MA in Practical Philosophy and Applied Ethics
MA Program Graduates and Thesis/Internship Titles
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Bridey Scully, The Applied Ethics of Ecological Restoration: Ecological Restoration with
the North Florida Land Trust
Aron Burnett, Multi-Cultural Model of Relational Personhood and Implementing
Philosophy for Children (P4C): A Refusal of the Illusion of Individualism in America
Justin Simpson, Quasi-Subjectivity and Ethics in Non-Modernity
Dominique Greene-Sanders, The Plausibility of a Slippery Slope: Guantanamo Bay as an
example of Direct/Indirect Participation in Torture and the Corruption of Societal
Morality
Kerrie Coubrough, The Rights of Refugees and the Obligations of the West: an
examination of the global refugee crisis and practical observations in Jacksonville, FL
Benjamin Kenofer Bringing out the Feminist in Bernard Williams: Constructing an AntiMoralistic Care Ethic
Catherine Manners Bucolo Food for Thought and Thought for Food: Applying Care
Ethics to the American Eater
Christopher Byron Critically Approaching Real Capabilities
Holly Masturzo Developing A Learning Workplace: The Ethical Function of
Participation for Improvement Processes in Higher Education
Holly Swantek “Seeing the Girl” at the Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center: Working to
Champion Girls’ Rights and Solve Gender Inequality in the Juvenile Justice System
Jeannemarie Curran Halleck E Pluribus Unum?: Liberalism and the Search for Civility in
America
Olga Provencher Ecofeminism and Religion: Christianity and the Ethical Approach to the
Environment
Jamie Kristen Ayres Inscriptions of Power: An Argument Against Traditional Gender
Roles in Contemporary Culture
Jeanette Hoekstra-Berk The Voice of Deliberation
Tyler Andrews Fair Play: an Ethical Evaluation of the NCAA’s Treatment of Student
Athletes
Melissa Schwartz Embodied Ethics: Transformation, Care, and Activism through Artistic
Engagement
Lorivie Apabo Advertising the Self: The Importance of Being Authentic and Creating an
Authentic Self
Drew Dixon Taking Ethical Theory to Practical Application in Business
Benjamin K. Hoffman Reflexivity and Social Phenomenology
Michael Bailey The Role of Consensus in the Neutrality/Advocacy Debate
Meghan Orman Reinventing Political Participation: Democracy and Education in the
Early 21st Century
Sarah Fernandez A Theory of Cultural Glocality
Cathleen Jensen-Gall UNF's Institutional Review: An Internship Report
Dathan Kahn Auerbach Now I Am Become Internet, The Destroyer Of Selves: The
Destruction
of Identity Coherence Through Electronic Socialization
Linda H. Harris On Human Migration And The Moral Obligations Of Business
Sean Patrick Smith The Significance Of Trust For Ethics Theoretical And Applied: A
Critical Account of Watsuji's Metaethics
Nicolas Michaud Control, Counter-Examples, and ReasonsReluctance
Tara Mantovani (Stamm) Don't Think of Restoration: The Necessity of Core Values in
Analyzing Commensurability
August 2007
May 2007
Kristina Kathleen Farrell The Classroom as a Community of Inquiry: Rethinking
Education in Terms of Autonomy, Pluralism and Democratic Values
Karla Pierce Hospitality Ethics and the Jacksonville Convention Bureau
MA in Practical Philosophy and Applied Ethics
Placements of Graduates in Ph.D. Programs
Benjamin Kenofer (2014)
Christopher Byron (2014)
Melissa Schwartz (2012)
Benjamin Hoffman (2011)
Michigan State University, Philosophy
University of Georgia, Philosophy
Virginia Tech, ASPECT (Social, Political, Ethical, Cultural Thought) Program
University of Hawaii, Philosophy