Philosophy

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

• “Should You Be Wearing a Tinfoil Hat?“ (with Michael Goldsby), in Conspiracy Theories: Philosophers Connect the Dots, R. Greene & R. Robinson-Greene (Ed. S.), Open Court, 2020
• "Undergraduate Conferences as High Impact Practices with an Impact on Gender Parity" (with Danielle Clevenger), Teaching Philosophy, Vol. 41, Issue 3, 2018
• "Reasoning, Science, and The Ghost Hunt," (with Timothy Hansel), Teaching Philosophy, Vol. 40, No. 2, p 201
• "Climate Modeling: Comments on Coincidence, Conspiracy, and Climate Change Denial," (with Michael Goldsby) Environmental Philosophy, Vol. 12, Issue 2, Fall 2015, p 221-252.
• "Miraculous Consilience? Constraints on Formulations of the No Miracles Argument," European Scientific Journal, June 2015, Special Edition Vol. 2
• "Affording Disaster: Concealed Carry on Campus," (with Jill Dieterle) Public Affairs Quarterly: Volume 28, No. 2, 2014, p 115.
• "Chemical Action: What is it, and Why Does It Matter?" (with Ralph Hall) The Journal of Nanoparticle Research: Volume 13, Issue 4, 2011, p 1401.

Books

• Introduction to Philosophy: An Online Textbook, Great Rivers Learning, 2011

Dissertation

• Realism and the Agreement of Independent Measurements

Recent Professional Presentations

• “Best Principles and Practices in Assessment” (with Jenny Kindred), Assessment Institute, Eastern Michigan University, MI, 2019
• “The Power of Pop-Up Learning Communities” (with Amy Johnson), The Great Lakes Regional Student Success Conference, Detroit, 2019
• “Debunking the Dark Side of Academic Leadership” (with Lisa Hanasono and Leanne VandeCreek), MAC Academic Leadership Development Program Winter Workshop, Central Michigan University, 2019
• “Epistemic Privilege and the Sciences,” Geology Reading Seminar, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI, 2018 (Invited Talk)
• Panel participant for ““Is a Scientific Worldview at Odds with a Religious One? Part 2” (with Steven Backues, Rick Rogers, and Dave Pawlowski), Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, 2018
• “Engaging Global Climate Change via Pop-up Learning Community” (with Amy Johnson and Danielle Clevenger), Global Engagement and Spaces of Practice: Global Challenges across Disciplinary Boundaries, Association of American Colleges and Universities, Seattle WA, 2018
• Panel participant for “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” (with Mike Goodier, Defne Apul, Todd Crail, and Tom Henry), University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2018
• “The Power of Pop-Up Learning Communities for Addressing Climate Change Denial/Skepticism” (with Amy Johnson), EcoJustice and Activism, Ypsilanti, MI, 2018
• “Cognition, College, and Guns,” McComb Community College sponsored by Macomb Multicultural International Initiative, 2018 (Invited Talk)
• “The Sophia Project: An Experimental Co-Curriculum,” (with Danielle Clevenger, Taylor Chase, Lauren Williams, and Catrina Whitton) Great Lakes Regional Student Success Conference, 2018
• “Who put the Students in Charge!?! The Sophia Project,” (with Dani Clevenger) AAPT’s Teaching Hub at the Eastern American Philosophy Association Conference, 2018
• “Selective Realism: The Agreement of Independent Measurements,” Eastern Michigan University’s Philosophy Speakers Series, 2017
• “Is a Scientific Worldview at Odds with a Religious One?” (with Steven Backues, Clay Carlson, Phil Schmitz, and Michael Scoville) Eastern Michigan University, 2017
• “Can Computers Think?” Zion Lutheran Church, 2017 (Invited Talk)
• “Teaching Through Culminating Events,” (with Dani Clevenger), National Association for Developmental Education, 2017
• “The Sophia Project: An Experimental Curriculum,” (with Dani Clevenger, Taylor Chase, Lauren Williams, and Katherine Valek), [email protected]: Empowering Student Learners (2017)
• “Using AAC&U's VALUE Rubrics to Design an NEH-funded General Education Course on Discovery” (with Darlene Leifson), (a) Great Lakes Regional Student Success Conference (2017); (b) AAC&U's General Education Assessment conference (2017)
• "High Impact Practices, Culminating Events, and Student Learning” (with Dani Clevenger), Marygrove College (2017)
• "Teaching through Culminating Events" (with Dani Clevenger), Regional Conference on Teaching Philosophy in the Michigan Area (2016)
• "Assessing Undergraduate Research by way of Research Capstone Events: A Case with some Data" (with Dani Clevenger), Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Academy (2016)
• "Enhancing Teaching and Research Practices through Informal Faculty Collaborations" (with Darlene Leifson), Student Success Conference (2016)
• "Performing Faculty Stories: how to craft and use story as a teaching and learning tool" (with Jessica Alexander and Jennifer Kindred), Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Academy (2015)
• "Epistemic Injustice and the Humanities" Youngstown State University's Eat, Think, Drink (2014)
• "Unlearning and the One Minute Paper" Facilitators Training Seminar, American Association for Philosophy Teachers (2014)
• Comments on "A Second Millian Account of the Desirability of Pleasure" by Andrew Sneddon, Pacific APA (2014)
• "Climate Modeling: Comments on Coincidence, Conspiracy, and Climate Change Skepticism" International Social Philosophy Conference (2013)
• Comments on "Responsibility and Implicit Bias" by Michael Brownstein, Pacific APA (2013)
• "Exploring the Link Between Can and Should" Star Lecture Series, Eastern Michigan University (2012)
• "Epistemic Injustice and the Humanities Classroom" International Social Philosophy Conference (2011)
• "Mitigating Epistemic Injustice in the Humanities" Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Academy Conference (2011)
• "Chemical Action: The Need to Determine if Nanoparticles work 'Chemically' or 'Physically'" Toward the Regulation of Nanomaterials, Notre Dame (2010) ONLINE