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Professional Appointments:

  • 2007- Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University
  • 2007- Member/Affiliate:
  • Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Program on International Relations, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Center for Bioethics and Health Law, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2009-2010 Barbara McCoy Postdoctoral Fellow, the Center for Ethics in Society, Stanford University
  • 2009 Visiting Scholar United Nations’ World Institute for Development Economics Research (http://www.wider.unu.edu/), Finland
  • 2009 Scholar in Residence Center for Ethics and Poverty Research, University of Salzburg, Austria
  • 2005-2006 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, UNC Chapel Hill
  • 2005-2006 Visiting Scholar, Department of Philosophy, Duke University

Education:                                                                                                                       

  • Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Arizona, 2007                                        
    Dissertation: Shrinking Distance: Globalization and Global Justice                                
    Advisor: Thomas Christiano
  • M.A. Philosophy, University of Arizona, 2005
  • B.A. Summa Cum Laude Philosophy, University of Colorado, 2001

Areas of Specialization and Competence:

  • Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics
  • Applied Ethics, Epistemology, Cognitive Science

Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals:

  1. “Environmental Ethics and Climate Change Policy,” (accepted pending revisions), in the Critical Review of Social and Political Philosophy.
  2. “Making the Case for Foreign Aid,” (forthcoming), in Public Affairs Quarterly.
  3. “Meeting Need,” (2009), in Utilitas, 21, 3.
  4. “Free Trade and the Environment,” (2009), in Environmental Ethics, 31, 51-66.
  5. “Free Trade, Poverty, and Inequality,” (2009), in The Journal of Moral Philosophy.
  6. “World Poverty and Individual Freedom,” (2008), in American Philosophical Quarterly, 45, 2: 191-198.
  7. “Free Trade, Poverty, and the Environment,” (2008), in Public Affairs Quarterly, 22, 4: 353-380.
  8. “The Moral Permissibility of Infanticide,” with Uriah Kreigle, (2008), in Journal of Applied Philosophy, 25, 1: 45-55.
  9. “Nanotechnology, Enhancement, and Human Nature,” (2009) in NanoEthics: Ethics for Technologies that Converge at the Nanoscale, 2, 3, 265-275.
    • To be reprinted in: Nanotechnology and Human Enhancement: An NSF Report. Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin, James Moor, and John Weckert eds. National Science Foundation.
  10. “The Duty to Disclose (Even More) Adverse Clinical Trial Results,” (2009), in The American Journal of Bioethics, 9, 8: 33-34. (Commentary on S. Matthew Liao, Mark Sheehan, and Steve Clarke’s "The Duty to Disclose Adverse Clinical Trial Results”).

    11. Book Chapters and Conference Proceedings:

  11. “Making Free Trade Fair,” (forthcoming), in New Waves in Ethics. Vincent Hendricks and Duncan Pritchard eds. Palgrave and Macmillian, London, England.
  12. “Conserving Nature; Preserving Identity,” with David Wong, (forthcoming), in Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Property: The Ethics of Cultural and Environmental Sovereignty and Stewardship, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona.
  13. “Human Rights, Needs, and Autonomy,” (forthcoming) in the Proceedings for the 3rd International Conference on Philosophy, AITNER, Athens, Greece.
  14. “The Case for Renewable Energy and a New Energy Plan,” (2005), in the International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability, Common Ground Publishing, 1, 5, 197-208.

    15. Encyclopedia Articles and Reviews:

  15. “Global Poverty” (forthcoming), in The Encyclopedia of Global Justice, Deen Chaterjee ed.Oxford University Press, Oxford, approx. 2,000 words.
  16. “Libertarianism,” (forthcoming), in The Encyclopedia of Global Justice, Deen Chaterjee ed.Oxford University Press, Oxford, approx. 2,000 words.
  17. “Pharmaceutical Justice,” (forthcoming), in The Encyclopedia of Global Justice, Deen Chaterjee ed.Oxford University Press, Oxford, approx. 2,000 words.
  18. “Ideal Moral Theory,” (forthcoming), with Julian Culp in The Encyclopedia of Global Justice, Deen Chaterjee ed. Oxford University Press, Oxford, approx. 2,000 words.
  19. “Fair Trade,” (forthcoming), in The Encyclopedia of Global Justice, Deen Chaterjee ed. Oxford University Press, Oxford, approx. 2,000 words.
  20. “Free Trade,” (forthcoming), in The Encyclopedia of Global Justice, Deen Chaterjee ed. Oxford University Press, Oxford, approx. 2,000 words.
  21. “Gillian Brock,” (forthcoming), in The Encyclopedia of Global Justice, Deen Chaterjee ed. Oxford University Press, Oxford, approx. 2,000 words.
  22. “Global Poverty and Individual Responsibility: An Adequate Account?” Review of Abigail Gosselin, Global Poverty and Individual Responsibility. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers:  Lanham, MD, (2009), in Human Rights Review.
  23. Review, (2009), of Roderick T. Long and Tibor R. Machan, Anarchism/Minarchism: Is a Government Part of a Free Country? Ashgate, Aldershot, UK, in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Available at: http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=15866
  24. “Review of Global Justice: A Cosmopolitan Account,” (2009), of Gillian Brock, Global Justice: A Cosmopolitan Account. Oxford University Press: Oxford, (2009), in Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy.
  25. Review, with David Schmidtz, (2005), of Bryan G. Norton, Searching for Sustainability: Interdisciplinary Essays in the Philosophy of Conservation Biology. Cambridge University Press, New York, in Environmental Ethics, Spring, 93-96.
  26. “Energy Issues” (2005), in Social Issues: An Encyclopedia of Controversies, History, and Debates edited by James Ciment. M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, New York, 609-625.

Work in Progress:

  • Manuscript: The Water for the Sea: Achieving Global Justice in a Globalizing World                                
  • “Communitarian and Cosmopolitan Perspectives on Globalization and Culture” with David Wong
  • “Global Justice in a Globalizing World”
  • “Libertarian Welfare Rights?”
  • “Freedom and Autonomy”
  • “Fair Trade Bio”
  • “Basic Needs”
  • “Raz on the Right to Autonomy”
  • “Ideal Theory and Practice”
  • “More on Meeting Needs and Experimental Philosophy”
  • “Debt for Nature Swaps,” with Matt Frank
  • “Measuring Poverty and the Human Capabilities Approach”
  • “The Aesthetic Value of Nature”
  • “Human Rights, Public Health, and the Rules of Trade”

Upcoming Presentations:

  1. 2010 Invitation to present papers at the University of Manitoba’s Philosophy Department and Center for Professional and Applied Ethics, Winnipeg, Canada
  2. 2010 Invitation to present “Utopianism and the Ideal/Non-ideal Theory Distinction” at the Penn-Yale Works-in-Progress Philosophy Workshop on Utopianism in Moral, Political, and Legal Theory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  3. 2009 (October) Debt-for-Nature Swaps, Theodore and Frances Geballe Research Workshop in the Humanities, Center for Ethics and Society, Stanford University
  4. 2009 (October) BAFFLE talk, Berkeley, CA
  5. 2009 (October) “Global Climate Change and the Nature of Liberalism,” Ethics of Climate Change: Intergenerational Justice and the Global Challenge, Newark, Delaware
  6. 2009 (October) “Institutional Legitimacy, Individual Autonomy, and Global Justice,” Global Justice Workshop, Center for Ethics and Society, Stanford University

    7. Select Presentations:

  7. 2009 “Libertarians Welfare Rights?,” Joint Sessions of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association,  University of East Anglia, Norwich, England
  8. 2009, “Meeting Needs,” United Nations’ University, World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland
  9. 2009 “Fair Trade Bio,” invited presentation, department of philosophy, Newcastle on the Tyne, UK
  10. 2009 “Global Justice in a Globalizing World,” invited presentation, department of philosophy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
  11. 2009 “Why Libertarians Should Endorse Some Welfare Rights as Human Rights,” invited presentation, University of Washington Conference on Global Justice in the 21st Century, Seattle, Washington
  12. 2009 Invited discussant, Rutgers University Conference on James Griffin’s book On Human Rights, Rutgers, New Jersey
  13. 2009 Invited commentator on “Liberalism and the Problem of Religious Justification,” Central Division APA, Chicago, Illinois
  14. 2009 Invited commentator on “Not 'Who?' but 'Why?': Information and Consent in the Ethics of Contemporary Health Care Decision-making,” Pacific Division APA, Vancouver, Canada
  15. 2009 Invited Critic for the Symposium on Anarchism and Minarchism, Eastern Division APA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  16. 2009 “Conditions for Freedom in a Diverse World,” AMINTAPHIL conference on Free Speech in a Diverse World, Villanova University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  17. 2009 “Extending Access to Essential Drugs and Technologies: Making Trade in Pharmaceutical- and Bio- Technology Fair,” invited presentation, department of philosophy, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
  18. 2009 “Nanotechnology, Enhancement, and Human Nature,” invited presentation, University of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, Michigan
  19. 2009 “Debt-for-Nature Swaps,” presentation by Matt Frank (virtual attendance), International Society for Environmental Ethics and the International Association for Environmental Philosophy, Allenspark, Colorado
  20. 2008 “Fair Trade and Investment in Pharmaceutical- and Bio-technology,” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio
  21. 2008 “Should Libertarians Be (Some Kind of) Welfare Liberals?,” Rocky Mountain Ethics Conference, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
  22. 2008 “Why Libertarians Must Be Welfare Liberals,” invited presentation, department of philosophy, Leeds University, Leeds, England
  23. 2008 “Rights, Needs, and Autonomy,” 3rd International Conference on Philosophy, Athens, Greece
  24. 2008 “Why Libertarians Should be Welfare Liberals,” invited paper for The Morris Colloquium, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
  25. 2008 “Free Trade, Poverty, and Climate Change,” Pacific Division APA Special Session Arranged by the Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs, Pasadena, California
  26. 2008 Invited commentator on “The Pond, the Envelope, and the Vintage Sedan: Taking Global Poverty Seriously,” Pacific Division APA, Pasadena, California
  27. 2008 “Free Trade and the Environment,” Energy and Responsibility: A Conference on Ethics and the Environment, Knoxville, Tennessee
  28. 2007 “Free Trade, Poverty, and the Environment,” Environment Energy Ethics Conference, Newark, Delaware
  29. 2007 “Rights, Needs, and Autonomy,” Northwest Philosophy Conference, Portland, Oregon
  30. 2007 Discussant, Applied Philosophy as Common Ground, Princeton, New Jersey
  31. 2007 “Securing Autonomy; Meeting Needs,” “Health Aid,” and “World Poverty and Individual Freedom,” invited presentations, departments of philosophy and medical history and ethics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
  32. 2007 “Human Rights, Population Health, Trade and Aid” and “World Poverty and Individual Freedom,” invited presentations, department of philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  33. 2007 “Shrinking Distance,” invited presentation, department of philosophy, John Hopkins/Georgetown University, Washington, D. C.
  34. 2007 “Conserving Nature, Preserving Identity,” with David Wong, invited paper and presentation, Conference on the Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Property: The Ethics of Cultural and Environmental Sovereignty and Stewardship, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
  35. 2007 “Global Justice in a Globalizing World,” invited presentation, department of philosophy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
  36. 2007 “World Poverty and Individual Freedom,” invited presentation, department of philosophy, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida
  37. 2007 “Making Free Trade Fair: Global Justice and Climate Change,” invited presentation, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
  38. 2006 “Evaluating the Impact of the International Financial Institutions: Growth, Inequality, and World Poverty,” Ethics and Africa Conference, Cape Town, South Africa
  39. 2006 “Needs and Autonomy,” invited presentation, department of philosophy, Kwazulu-Natal University, Durban, South Africa
  40. 2006 “World Poverty and Individual Freedom,” Pacific Division APA, Portland, Oregon (see prizes)
  41. 2006 Invited Commentator on the Symposium on Globalization, Trade, and the Poor, Pacific Division APA, Portland, Oregon
  42. 2006 Invited Commentator on “The Impossibility of Pornographic Art,” Pacific Division APA Special Session Arranged by the American Society for Aesthetics, Portland, Oregon
  43. 2006 “Legitimacy, Autonomy, and Basic Needs,” invited Presentation, department of philosophy, University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona
  44. 2006 “Autonomy and Needs,” University of Arizona Colloquium Series, Tucson, Arizona
  45. 2005 “The Moral Permissibility of Infanticide,” with Uriah Kreigal, and “Global Justice in a Globalizing World,” The 32nd Conference on Value Inquiry, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  46. 2005 “Hobbes’ Rationality Theory of Conflict,” Pacific Division APA Special Session arranged by the International Hobbes Association, San Francisco, California
  47. 2005 “The Case for Renewable Energy,” International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, Oahu, Hawaii
  48. 2005 “The Transformative Value of Nature,” invited presentation, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado
  49. 2005 “Wildness and Aesthetic Appreciation,” University of Arizona Colloquium Series, Tucson, Arizona
  50. 2004 “Aesthetic Appreciation of the Environment,” American Society for Aesthetics Pacific Division Conference, Asilomar, California
  51. 2004 “Paradox and the Fictional Philosophical Composition,” Society for Exact Philosophy, Vancouver, Washington
  52. 2004 Commentary on “Dworkin’s Theory of Justified Paternalism” by Mark Engleson at The Second Annual Mardi Gras Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Ethics, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  53. 2006 “World Poverty and Individual Freedom,” Loyola Graduate Student Conference in Philosophy, Chicago, Illinois
  54. 2004 “Environmental Ethics, Religion, and Conflict Resolution,” Erasmus Summer Institute on Environmental Ethics, Portland, Oregon
  55. 2003 “Paradox and the Fictional Philosophical Proposition,” Rocky Mountain Philosophy Conference, Boulder, Colorado

Honors, Grants, Seminars and Institutes:

  • 2008-2009 Falk Fellowship
  • 2006-2007 American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship
    • One of about forty national fellowships awarded for the final year of dissertation work
  • 2006 Pacific Division APA Outstanding Paper Prize (see professional presentations)
  • 2006 Fink Prize for Best Overall Performance in the Graduate Program, University of Arizona
  • 2006 University of Chapel Hill Philosophy Department Research Grant
  • 2006 National Science Foundation Travel Grant
  • 2005 Earhart Foundation Fellowship
    • Research fellowship for one semester
  • 2005-2006 University of Arizona Graduate College Fellowship
  • 2005-2006 University of Arizona Graduate College Student Travel Grants
  • 2003-2006 University of Arizona Philosophy Department Graduate Student Travel Grants
  • 2006 Vienna International Summer University in Philosophy and Economics, Vienna, Austria
  • 2005 Summer Seminar on Globalization, Institute for Humane Studies, Denver, Colorado
  • 2004 The Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality, Berlin, Germany
  • 2004 Erasmus Summer Institute on Environmental Ethics, Portland, Oregon (see presentations)
  • 2001 University of Arizona Philosophy Department Graduate Student Grant

Courses:

  • Philosophy 80-247: Ethics and Global Economics, fall, 2009, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Philosophy 80-244: Environmental Ethics, fall 2008, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Philosophy 80-136: Social Structure, Public Policy & Ethical Dilemmas, fall 2008, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Philosophy 80-247 Health, Development and Human Rights, spring 2008, co-taught with Alex London Carnegie Mellon University
  • Philosophy 80-136: Social Structure, Public Policy & Ethical Dilemmas, fall 2007, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Philosophy 30: Applied Ethics, spring 2005, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
  • Philosophy 39: Business Ethics, fall 2005, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
  • Philosophy 322: Business Ethics, fall 2004, University of Arizona
  • Philosophy 323: Environmental Ethics, summer 2004, University of Arizona
  • Philosophy 322: Business Ethics, spring 2004, University of Arizona
  • Philosophy 101: Critical Thinking, fall 2003, University of Arizona
  • Philosophy 323: Environmental Ethics, summer 2003, University of Arizona
  • Philosophy 101: Critical Thinking, winter 2002, University of Arizona
  • Introduction to Philosophy of Mind (assisted), spring 2003, University of Arizona
  • Introduction to Ethics, fall 2002 (assisted), University of Arizona
  • Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy (assisted), spring 2001, University of Arizona
  • Introduction to Philosophy of Science, fall 2001 (assisted), University of Arizona

Other Professional Activities:

  • 2008 Reviewer for Synthese
  • 2005- Reviewer for the Journal of Value Inquiry
  • 2008-2009 Reviewer for book proposals in political philosophy with Cambridge University Press and Acumen Press and for a journal and book in environmental ethics with Blackwell Press
  • 2008 Reviewer for Fall 2008 Political Philosophy Podcast Symposium available at: http://publicreason.net/2008/09/15/political-philosophy-podcast-synmposium-schedule/
  • 2006 Reviewer, Ethics and Radiological Protection
  • 2006 University of North Carolina Fellow, Parr Center for Ethics
  • 2005 Associate Editor for the premiere issue of the International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability
  • 2005 Consultant, Sustain Hawaii
  • 2004 Researcher, Philippines Community Organizers Society, Philippines
  • 2005 Graduate Student Representative to the Faculty, University of Arizona
  • Public lectures: Carnegie Mellon’s International Festival 2007: Global Exchange: Trade, Rights & Welfare in a New World Economy and Lakewood Colorado’s Rotary International
  • Volunteer work: Bay Islands Conservation Association (Honduras), La Esperanza, (Nicaragua), IFC Homeless Shelter (North Carolina), The Oasis Center (Arizona), and Boulder County Homeless Shelter (Colorado)
  • Professional associations with which I have been affiliated: The American Philosophical Association, American Section of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, North American Society for Social Philosophy, Aristotelian Society

 

 

  
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