CURRICULUM VITAE
Joseph Jedwab
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Kutztown University, Dept of Philosophy, Old Main Bldg, Rm 301, Kutztown, PA, 19530, USA
Office Phone: 610-683-4767
E-mail: jedwab@kutztown.edu
Areas of Specialization:
Areas of Competence:
Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysics
Critical Thinking, Symbolic Logic, Epistemology,
Philosophy of Mind, Modern Philosophy, Religious Studies
Academic Employment:
 Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
 Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Notre Dame
 On-Line Tutor in Philosophy, Oxford Department Continuing Education
 Lecturership in Philosophy of Religion, University of Reading
 Lecturership in Philosophy, Worcester College, Oxford
Education:
• University of Oxford, DPhil in Philosophical Theology
Dissertation Title: The Metaphysics of the Trinity and Incarnation
Dissertation Supervisor: R. Swinburne, Examiners: B. Leftow, H. Robinson
2008Fall 2008
2004-2008
2005-2008
2000-2004
1998-2008
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University of Oxford, MPhil in Philosophical Theology
1996-1998
Dissertation Title: Three Persons and One Substance
Papers: History of Philosophical Theology (Patristic: Origen and Augustine;
Medieval: Anselm and Aquinas), Metaphysics and Theory of Knowledge,
Philosophy of Religion
Dissertation Supervisor: R. Swinburne, Examiners: K. Ward, R. Cross, J. Day
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King’s College London, BA in Philosophy and Theology (First Class)
1992-1995
Philosophy Papers: Ancient Philosophy, Modern Philosophy,
Logic and Metaphysics, Epistemology and Methodology, Philosophy of Religion
Theology Papers: Making of Christian Theology, New Testament Greek,
Doctrine of God and the Person of Christ, Doctrine of Creation, God and Action
Papers Published:
Invited chapter in Edited Collection: ‘The Incarnation and Unity of Consciousness’ in The
Metaphysics of the Incarnation, edited by Marmodoro and Hill (Oxford University Press, 2011)
Blind Peer-Reviewed Article: ‘A Critique of Baker’s Constitution View’ Metaphysica (2012)
Dictionary Entries: ‘Atonement’, ‘Grace’, ‘Natural Reason’ in Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy,
3rd edition, edited by Audi (Cambridge University Press, 2013)
Book Review: ‘Phil Dowe, Galileo, Darwin, and Hawking: The Interplay of
Science, Reason, and Religion,’ Faith and Philosophy 24.3 (2007): 350-3.
Work in Progress: Book: The Metaphysics of the Trinity and Incarnation (under contract with
Oxford University Press); Papers: ‘The Geach-Type Relative Identity Account of the Trinity’,
‘Constitution Theories of the Trinity’, and ‘Constitution Theories of the Incarnation’.
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Scholarships and Prizes:
British Academy Studentships
Oriel College, Oxford University, Graduate Scholarship
Oriel College Travel Grant
Graduate Studies Committee Travel Grant
Kutztown University Assessment Research Grant ($1950)
Academic Teaching:
• Seminars and Tutorials in Modern Philosophy (King’s College London)
• Classes, Seminars, and Tutorials in Elementary Logic,
General Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Metaphysics and Theory of
Knowledge, Philosophy of Religion (University of Oxford)
• College Lectures in Elementary Logic (University of Oxford)
• College Lectures in Introduction to Philosophy (University of Oxford)
• Lectures in Philosophy of Religion (University of Reading)
• On-line Tutorials in Introduction to Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion,
Philosophy of Mind (Oxford University Department of Continuing Education)
Kutztown University:
Spring 2009:
PHI 015 010 Critical Thinking
PHI 015 020 Critical Thinking
PHI 140 010 Symbolic Logic
PHI 170 010 Philosophy of Religion
Fall 2009:
PHI 015 010 Critical Thinking
PHI 015 020 Critical Thinking
PHI 060 010 Introduction to Religious Studies
Spring 2010:
PHI 015 010 Critical Thinking
PHI 015 020 Critical Thinking
PHI 015 030 Critical Thinking
PHI 015 040 Critical Thinking
PHI 345 010 Metaphysics
Fall 2010:
PHI 015 010
PHI 015 020
PHI 015 030
PHI 060 010
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Introduction to Religious Studies
Spring 2011:
PHI 015 010 Critical Thinking
PHI 015 020 Critical Thinking
PHI 060 010 Introduction to Religious Studies
PHI 170 010 Philosophy of Religion
PHI 380 010 Senior Seminar in Philosophy
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1998-2000
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1997-2008
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2004-2005
2005-2008
2004-2008
Fall 2011:
PHI 015 010
PHI 015 020
PHI 015 030
PHI 060 010
PHI 381 010
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Introduction to Religious Studies
Senior Seminar in Philosophy and Religion
Spring 2012:
PHI 015 010 Critical Thinking
PHI 015 010 Critical Thinking
PHI 170 010 Philosophy of Religion
PHI 345 010 Metaphysics
PHI 381 010 Senior Seminar in Philosophy and Religion
Fall 2012:
PHI 015 010
PHI 015 020
PHI 015 030
PHI 060 010
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Introduction to Religious Studies
Papers presented:
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‘A Simple Theory of a Composite God’
The Joseph Butler Society, 97
Whitefield Institute Research Grantee Seminar, 97
King’s College London Philosophy of Religion Graduate Seminar, 98
Tyndale Philosophy of Religion Conference, 99
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‘The Co-consciousness Theory of the Trinity’
Oxford Modern Doctrine Graduate Seminar, 99
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‘The Moral Goodness of God’
Tyndale Philosophy of Religion Conference, 99
Gifford Bequest Philosophy of Religion Conference, 00
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‘“Omnipotence” Defined’
University of London Philosophy Graduate Conference, 00
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‘The Metaphysics of the Incarnation’
King’s College London Philosophy of Religion Graduate Seminar, 00
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‘A Priori Arguments for the Trinity: Anselm and Richard of St Victor’
The Tyndale Lecture of 2001, Tyndale Philosophy of Religion Conference, 01
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‘Divine Omnipresence’
Tyndale Philosophy of Religion Conference, Cambridge University, 05
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‘A Lockean Theory of the Trinity and Incarnation’
Kutztown University Philosophy Society, Kutztown University, 08
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‘Against Concretism in the Incarnation’
King’s College London Philosophical Theology Seminar, King’s College London, 08
The Joseph Butler Society, University of Oxford, 08
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‘The Trinity and Consciousness’
Center for Philosophy of Religion, University of Notre Dame, 08
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‘The Incarnation and Consciousness’
Center for Philosophy of Religion, University of Notre Dame, 08
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‘Comments on Marmodoro’s ‘Incarnational Entanglement’
Logos Worshop in Philosophical Theology, University of Notre Dame, 09
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‘The Incarnation and the Unity of Consciousness’
Kutztown University Philosophy Society 09
The Metaphysics of the Incarnation Conference, University of Oxford, 09
‘A Critique of Baker’s Constitution View’
IAPRS Conference, Kutztown University, 12
Referee Work: For Faith and Philosophy, Mind, Ratio, Religious Studies, and Sophia.
College, University, and Community Service:
Student Residence Representative for Oriel Middle Common Room
Bible Clerk for Oriel College, Oxford Chapel
Secretary of the Joseph Butler Society for Philosophy of Religion
Interviewer for Admissions in Philosophy at Worcester and Oriel Colleges
Organizer of Philosophy Speakers: Robert Audi (Notre Dame),
Robin Collins (Messiah), and Lynne Rudder Baker (Mass, Amherst)
Invited Speaker to St Barnabas’ Episcopal Church, Kutztown
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97/98-07/08
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Departmental Representative for CLAS Academic Technology Committee 09/10-11/12
Faculty Advisor to Philosophy Majors
09/10Faculty Advisor to Philosophy Club
10/11Convener of Wednesday Philosophy Student Colloquium
10/11
Vice-President of IAPRS for PASSHE
10/11
President of IAPRS for PASSHE
11/12
Assessment of Critical Thinking for General Education
11/12
Alternate Delegate to Legislative Assembly for APSCUF-KU
11/12Professional Organizations:
 Member, American Philosophical Association
 Member, Canadian Philosophical Association
 Member, Society of Christian Philosophers
 Member, Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers
 Member, British Society of the Philosophy of Religion
References:
Professor Richard Swinburne
Oriel College, University of Oxford
OXFORD, OX1 4EW, UK
richard.swinburne@oriel.ox.ac.uk
Professor Brian Leftow
Oriel College, University of Oxford
OXFORD, OX1 4EW, UK
brian.leftow@oriel.ox.ac.uk
Professor John Lizza
Dept of Phil, Kutztown University
KUTZTOWN, PA, 19530
lizza@kutztown.edu
Professor Allan Bäck
Dept of Phil, Kutztown University
KUTZTOWN, PA, 19530, 19530
back@kutztown.edu
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