Teaching Experience
Georgia State University
Fall 2003-present (Associate Professor Fall 2006-present, Assistant Professor Fall 2003-Summer 2006)
- Introduction to Philosophy
- History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
- Plato
- Aristotle
- Epicurus
- Ancient Ethical Theories
- Death
Master's Thesis Director:
- William Baird, "Friends with Benefits: Other Regard in Epicurean Ethics," Spring 2011
- Michael Augustin, "Patient Relativity and the Efficacy of Epicurean Therapy," Spring 2011
- Melissa Strahm, "Epicurean Friendship: Are Friends Really Pleasurable?" Spring 2009
- Dan Issler, "The Role of Eschatological Myth in Plato's Moral Arguments," Spring 2009
- John Button, "Against Pyrrhonian Suspension of Judgment from Equipollence," Fall 2008
- Joseph Bullock, "Sextus Was No Eudaimonist," Summer 2008
- Kun Lei, "Defending Lucretius' Symmetry Argument against the Fear of Death," Spring 2007
- Anthony Carreras, "The Role of Self-Interest in Aristotle's Moral Theory," Spring 2005
Assistant Professor (tenure-track),
University of Minnesota at Morris
Fall 1998-Spring 2003
- Introduction to Philosophy
- Philosophy of Mind
- Philosophy of Religion
- History of Ancient Philosophy
- History of Medieval Philosophy
- History of Modern Philosophy
- Determinism, Foreknowledge, and Freedom in Ancient
and Medieval Philosophy
-
Existentialism
- Logic I
(I have taught many of the above classes more than once.)
Senior Thesis Director:
- Wyatt Mondry, "Cyrenaic Epistemology," Spring 2002
- Amanda Leroux, "A Defense of the Belief in the External World Against Cartesian Skepticism," Spring 2001
- Jesse Alama, "How Does Descartes' Cogito Work? Two Interpretations," Spring 2000
- Jeff Lamberty, "Aquinas' Natural Law Theory and Paternalistic Laws," Spring 1999
Assistant Instructor,
University of Texas at Austin
Fall 1996-Spring 1997
- Introduction to Logic
- Argument (critical thinking)
Teaching Assistant,
University of Texas at Austin
Fall 1992-Summer 1995
- Contemporary Moral Problems (twice)
- Introduction to Ethics (twice)
- Introduction to Philosophy of Religion
- Logic and Reasoning (honors class)
- Science and the Modern World
- Logic, Sets and Functions