JOHN THOMAS BRITTINGHAM, PhD
267-664-1767 | Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Dissertation: A Phenomenology of Incarnate Experience
Committee: Dr. Anthony J. Steinbock (Chair, Stony Brook University), Dr. Jeffery Bloechl (Boston College), Dr. Ken Stikkers (SIUC), Dr. Sara Beardsworth (SIUC), Dr. Stephen Tyman (SIUC)
Master of Arts in Philosophy
Boston College
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Religion, and Literature
Greenville University
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
5/2020-Present Graphic World, Inc.
Instructional Designer, Content Development Unit
-Provide program management and project coordination for a variety of assessments included in undergraduate textbooks for a number of publishers.
-Direct subject matter experts in evidence-based assessment creation practices and provide coaching for promoting student learning.
-Provide developmental editing, connection to resources, and pedagogical consultation with subject matter experts and publishers.
-Work with publishers, subject matter experts, and team members to provide editing and assessment design for a number of paper, video, and online-oriented projects.
8/2015-5/2020 Greenville University
Director of McAllaster Scholars Honors Program
-Managed the development, delivery, and assessment of honors courses for a 100+ student program.
-Developed honors curriculum, instructed program courses, advised students, planned and implemented an honors program strategic plan, planned and delivered approximately 7 events a year over the course of 5 years as program director.
-Directed student departmental honors theses, served as a reader on departmental honors theses, redesigned the McAllaster Lecture to focus on junior scholar research and student research formation.
Instructor of Philosophy
-Taught undergraduate philosophy courses for philosophy majors and general education courses for the entire student population.
-Developed curriculum for majors, general population, and experimental settings.
-Collaborated with colleagues in co-designing and co-teaching of innovative interdisciplinary pedagogical courses during January term.
-Developed curriculum and instructional design of online courses and delivered them multiple semesters.
-Served as Director of the Senior Interdisciplinary Capstone program where I developed the curriculum, mentored student groups, coordinated project development for groups, helped plan annual presentation of student research on a project that incorporated a variety of disciplines.
-Advised and mentored students in honors and in the Bastian School.
-Redesigned the Philosophy Major curriculum, developed new program objectives for the Philosophy Major, participated in bi-annual assessment of majors.
-Developed model Lightboard for use in online teaching videos as well as instructional resources regarding its use.
8/2014-7/2015 Greenville University
Teaching Fellow
-Taught undergraduate philosophy courses for philosophy majors and general education courses for the entire student population.
-Co-taught the introductory freshman honors course as well as specialized honors seminar (Arts of Saint Louis).
1/2011-5/2021 Greenville University
Adjunct Professor
-Taught undergraduate philosophy courses for philosophy majors and general education courses for the entire student population.
1/2013-5/2015 Kaskaskia College
Adjunct Professor
-Taught undergraduate philosophy courses for general education program serving the entire student population.
OTHER ACADEMIC POSITIONS
6/2010-7/2017 Duke University/University of Georgia
Duke University Talent Identification Program, Summer Studies Instructor
-Taught the Philosophy of Knowledge course to academically gifted high school students attending the Summer Studies program at the University of Georgia Site.
-Developed curriculum, experimented with new pedagogical models, mentored students and Teaching Assistants, developed and delivered extracurricular events.
8/2010-5/2014 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Continental Philosophy Review Editorial Assistant
-Worked as an assistant to the editor-in-chief of the academic journal.
-Copy edited manuscripts, recruited and communicated with reviewers, authors, and publishers. Approved galley edits.
-Occasionally acted as a manuscript reviewer.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Latin American and Caribbean Philosophy (Specifically Puerto Rico)
Culturally Responsive, Inclusive, Decolonial Pedagogy
Phenomenology
History of 19th and 20th Century Western Philosophy
Honors Education
AWARDS AND HONORS
2019 Invited Participant, CCCU Honors Directors Roundtable
Cohort member, CCCU Multi-Ethnic Leadership Development Institute
2006 Enoch A. Holtwick Literary Award, Greenville University
2002 Dean’s Scholarship Award, Greenville University
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING
2020 University of Maryland/EdX
Certification in Learning Theories and Instructional Design Models
-Received instruction in various theories of learning at work in higher education environments.
-Received instruction in major Instructional Design models, assessment methods, and teaching strategies.
2019 Council of Christian Colleges and Universities
Multi-Ethnic Leadership Development Institute Participant
-Developed a year-long Professional Development Plan
-Shadowed Dr. Theodore Szeto, Director of Academic Success at Azusa Pacific University
2019 CCCU Diversity Conference at George Fox University
National Collegiate Honors Council
Annual Conference Participant
Greenville University
Online Instruction Certification Program Pilot Group
Center for Teaching and Learning Seminars (2015-present)
2017 Council of Christian Colleges and Universities
New Faculty Institute Participant
Andrews Chair in Christian Unity/Greenville University
Building Bridges Leadership and Racial Justice Seminar with Dr. Christena Cleveland, event participant
2016 University of Illinois
Faculty Summer Institute
-Received instruction in a variety of educational technologies and associated pedagogies.
2015 Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford/CCCU
Honors Directors at Faith-Based Institutions Workshop
PUBLICATIONS
This Is My Body: Philosophical Reflections on the Body in a Wesleyan Spirit. Co-Editor w/ Christina Smerick. Pickwick Publications (February 2016)
“Four on the Floor: Music, Liturgy, Phenomenology” in Philosophical Reflections on Liturgy and Worship. Edited by Curtis Holtzen and Matthew Hill. Claremont School of Theology Press (October 2016)
“What We Think About Our Thinking: Digital Humanities and Philosophy as a Way of Life” in Ontic Flows. Edited by Matt Bernico and Manuela Kolke. Atropos Press. (August 2016)
“Introduction: The Body as Problematic, the Body as Theme” in This Is My Body: Philosophical Reflections on the Body in a Wesleyan Spirit. Co-Editor w/ Christina Smerick. Pickwick Publications
“Sign and Economy” in Gift and Economy, edited by Eric Severson, Cambridge Scholars Press 2012. ISBN: 978-1443833837
“The Birth of Tragedy From the Spirit of Baltimore” in The Wire and
Philosophy, edited by Seth Vannatta, David Bzdak, and Joanna Crosby,Open Court Press. 2013 ISBN: 978-0812698237
“Celebrity as the Sickness Unto Death” in Chuck Klosterman and
Philosophy, edited by Seth Vannatta. Open Court Press 2012. ISBN: 978-0812697629
Review of Derrida: A Biography by Benoit Peeters, Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy vol. 21 (May 2013),
http://jffp.org/ojs/index.php/jffp/article/view/592
PRESENTATIONS
"The Inclusive Word: On Diversity Work, Higher Education, and The Uses of Bible Words" at the Wesleyan Theological Society Annual Meeting, March 11, 2022
“Disaster Transport: Climate Migration and the Transformation of Refugee Status or, Puertorriquenos and the dangers of Quasi-Americana” at the Wesleyan Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, March 5, 2020
“Different is Good”: Greenville University Honors at the CCCU Honors Directors Roundtable, October 25, 2019
“Resistant Bodies: The body as the site of corporate struggle in Puerto Rico and its Diaspora” at the Caribbean Philosophical Association Annual Conference, June 6, 2019
“I’d Rather Not Persist as a Colony: Puerto Rico and the Legacy of American Coloniality” at the Wesleyan Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, March 14, 2019
“Decolonizing Identity Politics” at the Wesleyan Philosophical Society Annual Meeting, March 8, 2018
“No One Man”: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Black Panther as Messiah and Not for the Midwest Popular and American Culture Association Annual Conference, Saint Louis MO, October 18-22, 2017
http://mpcaaca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/St.Louis-ProgramDraft2-7-15-1.pdf
“Microscopes Have Feelings Too” at the Wesleyan Philosophical Society Annual Meeting, March 10, 2016
“Four on the Floor: Philosophical Reflections on Liturgy and Music” at the Wesleyan Philosophical Society Annual Meeting, March 5, 2015.
“Body and Method: Merleau-Ponty on Institution” at the Society for Christian Philosophers/Society for Continental Philosophy and Theology Joint Conference, March 29, 2014.
“My Body for Others: On Intersubjectivity” at the Wesleyan Philosophical Society Annual Meeting, March 5, 2014.
“Embodying Liturgical Knowledge” at the Wesleyan Philosophical Society Annual Meeting, March 21, 2013.
“Celebrity as the Sickness Unto Death” at Bowling Green Popular Culture Annual Conference, Bowling Green University, March 30th, 2012.
“Intricacies of the Flesh: Incarnate Experience in Levinas and Merleau-Ponty” at the Wesleyan Philosophical Society Annual Meeting, March 2, 2012
“Intricacies of the Flesh: Incarnate Experience in Levinas and Merleau-Ponty” at the American Philosophical Association Central division Meeting, February 16th, 2012
“From Sensus Communis to Social Imaginary” for the 2011 Society for Ricoeur Studies Annual Conference, Philadelphia PA, October 2011
“Sprawling Ideologies or The Specter of Suburbia in Popular Culture and Consciousness” at the 2011 Annual Conference of the Wesleyan Philosophical Society. March 3, 2011
“Pharmakonomics: Economy and the Contamination of the Gift” at the 2010 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Spring Semester Agora/Philosophical Forum. April 9, 2010
“Pharmakonomics: Economy and the Contamination of the Gift” at the 2010 Annual Conference of the Wesleyan Philosophical Society March 4, 2010
“Narrating Evil: Emplotment, Truth, and Human Suffering” at the 2009 Annual Conference of the Wesleyan Philosophical Society, March 5, 2009
INVITED KEYNOTES AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
“Stoicism or walking it off as a way of life” invited lecture for Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Northwestern Nazarene University, Fall 2020.
“Incarnate Experience” invited guest on the Systematically Podcast, July 2019 (https://bit.ly/3aqA8s5).
“Disciplinary Power: An Introduction to Foucault and the Surveillance State” invited lecture for UNIV 401 Spring 2018.
“Camping Out with John Brittingham” invited guest on The Magnificast podcast, June 2017 (https://spoti.fi/3n0fyUs)
“Ethics as Orientation or Some Thoughts on a Non-specific Occasion About Having and Being a Neighbor” talk for Greenville College Chapel, April 4th, 2016
“Loving God With Our Minds” for Junior Class Chapel, Greenville College, October 23, 2015
“The Changing Face of Greenville College: Precarious Labor” for the Greenville College Faculty Forum, April 9, 2014
“The Value of Friendship: On Thinking With Others” talk for Greenville College Chapel, March 27, 2013
“Noble Lies and Fearless Speech: Resources in Plato for Politics in Crisis”; guest lecture in PHL 311: History of Political Philosophy, December 13, 2011
“Against the State: Social Contract Theory and its Cultured Despisers”; guest lecture in PHL 311: History of Political Philosophy, September 22nd, 2011.
“The Peace of Empire: Levinas and the Rights of “Man””; Greenville College Philosophy Club Conference, March 26th, 2011.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Greenville University:
PHIL 201 Major Issues in Philosophy (Spring 2011-2020)
PHIL 250 History of Philosophy 1 (Fall 2015-2020)
PHIL 251 History of Philosophy 2 (Spring 2012-2020)
PHIL 270 Philosophy of Science (Spring 2015-2017)
PHIL 280 Introduction to Logic (Fall 2014-2016)
PHIL 310 Philosophy of Religion (Fall 2016)
PHIL 311 History of Political Philosophy (Fall 2015-2017)
PHIL 330 Ethics (Spring 2015-2020)
PHIL 360 Topics in Global Philosophy (Spring 2018-2020)
PHIL 399 Philosophy of Art (Interterm 2013)
HONR 105 Humanities 1: Writing and Liberal Arts (Fall 2015-2019)
HONR 110 On Authenticity (Spring 2013/2016)
HONR 110 Arts of Saint Louis (Spring 2015)
UNIV 401 Advanced Integrative Studies (Fall 2018-Spring 2021)
GNRL 170 Coffee: The Cup of In/Justice (Jan 2013-2017)
Kaskaskia College:
PHIL 119 Ethics (Fall 2013)
PHIL 120 Logic (Spring 2013-2014)
Philosophy of Knowledge (Summer 2010-2017) Duke University Talent Identification Program--Summer Studies Program at University of Georgia
ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Philosophy program course design consultation, Northwest Nazarene University, 2020-2021
President of the Wesleyan Philosophical Society (2017-2018); Organizer of the 2017 Annual Conference of the Wesleyan Philosophical Society on the topic of Philosophy, Religion, and Race.
Merleau-Ponty Reading Group, Greenville University, Spring 2013
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Faculty Diversity Committee
-Served as Chair and co-chair of the Faculty Diversity Committee.
-Participated in the development of new Global Foundations requirements for general education curriculum.
-Assessed and advised faculty on inclusive pedagogical practices for Global Foundations courses.
-Collaborated in the facilitation of diversity and inclusion programming for university faculty and staff.
-Developed guidelines and first sample of “Statement on Pedagogical Inclusion of Diversity” for use in the faculty review process for future review cycles.
General Education Committee
-Collaborated in the assessment of new courses for general education curriculum.
-Collaborated in the development of new guidelines for student learning outcome assessments.
-Aided in development of new Writing Intensive Course guidelines.
-Participated in the redesign of University General Education Capstone course infrastructure and assessment plan.
Research Faculty Learning Community
-Participated in a writing group that developed faculty research projects, held members accountable for work, and provided peer review of work, developmental editing.
Honors Thesis Bootcamp
-Partnered with the Library for providing students with guidelines, advice, and early project development mentoring for their senior departmental honors thesis projects.
Faculty-in-Residence, Intentional Community House, Greenville University 2011-2014
-Served as faculty mentor for students living in an intentional community house close to the campus of Greenville University.
-Provided student mentoring, academic tutoring, and community programming for approximately 20 students in off-campus houses.
Provost’s Council (2015/2016 School Year)
Chair of Honors Council for McAllaster Scholars Program (2015/2016 School Year)
Student Assessment Review for Higher Learning Commission Accreditation visit, Spring 2014-2020
Departmental Honors Thesis Director and Committee Member (2015-2020)
COR 401 Group Mentor, SP 2014, FA 2014, SP2016, FA2016
Proposal for Reorganization of Majors/Departments requested for Academic Program Prioritization Committee--Center for Visual Culture and Media Studies, 2014/2015 School Year
Reviewer for Committee on Student Progress towards Philosophy Major in preparation for Departmental Review, 2013-2019
Greenville College Foundations Project, Transitions Committee, 2012-2013
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Caribbean Philosophical Association
Wesleyan Philosophical Association (President 2017)
Multi-Ethnic Leadership Development Institute 2019
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
National Collegiate Honors Council
267-664-1767 | Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Dissertation: A Phenomenology of Incarnate Experience
Committee: Dr. Anthony J. Steinbock (Chair, Stony Brook University), Dr. Jeffery Bloechl (Boston College), Dr. Ken Stikkers (SIUC), Dr. Sara Beardsworth (SIUC), Dr. Stephen Tyman (SIUC)
Master of Arts in Philosophy
Boston College
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Religion, and Literature
Greenville University
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
5/2020-Present Graphic World, Inc.
Instructional Designer, Content Development Unit
-Provide program management and project coordination for a variety of assessments included in undergraduate textbooks for a number of publishers.
-Direct subject matter experts in evidence-based assessment creation practices and provide coaching for promoting student learning.
-Provide developmental editing, connection to resources, and pedagogical consultation with subject matter experts and publishers.
-Work with publishers, subject matter experts, and team members to provide editing and assessment design for a number of paper, video, and online-oriented projects.
8/2015-5/2020 Greenville University
Director of McAllaster Scholars Honors Program
-Managed the development, delivery, and assessment of honors courses for a 100+ student program.
-Developed honors curriculum, instructed program courses, advised students, planned and implemented an honors program strategic plan, planned and delivered approximately 7 events a year over the course of 5 years as program director.
-Directed student departmental honors theses, served as a reader on departmental honors theses, redesigned the McAllaster Lecture to focus on junior scholar research and student research formation.
Instructor of Philosophy
-Taught undergraduate philosophy courses for philosophy majors and general education courses for the entire student population.
-Developed curriculum for majors, general population, and experimental settings.
-Collaborated with colleagues in co-designing and co-teaching of innovative interdisciplinary pedagogical courses during January term.
-Developed curriculum and instructional design of online courses and delivered them multiple semesters.
-Served as Director of the Senior Interdisciplinary Capstone program where I developed the curriculum, mentored student groups, coordinated project development for groups, helped plan annual presentation of student research on a project that incorporated a variety of disciplines.
-Advised and mentored students in honors and in the Bastian School.
-Redesigned the Philosophy Major curriculum, developed new program objectives for the Philosophy Major, participated in bi-annual assessment of majors.
-Developed model Lightboard for use in online teaching videos as well as instructional resources regarding its use.
8/2014-7/2015 Greenville University
Teaching Fellow
-Taught undergraduate philosophy courses for philosophy majors and general education courses for the entire student population.
-Co-taught the introductory freshman honors course as well as specialized honors seminar (Arts of Saint Louis).
1/2011-5/2021 Greenville University
Adjunct Professor
-Taught undergraduate philosophy courses for philosophy majors and general education courses for the entire student population.
1/2013-5/2015 Kaskaskia College
Adjunct Professor
-Taught undergraduate philosophy courses for general education program serving the entire student population.
OTHER ACADEMIC POSITIONS
6/2010-7/2017 Duke University/University of Georgia
Duke University Talent Identification Program, Summer Studies Instructor
-Taught the Philosophy of Knowledge course to academically gifted high school students attending the Summer Studies program at the University of Georgia Site.
-Developed curriculum, experimented with new pedagogical models, mentored students and Teaching Assistants, developed and delivered extracurricular events.
8/2010-5/2014 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Continental Philosophy Review Editorial Assistant
-Worked as an assistant to the editor-in-chief of the academic journal.
-Copy edited manuscripts, recruited and communicated with reviewers, authors, and publishers. Approved galley edits.
-Occasionally acted as a manuscript reviewer.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Latin American and Caribbean Philosophy (Specifically Puerto Rico)
Culturally Responsive, Inclusive, Decolonial Pedagogy
Phenomenology
History of 19th and 20th Century Western Philosophy
Honors Education
AWARDS AND HONORS
2019 Invited Participant, CCCU Honors Directors Roundtable
Cohort member, CCCU Multi-Ethnic Leadership Development Institute
2006 Enoch A. Holtwick Literary Award, Greenville University
2002 Dean’s Scholarship Award, Greenville University
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING
2020 University of Maryland/EdX
Certification in Learning Theories and Instructional Design Models
-Received instruction in various theories of learning at work in higher education environments.
-Received instruction in major Instructional Design models, assessment methods, and teaching strategies.
2019 Council of Christian Colleges and Universities
Multi-Ethnic Leadership Development Institute Participant
-Developed a year-long Professional Development Plan
-Shadowed Dr. Theodore Szeto, Director of Academic Success at Azusa Pacific University
2019 CCCU Diversity Conference at George Fox University
National Collegiate Honors Council
Annual Conference Participant
Greenville University
Online Instruction Certification Program Pilot Group
Center for Teaching and Learning Seminars (2015-present)
2017 Council of Christian Colleges and Universities
New Faculty Institute Participant
Andrews Chair in Christian Unity/Greenville University
Building Bridges Leadership and Racial Justice Seminar with Dr. Christena Cleveland, event participant
2016 University of Illinois
Faculty Summer Institute
-Received instruction in a variety of educational technologies and associated pedagogies.
2015 Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford/CCCU
Honors Directors at Faith-Based Institutions Workshop
PUBLICATIONS
This Is My Body: Philosophical Reflections on the Body in a Wesleyan Spirit. Co-Editor w/ Christina Smerick. Pickwick Publications (February 2016)
“Four on the Floor: Music, Liturgy, Phenomenology” in Philosophical Reflections on Liturgy and Worship. Edited by Curtis Holtzen and Matthew Hill. Claremont School of Theology Press (October 2016)
“What We Think About Our Thinking: Digital Humanities and Philosophy as a Way of Life” in Ontic Flows. Edited by Matt Bernico and Manuela Kolke. Atropos Press. (August 2016)
“Introduction: The Body as Problematic, the Body as Theme” in This Is My Body: Philosophical Reflections on the Body in a Wesleyan Spirit. Co-Editor w/ Christina Smerick. Pickwick Publications
“Sign and Economy” in Gift and Economy, edited by Eric Severson, Cambridge Scholars Press 2012. ISBN: 978-1443833837
“The Birth of Tragedy From the Spirit of Baltimore” in The Wire and
Philosophy, edited by Seth Vannatta, David Bzdak, and Joanna Crosby,Open Court Press. 2013 ISBN: 978-0812698237
“Celebrity as the Sickness Unto Death” in Chuck Klosterman and
Philosophy, edited by Seth Vannatta. Open Court Press 2012. ISBN: 978-0812697629
Review of Derrida: A Biography by Benoit Peeters, Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy vol. 21 (May 2013),
http://jffp.org/ojs/index.php/jffp/article/view/592
PRESENTATIONS
"The Inclusive Word: On Diversity Work, Higher Education, and The Uses of Bible Words" at the Wesleyan Theological Society Annual Meeting, March 11, 2022
“Disaster Transport: Climate Migration and the Transformation of Refugee Status or, Puertorriquenos and the dangers of Quasi-Americana” at the Wesleyan Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, March 5, 2020
“Different is Good”: Greenville University Honors at the CCCU Honors Directors Roundtable, October 25, 2019
“Resistant Bodies: The body as the site of corporate struggle in Puerto Rico and its Diaspora” at the Caribbean Philosophical Association Annual Conference, June 6, 2019
“I’d Rather Not Persist as a Colony: Puerto Rico and the Legacy of American Coloniality” at the Wesleyan Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, March 14, 2019
“Decolonizing Identity Politics” at the Wesleyan Philosophical Society Annual Meeting, March 8, 2018
“No One Man”: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Black Panther as Messiah and Not for the Midwest Popular and American Culture Association Annual Conference, Saint Louis MO, October 18-22, 2017
http://mpcaaca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/St.Louis-ProgramDraft2-7-15-1.pdf
“Microscopes Have Feelings Too” at the Wesleyan Philosophical Society Annual Meeting, March 10, 2016
“Four on the Floor: Philosophical Reflections on Liturgy and Music” at the Wesleyan Philosophical Society Annual Meeting, March 5, 2015.
“Body and Method: Merleau-Ponty on Institution” at the Society for Christian Philosophers/Society for Continental Philosophy and Theology Joint Conference, March 29, 2014.
“My Body for Others: On Intersubjectivity” at the Wesleyan Philosophical Society Annual Meeting, March 5, 2014.
“Embodying Liturgical Knowledge” at the Wesleyan Philosophical Society Annual Meeting, March 21, 2013.
“Celebrity as the Sickness Unto Death” at Bowling Green Popular Culture Annual Conference, Bowling Green University, March 30th, 2012.
“Intricacies of the Flesh: Incarnate Experience in Levinas and Merleau-Ponty” at the Wesleyan Philosophical Society Annual Meeting, March 2, 2012
“Intricacies of the Flesh: Incarnate Experience in Levinas and Merleau-Ponty” at the American Philosophical Association Central division Meeting, February 16th, 2012
“From Sensus Communis to Social Imaginary” for the 2011 Society for Ricoeur Studies Annual Conference, Philadelphia PA, October 2011
“Sprawling Ideologies or The Specter of Suburbia in Popular Culture and Consciousness” at the 2011 Annual Conference of the Wesleyan Philosophical Society. March 3, 2011
“Pharmakonomics: Economy and the Contamination of the Gift” at the 2010 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Spring Semester Agora/Philosophical Forum. April 9, 2010
“Pharmakonomics: Economy and the Contamination of the Gift” at the 2010 Annual Conference of the Wesleyan Philosophical Society March 4, 2010
“Narrating Evil: Emplotment, Truth, and Human Suffering” at the 2009 Annual Conference of the Wesleyan Philosophical Society, March 5, 2009
INVITED KEYNOTES AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
“Stoicism or walking it off as a way of life” invited lecture for Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Northwestern Nazarene University, Fall 2020.
“Incarnate Experience” invited guest on the Systematically Podcast, July 2019 (https://bit.ly/3aqA8s5).
“Disciplinary Power: An Introduction to Foucault and the Surveillance State” invited lecture for UNIV 401 Spring 2018.
“Camping Out with John Brittingham” invited guest on The Magnificast podcast, June 2017 (https://spoti.fi/3n0fyUs)
“Ethics as Orientation or Some Thoughts on a Non-specific Occasion About Having and Being a Neighbor” talk for Greenville College Chapel, April 4th, 2016
“Loving God With Our Minds” for Junior Class Chapel, Greenville College, October 23, 2015
“The Changing Face of Greenville College: Precarious Labor” for the Greenville College Faculty Forum, April 9, 2014
“The Value of Friendship: On Thinking With Others” talk for Greenville College Chapel, March 27, 2013
“Noble Lies and Fearless Speech: Resources in Plato for Politics in Crisis”; guest lecture in PHL 311: History of Political Philosophy, December 13, 2011
“Against the State: Social Contract Theory and its Cultured Despisers”; guest lecture in PHL 311: History of Political Philosophy, September 22nd, 2011.
“The Peace of Empire: Levinas and the Rights of “Man””; Greenville College Philosophy Club Conference, March 26th, 2011.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Greenville University:
PHIL 201 Major Issues in Philosophy (Spring 2011-2020)
PHIL 250 History of Philosophy 1 (Fall 2015-2020)
PHIL 251 History of Philosophy 2 (Spring 2012-2020)
PHIL 270 Philosophy of Science (Spring 2015-2017)
PHIL 280 Introduction to Logic (Fall 2014-2016)
PHIL 310 Philosophy of Religion (Fall 2016)
PHIL 311 History of Political Philosophy (Fall 2015-2017)
PHIL 330 Ethics (Spring 2015-2020)
PHIL 360 Topics in Global Philosophy (Spring 2018-2020)
PHIL 399 Philosophy of Art (Interterm 2013)
HONR 105 Humanities 1: Writing and Liberal Arts (Fall 2015-2019)
HONR 110 On Authenticity (Spring 2013/2016)
HONR 110 Arts of Saint Louis (Spring 2015)
UNIV 401 Advanced Integrative Studies (Fall 2018-Spring 2021)
GNRL 170 Coffee: The Cup of In/Justice (Jan 2013-2017)
Kaskaskia College:
PHIL 119 Ethics (Fall 2013)
PHIL 120 Logic (Spring 2013-2014)
Philosophy of Knowledge (Summer 2010-2017) Duke University Talent Identification Program--Summer Studies Program at University of Georgia
ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Philosophy program course design consultation, Northwest Nazarene University, 2020-2021
President of the Wesleyan Philosophical Society (2017-2018); Organizer of the 2017 Annual Conference of the Wesleyan Philosophical Society on the topic of Philosophy, Religion, and Race.
Merleau-Ponty Reading Group, Greenville University, Spring 2013
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Faculty Diversity Committee
-Served as Chair and co-chair of the Faculty Diversity Committee.
-Participated in the development of new Global Foundations requirements for general education curriculum.
-Assessed and advised faculty on inclusive pedagogical practices for Global Foundations courses.
-Collaborated in the facilitation of diversity and inclusion programming for university faculty and staff.
-Developed guidelines and first sample of “Statement on Pedagogical Inclusion of Diversity” for use in the faculty review process for future review cycles.
General Education Committee
-Collaborated in the assessment of new courses for general education curriculum.
-Collaborated in the development of new guidelines for student learning outcome assessments.
-Aided in development of new Writing Intensive Course guidelines.
-Participated in the redesign of University General Education Capstone course infrastructure and assessment plan.
Research Faculty Learning Community
-Participated in a writing group that developed faculty research projects, held members accountable for work, and provided peer review of work, developmental editing.
Honors Thesis Bootcamp
-Partnered with the Library for providing students with guidelines, advice, and early project development mentoring for their senior departmental honors thesis projects.
Faculty-in-Residence, Intentional Community House, Greenville University 2011-2014
-Served as faculty mentor for students living in an intentional community house close to the campus of Greenville University.
-Provided student mentoring, academic tutoring, and community programming for approximately 20 students in off-campus houses.
Provost’s Council (2015/2016 School Year)
Chair of Honors Council for McAllaster Scholars Program (2015/2016 School Year)
Student Assessment Review for Higher Learning Commission Accreditation visit, Spring 2014-2020
Departmental Honors Thesis Director and Committee Member (2015-2020)
COR 401 Group Mentor, SP 2014, FA 2014, SP2016, FA2016
Proposal for Reorganization of Majors/Departments requested for Academic Program Prioritization Committee--Center for Visual Culture and Media Studies, 2014/2015 School Year
Reviewer for Committee on Student Progress towards Philosophy Major in preparation for Departmental Review, 2013-2019
Greenville College Foundations Project, Transitions Committee, 2012-2013
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Caribbean Philosophical Association
Wesleyan Philosophical Association (President 2017)
Multi-Ethnic Leadership Development Institute 2019
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
National Collegiate Honors Council