Last revised: 4 July 2010
David Louis Hildebrand, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
Box 179, P.O. Box 173364
University of CO Denver
Denver, CO 80217-3364
(303) 556-8558, Fax:(303) 556-8100
hilde@yahoo.com http://www.davidhildebrand.org
Education
1997 Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
1987 B.A. in Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Professional Experience
2009- Associate Professor, University of CO Denver, Denver, CO
2004-09 Assistant Professor, University of CO Denver, Denver, CO
2003-04 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of CO Denver, Denver, CO
2001-03 Lecturer, University of Memphis and Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN
2000-01 Lecturer, Rice University and University of Houston, Houston, TX
1999-2000 Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin and St. Edward's University, Austin, TX
1999 Lecturer, Austin Community College, Austin, TX
1997-98 Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin
1997 Adjunct Professor, St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX
1997 Instructor, Austin Community College, Austin, TX
1995-96 Assistant Instructor, full teaching duties, University of Texas at Austin
1991-95 Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Austin
1988-90 Director of Education and Public Relations, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Refereed Publications
Books
2008 John Dewey: A Beginner's Guide. Oxford, UK: Oneworld Press, 2008.
2003 Beyond Realism and Antirealism: John Dewey and the Neopragmatists. Vanderbilt University Press, 2003.
Articles
2009 “L’esperienza potrebbe essere più di un metodo? Il punto di partenza pratico di Dewey.” Discipline Filofische. Issue entitled, Epistemologie Pragmatiste, edited by Roberto Brigati e Roberto Frega. 19:2, 2009, pp. 81-102. Translated into Italian by Roberto Frega.
2008 "Epistemic and Rhetorical Remedies for the Evolution/Intelligent Design Predicament." Southwest Philosophy Review 24:1 , 2008, pp. 43-52.
2008 "Addressing Controversies in Science Education: A Pragmatic Approach to Evolution Education." Lead author; co-authors: Dr. Kim Bilica (UTSA) and Dr. John Capps (RIT) Science & Education 17: 8-9, pp. 1033-1052. First published online, December 2006.
2006 "Does Every Theory Deserve A Hearing? Evolution, Creationism, and the Limits of Democratic Inquiry." Southern Journal of Philosophy XLIV: June 2006, pp. 217-236.
2005 "Academics Are Intellectual Entrepreneurs." Peer Review, Association of American Colleges and Universities, Spring 2005, pp. 30-31.
2005 "Pragmatism, Neopragmatism, and Public Administration." Administration & Society, 37:3, July 2005, pp. 345-359.
2001 "Progress in History: Dewey on Knowledge of the Past." The Review Journal of Philosophy and Social Science, 26:1, 2001, pp. 167-202.
2000 "Putnam, Pragmatism, and Dewey." Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society. 36:1, 2000, pp. 109-132.
1999 "Philosophy's Relevance and the Pattern of Inquiry." Teaching Philosophy 22:4, 1999, pp. 375-387.
1996 "Genuine Doubt and the Community in Peirce’s Theory of Inquiry." Southwest Philosophy Review 12:1, 1996, pp. 33-43.
1995 "Was Kenneth Burke a Pragmatist?" Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society. 31:3, 1995, pp. 632-658.
1993 "Kimball on Whitehead on Perception." Process Studies 22:1, 1993, pp. 13-20.
Non-Refereed/Invited Publications
Articles, Commentaries
2009 “Comment on Tapley's 'What is Wrong With Being a Pervert'." Southwest Philosophy Review 25:2, 2009 (In press.)
2008 "Public Administration as Pragmatic, Democratic, and Objective." Public Administration Review 68:2, 2008, pp. 222-229.
2006 "Academics Are Intellectual Entrepreneurs." News and Events, Instructional Technology Information (Electronic Educational Environment, UC Irvine). http://eee.uci.edu/news/articles/0606entrepreneurs.php (Accessed 8/1/06) Originally printed in Peer Review (see above).
2006 "Academics Are Intellectual Entrepreneurs." edresource: Education and Technology Listserv (webpage/listserv). http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edresource/message/9125 (Accessed 8/1/06) Originally printed in Peer Review (see above).
2005 "Why Higher Education Deserves Your Support." Reprint of article below. Top Education News, University of Houston, Office of External Communication, University of Houston, April 26, 2005.
2005 "Why Higher Education Deserves Your Support." Commentary, Austin American Statesman, Austin TX, April 20, 2005.
2004 "Comment on 'Pragmatism’s Deliberation' by Stuart Rosenbaum." Southwest Philosophy Review, 20:2, 2004, pp. 199-202.
Book Chapters
2004 "Avoiding Wrong Turns: A Philippic Against The Linguistification of Pragmatism." Chapter in Dewey, Pragmatism and Economic Methodology. Edited by Elias L. Khalil. London: Routledge, 2004, pp. 73-86.
1999 "Pragmatism and Literary Criticism: The Practical Starting Point." Chapter in REAL: Yearbook of Research in English and American Literature 15, ed. Winfried Fluck. Berlin, New York: de Gruyter, 1999, pp. 303-322.
Book Reviews
2008 Review of A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy by Robert B. Talisse. Routledge, 2007. Review appeared in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, August 19, 2008. URL: http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=13965 (accessed 8/25/08).
2006 Article-length review of Dewey's Logical Theory: New Studies & Interpretations, eds. F. Thomas Burke, D. Micah Hester, Robert B. Talisse. Vanderbilt U. Press, 2002. Review appeared in Metaphilosophy 37:1, January 2006, pp. 136-46.
2003 Review, Subjective, Intersubjective, Objective by Donald Davidson. Oxford U. Press, 2002. Review appeared in Review of Metaphysics 57:2, No. 226, December 2003, pp. 395-398.
2002 Review, The Chicago School of Pragmatism by John R. Shook. Thoemmes Press, 2000. Review appeared in Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society. 38:4, Fall 2002, pp. 698-704.
Encyclopedia Entries
2005 Entry on American philosopher A.C. Armstrong for Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers, 4 vols., ed. John R. Shook. Bristol, UK: Thoemmes Continuum, 2005.
Submissions In Preparation/under Consideration
Guest editing volume for journal European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy with Roberto Frega
Publications in Preparation
2010 John Dewey Chapter for Cambridge Companion to Pragmatism, ed. Alan Malachowski.
2010 Review of Pragmatism as Transition: Historicity and Hope in James, Dewey, and Rorty by Colin Koopman. (Columbia U. Press, 2009) Review co-written with Gregory Pappas, Texas A&M University. Review to appear in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. URL/Access date.
"Knowledge Incubation and the Intellectual Entrepreneurship Model." Lead author; co-author: Professor Richard A. Cherwitz, Communication Department, UT Austin.
Refereed Presentations and Seminars
2009 "Pragmatic Democracy: Inquiry, Objectivity, and Experience." Keynote address, Nordic Pragmatism Conference, August 28, 2009. Reykjavik, Iceland.
2009 "Author Meets Critics." One hour conversation moderated by top scholars in American pragmatism focusing on my book Dewey: A Beginner's Guide. Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Conference, College Station, TX, March 12-14, 2009.
2007 "Epistemic and Rhetorical Remedies for the Evolution/Intelligent Design Predicament." Southwestern Philosophical Society Conference, San Antonio, TX, November 9, 2007.
2007 "Why Entertainment Is Not Worthy of Aesthetic Criticism: Defending the Art/Entertainment Dualism." Mountain Plains Conference, Denver, CO, September 27, 2007.
2006 "Pragmatism and Intelligent Design: Reconstructive Strategies for a Devolving Situation." Part of a panel, Evolution and Intelligent Design, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Conference, San Antonio, TX, March 9-11, 2006.
2005 "Diversity, Inclusion, and Exclusion: A Reply to Capps." Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Conference March 3-5, 2005, Bakersfield CA.
2004 "Author Meets Critics." One hour conversation moderated by top scholars in American pragmatism focusing on my book Beyond Realism and Antirealism: John Dewey and the Neopragmatists. Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Conference, Birmingham, AL, March 3-6 2004.
2003 "Pragmatism, Neopragmatism, and the Linguistic Turn." (Note: minor revision of title, below.) Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Conference, March 13-16, 2003, Denver, CO.
2002 "The Neopragmatist Turn." (Note: a revised and re-titled version of "Pragmatism, Neopragmatism, and the Linguistic Turn," below.) Southwestern Philosophical Society Conference, November 8-10, 2002, Kansas City, MO.
2002 "Pragmatism, Neopragmatism, and the Linguistic Turn." Mid-South Philosophy Conference, February 23, 2002, Memphis, TN.
2002 "History is in the Making: Pragmatism, Realism, and Knowledge of the Past." The Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Conference, March 10, 2002, Portland, ME.
2001 "Avoiding Wrong Turns: A Philippic Against The Linguistification of Pragmatism." Presented at conference, "John Dewey: Modernism, Postmodernism and Beyond," an international symposium sponsored by the Behavioral Research Council, a division of the American Institute for Economic Research, Great Barrington, MA, July 20-22, 2001.
2000 "Relevant in the Long Run: Deweyan Inquiry as Pedagogic Method." The Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Conference, March 10, 2000, Indianapolis, IN.
1998 "Pragmatic Criticism and The Practical Starting Point." Presented at conference, "The Contribution of American Pragmatism to Contemporary Literary and Cultural Studies," John F. Kennedy Institute, Berlin, November 12-14, 1998. Travel grant provided by the JFK Institute.
1996 "Was Kenneth Burke a Pragmatist?" Kenneth Burke Society Triennial Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 11, 1996.
1995 "Genuine Doubt and the Community in Peirce’s Theory of Inquiry." The 57th Annual Southwestern Philosophical Society Conference, Austin, TX, November 10, 1995.
Invited Presentations and Seminars
2010 "Comment on Good." Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy annual conference, March 11-13, 2010, University of North Carolina, Charlotte.
2010 "Comment on Foust/Drew." Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy annual conference, March 11-13, 2010, University of North Carolina, Charlotte.
2010 "Democracy as a Way of Life: Practical, Deliberative, Creative" (Working title). Thomas J. Howell Memorial Lecture, Rhode Island College, Providence, R.I. April 8, 2010.
2009 "Dewey's Last Lost Book: Initial Impressions and Reflections." (Invited panel) John Dewey's 150th Birthday Celebration: An International Conference on Dewey's Impact on America and the World. Center for Inquiry, Amherst, NY. October 22-24, 2009.
2009 “Reason, Democracy, and Extravagant Expectations.” Presentation to University of Colorado Denver Philosophy Club. December 1, 2009.
2008 “Comment on Tapley's 'What is Wrong With Being a Pervert'." Southwestern Philosophical Society, November 2008 Conference, Kansas City, MO.
2008 "Teaching and Technology: Opportunities and Compulsions." University of CO Denver CLAS Teaching and Technology Workshop. March 3, 2008.
2008 "Comment on Cahoone." Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy annual conference, March 13-16, 2008, Michigan State University.
2008 "Comment on Welchman." Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy annual conference, March 13-16, 2008, Michigan State University.
2008 "Teaching and Technology: Opportunities and Compulsions." University of CO Denver CLAS Teaching and Technology Workshop. March 3, 2008.
2007 "Media and Ethics." Invited talk. Sunday Morning Study Group, Christ United Methodist Church 690 CO Blvd. November 8, 2007.
2007 "Practical Democracy." Public lecture. Mixed Taste series. The Lab at Belmar June 21, 2007.
2007 "Pragmatism and Intelligent Design: Reconstructive Strategies for a Devolving Situation." UCD Philosophy department talk, January 30, 2007.
2006 "Pragmatism and Technology" Talk to UCD Philosophy Club, November 7, 2006.
2005 "Pragmatism, Neopragmatism and the Menacing Relativist." Presented at CO College, CO Springs, CO, October. 7, 2005.
2003 "Neopragmatism and the Relativist Menace." (Note: revised version of same title, below.) Delivered in the UCD Philosophy department, September 10, 2003.
2003 "Neopragmatism and the Relativist Menace." (Note: revised version of same title, below.) Research In Progress colloquy, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, April 18, 2003.
2003 "Neopragmatism and the Relativist Menace." Plenary address presented at conference Pragmatism and Moral Theory, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, April 5, 2003.
2001 Comment on Professor Sami Pihlstrom’s paper, "Putnam and Rorty on Their Pragmatist Heritage: Re-Reading James and Dewey." Presented at conference, "John Dewey: Modernism, Postmodernism and Beyond," an international symposium sponsored by the Behavioral Research Council, a division of the American Institute for Economic Research, Great Barrington, MA, July 20-22, 2001.
2000 "Wisdom, Knowledge, and Information: Making Moral Judgments in the Information Age." Presented at 53rd Annual Conference TX Community College Teacher’s Association, March 3, 2000, Austin, TX.
Other Indicators of Scholarly and Creative Activity
Translations by others
2000 "Putnam, Pragmatism, and Dewey." Originally published in the Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society. 36:1 (2000) 109-132. Portuguese translation in online philosophy journal Revista Virtual, Filosofia e Filosofia da Educacao. Edited by Paulo Ghiraldelli, Jr. http://www.filosofia.pro.br/textos/Hildebrand.htm (Accessed May 3, 2001)
Reviews
2008 Review of Dewey: A Beginner's Guide. By Cherilyn Keall. Newsletter for the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, No. 107, 2008.
2006 Review of Beyond Realism and Antirealism: John Dewey and the Neopragmatists. By Andrew W. Howat. Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 42.2 (2006) 296-302.
2006 Review of Beyond Realism and Antirealism: John Dewey and the Neopragmatists. By William T. Myers. Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, Annual Book Review Issue, November 2006, 55-59.
2005 Review of Beyond Realism and Antirealism: John Dewey and the Neopragmatists. By Michael Eldridge. Journal of Speculative Philosophy 19:4, pp. 259-262.
2004 "Review of Beyond Realism and Antirealism: John Dewey and the Neopragmatists." By José Tomas Alvarado Anuario Filosofico XXXVII/1 2004, pp. 253-55.
2003 Review of Beyond Realism and Antirealism: John Dewey and the Neopragmatists. Reviewed by Roger Ward in CHOICE, American Library Association, December 2003.
2003 "Arvosteltu teos: Beyond realism and antirealism: John Dewey and the Neopragmatists." Reviewed by Sami Pihlström in Sats Nordic Journal of Philosophy (Finland) 4:2, 2003, pp. 183-191.
Citations
"Academics Are Intellectual Entrepreneurs"
2006 Intellectual Entrepreneurship (web page for The Program in Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises), The Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises, Syracuse University. http://whitman.syr.edu/eee/campus/ie.asp (Accessed 8/1/06)
2006 Tomorrow's Professor Blog (Joint web forum of MIT and Stanford based on Tomorrow's Professor Mailing List-serv). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Post No. 687, January 10, 2006. http://amps-tools.mit.edu/tomprofblog/archives/tomorrows_graduate_students_and_postdocs/index.html (Accessed 8/1/06)
2006 Wisconsin Campus Compact Update, April 2006 (University of Wisconsin, Parkside) http://www.uwp.edu/departments/community.partnerships/wicampuscompact/Updates/April%202006.pdf (Accessed 8/1/06)
2006 Conceptual Framework (web document) Saint Xavier School of Education. http://www.sxu.edu/SharedDocuments/ACA-SOE/ConceptualFramework.pdf. (Accessed 8/1/06)
2005 Tutor/Mentor Connection Online Portal (web page, Cabrini Connections). http://msg.uc.iupui.edu/TMC/html/modules.php?op=modload&name= Web_Links&file=index&req=viewlink&cid=31&orderby=titleD (Accessed 8/1/06)
2005 Intellectual Entrepreneurship: Educating Citizen-Scholars A Cross-Disciplinary Consortium (web pages), University of Texas at Austin. https://webspace.uTX.edu/cherwitz/www/ie/selected_pubs.html https://webspace.uTX.edu/cherwitz/www/ie/articles.html (Accessed 8/3/06)
Beyond Realism and Antirealism: John Dewey and the Neopragmatists:
2008 "Pragmatism" entry, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Christopher Hookway, author). http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pragmatism/ (First published 8/16/08; accessed 10/19/08)
2008 Pihlström, Sami. "How (Not) to Write the History of Pragmatist Philosophy of Science?" Perspectives on Science, 16:1, 26-69. P. 34.
2008 Christ, John X. "Stuart Davis and the Politics of Experience." American Art (Smithsonian Institution), 2008, 22:2, 42-63. P. 62.
2008 "John Dewey: Additional Reading." Britannica Online Encyclopedia. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-1803/John-Dewey (Accessed 6/9/08)
2007 Koopman, Colin. "Language is a Form of Experience: Reconciling Classical Pragmatism and Neopragmatism." Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, Fall 2007, 43:4, 694-727. Pp. 701, 722, 725.
2007 Shivers, Mark M. "William James and Elastic Preaching: Testimony After Exiting the Houses of Authority." Journal of Speculative Philosophy, 2007, 21:3, 181-200. Pp. 198, 199.
2007 Furtak, Anthony. "Skepticism and Perceptual Faith: Henry David Thoreau and Stanley Cavell on Seeing and Believing." Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, Summer 2007, 43:3, 542-561. p. 558.
2007 Talisse, Robert B. A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy. New York: Routledge. Pp. 139-40.
2007 Wikipedia entry, Pragmatism. (Accessed 5/3/07)
2006 Shields, Patricia M. "Democracy and the Social Feminist Ethics of Jane Addams: A Vision For Public Administration." Administrative Theory & Praxis, September 2006, 28:3, 418-443. Pp. 429, 441.
2006 Boyles, Deron R. "Dewey's Epistemology: An Argument for Warranted Assertions, Knowing, and Meaningful Classroom Practice." Educational Theory, February 2006, 56:1, 57-68. Pp. 59, 61, 66.
2006 Brown, Matthew. "On What Quine Is – A Book Review of The Cambridge Companion to Quine" edited by Roger F. Gibson Jr. Mind, Culture & Activity, 2006, 13:4, 339-343. Pp. 339, 343.
2006 Krämer, Felicitas. Erfahrungsvielfalt und Wirklichkeit: zu William James' Realitätsverständnis. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Pp. 40, 269, 280, 283, 313.
2006 Lekan, Todd. "Pragmatist metaethics: Moral theory as a deliberative practice." Southern Journal of Philosophy 44:2, 2006: 253-271. P. 271.
2006 Koskinen, Heikki J. And Pihlström, Sami. "Quine And Pragmatism." Transactions Of The Charles S Peirce Society 42:3, 309-346. P. 341
2006 Johnston, James Scott, Inquiry And Education: John Dewey And the Quest for Democracy. State University of New York Press, 2006. Pp. 199, 200, 204, 207, 213, 214.
2006 Shook, John R and Margolis, Joseph, A Companion to Pragmatism. Blackwell Publishing. P. 8.
2006 Boyles, Deron R. "Dewey's Epistemology: An Argument for Warranted Assertions, Knowing, and Meaningful Classroom Practice." Educational Theory 56:1, February 2006, 57-68. Pp. 59, 61, 66.
2006 Blog essay, RobertPirsig.org. http://robertpirsig.org/Buchanan.htm. (Accessed 5/3/07)
2005 Pappas, Gregario Fernando and Garrison, Jim. "Pragmatism as a Philosophy of Education in the Hispanic World: A Response." Studies in Philosophy and Education, Springer Netherlands 24:6, November 2005, 515 – 529. P. 529.
2005 Shields, Patricia M. "Classical Pragmatism Does Not Need an Upgrade: Lessons for Public Administration." Administration & Society 37, September 2005, 504-518. Pp. 505, 506, 508, 509, 514, 515, 516.
2005 Webb, James L. "Comment on Hugh T. Miller’s 'Why Old Pragmatism Needs an Upgrade.'" Administration & Society 36, September 2004, 479-495. Pp. 480, 485, 493.
2005 Brown, Matthew. "Rorty and Dewey on the Fate of Epistemology." Paper presentation to Philosophical Society, Georgia Technology University and Georgia Technology PST Faculty Colloquium, August 30, 2005.
2005 Blog entry, Right Reason: The Blog for Conservative Philosophers. http://rightreason.ektopos.com/archives/2005/12/the_joy_of_cons_2.html (Accessed 5/3/07)
2005 Blog entry, Mormon Metaphysics: Contemplations within Philosophy and Theology. http://www.libertypages.com/clark/10635.html (Accessed 5/3/07)
2004 Michael Mayerfeld Bell, Susan Jarnagin, Helen D. Gunderson, Gregory Peter, Donna Bauer. Farming for Us All: Practical Agriculture and the Cultivation of Sustainability. University Park: Pennsylvania State Press, 2004. P. 230
2004 Dotter, Daniel L. Creating Deviance: An Interactionist Approach. Rowman Altamira. Pp. 75, 76, 311, 335
2004 Kellogg, F.R. "Holistic pragmatism and law: Morton White on Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes." Transactions of The Charles S. Peirce Society 40:4, 559-567. P. 567.
2004 Myers, WT and Pappas, GF. "Dewey's metaphysics: A response to Richard Gale." Transactions of The Charles S. Peirce Society 40:4, 679-700. Pp. 691, 692, 698.
2004 Shields, Patricia M. "Classical Pragmatism: Engaging Practitioner Experience." Administration & Society 36, 351-361. Pp. 358, 359.
2004 Webb, James L. "Reply to Baldwin Ranson: New Continua Are Not a Substitute for Deweyan Inquiry." Journal of Economic Issues 38:4, 1056-60. P. 1060.
2004 Kivinen, Osmo & Piiroinen, Tero. "The Relevance Of Ontological Commitments in Social Sciences: Realist and Pragmatist Viewpoints." Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 34:3, 231-248. P. 235.
2003 Shields, Patricia M. "The Community of Inquiry: Classical Pragmatism and Public Administration." Administration & Society 35, November 2003, 510-538. P. 534.
2002 Webb, James L. "Dewey: Back to the Future." Journal of Economic Issues 36, 2002, pp. 981-1003. Pp. 981, 986, 989, 998, (Citation of Hildebrand dissertation work on Dewey, neopragmatism and realism.)
"Pragmatism, neopragmatism, and public administration."
2010 David Oliver Kasdan, The Neopragmatist’s Hammer: Forging Administrative Authority, Ph.D. Dissertation, Urban Studies and Public Affairs, The Cleveland State University May, 2010, 11, 14, 51, 79
"Public administration as pragmatic, democratic, and objective"
2010 David Oliver Kasdan, The Neopragmatist’s Hammer: Forging Administrative Authority, Ph.D. Dissertation, Urban Studies and Public Affairs, The Cleveland State University May, 2010, 51, 79, 116, 121, 122
"Avoiding Wrong Turns: A Philippic Against The Linguistification of Pragmatism."
2006 Elisabeth Chatel and Dorothée Rivaud-Danset. "L'économie des conventions : une lecture critique à partir de la philosophie pragmatiste de John Dewey." Revue de philosophie économique 13:1, 49-75.
"Philosophy's Relevance and the Pattern of Inquiry"
2001 Collins, Louise. "Improvising a Role for Philosophy in Today's Academy." Teaching Philosophy 24:4, 347-378. P. 369.
"The Neopragmatist Turn"
2010 David Oliver Kasdan, The Neopragmatist’s Hammer: Forging Administrative Authority, Ph.D. Dissertation, Urban Studies and Public Affairs, The Cleveland State University May, 2010, 132.
2007 Wikipedia entry, Pragmatism. (Accessed 5/3/07)
2007 Stübinger, Stephan. Das idealisierte Strafrecht: Über Freiheit und Wahrheit in der Straftheorie. Klostermann Vittorio GmbH. P. 627
2006 Blog essay, RobertPirsig.org. http://robertpirsig.org/Buchanan.htm. (Accessed 5/3/07)
2008 “Social Constructionism with a Twist of Pragmatism: A Suitable Cocktail for Information Systems Research.” Peter Marshall, Jo-Anne Kelder, Andrew Perry (University of Tasmania School of Information Systems, University of Tasmania Hobart, Tasmania) 16th Australasian Conference on Information Systems: Social Constructionism & Pragmatismin IS, November 29 – December 2, 2005, Sydney, Australia. Reference on one page, not numbered. www.utas.edu.au/.../Social_Constructionism_and_Pragmatism.pdf (Accessed 5 December 2009)
"Genuine Doubt and the Community in Peirce’s Theory of Inquiry."
2007 Stübinger, Stephan. Das idealisierte Strafrecht: Über Freiheit und Wahrheit in der Straftheorie. Klostermann Vittorio GmbH. P. 627
1999 Friedman, L. "Doubt & Inquiry: Peirce and Descartes Revisited." Transactions of The Charles S. Peirce Society 35:4, 724-746. P. 744.
"Putnam, Pragmatism, and Dewey"
2007 Stübinger, Stephan. Das idealisierte Strafrecht: Über Freiheit und Wahrheit in der Straftheorie. Klostermann Vittorio GmbH. p. 627
2006 Gasper, Des. "From ‘Hume’s Law’ To Problem- And Policy-Analysis For Human Development: Sen After Dewey, Myrdal, Streeten, Stretton And Haq." Conference Paper (published online) for HDCA conference, University of Groningen, August 2006.
Teaching: Courses Taught
Academic and Professional Ethics (graduate)
American Ethics (upper division/graduate, UCD)
American Philosophy (upper division/graduate)
Ancient Philosophy
Business Ethics
Ethics and Society/Contemporary Moral Problems (theoretical and applied ethics, UCD)
Empiricism (upper division/graduate, UCD)
Environmental Ethics (upper division)
Epistemology (upper division, UCD)
Existentialism and Pragmatism (upper division/graduate)
Humanities 101/102 (year-long survey of Western culture)
Introduction to Ethics (ethical theory)
Introduction to Philosophy: Relationship of the Individual to the World
Logic and Language (UCD)
John Dewey (upper division/graduate, UCD)
Courses taught, continued
Medical Ethics (upper division)
Philosophy of Media/Technology (upper division/graduate, UCD)
Philosophy of Art (upper division/graduate, UCD)
Pragmatism: Classical American Philosophy (upper division/graduate, UCD)
Recognitions, Honors, etc.
2009 UCD Dissemination grant funding travel and expenses to two conferences: a commentary at the 2010 meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, Charlotte, NC. and for Southwestern Philosophical Society Meeting in Memphis, TN, November 2010.
2009 UCD Dissemination grant funding travel and expenses to two conferences: the “Author Meets Critics” session at 2009 meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, College Station, TX, and for the Nordic Pragmatism Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland, August 21-26, 2009.
UCD Travel Awards (Young Upwardly Mobile Professor Stipends—YUMPS) for:
2008 Conference matching grant, Southwest Philosophical Society, November 2008
2008 Conference matching grant, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, March 2008.
2007 Conference matching grant, Southwest Philosophical Society, November 2007.
2007 Supplemental funding, Research Assistant, (manuscript preparation, John Dewey).
2006 Research Assistant funding for manuscript preparation, John Dewey (Oneworld Press).
2006 Annual conference, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy.
2005 Annual conference, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy.
2005 Summer Institute in American Philosophy, Eugene, OR.
Service
Service - Department
2009 Subcommittee member, Philosophy department subcommittee evaluating Professor Mark Tanzer’s teaching and service for his application for Full Professor, University of Colorado Denver.
2009 Subcommittee Chair, Philosophy department subcommittee evaluating Professor Mark Tanzer’s research for his application for Full Professor, University of Colorado Denver.
2008 Along with Chair, creating review and revision of the department's assessment vision, strategy, and methods (including feedback mechanisms).
2007-08 Chair, Philosophy department search committee, Social/Political position search.
2007-08 Member, Philosophy department search committee, Ethics position search.
2006- Public Relations. Wrote and compiled text for Philosophy Department CLAS Brochure for CLAS Advising. Liaison (with Chair) to CLAS Advising office about Philosophy.
2005 Primary author, two-year postdoctoral bioethics fellowship, 2006-08.
2006-08 Department advisor, bioethics postdoctoral fellow (2006-08).
2005-06 Member, Philosophy department search committees (two positions).
2005 Author, interest survey, Philosophy Department, University of CO Denver. Designed, distributed and analyzed a survey of all students taking Philosophy courses in Spring 2005 to assess demographics, plans, interests, and opinions about department.
2004- Co-organizer, videographer, Department speaker series. Responsible for arranging incoming speakers (local and national), publicity, and then archiving lectures using digital video.
2003- Department webmaster. Responsible for department website development and maintenance (with limited assistance from university IT group and CLAS webmaster).
Service - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UCD
2009- Director, Social Justice Signature Area and Minor.
2009- Participant (mentor) in UCD Mentor Program.
2008- Member, CLAS Search Committee for CLAS Webmaster, headed by Brenda J. Allen.
2007- Steering committee member, webmaster, Social Justice Signature Area.
2006- Advisory Board, speaker, CO Center for Public Humanities.
2006- Participant (mentee) in UCD Mentor Program.
2006 Initiator and primary author, College Interdisciplinary Signature Area, "Ethics and the Public Sphere," in response to CLAS Strategic Planning Proposal. (Proposal adapted into Social Justice Signature Area.)
2006-07 Member, CLAS Web Committee, headed by Teri Hoyer.
2006- Member, CLAS Council, headed by Pam Laird. Member of Executive Committee (2008-)
2004 Web consultant, MHMSS Website. Assisted MHMSS director Bookman plan out an overhaul to the MHMSS website.
2004- Thesis Director. Director and member of thesis committees, Masters of Humanities and Social Sciences, UCD.
Service - University
2008 Initiated a ride-sharing program by coordinating UCD Student Government, Student Activities, DRCOG's program (Denver government), and CLAS.
2004- Co-organizer of campus speakers. Have been arranging for speakers who frequently give talks to the Auraria campus community, typically on diversity-related talks. Have partnered with the UCD Student Activities Office, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Student Services Center, CO Center for Public Humanities, Hispanic Student Services, and Black Student Services.
Service - Profession
Referee to Scholarly Manuscripts for Publication and Paper Proposals
2009- Editorial Board, European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy
2007- Editorial Board, Journal of Speculative Philosophy.
2004- Associate Editor, Kenneth Burke Journal. Duties mainly involve referee work.
2001- Referee, Southern Journal of Philosophy, Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, Metaphilosophy, Review of Metaphysics, Contemporary Pragmatism, Kenneth Burke Journal, Journal of Speculative Philosophy, The North American Society for Social Philosophy, European Journal of Analytic Philosophy, European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy, The Journal of Social Philosophy, Administration and Society; textbooks reviewed for: Longman Publishers, McGraw-Hill Publishers, Oneworld Publishers. N.B.: I have been refereeing for some of these journals longer than others. This is a cumulative list which goes back to 2001.
2000-02 Editor, unpublished manuscript: John Dewey's Ethics: Democracy as Experience by Professor Gregory Pappas, TX A&M (Indiana University Press, 2008).
1996-97 Referee, Process Studies.
1995-96 Referee, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy conference submissions, graduate student division.
Professional Committees or Boards
2009- European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy
2007- Editorial Board, Journal of Speculative Philosophy
2005- Director of Communications, Webmaster, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. Duties have included managing paper submissions, conference communications, website maintenance and extensive redesign, participation in Executive Committee meetings, membership database maintenance, and general correspondence.
2001-03 Ethics Writer/Editor/Consultant, Quarterly Ethics Forum, NextWave Website. NextWave is the online complement to Science magazine, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science: http://www.nextwave.sciencemag.org.
1999- Editorial Board, Studies in Pragmatism and Values book series, Editions Rodopi.
1999- Advisory Board, The Pragmatism Cybrary (online resource for American philosophy and pragmatism, www.pragmatism.org).
Other Professional Activities and Memberships
2009-10 President, Southwestern Philosophical Society.
2008-09 Program Chair and Vice President, Southwestern Philosophical Society. Organized 71st Annual SWPS Conference, November 13-15, 2009, Dallas, TX.
2009- Web master, Southwestern Philosophical Society. http://southwesternphilosophical.com
2009- Program working committee, Summer Institute in American Philosophy, Eugene, OR. Providing logistical and program direction, as needed, to SIAP Director, Dr. Scott Pratt, Univ. of Oregon. Details on SIAP, below.
2005-08 Co-organizer, Summer Institute in American Philosophy, Boulder, CO. Annual, every July. Providing local assistance and coordination, as needed, to SIAP Director, Dr. Ken Stikkers (SIUC). SIAP is an annual week-long series of seminars and workshops featuring top and emerging scholars in American philosophy. Host institution: University of CO at Boulder.
2004-05 Co-organizer, memorial conference in honor of Kierkegaard scholar Dr. Louis Mackey (including creation of conference website), held Oct. 2005 in Austin, TX.
2004- Alumni interviewer for Undergraduate Admissions Department, University of Pennsylvania.
1995- Member, American Philosophical Association, Charles S. Peirce Society, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, Southwestern Philosophical Society, William James Society. (Note: these have been regular memberships, but not all have been current for every year since I first joined, i.e., there have been lapsed years.)
Last revised 7/4/2010