Professional Documents
Culture Documents
of
ROBIN S. DILLON
September 2013
Department of Philosophy
Lehigh University
15 University Drive
Bethlehem, PA 18015
USA
610-758-3776
fax 610-758-3790
rsd2@lehigh.edu
Appointments
Lehigh University:
Chairperson, Department of Philosophy, 2011-
William Wilson Selfridge Professor of Philosophy, 2009-
Professor of Philosophy, 2008-
Associate Professor of Philosophy, 1993-2008
Director of Women's Studies, 1994-2001
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 1987-1993
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Visiting Assistant Professor, 1991-92
Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges, Fall 1989
Consortial Professor
Education
University of Pittsburgh:
Ph.D. 1987, Philosophy
M.A. 1981, Philosophy
B.A. 1978, summa cum laude, honors in Philosophy
Lafayette College: 1973-1975
Areas of Specialization
Ethics: Moral Psychology, Feminist Ethics, Virtue Theory, Normative Ethics
Publications
Book
Dignity, Character, and Self-Respect, edited with Introduction (Routledge, 1995)
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Articles
Self-Respect and Humility in Kant and Hill, forthcoming in Reason, Value, and Respect:
Kantian Themes from the Philosophy of Thomas E. Hill, Jr., ed. Mark Timmons
and Robert Johnson
Arrogance, (2013) International Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. Hugh LaFollette (Wiley-
Blackwell), print and online
Self-Respect and Self-Esteem, (2013) International Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. Hugh
LaFollette (Wiley Blackwell), print and online
Critical Character Theory: Toward a Feminist Theory of Vice, in Out From the
Shadow, ed. Sharon Crasnow and Anita Superson (Oxford University Press, 2012)
Strategizing Changes in the Cultural and Ideology of Philosophy, APA Newsletter on
Feminism and Philosophy 9, no.1 (Fall 2009)
Respect for Persons, Identity, and Information Technology, Ethics and Information
Technology 12,1 (2010) (published online April 2009) DOI 10.1007/s10676-009-
9188-8)
"Respect: A Philosophical Perspective," Gruppendynamik und Organisationsberatung 38,
no. 2 (2007): 201-212
"Arrogance, Self-Respect and Personhood," Journal of Consciousness Studies 14, no.5-6
(2007): 101-126
Respect and Self-Respect, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. Edward Zalta,
<http://plato.stanford.edu>; 2003; revised 2006, 2009, 2010)
"O sebaucte zien" ("On Women's Self-Respect"), in Cvikova, J., Juranova, J., and
Kobova, L, eds., Zena nie je tovar: Komodifikacia zien v nasej culture
(Bratisslava: Aspekt, 2006), pp. 196-204.
Respect, Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2
nd
edition, ed. Donald M. Borchert (Macmillan
Reference, 2006)
Zu Arroganz und Selbstachtung bei Kant, in Henning Hahn, ed., Selbstachtung oder
Annerkennung?: Beitrge zur Begrndung von Menschenwrde und
Gerechtigkeit (Bauhaus-Universitat Weimar Universitatsverlag, 2005), pp. 50-75
Whats a Woman Worth? Whats Life Worth? Without Self-Respect?: On the Value of
Evaluative Self-Respect, in Margaret Walker & Peggy DesAutels, eds., Minds,
Hearts, and Morality: Feminist Essays in Moral Psychology (Rowman &
Littlefield, 2004), pp. 47-68
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Kant on Arrogance and Self-Respect, in Cheshire Calhoun, ed., Setting the Moral
Compass: Essays by Women Philosophers (Oxford University Press, 2003), pp.
191-216
Self-Forgiveness and Self-Respect, Ethics 112 (October 2001): 53-83
"Self-Respect: Moral, Emotional, Political," Ethics 107 (January 1997): 226-249
"How to Lose Your Self-Respect," American Philosophical Quarterly 29, no. 2 (April
1992): 125-139
"Toward a Feminist Conception of Self-Respect," Hypatia. 7, no. 1 (Winter 1992): 52-69
"Respect and Care: Toward Moral Integration," Canadian Journal of Philosophy Vol. 22,
No. 1 (March 1992): 105-132
"Care and Respect," in Explorations in Feminist Ethics: Theory and Practice, ed. Eve
Browning Cole and Susan Coultrap-McQuin (Indiana University Press, 1992), pp.
69-81
Reviews
Review of Sarah Clark Miller, The Ethics of Need: Agency, Dignity, and Obligation (New
York: Routledge, 2012); forthcoming in Journal of Moral Philosophy
Review of Richard Keshen, Reasonable Self-Esteem (McGill-Queen's University Press,
1996); Ethics 107 (July 1997): 774
Review of Rosemarie Tong, Feminine and Feminist Ethics (Wadsworth, 1993); APA
Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy, Fall 1994
Review of John Kekes, The Examined Life (Bucknell University Press, 1988); Ethics, April
1994
Book Under Contract
Arrogance: The Deadliest Sin? (Oxford University Press)
Honors and Awards
Lehigh Student Affairs Award, January 2012
nominated by students or Student Affairs staff as as a strong partner in the holistic
development of students both inside and outside of the classroom
Invited to participate in 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, and 2004 Oxford Round Table,
Oxford, England; invitations declined
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Stabler Award for Excellence in Teaching, Lehigh University, May 2000
Awarded competitive Francis Elvidge Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Ethics Center of the
University of South Florida for 1996-97 academic year. Relinquished prior to
residency for personal reasons.
Senior Class Gift pledge made in my honor by Elizabeth Glaser, April 1996
Letters of commendation from Dean of Students; cited by students for playing an important
role in their lives at Lehigh, 2000, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994
Lehigh S.T.A.R. Faculty Mentor Award, 1999, 1995
Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowship, 1985-86
Andrew W. Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship, 1983-84, 1979-80
Teaching Award, College of General Studies, University of Pittsburgh, 1985
Research Grants and Fellowships
American Association of Academic Women Educational Foundation American
Fellowship, 2006
Faculty Research Grant, Lehigh University, November 2005
Paul Franz Summer Research Fellowship, Lehigh University, Summer 1989
Provost's Grant for Teaching Development, Lehigh University, Spring 1988
Scholarly Presentations
Refereed
Humility, Arrogance, and Self-Respect: A Kantian Analysis of Vice and Virtue, Kantian
Ethics and Moral Life conference, Antwerp, Belgium, 2021 September 2012
Arrogance, Humility, and Self-Respect, ATINER international conference in Philosophy,
Athens, Greece, May 28, 2012
Critical Character Theory
- Feminist Ethics and Social Theory conference, September 2009
- Transformation and the Dynamic of Radical Change conference, Queens
University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, November 2008
- accepted for Mid-Atlantic Womens Studies Association conference, Rutgers,
March 2009
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"Arrogance and Power"
- Feminist Ethics and Social Theory conference, Sept 28, 2007
"Arrogance, Respect, and Self-Respect: A Feminist View
- accepted for Association for Feminist Ethics and Social Theory conference,
October 20-25, 2005 [Conference cancelled due to hurricanes]
- Teaching, Faith, and Service: The Foundation of Freedom conference,
University of Portland, June 4, 2005
- Eastern Society for Women in Philosophy conference, Temple University, April
16, 2005
- American Philosophical Association Pacific Division meetings, main program,
March 25, 2005
- International Association of Women Philosophers 11
th
Symposium Human
Good: Dignity, Equality, Diversity, Goteborg, Sweden, June 17, 2004
Kant on Arrogance and Self-Respect
- Kantian Ethics: Interpretations and Critiques conference, University of San
Diego, January 16, 2003
- APA Pacific Division Meeting, main program, March 30, 2002
"Toward a Feminist Conception of Self-Respect"
- accepted for program of International Society for Value Inquiry, World
Conference of Philosophy, Nairobi, Kenya, July 25, 1991
- APA Pacific Division Meeting, main program, March 28, 1991
-Eastern Society of Women in Philosophy Conference, Rider College, November
17, 1990
- Midwest Society of Women in Philosophy Conference, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, November 10, 1990
- Conference on "Moral Agency and the Fragmented Self: Feminism and Moral
Psychology," University of Dayton, October 26, 1990
"How to Lose Your Self-Respect"
- APA Central Division Meeting, main program, April 1990
- Eastern Society of Women in Philosophy Conference, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, October 21, 1989
"Care and Respect"
- APA Central Division Meeting, main program, April 29, 1989
- Conference on "Explorations in Feminist Ethics: Theory and Practice,"
University of Minnesota at Duluth, October 1988
Invited Presentations (Conferences, Universities, etc)
Arrogance, Self-Respect, and Power, Thumos, The Genevan Research Group on
Emotions, Values. and Norms, University of Geneva, Switzerland, May 23, 2013
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Humility, Arrogance, and Self-Respect, seminar at University of Lausanne,
Switzerland, April 18, 2013
Keynote address, "Respect for Persons, Identity, and Information Technology," Ethics,
Technology, and Identity Conference, Center for Ethics and Technology, Delft
University of Technology, The Netherlands, June 2008
Keynote address, "Critical Character Theory," Society for Analytic Feminism conference,
Lexington, KY, April 2008
"Writing as a Woman," APA Central division meeting main program, April 2008
"Toward a Feminist Perspective on Vice," APA Pacific division main program, March
2008
Keynote address, "A Feminist View of Arrogance," American Association of University
Women Pennsylvania State Convention, April 29, 2007
"Arrogance, Respect, and Self-Respect: A Kantian and Feminist View," University of
Kentucky Philosophy Department, April 13, 2007
"Feminist Virtue Theory," Society for Analytic Feminism session on "Feminist Virtue
Ethics," American Philosophical Association Pacific Division meetings, March 25,
2006
"Glaucon's Challenge," The Teaching Company, October 6, 2005
Plenary lecture Whats a Woman Worth? Whats Life Worth? Without Self-Respect?:
On the Value of Evaluative Self- Respect, Society for Analytic Feminism
conference Feminist Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition, University of
Western Ontario, Canada, June 6, 2004
Keynote address, Kant on Arrogance and Self-Respect, Selbstachtung oder
Anerkennung: Ethik, Arbeit, Gerechtigkeit conference, Kolleg Frederich
Nietzsche and Stiftung Weimarer Klassik, Weimar, Germany, October 4, 2003
Self-Forgiveness and Self-Respect, Queens University Philosophy Department, Ontario,
Canada, April 9, 1999
"Self-Respect: Emotional, Moral, Political," Western Michigan University Center for the
Study of Ethics in Society, February 23, 1996
"Self-Respect: Emotional, Moral, Political," Oberlin Colloquium in Philosophy, April 23,
1995
"Self-Respect and Emotions," American Society of Value Inquiry, April 25, 1992
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"Toward a Feminist Conception of Self-Respect," University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, January 31, 1992
"Self-Respect," Lafayette College, November 27, 1990
"How to Lose Your Self-Respect", University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, September
27, 1990
"Power and Gender," Moravian College, March 1990
"Ethical Concerns with the Critically Ill Cardiac Patient," Third Annual 'New Horizons in
Cardiovascular Nursing' Conference, St. Luke's Hospital, November 27, 1989
Invited Commentary
Comment on Kathryn Norlocks Meaningful Narrative and Analytic Forgiveness,
Meeting of the Society for Analytic Feminism, APA Central Division meetings,
April 22, 2004
Comment on Hilde Lindemann Nelsons People on Whom Nothing Is Lost: The Role of
Narrative in Moral Perception, APA Pacific Division meeting, April 1, 1999
Comment on Frances Howard-Snyder's 'Jonathan Bennett on Doing and Allowing', APA
Pacific Division meeting, March 28, 1997
Comment on Cindy Stark's 'Decision Procedures, Standards of Rightness, and Impartiality',
University of Utah Philosophy Colloquium, May 4, 1996
Comment on John Corvino's 'A Matter of Sentiment, But Not Just a Matter of Taste', APA
Pacific Division meeting, April 6, 1996
Comment on Joseph Kupfer's 'Generosity of Spirit', APA Eastern Division meeting,
December 29, 1995
Comment on Diana T. Meyers' Subject and Subjectivity (Routledge 1995), New York
Society of Women in Philosophy, November 2, 1995
Comment on Anthony Cunningham's 'The Virtues of Modesty', APA Central Division
meeting, April, 1995
Comment on Julius Moravcsik's 'Two Kinds of Ethical Attitudes', Society for Philosophy
and Public Affairs, March 23, 1989
Comment on Kultgen and Doyle, Society of Philosophy and Technology, April 1988
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Invited Talks (Lehigh)
"Ethical Theory: Respect," talk at Dietrich Bostiber Program "Ethics and Leadership"
seminar, Lehigh University, February 2008
"Thinking about the moral justifiability of stem cell research," Lehigh University
Bioscience in the 21
st
Century course, October 24, 2007
"Moral Reasoning in Bioethics," Lehigh University Bioengineering Program, October 13,
2006
"Ethics in Global Perspective," Lehigh University Global Citizenship seminar, March 2,
2005
"Moral Reasoning in Bioethics," Lehigh University Bioengineering Program, February 7,
2005
Arrogance and Self-Respect, Lehigh University Womens Studies Faculty Research
Forum, September 24, 2004
A Framework for Moral Reasoning, Lehigh University Responsible Conduct of
Science seminar December 5, 2003
"Moral Reasoning in Bioethics," Lehigh University Bioengineering Program, February 18,
2003
"Through a Glass Less Darkly: Feminist Perspective in Scholarship," Lehigh University
Rise and Shine Series, November 14, 1995
"New Directions in Women's Studies," Faculty Development Lunch, November 8, 1995
Conference sessions organized/chaired
Organizing First Annual Conference in Philosophy, Lehigh Department of Philosophy, to
be held Fall 2013
Organized and will chair session for Society for Analytical Feminism at APA Central
Division meetings, February 2014
Organized and will be chairing session for Society for Analytical Feminism at APA Pacific
Division meetings, April 2014
Organized 3
rd
International Society for Analytical Feminism conference, October 4-7, 2012
Vanderbilt University
Organized and chaired session with commentators for Society for Analytical Feminism
group meeting at APA Central Division meeting, February 2013
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Organized and chaired session for Society for Analytical Feminism group meeting at APA
Pacific Division meetings, March 2013
Organized session for Society for Analytical Feminism group meeting at APA Eastern
Division meetings, December 2012
Organized session for Society for Analytical Feminism group meeting at APA Pacific
Division meetings, March 2012
Organized and chaired session with commentators for Society for Analytical Feminism
group meeting at APA Central Division meetings, February 2012
Organized author meets critics session for Society for Analytical Feminism at APA
Eastern Division meeting, December 2011
Organized and chaired session, Women in Introductory Philosophy, Society for
Analytical Feminism group session, Pacific APA, April 2011
Organized and chaired session with reviewers for Society for Analytical Feminism at APA
Central Division meeting, March 2011
Session chair, Meaning of Life conference, Swarthmore College, April 2010
Organized and chaired 4 paper session for Society for Analytic Feminism at 2010 APA
Eastern Division meeting, spring 2010
Organized and chaired 4 paper session for Society for Analytic Feminism at APA Central
meeting, February 2010
Organized and chaired session on Feminist Perspectives on Vice for 2008 APA Pacific
meeting for APAs Committee on the Status of Women, Society for Feminist Ethics
and Social Theory, and Society for Analytic Feminism, March 22, 2008
Organized and chaired session on "Strategizing changes in the culture and ideology of
philosophy" for APAs Committee on the Status of Women for 2008 APA Pacific
meeting. March 20, 2008
Organized and chaired session on "Feminist Virtue Ethics" at Society for Analytic
Feminism meeting at APA Pacific Division meetings, March 25, 2005
Organized special session on autonomy for Society for Analytic Feminism April 2006
meeting
Organized and chaired 4-paper session for Society for Analytic Feminism April 2006
meeting
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Chaired 3 panel session on "Virtue and Ethics," APA Pacific Division meetings, April 2000
Teaching and Research Advising
Regular Course Responsibilities
Ethics, Contemporary Ethics, Kantian Ethics, Politics of Self-Respect, Feminism and
Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics in Global Perspective, Introduction to
Philosophy
Courses Taught at Lehigh
Philosophy 1: The Examined Life: An Introduction to Philosophy
Philosophy 8: Ethics in Global Perspective
Philosophy 13: Practical Logic (course discontinued)
Philosophy 90: Freshman Seminar: The Politics of Self-Respect
Philosophy 105: Ethics
Philosophy 116: Medical Ethics/Bioethics
Philosophy 117: Engineering Ethics (course discontinued)
Philosophy 126: Feminism and Philosophy
Philosophy 198: Social and Political Philosophy
Multicultural and Global Citizenship, Fall 2009, Spring 2008
How Should We Live Together? Fall 2003
Philosophy 215: Contemporary Ethics
Dignity and Self-Respect, Spring 2010
Vice (and Virtue), Spring 2005, Spring 2004
Self-Respect, Spring 2001, Spring 1995
Moral Epistemology, Fall 1998, Spring 1998
Emotions and the Moral Life, Spring 1991, 1993
What is a Good Person?, Spring 1990
Feminist Ethics, Fall 1988
Virtue Ethics, Fall 1987
Philosophy 226: Feminism and Philosophy
Philosophy 235: Figures & Themes in Modern Philosophy
Kants Ethics, Fall 2012, Spring 2010, Fall 1998
Philosophy 271: Independent Study
Business Ethics, Fall 2010
The Meaning of Life, Spring 2004
Marxism and the Good Life, Spring 2004
Bioethics, Fall 2001
Feminist Theory, Spring 1994
Emotions and Morality, Fall 1993
Medical Ethics, Fall 1992
Feminist Theory, Fall 1990
Feminism and Philosophy, Fall 1989
Environmental Ethics, Fall 1988
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Philosophy 350-351: Senior Thesis (2 semesters, required of majors)
2013-, 2010-11 (2), 2009-10 (2), 2008-09,2007-08, 2004, 20023,
2001, 1995-6, 1993-4, 1991 (honors awarded to 4)
Philosophy 291: Senior Seminar: Morals by Agreement
co-taught with Ralph Lindgren, Fall 1988 (course discontinued)
Women's Studies 101: Introduction to Women's Studies
Women's Studies 272: Independent Study
Feminist Theory, Spring 1996
College Scholars 281: Great Books Seminar, Spring 1995
Philosophy Faculty Seminar: Evil (Work of Claudia Card), Spring 2010
Feminist Ethics II, Spring 1995
Feminist Ethics, Spring 1989
Thesis Committees
Ph.D. Dissertation Committees, English Department
2007-2011, 2005-2011, 2000- (not completed), 1994-2001, 1994-1998, 1993- 1997,
1992-1994
Masters Thesis Committees, Government Department
1993, 1991
Honors Thesis Committee, Moravian College
2004
New Courses Developed at Lehigh
Philosophy 292: Philosophical Methods
Philosophy 8: Ethics in Global Perspective (with Global Citizenship Program)
Philosophy 90: Politics of Self-Respect
Philosophy 105: Ethics
Philosophy 116: Bioethics
Philosophy 117: Engineering Ethics
Philosophy 125: Social and Political Philosophy
Philosophy 126/226: Feminism and Philosophy
Course Taught at Moravian College
Philosophy 192: Feminism and Philosophy
LVAIC Consortial Professorship, Fall 1989
Courses Taught at University of North Carolina (1991-2)
Philosophy 22: Introduction to Ethics, Fall 1991, Spring 1992
Philosophy 44: Bioethics, Fall 1991
Philosophy 208: Graduate Seminar in Normative Ethics, Spring 1992
Emotions and the Moral Life
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Philosophy 393: MA Thesis (Director), Spring 1992
Service
Advising
Freshman Advisor, 2013-; 2012 -; 2010-2012; 2009-2010; 2006-2008; 2004-2005; 2002-
04, 1993-95
Major Advisor, 1987-
University and College
Endowed Chair Review committee, 2012
College Policy Committee, 2011-
Provosts Committee of Inquiry, 2011
University Strategic Plan Implementation: Cluster Hiring committee 2010-2011
Educational Policy Committee 2007-2010
Chair, 2009-10
Chair, Course and Curriculum subcommittee, 2009-10
First Year Initiative, 2010
Associate Chair, 2008-2009
University Committee on Standing of Students, Fall 2010; 2008- 2010
Faculty Steering Committee, 2009-10
Strategic Plan Implementation working group on the First-Year Experience, 2009-10
Ethics Collegium, co-director, 2008-
Faculty Advisor to undergraduate Bioethics Forum, 2003-2012
Eckardt Scholars Program Advisory Board, 1995-
Women's Studies Steering Committee, 1989-
Committee on Student Appraisal of Instruction and Courses, 2007-2008 (committee
dissolved)
Faculty Advisory Committee for the Applied Life Science program, 2004-2008 (committee
dissolved)
Global Citizenship Program faculty, 2005-
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Health, Medicine, and Society Program faculty, 2009-2012
Organized and chaired panel on gender for Department Chairs Workshop on Diversity,
sponsored by LU Provost, Spring 2001
Representative to LVAIC Women's Studies Coalition, 1994-2001, 1989-90
Session chair, LVAIC Student Conference in Womens Studies, April 2000
Site Coordinator, Faculty Development Workshop, Sept 2000
Program Committee for LVAIC Student Conference in Womens Studies, 2001,
2000, 1995
Search Committee for new Coordinator, Summer 1999
Site Coordinator, Faculty Development Workshop on Pedagogy, Oct 1998
Organized 2nd Annual LVAIC Student Conference at Lehigh, April 1996
Advisor to student group FORWARD 1995-2001
Chair, Interdisciplinary Search Committee for assistant professor in Womens Studies,
American Studies, and English, 1999-2000
Dean's Planning Committee, 1998-99
College Reader, University Commencement Exercises, 2005, 2004, 2000, 1999, 1998
Usher, University Commencement Exercises, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2003, 2001
Candidates Day Participation, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000,
1999
Parents' Weekend Participation, 2011, 2010, 2003, 2002
Minority Student Visitation Day Participation, 2003, 2002, 2000
College Task Force on the First Year Experience, 1997-98
Advisory Board, International Center for Democracy and Social Change, 1994-96
Institutional Use and Care of Animals Committee, 1995-96
Planning Committee for 25th Anniversary of Women at Lehigh, 1995-96
Co-Chair, Lehigh Agenda Subcommittee
Search Committee, CAS Dean, 1994-95
College Policy Committee, 1992-95
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AA/EEOC Representative to College Tenure Committee, September 1995, December 1994
Medical Ethics Talks at Prospective Students' Day, March 1994
Freshman Convocation Address, College of Arts and Sciences, August 1992
President's Commission on Minorities, Spring 1989-Fall 1990
Philosophy Department
Chair, 2011-
Interim Chair, Spring 2010, Spring 2009
Major Advisor
Minor Advisor
Chair, Search Committee, 2013-
Created new department website, Spring 2013
Initiated department Facebook page, Spring 2013
Initiated process for establishing Lehigh chapter of Phi Sigma Tau, National Philosophy
Honor Society, fall 2012
Organized series of faculty development workshops on the teaching of writing and general
pedagogy, Fall 2012
Conference organizing committee, Spring 2012-
Created posters and webpage, Spring 2013
Conference publicity, Spring 2013
Developed new department brochure, Spring 2012
Organized series of workshops and led first workshop for senior philosophy majors to help
them develop some skills needed for success on senior thesis project, Fall 2011.
Ad hoc committee to develop new criteria for honors in philosophy, Fall 2010
Organized and hosted Twenty-Sixth Annual Selfridge Lectureship by Claudia Card, March
2010
Organized Speaker Series, Spring 2005
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Chair, Search Committee 1994
Search Committee 2002, 1998, 1990, 1989
Organized Ninth Annual Selfridge Lectureship by Annette Baier, March 1995
Organized Fall 1994 Colloquium Series
Organized Fifth Annual Selfridge Lectureship by Alison Jaggar, May 1989
Organized Feminist Ethics Colloquium Series, Spring 1989
Organized Department Reading Party, 1989, 1988
Curriculum Revision Taskforce, 1992-93
Honors Thesis Requirements Committee, 1990
Teaching Evaluation Task Force, 1991, 1989
Philosophy Club Advisor, 1987-91
Hired new Department Coordinator, June 1995
Organized Department retirement parties, May 1995
Women's Studies Program
Womens Studies Steering Committee member 2001-
Director of Women's Studies, 1994-2001
Philosophy Department, University of North Carolina (1991-92)
Ph.D. Ethics Exam Committee
Third Reader, Philosophy MA Thesis
Professional Service
Society for Analytical Feminism (SAF)
President, 2009-
Organize 2-4 sessions each year, held at meeting of Central, Pacific, and
Eastern Divisions of American Philosophical Association: issuing
CFPs, coordinating evaluations of and evaluating submissions,
finding commentators, communicating with speakers and with APA
national offices, publicizing sessions, often chairing sessions
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Organized 3
rd
International Conference, Bridging Analytical and
Continental Feminist Philosophy, held October 4-7, 2012 at
Vanderbilt University: developed conference proposal, identified
plenary speakers, wrote CFP, publicized conference, coordinated
among site organizer, program committee, and Executive
Committee
Maintain membership roll and e-mail lists; communicate regularly with
membership, including writing and issuing CFPs and doing annual
year-end report
Recruit new members
Maintain archives and oversee website
Initiated and ran contest to develop a new logo, spring 2012
Organized 20
th
anniversary celebration, April 2011
Recruited new members for annual Executive Committee elections, 2012,
2011 2010, 2009
Oversaw elections 2012, 2010, 2009
Oversaw revision of SAF Constitution, and approval by membership, 2009
Organized review of submissions for annual SAF session at Central APA,
September 2012, September 2011, September 2010, September
2009
Selection Committee, Charlotte W. Newcombe Dissertation Fellowship in Religion and
Ethics, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, December 2009-
February 2010, December 2008-January 2009
Promotion Evaluations
2010, 1999
Tenure Evaluations, Contract Renewal evaluation
2011, 2010, 2005 (2), 1995
Reviewed submissions for Society for Analytic Feminism session at 2010 APA Central
Division meeting, August 2009
Evaluator, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, grant applications,
December 2008
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Reviewed submissions for Society for Analytic Feminism session at 2009 APA Central
Division meeting, October 2008
Reviewed submissions for Society for Analytic Feminism session at 2008 APA Central
Division meetings, October 2007
Reviewed submissions for 2008 Society for Analytic Feminism Conference, November
2007
Reviewed submission for Journal of Consciousness Studies special issue on personhood,
February 2007
Reviewed submissions for Society for Analytic Feminism session for 2007 APA Central
Division meetings, Oct 2006
Reviewed submissions for Society for Analytic Feminism sessions at 2006 joint meeting of
SAF and Eastern Society of Women in Philosophy conference; October 2006
Meeting of APA Committee on Status of Women at APA Pacific Division meetings,
March 26, 2005
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy fundraising campaign, Lehigh representative
Secured pledge for $1000/yr for 3 year from Lehigh libraries to support SEF, Fall
2005
Founder and Coordinator, LVAIC Philosophy Consortium, 1994-96
Journal referee
Ethics: April 2013, March 2009; June 2008; August 2005; March 2005; June 2004;
December 2003; August 2002; August 2000; May, 1999; July 1998;
October 1996; December 1995
Hypatia: March 2012; August 2010; August 2008; April 2008; December 2007;
April 2006; January 2005; June 2004; February 2004; October 2001; June
2001; May 2000; October 1997; July 1997; October 1996; August 1994;
March 1994; September 1992; August 1992; May 1992; August 1991;
January 1991
Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy: November 2012
Canadian Journal of Philosophy: December 2009; June 2008; July 2005; April
1998
Journal of Social Philosophy: July 2013; July 2009; December 2008; January 2007;
January 1998; September 1997
Social Theory and Practice: August 2009; January 2008; October 2003; January
1996
Nous: October 1996; May 1996; December 1995
Dialogue: August 1997; December 1996
Journal of Consciousness: January 2007
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European Journal of Philosophy: September 2008; June 2008
Mind: February 2009; December 2008
Dialectica: December 2009
Political Studies: August 2010
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly: August 2011
Philosophical Papers: June 2013
Manuscript review
Cambridge University Press, April 2011
Broadview Press, February 2000
Cornell University Press, December 1997
Routledge, January 1996
Westview Press, December 1994
Textbook or proposal reviews
Wadsworth, medical ethics text, June 1995; Routledge, philosophy of food, Sept.
1994; Wadsworth, pornography anthology, Dec. 1993; Wadsworth, medical ethics
text, Nov. 1993; Wadsworth, pornography anthology, May 1993; Wadsworth,
feminism anthology, Sept. 1991; McGraw-Hill, intro ethics text, May 1991
Professional Activities
Offices Held in Professional Societies
President, Society for Analytic Feminism, 2009-
Executive Board, Society for Analytic Feminism; 2007-2009; 2005-2007
American Philosophical Association Committee on the Status of Women; 2005-2009
Professional Associations
American Philosophical Association, 1984 -
Society for Women in Philosophy, 1989 -
Feminist Ethics and Social Theory Association, 1999-
Society for Analytic Feminism, 2002-
North American Kant Society, 2002-
International Association of Women Philosophers, 2004-
American Association of Academic Women, 2006-11
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American Association of University Professors, 2005-2009
National Women's Studies Association, 1994 2008