GEORGE RAINBOLT

* Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Arizona, 1990. 
* Visiting Scholar, College Internationale de Philosophie, Paris, Spring 1987.
* B.A., Philosophy & Economics (with High Honors), Oberlin College, 1984.

EXPERIENCE

* Georgia State University, Chair, Department of Philosophy, Spring 2000 to Present.
* Georgia State University, Acting Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Spring 2006

* Georgia State University, Professor of Philosophy, Summer 2006 to Present.
* Georgia State University, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Summer 1999 to Summer 2006.
* Georgia State University, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Fall 1993 to Summer 1999.
* Oberlin College, Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Fall 1990 thru Spring 1993.

* Ethics
* Philosophy of Law
* Social/Political Philosophy
* Medical Ethics

* History of Ethics
* Metaethics
* Business Ethics
* Feminist Ethics

* French Philosophy
* Decision Theory
* Aesthetics
* Philosophy of Economics

BOOKS

* "Rights Theory," Blackwell Press web site, accepted and forthcoming.
* "Two Interpretations of Feinberg's Theory of Rights"," Legal Theory 11, no. 3 (September 2005): 227-236.
* "Crime, Property, and Justice Revisited:  The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000," Public Affairs Quarterly 17, no. 3 (July 2003): 219-239.
* "HMOs and Physician Conflicts of Interest," Journal of Social Philosophy 33, no. 1 (Spring 2002):  1-8.
* "What Are Group Rights?" in Groups and Group Rights, Larry May, Leslie Francis and Christine Sistare, eds. (University Press of Kansas, 2001): 71-81. [Cited in Carl Wellman, ed.,  Possible Bearers of Rights and Duties, Volume 3 of the set Rights and Duties, Routledge, 2002, p. xv.]
* "Perfect and Imperfect Obligations," Philosophical Studies 98 (2000): 233-256.  [Cited in Carl Wellman, ed., Conceptual Analyses of Rights and Duties, Volume 1 of the set Rights and Duties, Routledge, 2002, p. xv.]
* "H.L.A. Hart," in Companion to the Philosophers (in Blackwell's Companions to Philosophy Series), Robert Arrington, ed. (Blackwell Publishers, 1999): 277-279.
* "Mercy: In Defense of Caprice," Noûs 31 (1997): 226-241.
* "Crime, Property, and Justice: The Ethics of Civil Forfeiture," coauthored with Alison Reif, Public Affairs Quarterly 11 (1997): 39-55.
* "An Evaluation of Clinton's Health Care Proposal," in Biomedical Ethics Reviews 1994, James Humber and Robert Almeder, eds. (Humana Press, 1995): 87-120.
* "Rights as Normative Constraints on Others," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 53 (1993): 93-112.
* "Mercy: An Independent, Imperfect Virtue," American Philosophical Quarterly 27 (1990): 169-173.
* "Gauthier on Cooperating in Prisoners' Dilemmas," Analysis 49 (1989): 216-220.
* "Justified Hard Paternalism: A Response to C.L. Ten," Bioethics 3 (1989): 140-141.
* "Prescription Drug Laws: Justified Hard Paternalism," Bioethics 3 (1989): 45-58.

* Robert Nozick, David Schmidtz, ed., Ethics 114 (2004): 631-632.
* Property and Justice, J.W. Harris, Ethics 111 (2000): 173-175.
* Basic Rights, Henry Shue, Ethics 108 (1998):  854.
* The Community of Rights, Alan Gewirth, Ethics 107 (1997): 733-735.
* Real Rights, Carl Wellman, Ethics 107 (1996): 151-153.
* Free Expression: Essays in Law and Philosophy, W.J. Waluchow, ed., Ethics 106 (1996): 675.
* No Harm: Ethical Principles for a Free Market, T. Patrick Burke, Ethics 106 (1996): 490-491.
* Biomedical Technology and Human Rights, Eugene B. Brody, Ethics 105 (1995): 694.
* Responsibility Matters, Peter French, Ethics 104 (1994): 415-416.
* Hegel and Legal Theory, Drucilla Cornell et al., eds., Ethics 103 (1993): 611-612.
* Social Contract Theory, ed. Michael Lessnoff, The Journal of Value Inquiry 26 (1992): 583-585.
* Forgiveness and Mercy, Jeffrie Murphy and Jean Hampton, Ethics 100 (1990): 413-415.

More than 20 presentations at such institutions/organizations as The American Philosophical Association, Emory University, DePaul University, and Brooklyn College.

* St. Joseph's Health Care System Grant, "Medicare Managed Care:  Increasing Access or Barriers for the Poor?"  Grant supported the study the ethical ramifications of Medicare Health  Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), 1997-1999.  Grant amount:   $6,500.
* Georgia State University Policy Research Center Grant, supported research leave for Winter Quarter 1996.   Grant amount:   $3,000 for a two course release
* University System of Georgia Board of Regents Grant to attend the workshop, "Connecting Teachers and Technology," Summer 1995 and to support research leave for Winter 1997. Grant amount:  $3,000, $1,500 for a course release, and a laptop computer.
* Georgia State University Research Initiation Grant, supported research leave for Winter Quarter 1995.   Grant amount:   $1,500 for a course release.
* National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to attend the Summer Institute "Ethics: Principles or Practices?" University of California-Santa Cruz, 1992.  Grant amount:  $3,000 plus room and board.
* National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to attend the Summer Seminar "The Changing Roles of the American Judge,"  University of Maryland, 1991.  Grant amount:   $3,000 plus room and board.
* Ford-Mellon Research Scholar Program for Minority Students Grant.  Supported mentoring to encourage minority students to pursue graduate work.   Worked with Lesley Thomas on Averroes, 1991.  Grant amount:   $1,000.
* Steinfeld Grant for the Humanities.   For study in France, 1987.   Grant amount: $3,500.

* Rowan Cruft, “Rights: Beyond Interest Theory and Will Theory?” Law and Philosophy 23 (2004): 347-397.
* Stephen Kershnar, "Mercy, Retributivism, and Harsh Punishment," International Journal of Applied Philosophy 14
(2000): 209-224.
* Christopher Heath Wellman, "Liberalism, Communitarianism, and Group Rights," Law and Philosophy 18 (1999): 13-40.
* Daniel Statman, "Who Needs Imperfect Duties?" American Philosophical Quarterly 33 (1996): 211-224.
* Brien, Andrew, "Mercy, Utilitarianism and Retributivism," Philosophia 24 (1995): 493-521.
* Daniel Statman, "Doing Without Mercy," Southern Journal of Philosophy 32 (1994): 331-354.
* C.L. Ten, "Paternalism and Levels of Knowledge: A Comment on Rainbolt," Bioethics 3 (1989): 135-139.

* Member of the Board of Editorial Consultants, American Philosophical Quarterly, 2000 to Present.
* Named the Outstanding Junior Faculty Member in the College of Arts and Sciences at Georgia State University, 1997.
* Elected Chair of the Admissions and Standards Committee of the Georgia State University Senate, 1997 to Present.
* Member of the Board of Editors, Biomedical Ethics Reviews, 1996 to 2005.
* Elected to Georgia State University Faculty Senate, Spring 1995 to Present.
* Application evaluator for the Conferences program of the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1994.
* Application evaluator for the Younger Scholars program of the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1991, 1992 and 1993.
* Phi Beta Kappa, Oberlin College, 1984.

* International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, 1996 to Present.
* Society for Analytic Feminism, 1992 to Present.
* American Philosophical Association, 1984 to Present.