Research Fellow, Associate Research Scientist, Biology Department, Johns Hopkins University
(1978-80)
Courses Taught
PL201 Foundations of Philosophy
PL202 Philosophical Perspectives: Project of Modernity
HN220 Honors: The Ancient World
HN260 Honors: Renaissance to Modern
HN280 Honors: The Modern World
NH300 Honors: Junior Seminar
PL311 Bioethics
PL366 Studies in Plato
PL 390 American Philosophy
PL 394 Process Philosophy
Publications
"Altizer's Understanding of the Death of God," Philosophy Today, Vol. 13 No. 1/4 (Spring
1969), 48-59.
"Plat Archaic or Modern Man?", Thought, Vol. L, No. 199 (December 1976), 400-417.
"Mimesis: A Theory of Limited Scope for Plato," University of Portland Review, Vol.
XXVIII, No. 1 (Spring 1976), 3-15.
"Writing Philosophy: Sequential Essays and Objective Tests," College Composition and
Communication, Vol. XXXVI (May 1985), 166-172.
"The Particular Problems of Science for Humanists," in The Tradition in Modern Times:
Graduate Liberal Studies Today, Charles B. Hands, ed. (New York: University Press
of America, 1988), pp. 91-98.
Areas of Specialization
Plato
American Pragmatism
Process Philosophy
Bioethics
Administrative Duties
Department Chair (1973-78)
Director of January Term (1974-78)
Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs (1986-2000)
Acting Director, Center for the Humanities (2001-02; 2005-06)