Lorenzo Simpson: Biographical Information

Lorenzo Simpson, Professor

CURRICULUM VITAE

E-MAIL: lsimpson@notes.cc.sunysb.edu EDUCATION PH.D. (PHILOSOPHY), YALE UNIVERSITY, 1978
M. PHIL. (PHILOSOPHY), YALE UNIVERSITY, 1973
M.S. (PHYSICS), UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, 1970
FURTHER STUDY (PHYSICS), UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, 1970-71
B.A. (PHYSICS AND PHILOSOPHY), YALE UNIVERSITY, 1968 ADDITIONAL EDUCATION PRE-DOCTORAL:
THE MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL, 1961-63

HAMPTON INSTITUTE, 1963-64

POST-DOCTORAL:
POST DOCTORAL FELLOW IN PHILOSOPHY AT YALE UNIVERSITY, ACADEMIC YEAR 1980-81 AND 1986-87

INTER-UNIVERSITY CENTRE OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, DUBROVNIK, YUGOSLAVIA - PARTICIPANT IN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH SEMINAR ENTITLED "PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE--THEORIES OF MODERNITY: NORMATIVE AND EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVES," APRIL 1-20, 1981

SEMINARS ON "RATIONALITY AND RELATIVISM," "THE MEANING OF A TEXT," AND "HEIDEGGER," CONDUCTED BY RICHARD RORTY, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, FALL 1983, AND SPRING 1985

AREAS OF SPECIAL COMPETENCE AND INTEREST

CONTEMPORARY CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY (HERMENEUTICS AND CRITICAL THEORY)

PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND OF TECHNOLOGY

NEOPRAGMATISM AND POSTANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY (RORTY, DAVIDSON, QUINE AND PUTNAM)

PHILOSOPHY AND RACE

ACADEMIC HONORS

OUTSTANDING FACULTY AWARD, AWARDED BY THE COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, 1990

APPOINTED COMMONWEALTH VISITING PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY SPONSORED BY THE STATE COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF VIRGINIA), ACADEMIC YEAR, 1988-89

NAMED DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR, UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, 1984

SIGMA XI (NATIONAL SCIENCE HONORS SOCIETY), 1981

FOOTE FELLOWSHIP FOR OUTSTANDING YALE COLLEGE GRADUATES AWARDED THROUGH YALE GRADUATE SCHOOL

ELECTION TO J. WILLARD GIBBS SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY AT YALE

RECOGNITION FOR HIGHEST FRESHMAN AVERAGE AT HAMPTON INSTITUTE FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 1963-64

AWARDS

FOR SCHOLARSHIP:

FELLOWSHIP, WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS, WASHINGTON, D.C., ACADEMIC YEAR 1996-97

MEMBERSHIP, INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN PRINCETON (SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE), ACADEMIC YEAR 1996-97 (declined)

FORD FOUNDATION POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP, ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, ACADEMIC YEAR 1986-87

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES SUMMER INSTITUTE ON THE LINGUISTIC TURN IN RECENT CONTINENTAL THOUGHT, CONDUCTED BY CALVIN O. SCHRAG, PURDUE UNIVERSITY, JUNE 25-AUGUST 1, 1986

MEDNICK MEMORIAL FUND AWARD, GRANTED BY THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT COLLEGES, 1983

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES SUMMER STIPEND, 1981

SOUTHERN FELLOWSHIPS FUND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP, SPONSORED BY THE MELLON FOUNDATION, ACADEMIC YEAR 1980-81

FACULTY SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AWARDED BY UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, SUMMERS 1979, 1982, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1997

FOR TEACHING:

CHRISTIAN JOHNSON ENDEAVOR FUND GRANT TO DEVELOP COURSE ON THE "AESTHETICS OF JAZZ"

US TITLE VI GRANT TO DEVELOP COURSE ON "AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY"

OTHER PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION MELLON VISITING SCHOLAR IN PHILOSOPHY, HOWARD UNIVERSITY, MARCH 3-5, 1993
NINTH ANNUAL LOCKE LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, HOWARD UNIVERSITY, APRIL 1986
COMMONWEALTH VISITING SCHOLAR IN PHILOSOPHY, VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, APRIL 28-29, 1983 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK, SEPTEMBER 1998-

PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, AUGUST 1992-AUGUST 1998

CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AT UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, AUGUST 1989-JULY 1995

COMMONWEALTH VISITING PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY, SEPTEMBER 1988-MAY 1989

VISITING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY, JANUARY 1986-MAY 1986

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, AUGUST 1985-JULY 1992

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, AUGUST 1976-JULY 1985--- TENURE GRANTED, 1983

DEAN OF BRANFORD COLLEGE AT YALE UNIVERSITY, JULY 1975-JUNE 1976

TEACHING FELLOW IN PHILOSOPHY AT YALE, SEPTEMBER 1973-DECEMBER 1973

INSTRUCTOR IN PHILOSOPHY AT QUINNIPIAC COLLEGE, SEPTEMBER 1972-JULY 1973

INSTRUCTOR IN PHYSICS AT GEORGE MASON COLLEGE, SUMMER 1971

TEACHING ASSISTANT IN PHYSICS AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, SEPTEMBER 1968-JUNE 1971

INSTRUCTOR IN PHYSICS AT WASHINGTON TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, SUMMER 1970

AERO-SPACE TECHNOLOGIST WITH THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, SUMMER 1968

PUBLICATIONS (see also "WORK IN PROGRESS")

BOOKS:

THE UNFINISHED PROJECT: TOWARDS A POSTMETAPHYSICAL HUMANISM (NEW YORK: ROUTLEDGE), IN PROGRESS

TECHNOLOGY, TIME, AND THE CONVERSATIONS OF MODERNITY (NEW YORK: ROUTLEDGE, 1995)

BOOK CHAPTERS AND JOURNAL ARTICLES: "COMMUNICATION AND THE POLITICS OF DIFFERENCE: READING IRIS YOUNG," CONSTELLATIONS, FORTHCOMING

"HUMANISM, POSTMODERNISM, AND IRONY," STUDIES IN PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY, FORTHCOMING

"CRITICAL THEORY, AESTHETICS, AND BLACK MODERNITY." IN A BLACKWELL COMPANION TO AFRICAN

AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY, EDITED BY TOMMY LOTT AND JOHN PITTMAN (OXFORD: BLACKWELL), FORTHCOMING

"CRITICAL THEORY AND NATURE: A REPLY TO VOGEL." CAPITALISM, NATURE, SOCIALISM, FORTHCOMING

"COMMUNITY AND DIFFERENCE: REFLECTIONS IN THE WAKE OF RODNEY KING." IN ARTIFACTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND SOCIAL PRACTICE: ESSAYS FOR MARX WARTOFSKY, EDITED BY ROBERT COHEN AND CAROL GOULD (DORDRECHT: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS, 1994), PP. 525-542; ALSO IN AFRICAN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHERS AT CENTURY'S END: AN ACADEMIC READER, EDITED BY WILLIAM LAWSON (OXFORD: BLACKWELL), FORTHCOMING

"EVADING THEORY AND TRAGEDY?: READING CORNEL WEST." PRAXIS INTERNATIONAL 13 (1993): 32-45

"ON THE HISTORICIST TURN IN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY: A REPLY TO WEST." NEWSLETTER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION 1 (OCT. 1, 1991): 28-31

"VALUES, RESPECT AND RECOGNITION: ON RACE AND CULTURE IN THE NEO-CONSERVATIVE DEBATE." PRAXIS INTERNATIONAL 7 (1987): 164-73

"ON HABERMAS AND PARTICULARITY: IS THERE ROOM FOR RACE AND GENDER ON THE GLASSY PLAINS OF IDEAL DISCOURSE?" PRAXIS INTERNATIONAL 6 (1986): 328-340

"MARCUSE, TIME AND TECHNIQUE: CONCERNING THE RATIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF CRITICAL THEORY." THE PHILOSOPHICAL FORUM 17 (1986): 245-70

"SCIENCE, LANGUAGE AND EXPERIENCE: REFLECTIONS ON THE NATURE OF SELF-UNDERSTANDING." MAN AND WORLD 16 (1983): 25-41

"CRITICAL REMARKS CONCERNING MARCUSE'S NOTION OF SCIENCE." PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 13 (1983): 451-63

"SCIENCE, CRITIQUE AND AFRICAN CULTURE." THE JOURNAL (OF THE NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF BLACK PHILOSOPHY), FORTHCOMING

"ON SCIENTIFIC KNOWING." YALE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE 7 (FEBRUARY 1968): 6-10 REVIEWS AND REVIEW ESSAYS: REVIEW ESSAY: STEVEN VOGEL, AGAINST NATURE: THE CONCEPT OF NATURE IN CRITICAL THEORY. CANADIAN PHILOSOPHICAL REVIEWS, FORTHCOMING

HOWARD WINANT, RACIAL CONDITIONS: POLITICS, THEORY, COMPARISONS. POLITICAL STUDIES (UK), 43 (1995): 792

JERALD WALLULIS, THE HERMENEUTICS OF LIFE HISTORY: PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND HISTORY IN GADAMER, HABERMAS, AND ERIKSON. THE REVIEW OF METAPHYSICS, 46 (DECEMBER 1992): 426-428

REVIEW ESSAY: C. FRED ALFORD, SCIENCE AND THE REVENGE OF NATURE: MARCUSE AND HABERMAS. PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 18 (1988): 572-77

INVITED PRESENTATIONS "REPLY TO MY READERS," SYMPOSIUM ON MY BOOK, TECHNOLOGY, TIME, AND THE CONVERSATIONS OF MODERNITY, SPONSORED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PHENOMENOLOGY AND EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENVER, OCTOBER 1998

"THE UNFINISHED PROJECT: TOWARDS A POSTMETAPHYSICAL HUMANISM," SEMINAR PRESENTATION, WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS, WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 1997

"CRITICAL THEORY AND NATURE: A REPLY TO VOGEL." COMMENTARY PRESENTED, "RETHINKING MARXISM" CONFERENCE, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT AMHERST, AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS, DECEMBER, 1996

"HUMANISM, POSTMODERNISM, AND IRONY." PAPER PRESENTED, "CONTEMPORARY CURRENTS IN CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY" LECTURE SERIES, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, AMHERST COLLEGE, AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS, APRIL 1995; ALSO PRESENTED, SOCIETY FOR PHENOMENOLOGY AND EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY, WASHINGTON, D.C., OCTOBER 1996

"BIOLOGY, RACE, ETHNICITY AND CULTURE: A RESPONSE TO PHILIP KITCHER." COMMENTARY PRESENTED, "RACE: ITS MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE" CONFERENCE, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, NOVEMBER 1994

"DIFFERENCE, EMBODIMENT AND THE TRAGIC: A RESPONSE TO YOUNG, OKIN AND WEST." COMMENTARY PRESENTED, "DEMOCRACY AND DIFFERENCE" CONFERENCE, YALE UNIVERSITY PROGRAM IN SOCIAL THOUGHT AND ETHICS, YALE UNIVERSITY, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, APRIL 1993

"COMMUNITY AND DIFFERENCE: REFLECTIONS IN THE WAKE OF RODNEY KING." PAPER PRESENTED, MELLON LECTURE SERIES, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, HOWARD UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 1993; ALSO PRESENTED FOR "HONORS WEEK," DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, APRIL 1997

"ON POSTMODERNISM: A CRITICAL VIEW." PAPER PRESENTED, PHILOSOPHY CLUB, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, MARCH 1992: ALSO; PRESENTED TO DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, HOWARD UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 1993

"THE HISTORICIST TURN IN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY: A REPLY TO WEST." COMMENTARY ON INVITED PAPER, AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, DECEMBER 1990

"TECHNOLOGY, POSTSTRUCTURALISM AND NIHILISM: NOTES TOWARDS THE TRIVIALIZATION OF A DISTINCTION." PAPER PRESENTED, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK, STONY BROOK, NEW YORK, DECEMBER 1989

"THE TIME OF MEANING AND THE TIME OF ENDS." PAPER PRESENTED, COLLOQUIUM ON TECHNOLOGY AND SELF-UNDERSTANDING, SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHY AND TECHNOLOGY, AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, APRIL 1989

"SCIENCE, LANGUAGE, AND EXPERIENCE." PAPER PRESENTED, STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, `BRIDGING THE TWO CULTURES: SCIENTIFIC AND HUMANISTIC UNDERSTANTING,' SPONSORED BY THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES, STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, APRIL 1989 (Leo Marx, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of American Cultural History at M.I.T., and I were the keynote speakers at this conference); ALSO PRESENTED, INTER-UNIVERSITY CENTRE OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, DUBROVNIK, CROATIA, APRIL 1981; DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, APRIL 1982

"ON MEANING, VALUE, AND TIME IN A TECHNICAL CIVILIZATION." PAPER PRESENTED, INITIATION CEREMONY OF MU CHAPTER OF PHI SIGMA TAU, NATIONAL PHILOSOPHY HONORARY SOCIETY, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION, JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY, HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA, MARCH 1989

"THE HABERMAS/GADAMER DEBATE: A REPLY TO KELLY." COMMENTARY PRESENTED, AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION COLLOQUIUM ON HEIDEGGER/CRITICAL THEORY DEBATE, EASTERN DIVISION MEETING OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION, WASHINGTON, D.C., DECEMBER 1988

"TECHNOLOGY, MEANING AND TIME." SEMINAR PRESENTATION, WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 1987

"AESTHETICISM, CRITIQUE AND THE POST-MODERN CONSENSUS." PAPER PRESENTED, FORD FOUNDATION FELLOWS CONFERENCE, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, WASHINGTON, D.C., NOVEMBER 1986

"REASON, VALUES AND THE GOOD LIFE." PAPER PRESENTED, NINTH ANNUAL LOCKE LECTURE, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, HOWARD UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C., APRIL 1986

"SCIENCE AND AFRO-CENTRIC EXPERIENCE." PAPER PRESENTED, NINTH ANNUAL BLACK STUDIES CONFERENCE, OLIVE-HARVEY COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, APRIL 1986

"ON HABERMAS AND PARTICULARITY: IS THERE ROOM FOR RACE AND SEX ON THE GLASSY PLAINS OF IDEAL DISCOURSE?" PAPER PRESENTED, MELLON LECTURE SERIES, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, HOWARD UNIVERSITY, APRIL 1985; INVITATION TO PRESENT AT INTER-UNIVERSITY CENTRE OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, DUBROVNIK, YUGOSLAVIA, MARCH 1986

"HABERMAS AND RATIONALITY: A REPLY TO MR. INGRAM." COMMENTARY PRESENTED, AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION COLLOQUIUM ON HABERMAS AND ECONOMICS, EASTERN DIVISION MEETING OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, DECEMBER 1983

"SCIENCE, CRITIQUE AND AFRICAN CULTURE." PAPER PRESENTED, INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON AFRICANA PHILOSOPHY, HAVERFORD COLLEGE, HAVERFORD, PA, JULY 1982

"HERMENEUTICS AND AESTHETICS." PAPER PRESENTED, FACULTY SEMINAR ON POST-MODERNISM, UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, MARCH 1980

COMMENTARY ON PAPER ENTITLED "THE METAPHYSICS OF MAGIC," PRESENTED AT EASTERN DIVISION MEETING OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION, WASHINGTON, D.C., DECEMBER 1978

WORK IN PROGRESS "ON HABERMAS AND DIFFERENCE: CRITICAL THEORY AND THE POLITICS OF RECOGNITION," IN HABERMAS -- THE LIBRARY OF LIVING PHILOSOPHERS (commissioned by Open Court Publishing Company; volume will include Habermas' reply to my essay)

"RADICALIZING PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY: A REPLY TO A. FEENBERG," RADICAL PHILOSOPHICAL REVIEW

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES APPOINTED TO EDITORIAL BOARD OF CONSTELLATIONS: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CRITICAL AND DEMOCRATIC THEORY, 1994-

APPOINTED TO EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL FORUM, 1990-

MEMBER OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE, DUPONT VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM, VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT COLLEGES, 1990-

FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION READER, WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS, WASHINGTON, D.C., 1989, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997

EVALUATION PANELIST FOR FORD FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, WASHINGTON, D.C., 1990

SERVED ON PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON "BIOMEDICAL ETHICS AND THE BLACK PERSPECTIVE," SPONSORED BY THE KENNEDY INSTITUTE OF ETHICS AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON D.C., SPRING 1987

SESSION CHAIRPERSON FOR SESSION ENTITLED "THE STATE OF AFRICANA PHILOSOPHY," INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON AFRICANA PHILOSOPHY, HAVERFORD COLLEGE, HAVERFORD, PA, JULY 1982

MANUSCRIPT REFEREE FOR: ROUTLEDGE, CHAPMAN AND HALL, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS THE PHILOSOPHICAL FORUM THE SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHY AND TECHNOLOGY'S FIFTH BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN BORDEAUX, FRANCE

MCGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY SOUTHERN SPEECH COMMUNICATION JOURNAL

EXTERNAL REFEREE FOR HAVERFORD COLLEGE PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEE, SPRING 1985; FOR DENISON UNIVERSITY, FALL 1995; AND FOR NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, SPRING 1997. UNIVERSITY SERVICE

SEARCH COMMITTEE FOR TYLER-HAYNES PROFESSOR, 1994-95
AFRICAN STUDIES ADVISORY BOARD, 1993-
ORGANIZED SYMPOSIUM ON THE RODNEY KING VERDICT AND THE LOS ANGELES UPRISING, SPRING 1993
CONCEIVED AND CO-ORDINATED NEH LECTURE SERIES: "RATIONALITY, IDEOLOGY AND DIFFERENCE," SPRING 1991
ELECTION TO TENURE AND PROMOTION COMMITTEE OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, 1990-1993
ORGANIZED SYMPOSIUM ON HISTORICALLY INFLUENTIAL BLACK SCHOLARS, FEBRUARY 1990
LED FACULTY STUDY GROUP ON THE RECENT WORK OF JURGEN HABERMAS, SPRING 1988
HONORARY DEGREE COMMITTEE, 1987-88
UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD, 1987-
ELECTION TO THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY COUNCIL, 1984-87
DISINVESTMENT STUDY COMMITTEE (to advise trustees regarding University investments in companies doing business in South Africa), 1985-86
UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM COMMITTEE, 1983-84
CONNECTICUT GENERAL SCHOLARS COMMITTEE (for black students in the Richmond area), 1982
CO-CHAIR, ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS, SPRING AND SUMMER 1982
SUB-COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE--OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, 1981-82
SEARCH COMMITTEE FOR GRADUATE DEAN, 1979-80
DIRECTOR, FRESHMAN COLLOQUIUM PROGRAM, 1979-80
CO-ADVISOR TO BLACK STUDENT ORGANIZATION (SOBA), 1979-80
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS COMMITTEE, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1985-86
FRESHMAN FACULTY ADVISOR, 1977-80, 1997-
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES COMMITTEE, 1977-79

LANGUAGES FRENCH (SPEAKING AND READING KNOWLEDGE)
GERMAN (READING KNOWLEDGE)
RUSSIAN (SOME SPEAKING AND READING KNOWLEDGE) MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION
SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHY AND TECHNOLOGY
SOCIETY FOR PHENOMENOLOGY AND EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY
ALAIN LOCKE SOCIETY COURSES TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND

CORE 101-102 (INTERDISCIPLINARY CORE COURSE FOR FIRST YEAR STUDENTS)

COLLOQUIUM 139 (FINDING THE SELF: RACIAL AND SEXUAL FACTORS IN AN AGE OF TECHNOLOGY)

COLLOQUIUM 151 (EROS AND UNDERSTANDING: PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON LOVE AND SEXUALITY)

PHILOSOPHY 200 (INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENT)

PHILOSOPHY 251 (ELEMENTARY LOGIC)

PHILOSOPHY 252 (PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES)

PHILOSOPHY 331 (PLATO, ARISTOTLE AND DESCARTES)

PHILOSOPHY 336 (HEGEL AND THE AFTERMATH: TOPICS IN 19TH CENTURY GERMAN PHILOSOPHY)

PHILOSOPHY 339 (EXISTENTIALISM)

PHILOSOPHY 353 (PHILOSOPHY OF NATURAL SCIENCE)

PHILOSOPHY 354 (PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE)

PHILOSOPHY 301-302 (JUNIOR SEMINAR: PHILOSOPHICAL METHOD)

PHILOSOPHY 392H (HONORS TUTORIAL: GÖDEL, ESCHER AND BACH)

INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE (HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY)

PHILOSOPHY 385A (HEIDEGGER AND THE FIGURE OF REPETITION)

PHILOSOPHY 385B (RATIONALITY, IDEOLOGY AND DIFFERENCE)

PHILOSOPHY 385C (CRITICAL THEORY: FROM LUKÁCS TO HABERMAS--THE LEGACY OF CRITICAL MARXISM)

PHILOSOPHY 385D (HEGEL AND THE IDEA OF MODERNITY)

PHILOSOPHY 385E (COMMUNITY AND DIFFERENCE--REFLECTIONS ON HUMANISM IN `POST MODERN' CULTURE)

PHILOSOPHY 385-03 (PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES)

MASTER OF HUMANITIES 569 (THE CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN SCIENCE)

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