democracy,” Cox Business School, Southern Methodist University, October, 2013.
- “A Non-Aspirational Role for Ideal Theory,” Association for Political Theory Annual Meeting, Vanderbilt University, October, 2013 .
- “A Critical Perspective on Property-Owning Democracy,” IHS Summer Research Fellow Workshop, Arlington, VA, August 11, 2013.
- “Public Reason Liberalism and Institutional Justice,” Association for Private Enterprise Education Meeting, Maui, HI, April 15 and 16, 2013.
- “Idealization, Institutional Recommendations, and the Distinction Between Political Philosophy and Political Theory,” Southern Economics Association Meeting, New Orleans, November 16, 2012.
- “Adam Smith and Our Irregular Sentiments,” North Sea Early Modern Workshop on Moral Psychology in the Scottish Enlightenment, University of Antwerp, October 12, 2010.
- “The Role of Idealization in Normative Political Theory,” Social Change Workshop, Brown University, June 17, 2009.
Teaching And Research Positions
Instructor
Inequality: Moral, Political, and Economic Perspectives, Ormond College, Winter 2016
Intensive Seminar, 14 students, M/T/W/Th 2 hours
Explored normative and empirical issues related to various kinds of inequality.
The Ethics and Economics of Wealth Creation, Ormond College, Summer 2015
Intensive seminar, 13 students, M/T/W/Th 2 hours
Explored the social preconditions for successful markets, the benefits of functioning markets, and some of the ethical problems that arise
in markets.
Economics Through the Eyes of the Nobel Laureates, Ormond College, Semester II 2015
Seminar, 10 students, T 75 min
Introduces students the ideas and methods that have shaped modern economics by exploring the work of some of the Nobel Laureates in
Economics
The Social Contract (Philosophy / Political Science 250), University of Arizona, Fall 2014
Lecture w/ discussion, 50 Students, M/W/F 50 min
Explored classic texts from the social contract tradition, using tools from game theory and experimental economics to illuminate the texts.
The Social Contract (Philosophy / Political Science 250), University of Arizona, Spring 2014
Lecture w/ discussion, 68 students, M/W/F 50 min
Explored classic texts from the social contract tradition, using tools from game theory and experimental economics to illuminate the texts.
The Ethics and Economics of Wealth Creation (Graduate Seminar for Masters in Liberal Studies Program), Rutgers, Camden, Spring 2013.
Seminar w/ substantial lecture and discussion components, 8 students, M/W 2.5 hours
Explored the social preconditions for successful markets, the benefits of functioning markets, and some of the ethical problems that arise in markets.
Teaching Assistant
Human Nature and Human Diversity (Philosophy / Cognitive Science 253), School of Arts and Sciences Signature Course, Rutgers University, Spring 2013. (Stephen Stich)
Philosophical Perspectives on the Individual (Philosophy 101), University of Arizona, Fall 2010. (Shaun Nichols)
The Ethics and Economics of Wealth Creation (Philosophy / Economics 205), University of Arizona, Fall 2009. (Michael Gill)
The Ethics and Economics of Wealth Creation (Philosophy / Economics 205), University of Arizona, Spring 2009. (David Schmidtz)
Research Assistant
Professor John Tomasi, Political Science and Director Political Theory Project, Brown University (2006 – 2009).
Professional Service
Professional Member, Human Research Ethics Committee, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne (2015 - )
Coordinator of Current Research Workshop Series, Center for the Philosophy of Freedom, University of Arizona (2010 – 2011)
Organizer of Freedom Center Brown Bag Series, Center for Philosophy of Freedom, University of Arizona (2008 – 2011)
Professional Associations
Australasian Association of Philosophy
American Philosophical Association
Southern Economic Association
Association for Political Theory
American Political Science Association
References Available Upon Request