Curriculum Vitae
Kelin A. Emmett
PhD Candidate (ABD), University of Toronto
Contact Innformation:
107 Euclid Ave
Toronto, ON M6J 2J8
(647) 763-3079
kelin.emmett@utoronto.ca
Areas of Specialization:
Kant, Ethics
Areas of Competence:
Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Feminism, Philosophy of Law
Education:
Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto, September 2003 – present
Thesis Topic: The Normativity of Kant's Hypothetical Imperative
Supervisor: Dr. Sergio Tenenbaum
B.A. Michigan State University, with Honors, 2002
Honors College: Philosophy
Awards and Fellowships:
Deutscher Akademischer Austaush Dienst, Scholarship, July/August 2010
University of Toronto Graduate Fellowship, Fall 2003-Summer 2009
George Paxton Young Memorial Prize, University of Toronto, 2004
Conference Papers, Professional Workshops:
“A Kantian Conception of “Kantian” Freedom, Kantian Freedom Conference, Simon Fraser University,
Vancouver, October 4, 2014
“A Problem With the Wide-Scope View,” American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division,
Atlanta, December 2012
“A Problem With the Wide-Scope View,” Workshop in Practical Ethics: Practical Ethics in Question?,
sponsored by the Canadian Friends of Hebrew University, Hebrew University, Israel, April 22, 2010
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“Why Kant Did Not Say That: or, On the Value of Acting Solely From the Motive of Duty,” Canadian
Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities,
University of British Columbia, June 1, 2008
“Adorno, Habermas and the Limits of Enlightenment,” (coauthored with Michael Reno), Twenty-First
International Social Philosophy Conference, sponsored by the North American Society for Social
Philosophy, Creighton University, July 31, 2004
Teaching Experience:
Lecturer:
University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus, July 1, 2014-June 30, 2015
PHLB17 Political Philosophy: The Modern Period
PHLB07 Ethics
PHLB09 Biomedical Ethics
PHLC92 Topics in Contemporary Political Philosophy
University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus, July 1, 2013-June 30, 2014
PHLB17 Political Philosophy: The Modern Period
PHLB09 Biomedical Ethics
PHLB05 Social Issues
PHLB07 Ethics
PHLC92 Topics in Contemporary Political Philosophy
University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus, July 1, 2012-June 30, 2013
PHL B17 Political Philosophy: The Modern Period
PHL B35 Introduction to Early Modern Philosophy
PHL B05 Social Issues
PHL B09 Biomedical Ethics
PHL C06 Topics in Ethical Theory
Instructor:
PHL B17 Introduction to Political Philosophy
University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus, May-August 2011,
PHL 370 Issues in Philosophy of Law
University of Toronto, St. George Campus, July-August 2012
PHL 382 Death and Dying
University of Toronto, St. George Campus, July-August 2012
Teaching Assistant:
PHL 384 Ethics Genetics and Reproduction:
University of Toronto, St. George Campus, Summer 2008
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PHL 383 Ethics and Mental Health:
University of Toronto, St. George Campus, Winter 2010
PHL 382 Death and Dying:
University of Toronto, St. George Campus, Summer 2009
PHL 380 Global Bioethics:
University of Toronto, St. George Campus, Fall 2009, Fall 2008
PHL 370 Issues in Philosophy of Law:
University of Toronto, Mississauga, Winter 2012
PHL 323 Social and Cultural Theory:
University of Toronto, St. George University, Winter 2011
PHL 317 Marx and Marxism:
University of Toronto, St. George Campus, Fall 2004
PHL 281 Bioethics:
University of Toronto, St. George Campus, Fall 2008, Winter 2008, Winter 2007
PHL 271 Law and Morality:
University of Toronto, St. George Campus, Winter 2010, Winter 2009, Fall 2006
PHL 273 Environmental Ethics:
University of Toronto, St George Campus, Winter 2011
PHL 275 Introduction to Ethics:
University of Toronto, St. George Campus, Fall 2010, Summer 2009, Summer 2007
PHL 267 Feminist Philosophy:
University of Toronto, St. George Campus, Winter 2009
University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus, Winter 2005
University of Toronto, Mississauga Campus, Winter 2005
PHL 243 Philosophy of Sexuality:
University of Toronto, St. George Campus, Winter 2004
PHL 217 Introduction to Continental Philosophy:
University of Toronto, St. George Campus, Summer 2005
PHLA10 Introduction to Philosophy:
University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus, Winter 2007
PHLA11 Introduction to Ethics:
University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus, Winter 2012
Undergraduate Philosophy Essay Clinic:
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Clinician, University of Toronto, St. George Campus, Fall 2009
Guest Lecturer: PHL 267 Feminist Philosophy, March 27, 2009: “Ecofeminism and Environmental
Ethics”
Reading Group Leader: Seminar Series in Philosophy, UTM, September 2010- April 2011
Research Assistance:
Research and Editorial Assistant for Ian Hacking, Fall 2009
Research Assistant for Sergio Tenenbaum, Fall 2010- Winter 2011
Research Assistant for Andrew Sepielli, Fall 2011
Professional Service:
Faculty Liaison for the Association of Philosophy Students, UTSC, July 1, 2014-June 30, 2014
Academic Affairs Committee, Member, UTSC, November 2013- June 2014
Graduate Associate at the Center for Ethics, January 2011- August 2013
Seminar Series in Philosophy, Graduate Student Organizer, UTM, September 2010- April 2011
Graduate Philosophy Student Union (GPSU):
Co-President, June 1, 2007-May 30, 2008
Orientation Chair, June 1, 2007-May 30, 2008
Department Union Steward, September 1, 2003-August 31, 2004, and September 1, 2006-August 31,
2007
CUPE 3902: Grievance Committee Member, September 1, 2006-August 31, 2007
University of Toronto Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference, 2005: Referee
Languages:
Goethe Certificate B2, Geothe Institute, Berlin, Germany, 2010
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