Nancy E. Snow, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma 73019
Areas of Specialization: Virtue Ethics and Virtue Theory, Moral Psychology
Areas of Competence: Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy, Feminist
Ethics, Business Ethics, Bioethics, Free Will and Determinism, Asian Philosophy
Contact Information:
E-mail: nsnow@ou.edu
Degrees:
Ph.D. 1988 University of Notre Dame
M.A. 1982 Marquette University
B.A. 1980 Marquette University
Academic Experience:
2015- Professor and Director of the Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing,
University of Oklahoma
2010- 2015 Professor of Philosophy, Marquette University
2002-2005 Director of Core Curriculum, Marquette University
1996- 2010 Associate Professor of Philosophy, Marquette University
1989-1996 Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Marquette University
1987-1989 Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Arizona State University
Publications:
Book Series:
Forthcoming, “Becoming Virtuous,” 15 volume book series on individual virtues or
clusters of virtues, co-edited with Darcia Narvaez, under contract with Oxford University
Press.
Selected Books:
Forthcoming Developing the Virtues: Integrating Perspectives, ed. by Julia Annas, Darcia
Narvaez, and Nancy E. Snow. New York: Oxford University Press.
2015 Cultivating Virtue: Perspectives from Philosophy, Theology and Psychology, edited
by Nancy E. Snow. New York: Oxford University Press.
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2014 The Philosophy and Psychology of Character and Happiness, edited by Nancy E.
Snow and Franco V. Trivigno. New York: Routledge.
2010 Virtue as Social Intelligence: An Empirically Grounded Theory. New York, New
York: Routledge Press.
2003 Editor, Stem Cell Research: New Frontiers in Science and Ethics. Notre Dame,
Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press.
1999 Coeditor, with Larry May and Angela Bolte, Legal Philosophy: Multiple
Perspectives. Mountain View, California: Mayfield Publishing Company.
1996 Editor, In the Company of Others: Perspectives on Community, Family, and
Culture. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield.
Articles:
Forthcoming, “How Habits Make Us Virtuous,” in Developing the Virtues: Integrating
Perspectives, co-edited by Julia Annas, Darcia Narvaez, and Nancy E. Snow (Oxford
University Press).
Forthcoming, “Metaphysics, Virtue, and Eudaimonia in Aristotle and Buddhism,” in
Naturalism and Asian Philosophy: Owen Flanagan and Beyond, ed. Eric Nelson (SUNY
Press).
Forthcoming, “Generativity and Flourishing,” Journal of Moral Education (special issue
on Kohlberg Memorial Lecture).
Forthcoming, “Food Virtue: Can We Make Virtuous Food Choices?,” in Just Food, ed.
Jill Dieterle, Rowman & Littlefield.
2015 “Models of Virtue,” in Routledge Companion to Virtue Ethics, ed. Lorraine BesserJones and Michael Slote, pp. 359-373. New York: Routledge.
2015 “Picturing Moral Sensitivity: Insights from Murdoch and Cervone,” in Developing
Moral Sensitivity edited by Phyllis Vandenberg, Deborah Mower, and Wade Robison, pp.
58-76. New York: Routledge.
2015 “Virtue and Oppression: A Response to Roberts,” in Current Controversies in
Virtue Theory, edited by Mark Alfano. New York: Routledge, pp. 49-59
2015 “Comments on Intelligent Virtue: Outsmarting Situationism,” Journal of Value
Inquiry 49 (1): 297-306.
2014 “The Geography of Thought Revisited: Reflections on Situationism and the
Psychology of Asians,” in The Philosophy and Psychology of Character and Happiness,
edited by Nancy E. Snow and Franco V. Trivigno. New York: Routledge.
2014 “Toward a Moral Psychology of Nonviolence: The Gandhian Paradigm,” in
Exploring the Power of Nonviolence: Peace, Politics, and Practice, eds. Randall Amster
and Elavie Ndura. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, pp. 253-267.
2014 “Situationism and Character: New Directions,” The Handbook of Virtue Ethics, ed.
Stan van Hooft. Durham, England: Acumen Publishing, pp. 430-439.
2013 “Hope as an Intellectual Virtue,” Invited essay for Virtues in Action: New Essays
in Applied Virtue Ethics, edited by Mike Austin. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.
153-170.
2013 “Wisdom and Evil,” Invited submission for Wisdom Research blog, University of
Chicago, Wisdom Project.
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2013 Entry on “Sympathy,” International Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. Hugh LaFollette.
Wiley-Blackwell.
2013 “Learning to Look: Lessons from Iris Murdoch,” Teaching Ethics 13 (2): 1-22.
2013 “‘May You Live in Interesting Times’: Moral Philosophy and Empirical
Psychology,” Invited review essay on The Moral Psychology Handbook, ed. John M.
Doris and The Moral Psychology Research Group, Journal of Moral Philosophy 10:3:
339-353.
2013 “Notes Toward an Empirical Psychology of Virtue: Exploring the Personality
Scaffolding of Virtue,” Invited essay for Aristotelian Ethics in Contemporary
Perspective, ed. Julia Peters. New York: Routledge, 130-144.
2012 “Gandhi,” Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. Deen Chatterjee. Springer.
2010 “‘Let Me Look Again’: Iris Murdoch’s Notion of a Loving Gaze Revisited,” in Iris
Murdoch, Novelist Meets Philosopher, eds. Fátima Vieira and Sofía de Melo Araújo,
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 13-21.
2010 “Hospitableness: A Neglected Virtue,” in Feminism and Hospitality: Gender in the
Host/Guest Relationship, ed. Maurice Hamington, Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books,
3-17.
2009 “Shedding Colonialized Identities: A Comparison and Contrast of Gandhi and
Fanon,” Journal of Indian Philosophy and Religion 14 (October): 39-66.
2009 “How Ethical Theory Can Improve Practice: Lessons From Abu Ghraib,” Ethical
Theory and Moral Practice 12 (5): 555-568.
2008 “Virtue and Flourishing,” Journal of Social Philosophy XXXIX, no. 2 (Summer
2008): 225-245.
2006 “Habitual Virtuous Actions and Automaticity,” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
9: 5 (November 2006): 545-561.
2005 “Iris Murdoch’s Notion of a Loving Gaze,” The Journal of Value Inquiry 39 (2005):
487-498.
2004 “Virtue and the Oppression of African Americans,” Public Affairs Quarterly 18:1
(January 2004): 57-74.
2003 “Feminism and Natural Law Theory: Irreconcilable Differences?” Vera Lex new
series volume 4, nos. 1 and 2 (Winter 2003): 5-21.
2003 “Virtue and the Oppression of Women,” in Samantha Brennan, ed., Feminist Moral
Philosophy. Calgary, Alberta, Canada: University of Calgary Press, 33-61.
2000 “Empathy,” American Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1 (January 2000): 6578 (double column format).
1999 “Comments on Roger Paden, ‘Political Arguments Against Utopianism,’”
Philosophy in the Contemporary World, vol. 6, no. 1 (Spring 1999): 19-21.
1999 “Evaluating Rape Shield Law: Why the Law Continues to Fail Rape Victims,” in
Keith Burgess-Jackson, ed. A Most Detestable Crime: New Philosophical Essays on
Rape. Oxford University Press, 245-266.
1996 “Comments on ‘The Attractions of Gender,’” in Alan Soble, ed. On Sex, Love, and
Friendship. Amsterdam and Atlanta, Rodopi, 554-557.
1995 “Humility,” The Journal of Value Inquiry, vol. 29, no. 2: 203-216.
1994 “Self-Blame and Blame of Rape Victims,” Public Affairs Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 4:
377-393.
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1993 “Compassion For Animals,” Between the Species, vol. 9, no. 2: 61-66 (double
column format).
1993 “Self-Forgiveness,” The Journal of Value Inquiry, vol. 27: 75-80.
1991 “Should Drugs Be Legal?,” Contemporary Philosophy, vol. 13 (S-O 1991): 11-16
(double column format).
1991 “Compassion,” American Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 28 (July 1991): 195-205
(double column format).
1985 “Dworkin on the Rule of Recognition,” Auslegung. Vol. 12 (Winter 1985): 24-32.
1982 “Some Comments on Luckhardt's Interpretation of Empirical Propositions as
Paradigms,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol. 53, (December 1982):
259-263.
Book Reviews:
Forthcoming, review of Kristján Kristjánsson, Aristotelian Character Education, British
Journal of Moral Education
2012 Book review of Iris Murdoch, Philosopher: A Collection of Essays, ed. Justin
Broackes, Ethics 123 (1): 137-141.
2011 Book review of Hope by Stan van Hooft, Sophia, vol. 50, no. 4: 697-699.
2007 Book review of Burdened Virtues: Virtue Ethics for Liberatory Struggles by Lisa
Tessman, Mind 116:163 (July 2007), 785-789.
2004 Book review of Emotions: An Essay in Aid of Moral Psychology,
by Robert C. Roberts, Faith and Philosophy, vol. 21, no. 3 (July 2004).
2002 Book review of The Multiculturalism of Fear, by Jacob T. Levy, International
Migration Review, vol. 36 (fall 2003): 942-943.
2002 Book note on The Human Embryonic Stem Cell Debate, eds., Suzanne Holland,
Karen Lebacqz, and Laurie Zoloth, Theological Studies September 2002, vol. 63, no. 3:
650-651.
1999 Review of Making a Necessity of Virtue: Aristotle and Kant on Virtue,
by Nancy Sherman, The Journal of Value Inquiry, vol. 33: 127-130.
1998 Review of Ethics, Evil, and Fiction, by Colin McGinn, International Philosophical
Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 3 (September 1998): 325-327.
1995 Review of A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy ed. by Robert E.
Goodin and Philip Pettit, in Philosophical Books, vol. 36, no. 1 (January 1995): 67-69.
1990 Review of Liberalism, Community, and Culture by Will Kymlicka, in
Philosophical Books, vol. 36, no. 3 (July 1990): 180-183.
1988 Review of The Consent Theory of Political Obligation by Harry Beran, in
Philosophical Books, vol. 29, no. 4: 239-241.
1988 Book Note on Civil Disobedience: Threats and Offers: Gandhi and Rawls by Vinit
Haksar, in Ethics, vol. 99, no. 1 (October 1988): 198-199.
Reprints:
2005 “Humility,” in Clifford Williams, ed., Personal Virtues: Introductory Essays,
2006 Palgrave Macmillan: 73-89.
1994 “Should Drugs Be Legal?” in R. Paul Churchill, ed., The Ethics of Democracy.
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Providence, Rhode Island, Berg Publishers. Ltd.: 151-165.
1992 “Compassion,” in Women, Technology and Ethics: Defining the Issues of the
Twenty-First Century, Proceedings of the First Wilma E. Grote Symposium for the
Advancement of Women. Morehead, KY: Morehead State University: 198–213.
Editorial Activity:
2013 Board Member, Journal of Value Inquiry
2012-2017 Associate Editor for Ethics and Philosophy, Journal of Moral Education
2011 Board Member, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
2011, Guest editor, Social Philosophy Today Series, 2011, volume 27.
2011 Editor (with John Rowan), Social Philosophy Today Series, 2011, volume 26.
2003-2006 Board Member, American Philosophical Quarterly
Conference Participation:
2015 Invited Commentator, Conversation with the Author, North American Society for
Social Philosophy, July 18. Comment on Judith Andre, Worldly Virtue.
2015 Invited Commentator, Author Meets Critics Session, Pacific Division APA, April 2.
Comment Neera Badhwar, Well-Being: Happiness in a Worthwhile Life.
2015 Invited Commentator, Author Meets Critics Session, North American Society for
Social Philosophy, held in conjunction with Central Division APA, February 19.
Comment on Anthony Cunningham, Modern Honor.
2014 Invited Panelist, “Hope as a Civic Virtue,” Eastern Society for Women in
Philosophy, American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, December
28.
2014 Invited Presenter, “Hope as a Christian Theological Virtue,” Wheaton College,
Wheaton, Illinois, November 19
2014 Invited Speaker, “Virtue as Social Intelligence,” University of Chicago, November
17.
2014 Kohlberg Memorial Lecture, “Generativity and Flourishing,” Association for Moral
Education Annual Meeting, Pasadena, California, November 6.
2014 Invited Presenter, “The Philosophy and Psychology of Virtue,” University of
Minnesota, October 30-31.
2014 Invited Presenter, “Changing the Culture: Character and Climate Change,” Is Net
Positive Possible: Reframing Sustainability: A Sustainability Short Course, Marquette
University, Milwaukee, WI, July 30.
2014 Invited Presenter, “Virtue Acquisition: The Paradox of Striving,” Developing
Virtue East and West, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California, June
20.
2014 Presenter, “Virtue Acquisition: The Paradox of Striving,” Virtue, Medicine, and
Modern Moral Philosophy: A Conference in Honor of W. David Solomon, University of
Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, May 26-28.
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2014 Invited Presenter, “How Habits Make Us Virtuous,” Virtue and Its Development:
An Interdisciplinary Symposium, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, May
18-22.
2014 Keynote Speaker, “Faces of Hope,” at the 2014 Conference of the Eastern Society
for Women in Philosophy, “For What May I Hope?,” University of Arkansas, Little
Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, April 11.
2014 Presenter, “Picturing Moral Sensitivity: Insights from Murdoch and Cervone,” at
the conference, “Iris Murdoch and Virtue Ethics,” Tre Roma University, Rome, Italy,
February 21-22.
2014 Keynote Speaker at conference, “Can Virtue Be Measured?,” sponsored by The
Jubilee Centre, Oxford, England, January 9-11. Paper title, “Virtue Intelligence.”
2013 Participant, Wisdom Research Conference, Chicago, IL, November 12-13.
2013 Editorial Board Participant, Annual Conference of the Association of Moral
Education, Montreal, Canada, October 14-26.
2013 Presenter: “Food Virtue: Can We Make Virtuous Food Choices?,” North American
Society for Social Philosophy, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT, July 12, 2013.
2013 Invited Panelist, “Situationism and Character: Challenges and Responses,” Society
for Philosophy and Psychology, 39th Meeting, Brown University, June 14.
2013 Invited Participant, Wisdom Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,
June 11-12.
2013 Keynote Speaker, “Virtue Ethics Fights Back: Responding to Situationist
Challenges,” at “Is There Anything Like Moral Character?,” Conference held at the
University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland, May 10-11.
2013 Invited Presenter, “Hope as an Intellectual Virtue,” Vreije Universiteit, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands, May 7.
2013, Invited Seminar Presenter, Virtue as Social Intelligence: An Empirically Grounded
Theory, Vreije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 6.
2013 Chair, Pacific Division APA Session, San Francisco, CA March 30.
2012 Invited participant, Wisdom Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,
November 27-28.
2012 Editorial Board participant, Annual meeting of the Association for Moral
Education, San Antonio, Texas, November 6-9.
2012 Invited panelist, John Templeton Foundation Meetings, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
October 14-16.
2012 Invited symposium speaker, “Learning to Look: Lessons from Iris Murdoch,”
Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, October 4.
2012 Invited presentation, “Situationism and Character: New Directions,” International
Virtue Ethics Workshop,” Deakin University, Burwood, Australia, September 21-23.
2012 Invited presentation, “Notes Toward an Empirical Psychology of Virtue: Exploring
the Personality Scaffolding of Virtue,” University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand,
September 14.
2012 Presenter, “Hope as a Civic Virtue,” 29th Meeting of the North American Society
for Social Philosophy, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, July 26-28.
2012 Invited commentator, Author Meets Critics Session on Julia Annas, Intelligent
Virtue, Pacific Division APA Meeting, Seattle, Washington, April 6.
2012, Invited commentator, Indian Society for Philosophy and Religion, Pacific Division
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APA Meeting, Seattle, Washington, April 6.
2012, Paper on “Character Traits and Virtues,” Prepared for and read at Varieties of
Action Explanation, International Workshop at the MKE, LMU, Munich, Germany,
March 21-22.
2012, Presenter, “Landscapes of Hope: The ‘What,’ ‘Why,’ and ‘How’ of Hope: Two
Years Later,” Science of Virtues Conference, University of Chicago, March 15-16.
2011, Local Host, “Freedom, Religion, and Gender,” 28th International Social
Philosophy Conference, Marquette University, July 21-23.
2011, Invited Participant, “Neuroscience and Virtue,” Habitus Group, Fuller
Theological Seminary and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, May
19- 21.
2011, Presenter, APA Session on Placement, Pacific Division APA Meeting, San
Diego, California, April 22.
2011, Author, Author Meets Critics Session on Virtue as Social Intelligence: An
Empirically Grounded Theory, Invited session, Pacific Division APA Meeting, San
Diego, California, April 21.
2011, Critic, Author Meets Critics Session on Classical Indian Philosophy of Induction:
The Nyāya Viewpoint, Kisor Kumar Chakrabarti, Society for Indian Philosophy and
Religion, Pacific Division APA Meeting, San Diego, California, April 20.
2011, Presenter, “Hope as a Christian Theological Virtue,” Conference on “The Virtue
Revolution,” Sponsored by the Society of Christian Philosophers, Houston Baptist
University, April 9.
2011, Session Chair, Author Meets Critics: Daniel Russell, Practical Intelligence and the
Virtues, Central Division APA, March 31.
2011, Presenter, “The Geography of Thought Revisited: Reflections on Situationism and
the Psychology of Asians,” International Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese
and Western Philosophy, panel on “Comparative Perspectives on Empirical Psychology
and Virtue Ethics,” Central Division APA, March 31.
2011, Presenter, “Landscapes of Hope: The ‘What,’ ‘Why,’ and ‘How’ of Hope: One
Year Later,” Science of Virtues Conference, University of Chicago, March 9-11.
2011, Presenter, “Hope as an Intellectual Virtue,” Conference on Knowledge and Virtue,
Sponsored by the Society of Christian Philosophers, George Fox University, March 3-5.
2010 Session Chair, Conference on Globalization and Crossing Boundaries, Davis and
Elkins College, Elkins, West Virginia, November 12-13.
2010 Invited Presenter, “Schemas, Virtuous Action, and Virtuous Dispositions: Steps
Toward a Neural-Cognitive Architecture of Virtue,” Conference on Automaticity and
Personal Dispositions, Sorbonne, Paris, France, September 22-23.
2010 Session Chair, 27th International Social Philosophy Conference, Ryerson
University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 15-17.
2010 Session Chair, Pacific Division APA meeting, San Francisco, California, April 3.
2009 Presenter, “The Moral Psychology of Nonviolence: The Gandhian Paradigm”
Spirituality, Morality, and Social Justice: East and West, Kolkata, India, December 2830.
2009 Presenter, “Shedding Colonialized Identities: A Comparison and Contrast of
Gandhi and Fanon” International and Interdisciplinary Conference: Spirituality, Art and
Global Peace: East and West,” Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, West Virginia,
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November 13-14.
2009 Presenter, “Where Public Meets Private: Gandhi’s Approach to Nonviolence,”
Exploring the Power of Nonviolence, Marquette University, October 8-10.
2009 Presenter, “Where Public Meets Private: Gandhi’s Approach to Nonviolence,”
Twenty- Sixth International Social Philosophy Conference, St. Joseph’s University,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 29-31.
2009 Commentator, Pacific Division APA meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, April
8-12.
2009 Co-chair of the Program Committee for 26th Annual Conference of the North
American Society for Social Philosophy.
2009 Presenter, “Hospitableness: A Neglected Virtue,” Marquette University, Marquette
Ethics and Political Philosophy Workshop, March 19.
2009 Presenter, Iris Murdoch Conference: Philosopher meets Novelist, Faculdade de
Letras da Universidade do Porto 26th – 27th February, Oporto, Portugal. Paper
presented: “‘Let Me Look Again’: Iris Murdoch’s Notion of a Loving Gaze Revisited.”
2009 Central Division American Philosophical Association meeting: Participant in
Roundtable Discussion on Preparing for the Job Market, Chicago, IL, February 19.
2009 Central Division American Philosophical Association meeting: Chair of NASSP
session, Chicago, IL, February 19.
2007 Presenter, “Is Humility a Feminist Virtue or a Vice?” Twenty-Fifth International
2008 Social Philosophy Conference, University of Portland, Portland, OR, July 17-20.
2009 Presenter, “Is Humility a Feminist Virtue or a Vice?” Pacific Division APA,
session co-sponsored by the APA Committee on the Status of Women and the Society for
Analytical Feminism, Pasadena, California, March 21.
2008 Presenter, “How Ethical Theory Can Improve Practice: Lessons from Abu Ghraib,”
Tenth Anniversary Conference of Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Vrije Universiteit,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March 19
2007 Presenter, “Can the Wicked Be Happy?,” Twenty-Fourth International Social
Philosophy Conference, Millersville University, Pennsylvania, July 12
2006 Presenter, “Iris Murdoch’s Notion of a Loving Gaze,” Twenty-Third International
Social Philosophy Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada, August 3-5
2006 Chair, Panel on “Recent Work in Race Theory,” North American Society for Social
Philosophy, at the Central Division APA, Chicago, IL, April 27.
2006 Invited Speaker, “Virtue and the Oppression of Women,” Indiana State University,
Terre Haute, Indiana, March 6.
2005 Commentator, “Skepticism about Persons,” John Doris, “Virtue Ethics and Moral
Psychology,” University of Denver, October 9-10.
2005 Presenter, “In Search of the Virtuous Self,” Twenty-Second International Social
Philosophy Conference, Rensselaer Polytechnic University, Troy New York, July.
2005 Commentator, “False Happiness,” Matthew C. Cashen on False Happiness, APA
Pacific Division Meeting, San Francisco, California, March.
2004 Presenter, “Are Virtuous Dispositions Possible?: A Reply to Situationism,” TwentyFirst International Social Philosophy Conference, Creighton University, Omaha,
Nebraska, July 31.
2004, Commentator, “Reflections on Loyalty Day,” paper by Jennifer Welchman, APA
Pacific Division Meeting, Pasadena, California, March 25.
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2003 Program Committee Co-Chair and Session Chair: Twentieth International Social
Philosophy Conference, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, July 17-19.
2003 Commentator, paper by Sergio Tennenbaum, APA Central Division Meeting,
Cleveland, Ohio, April 24-26.
2003 Presenter, Assessment Panel, Core Curriculum Conference, Xavier University,
March 20-22.
2002 Presenter, “Feminism and Natural Law Theory: Irreconcilable Differences?”
Meeting of the International Natural Law Society, held in conjunction with the American
Catholic Philosophical Association Meeting, November 2, 2002, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2002 Presenter, “Virtue and the Oppression of Women,” Feminist Moral Philosophy
Conference, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, August 23-25.
2002 Presenter, “Virtue and the Oppression of Women,” Nineteenth International Social
Philosophy Conference, University of Oregon, July 18-20.
2002 Presenter, “Federal Funding and the Search for Compromise and Consensus on
Stem Cell Research,” 30th Annual Conference on Value Inquiry, “Values in Health Care:
Past, Present, and Future,” Milwaukee, WI, April 4-6.
2001 Conference Organizer, “Stem Cell Research: New Frontiers in Science and Ethics,”
Wyndham Hotel and Marquette University, October 17-20.
2001 Presenter “Virtue and the Good,” Eighteenth International Social Philosophy
Conference, Ypsilanti, Michigan, July 26-28.
2001 Presenter, “The Complexity of Virtue,” at the Wisconsin Philosophical Association
Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 21.
2001 Chair, “The Badness of Exploitation,” at the Pacific Division Meeting, American
Philosophical Association, San Francisco, California, March 28-April 1.
2000 Attendee Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association,
New York, New York, December 27-30.
2000 Presenter, “Patriarchy and Same Sex Harassment,” and Chaired Session,
International Conference on Sexual Harassment, Washington, DC, August 9-12.
2000 Commentator, “Employee Monitoring and Computer Technology:
Evaluative Surveillance v. Privacy,” by Adam W. Moore, APA Pacific Division
Meetings, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 6-9.
2000 Department representative, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Ninth
Annual Meeting, Arlington, Virginia, February 23-27.
2000 Welcome and Session Chair, Marquette University Graduate Student Business
Ethics Conference, February 11-12, 2000.
1999 Presenter, “Defining Empathy,” Central States Philosophical Association Meeting,
Norman, Oklahoma, October 29-31.
1999 Presenter, “Embodied Empathy and Moral Responsiveness,” Feminist
Ethics Conference, Clearwater, Florida, September, 28-30.
1999 Commentator, “Utopianism and Political Liberalism,” by Roger Paden, Society for
Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Berkeley, California, April 2, 1999.
1998 Presenter, “Embodied Empathy,” at Marquette University Philosophy Department
Colloquium, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 25.
1998 Presenter, “Embodied Empathy,” North American Society for Social Philosophy,
North Adams State College, North Adams, Massachusetts, August 9.
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1998 Presenter, “Embodied Empathy,” Washington University Ethics Reading Group,
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, April.
1998 Commentator, paper on victims’ rights, by Diana Whiteley, Pacific Division APA
Meeting, Los Angeles, California, March 27.
1998 Attended annual conference of the Society for Women in Philosophy, Midwest
Division, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, March 22.
1997 Presenter, “The Moral Significance of Vulnerability,” Wisconsin Philosophical
Association Meeting, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, April.
1997 Commentator, “Rawls’s Neglected Childhood,” by Robert Noggle, Pacific
Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Oakland, California, March
28.
1996 Session Chair, “Foucault and the Subject of Feminism,” by Margaret
A. McLaren at the Central Division Meeting of the American Philosophical
Association, Chicago, IL, April 27.
1996 Commentator, “The Truth in Vulgar Relativism,” by Thomas Benningson, Pacific
Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, California,
April 1.
1995 Commentator, “Compassion and Societal Well-Being,” by Lee Brown, Central
States Philosophical Association Meeting, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee,
October 27.
1995 Keynote speaker, “Understanding Ethics,” Nursing Ethics Conference, Marquette
University, September 23.
1994 Presenter “The Moral Significance of Vulnerability.” Pacific Division Meeting,
American Philosophical Association, Los Angeles, California, March 31.
1994 Chair, Business meeting at “Conference on Philosophy and Diversity,” Society for
Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Estes Park, Colorado, August.
1993 Presenter, “Humility,” Wisconsin Philosophical Association Meeting, University of
Wisconsin, Eau Claire, April 3.
1993 Commentator, “Supererogation and Collective Responsibility,” by Gregory
Mellema at the Central Division Meeting, American Philosophical Association, Chicago,
Illinois, April 23.
1993 Presenter, “The Moral Significance of Vulnerability,” REALIA Conference on
“The Community, the Family, and Culture,” Estes Park, Colorado, August.
1993 Co-Organizer and Chair of Program Committee for REALIA Conference on “The
Community, the Family, and Culture,” Estes Park, Colorado, August.
1992 Presenter, “Compassion For Animals,” Society for Ethics and Animals, Louisville,
Kentucky, April.
1992 Commentator, “Forgiveness,” John Hare, Central Division APA meeting,
Louisville, Kentucky, April.
1992 Referee, Annual meeting of the Wisconsin Philosophical Association, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, April.
1991 Session Moderator, Annual meeting of Wisconsin Philosophical Association,
Stevens Point, Wisconsin, April.
1991 Session Chair, Meeting of the Society for Value Inquiry, Chicago, Illinois, April.
1991 Presenter, “Compassion,” Central Division Meeting of the APA, Chicago, Illinois,
April.
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1991 Presenter, “Should Drugs Be Legal?” REALIA Conference, Estes Park, Colorado,
August.
1991 Presenter, “Compassion,” at “Women, Technology, and Ethics: Defining the Issues
of the 21st Century,” the First Wilma E. Grote Symposium for the Advancement of
Women, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky, November.
1990 Representative of REALIA (Institute for Advanced Philosophical Research) at the
Conference on Philosophical Societies, New York, New York, December.
1990 Commentator, “Kant’s Qualified Principle of Obedience to Authority,” Kenneth
Westphal, Central Division APA Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April.
1990 Commentator, paper by Steven Smith, Society for the Philosophy of Sex and
Love, New Orleans, Louisiana, April.
1990 Presenter, “Compassion and Vulnerability,” Wisconsin Philosophical Association,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April.
1990 Presenter, “Compassion” at The North American Society for Social Philosophy
Conference, Burlington, Vermont, August.
Professional Service:
Reivewer, grant proposals for the Templeton Religion Trust.
Reviewer, grant proposals for The John Templeton Foundation (Character Development
and Philosophy and Theology Departments).
Reviewer, grant proposal for The Templeton World Charitable Trust.
Reviewer, submissions for Ethics, The American Philosophical Quarterly, Ethical Theory
and Moral Practice, The Journal of Value Inquiry, The Journal of Social Philosophy, and
Hypatia.
Member, Program Committee for the Pacific Division APA 2012- spring 2014.
Reviewer, NEH Collaborative Research/Scholarly Editions and Translations Program
Panel on Philosophy, Religion, and History of Science 2012.
Reviewer, The Character Project Grant Competition 2012.
Local Host, 28th International Social Philosophy Conference, July 21-23, 2011,
Marquette University.
Member, Advisory Board, Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion.
Archivist, North American Society for Social Philosophy, 2010-present.
Member, Program Committee for 26th International Social Philosophy Conference, 2009.
Member, APA Committee on the Status of Women.
Member, APA Committee on Career Opportunities and Academic Placement, July 1,
2008- June 30, 2011.
Member, Program Committee for the Central Division APA 2008 Meetings, 2008-2009.
Member, Graduate Award Committee, North American Society for Social Philosophy,
Spring 2007.
North American Society for Social Philosophy, representative to the Central Division
APA (2005-2010).
Chair, Nominating Committee, North American Society for Social Philosophy (2003-04).
Professional Memberships:
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American Philosophical Association, Central Division
American and International Society for Philosophy of Law
Feminist Ethics and Social Theory
North American Society for Social Philosophy, Archivist (2010-15)
Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion
Society for Women in Philosophy, Eastern Division
Grants:
2014 Awarded $2.6 million by the Templeton Religion Trust to co-direct a three-year
project (September 1, 2014- August 31, 2017) on “The Self, Motivation, and Virtue,”
with Professor Darcia Narvaez of the University of Notre Dame.
2010 Awarded $175,000 by “A New Science of Virtues,” a project of the University of
Chicago (funded by the John Templeton Foundation) for two years to work on a book,
Landscapes of Hope: The ‘What,’ ‘Why,’ and ‘How’of Hope.
2008 Curriculum Enhancement Grant, Awarded for Summer ($3,000) for course
development of “Eastern Philosophy and Feminism.”
2001 National Science Foundation/American Philosophical Association, Awarded for
Summer ($2,200) for work on the stem cell research debate.
1992 Marquette University, College of Arts and Sciences, Mellon Grant, Awarded for
Summer ($3,500) to develop a team-taught course (with Dr. Siobhan Moroney, formerly
of Marquette's Political Science Department) on "Moral and Political Education."
1990 Marquette University, Summer Faculty Fellowship ($3,200) for research.
Teaching:
Graduate Courses:
Professional Ethics, Problems in Ethics, History and Theory of Ethics, Social
Environment of Business (MBA program), British Moral Philosophy from Hobbes
through Hume, Seminar on Virtue Ethics, Philosophy of Freedom.
Undergraduate Courses:
Contemporary Ethical Problems (spring 2014), Eastern Philosophy and Feminism, A
Philosophical Look at Vampires, Eastern Philosophy, Conceptual Grounds of Political
Obligation, Feminist Moral Philosophy, Philosophical Issues in Family and Same Sex
Marriage, Theory of Ethics, Business Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Engineering Ethics,
History and Philosophy of Crime and Punishment, Medical Ethics, Theory of Ethics,
Witchcraft and Philosophy, Moral and Political Education (team taught).
Student Supervision:
Dissertation Director: John Morse, Ph.D., Li Jing, Reverend Peter Bwanali, SJ, Trevor
Smith; Second Reader: John Muenzberg; Melissa Mosko.
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Currently second reader: Chiel Postma (Vreije Univeriteit, Amsterdam) Committee
member: Celeste Harvey (MU); Chad Kleist (MU); Asia Ferrin (University of
Washington); OU: Max Parish, Seth Robertson.
Service:
University:
Co-Chair, Gender Resource Task Force, 2010-2011.
Chair, Gender Resource Task Force, 2009-2010.
Member, Women’s and Gender Studies Advisory Board, 2009-2012.
Member, Centenary Committee, 2008.
Internal Evaluator, NEH Summer Stipend Competition, Summer 2007.
Member, Subcommittee for the Composition of Doctoral Programs, 2006-2007.
Member, Stem Cell Research Committee, Spring 2003.
Chair and Philosophy Department Representative, University Core Curriculum Review
Committee, 2000-2002.
Philosophy Department Representative, University Core Curriculum Review Committee,
2000.
Core Curriculum Focus Group Facilitator in Ethics and Values, 2000.
Task Force on Gender Equity, 1999-2001.
Faculty Advisor, Gay Straight Alliance, 1999-2002.
Faculty Subcommittee on Appeals, 1998-2001.
Burke Scholar Advisor, 1993-97; 1998-2002.
Committee on Research, 1996-97 academic year.
Member, Burke Scholarship Committee, Spring 1993, Spring 1994, and Spring
1995.
Faculty Resource Person, Freshman Transition Experience Task Force, 1992.
Member-at-large, Committee on Faculty, 1992-95.
Member, Search Committee for the Marquette University Women’s Chair in Humanistic
Studies, 1992-95.
Member, Committee on Learning Advancement, 1991-93.
College:
Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Women’s Studies, 2007-2008.
Member, Mellon Committee, 1998-2000.
Member, Writing Advisory Council, Spring, 1995.
Member, Faculty Advising Committee, Spring, 1992-Fall, 1993.
Pre-major advisor, fall, 1989-1996.
Department:
Acting Chair of the Philosophy Department, July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015.
Chair, Search Committee for Early Modern Position, 2013-14.
Member, Executive Committee, spring 2007-2011.
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Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Women and Minority Issues, 2008- present
Member, Undergraduate Committee, 2008- 2009
Placement Director, 2006-present.
Member, Graduate Committee, 2006-2008; 2009-2011.
Member, Search Committee for Junior Hire, 2006
Member, Interviewing Team for Bioethics and Philosophy of Religion Positions, 2001.
Chair, Search Committee for Bioethics Faculty Position, 2001-2.
Interim Coordinator, Master of Arts Specialization in Social and Applied Philosophy,
1999-2001.
Chair, Search Committee for Bioethics Faculty Position, 1999.
Member, Interviewing Team for Bioethics and Kant Faculty Positions, 1999.
Member, Executive Committee, 1998-2000.
Member, Graduate Committee, 1999-2001.
Member, Undergraduate Committee, 1998-99.
Member, Graduate Committee, 1994-1996.
Chair, Undergraduate Committee, 1992-1994, committee member since 1991.
Junior Faculty Member, Executive Committee, 1991-1993.
Undergraduate philosophy major advisor, 1990-present.
Graduate student advisor, 1990-present.
Community:
Presenter, Engineers without Borders, “Changing the Culture: Character and Climate
Change,” May 12, 2015.
Presenter, Peter Favre Forum, “Stem Cell Research,” May 15, 2002.
Discussant, Panel on Stem Cell Research, Sponsored by Marquette University Women’s
Council, April 19, 2002.
Presenter at Interfaith Council, “Stem Cell Research,” Sponsored by St. Anne’s Parish,
Wausau, Wisconsin, February 24, 2002.
Discussant, Panel on Stem Cell Research, Gesu Parish, November 18, 2001.
Organizer, “Stem Cell Research: New Frontiers in Science and Ethics,” Wyndham Hotel
and Marquette University, October 17-20.
Discussant, “Stem Cell Research Segment,” Inside View, Milwaukee Public Television,
October 11, 2001.
Presenter, “Catholic Identity and Stem Cell Research,” St. Bernard of Clairvaux Parish,
October 8, 2001.
Presenter, “Catholic Identity and Stem Cell Research,” Address to CEOs of Catholic
Hospitals, Madison Diocese, Madison, Wisconsin, September 13, 2001.
Presenter, “History of Incarceration,” Immanuel Presbyterian Church, January, 2001.
Presenter, “History of Incarceration,” Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, March, 2001.
Organizer, Conference on Non-Violence as a Way of Life, Fall, 1990.
Honors:
2008 Recipient of the John P. Raynor Award for Teaching Excellence.
2007 Nominated for Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences Advising Award.
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1992 Recognized for junior faculty teaching in philosophy at College of Arts and
Sciences Convocation, April 21.
Consulting:
Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama, June 25-27, 2003.
Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, August 18, 2003.
References:
Professor Julia Annas, Department of Philosophy, University of Arizona, Tucson,
Arizona 8571-0027. E-mail: jannas@email.arizona.edu.
Professor Owen Flanagan, Department of Philosophy, Duke University, 201 West Duke
Building, Box 90743, Durham, NC 27708-0743. E-mail: ojf@duke.edu.
Professor Darcia Narvaez, Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, IN 46556 E-mail: Darcia.Narvaez.3@nd.edu.
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