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CURRICULUM VITAE
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Current Position>
- Adjunct Faculty, Department of History, Philosophy, and Social Science, Rhode Island School of Design (September 2002 - present))
- Visiting Professor, Science and Society Concentration, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University (2006-7)
- Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, Brown University (Fall 2006)
Education>
Teaching Experience>
- Teaching Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and
Philosophy, Fall 1975, Fall 1976, Spring 1977
- Instructor in Philosophy, University of New Haven, September 1983 - May 1984
- Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Colgate University,
September 1984 - May 1989
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Nebraska
September 1989 - May 1997
- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology (College of Arts and Sciences) and
Center for Curriculum and Instructor (Teachers College), University of
Nebraska September 1997 - May 2002
- Adjunct Faculty, Department of History, Philosophy, and Social Science,
Rhode Island School of Design, January 2003 - present
- Visiting Lecturer, Biomedical Ethics Program, Brown University (Fall 2003,
Fall 2004)
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Brandeis University
(2004-5)
- Visiting Professor and Concentration Advisor, Biomedical Ethics Program,
Brown University (2005-6)
Other Experience>
- Clinical Psychologist, Psychology Service, West Haven V.A. Medical Center,
February 1981 - June 1984
- Research Associate, Program in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Cornell University,
September 1987 - May 1988
- Adjunct Clinical Psychologist, Psychological and Counseling Services, Colgate University,
September 1988 - May 1989
- Research Associate (Psychology), Extended Care Unit, Lincoln Regional Center,
August 1990 - August 1993
Areas of Specialization>
Philosophy of Science, Philosophical Foundations of Mental Health Practice, Biomedical Ethics
Areas of Competence>
Applied and Professional Ethics, Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind, Logic
Courses Taught: Undergraduate>
Roots of Western Civilization; Cultural Foundations of Education;
Contemporary Issues in Philosophy;
Introduction to the Problems of Philosophy;
Contemporary Moral Problems;
Medical Ethics;
Ethics and Education;
Symbolic Logic;
Advanced Logic;
Classical Philosophy;
Modern Philosophy;
Metaphysics;
Philosophy of Mind;
Other Minds;
The SETI Project;
Philosophy of Psychology;
Controversies in Abnormal Psychology;
Philosophy of the Neurosciences;
Language, Cognition and Computation;
Philosophy and Cognitive Science;
Philosophy and Psychiatry;
Realism and Relativism;
Philosophy of Science;
Science and Social Controversy;
Social Values, Science, and Education;
Controversies in Mental Health Practice;
Biomedical Ethics;
Classifying People;
Genetics and Justice;
Objectivity and Its Loss;
Abnormal Psychology (Fall 2006)
Courses Taught: Graduate>
Physicalism;
Intentionality and Consciousness;
Philosophy of Science;
Public Discourse in the Age of Experts;
Topics in Science, Values, and Education;
Research Ethics;
Discourse, Cultural Roles, and Teaching Ethics;
History and Philosophy of Psychology
Publications: Books>
- Physicalism: The Philosophical Foundations, Oxford University Press, 1994
- Treatment and Rehabilitation of Severe Mental Illness, Guilford Press 2003 (with Will Spaulding and Mary Sullivan)
- Modeling Complex Systems: Motivation, Cognition and Social Processes, Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, Volume 52 (in preparation), University of Nebraska Press (edited with Will Spaulding and William Shuart)
Publications: Articles>
- "Problems with the DSM Approach to Classification of Psychopathology", in Philosophical Psychopathology, G. Graham, and L.Stevens (eds). The MIT Press, 1994 (with Barbara Von Eckardt and Will Spaulding)
- "Cognitive Deficits in Psychotic Disorders", in Cognitive Rehabilitation of Neuropsychiatric Disorders, S. Yudolfsky and P. Corrigan (eds). American Psychiatric Press, 1996 (with Will Spaulding, Dorie Reed, Dan Storzbach)
- "Applications of Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Rehabilitation for People With Severe and Disabling Mental Illness", Thomas J. Cooley Law Review, Fall 2000 (with Will Spaulding, Eric Elbogen, Jocelyn Ritchie)
- "In Defense of the Standard View", Protosociologie, October 2000 (with Barbara Von Eckardt)
- "Cognitive Rehabilitation for Schizophrenia: Enhancing Social Cognition By
- Strengthening Neurocognitive Functioning", in Social Cognition of Schizophrenia, P.W. Corrigan and D.L. Penn (eds). American Psychological Association, 2001 (with Will Spaulding)
- "Chomsky's Challenge to Physicalism", in Chomsky and His Critics, L. Antony and N. Hornstein (eds). Basil Blackwell, 2003
- "Bias and Schizophrenia", in Bias in Psychiatric Diagnosis, Paula Caplan and Lisa Cosgrove (eds.), Jason Aaronson, 2004
- "The Deep Structure of Bias in Psychiatric Diagnosis", in Bias in Psychiatric Diagnosis, Paula Caplan and Lisa Cosgrove (eds.), Jason Aaronson, 2004 (with Paula Caplan)
- "Mechanistic Explanation in Cognitive Neuroscience", Proceedings of the Philosophy of Science Association, 2005 (with Barbara Von Eckardt)
- "How to Move Beyond the Concept of Schizophrenia", in The Philosophical Understanding of Schizophrenia, Chung, Fulford, Graham (eds), Oxford University Press, in press
- "Steps Toward a Schizophrenia-Free World", Philosophique, in press
Publications: Book Reviews>
- Review of Ronald Giere's Explaining Science: A Cognitive Approach, Philosophical Review, October 1991 (with Barbara Von Eckardt)
- Review of Patricia Kitcher's Freud's Dream: A Complete Interdisciplinary Science of Mind, Philosophical Review, July 1994
- Review of Naturalism: A Critical Appraisal, Steven Wagner & Richard Warner (eds.), Philosophical Review, October 1995
- Review of DSV-IV Sourcebook, Volume 1, Widiger, et al (eds.), Metapsychology, Spring 2001
- Review of DSV-IV Sourcebook, Volume 2, Widiger, et al (eds.), Metapsychology, Spring 2002
Book Contracts>
- Crisis and Revolution: Toward a Reconceptualization of Psychopathology, MIT Press (with Will Spaulding)
- Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Westview Press (with Barbara Von Eckardt)
Other Work in Progress>
- "Materialism", entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- "Whither Mental Disorder"
Recent Presentations>
- "Ethics Education and Instructional Technology", presented at the University of Nebraska, Public Discourse and Human Values Colloquium, March 1999
- "Hempel and Scientific Ideals for a System of Classification of Mental Disorders", presented at the 11th International Congress of Logic, Science, and Methodology, Krakow, August 1999 (with Will Spaulding)
- "Difficult Decisions in Higher Education: Considerations and Cases", presented to the University of Nebraska Preparing Future Faculty Program, Fall 1999
- "Crisis and Revolution in the Classification of Mental Disorder", presented at the Society For Philosophy & Psychology, New York, June 2000
- "Hempelian Standards for the Classification of Mental Disorder", presented at the 3rd International History of Philosophy of Science Conference, Vienna, July 2000 (with Will Spaulding)
- "Crisis and Revolution in the Classification of Psychopathology", presented to the Philosophy Department, Holy Cross College, October 2000
- "Professional Ethics for Faculty in Higher Education", presented to the University of Nebraska Preparing Future Faculty Program, November and December 2000
- "Materialism and the Divine Foot", presented to the UNL Teachers College Fall Research Conference, November 2000
- "The Use of Instructional Technology in Courses in the Rhetorical and Ethical Analysis of Literature", presented at the annual meeting of the Modern Language Association, December 2000 (with Deborah Minter, Malea Powell, Justine Reilly)
- "Wilson on Realization", presented to the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, June 2001 (with Barbara Von Eckardt)
- "Back to the ABCD's: Bringing Science into Nosology", presented to Festschrift Symposium for Rue Cromwell, University of Kansas, October 2001 (with Will Spaulding)
- "How to Move Beyond the Concept of Schizophrenia", presented to the Philosophy Department, Washington University, October 2001
- "Scientific Objectivity and the Classification of Mental Disorder", presented to the Philosophy Department, Texas A&M University, February 2002
- Workshop on Philosophical Psychopathology, presented to the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, June 2002
- "Mechanistic Explanation and the Limits of Cognitive Neuroscience", presented to the Philosophy of Science Association, November 2002 (with Barbara Von Eckardt)
- "Steps Toward a Schizophrenia-Free World", presented to the New Directions in Cognitive Neuroscience Speaker Series, University of Quebec at Montreal, November 2002
- "Whither Mental Disorder?", presented to the Philosophy Department, University of Quebec at Montreal, November 2002
- "Crisis and Revolution in the Classification of Mental Illness", presented to the Division of Liberal Arts Faculty Colloquium, Rhode Island School of Design, April 2003
- "Social Cognitive Neuroscience and Mental Illness", presented in an invited symposium on Social Cognitive Neuroscience at the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, June 2003
- "'Schizophrenia': A Harmful Clinical Stereotype", presented at a conference on Philosophical Psychopathology, Dayton University, October 2003
Grants and Awards>
- UNL Ethics and Education Web Site Development Grant ($500), "Literature and Ethics Education", Spring 2001
- UNL Research Council Seed Grant ($10,000), "An Evidential Analysis of the Neurodevelopmental Model of Schizophrenia", January 2002
- UNL Ethics and Education Web Site Development Grant ($500), "Controversy Concerning ADHD", Spring 2002
- RISD Humanities Fund ($600), "Materialism", Summer 2004
Recent Service and Professional Activities>
- Steering committee for Public Discourse and Human Values, an Interdisciplinary Project in the College of Arts and Sciences at UNL, 1998-2000
- Co-organized a special session of the Nebraska Symposium on Motivation on "Evolutionary Approaches to Psychopathology", April 2000
- Co- organized a session of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology on "Alternative Approaches to the Classification of Psychopathology", June 2000
- Committee for the development of a Civic Education Program at UNL, 2000-2001
- Ad hoc committee of scientists, humanists, and educators concerned with the controversy over science education standards in Nebraska (2000-2002)
- Co-chair of the Science and Human Values speaker series at UNL, 2000-2002
- Planning Committee for Intellectual Property Rights Project at UNL, 2001-2002
- Executive Committee, Society for Philosophy and Psychology, June 2002-2005
- Program Planning Committee for the Annual Meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, July 2004 (joint meeting with the European SPP in Barcelona)
- Co-organizer of the Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, Spring 2004 (with Will Spaulding and William Shuart)
- Co-Editor of the book series Philosophical Psychopathology, MIT Press (with Jennifer Radden)(December 2003-present)
- Undergraduate Concentration Advisor, Biomedical Ethics Program, Brown University (2005-6)
Professional Associations>
- American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division)
- Philosophy of Science Association
- Society for Philosophy and Psychology
Referee>
Nous, Philosophical Psychology, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Synthese
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