EDUCATION

Ph.D., Philosophy, 2004, Emory University

Dissertation: �Platonic Epistemology, Socratic Education: On Learning Platonic Forms� directed by Richard Patterson, Emory University

M.A., Philosophy, 2002, Emory University

B.A., Philosophy and Greek Studies, 1998, Bucknell University, cum laude, cum honoribus

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION

Ancient Greek Philosophy (especially Plato)

AREAS OF COMPETENCE

Metaphysics

Ethical Theory

Feminism/Women�s Studies

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

2003-present�� Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Susquehanna University

2002-2003�� Instructor, Emory University

2002-2003�� Instructor, North Georgia College and State University

2001-2002�� Instructor, Agnes Scott College

ARTICLES

2007. Review of J. Angelo Corlett�s Interpreting Plato's Dialogues. Journal of the History of Philosophy.

2004. �Determined but Free: Aquinas�s Compatibilist Theory of Freedom.� Philosophy and Theology 16; 1: 25-44.

1998. �Care of the Soul: Protagoras� Antilogic, Virtue, and Rhetoric.� Eidos 11: 68-84.

CURRENT PROJECTS

Book manuscript: Seducing Socrates: Plato on Philosophy and the Physical

Article-length manuscripts:

�The Pre-Critical Roots of Kant�s Compatibilism� (under review)

�The Political Motives and Pedagogical Methods of Socrates and Two Types of

Sophists� (under review)

�Plato on Hypothesis, Proportion and the Education of Philosophers� (under review)

�Not Knowing the Good: A Reconsideration of Socratic Intellectualism�

PRESENTATIONS

March 2007, University Faculty Colloquium, Susquehanna University: �Plato on Philosophy and the Physical�

November 2006, Northeast Political Science Association, Ancient and Medieval Political Philosophy Panel: �Philosophy as Training for Death in Plato�s Phaedo�

October 2006, International Conference on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, 24^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy (SAGP): �Plato�s Dualism and Philosophy as Training for Death�

July 2006, International Society for the Study of European Ideas (ISSEI), Workshop on �Socrates: Reason or Unreason as the Foundation of European Identity?� University of Malta: �Seducing Socrates: Plato on Philosophy and the Physical�

April 2006, Gay Straight Alliance Colloquium, Susquehanna University: �What Socrates Learned from Loving a Boy: The Educational Function of Erotic Love in Plato�

October 2005, International Conference on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, 23^rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy (SAGP): �Reconsidering Socratic Intellectualism�

September 2005, Medical Humanities Initiative Series, Susquehanna University: �Holistic Medicine and Soul-Body Dualism in Plato�

February 2005, Colloquium, Department of Philosophy, Lehigh University: �Plato on Philosophy and the Physical in the Phaedo and Symposium�

March 2004, Society for the Contemporary Assessment of Platonism, APA�Pacific Division: �A Decade of Mathematics?: A Look at Mathematical Method and the Hierarchy of Platonic Forms�

November 2003, Eastern Pennsylvania Philosophical Association: �A Decade of Mathematics?: A Look at Mathematical Method and the Hierarchy of Platonic Forms�

March 2001, American Philosophical Association (APA)�Pacific Division: �Aquinas and the Stoics on Freedom of the Divine Will�

March 2001, Friday Philosophy Forum, Emory University: �Aquinas� Compatibilism�

March 2000, University of Tennessee--Knoxville Graduate Student Conference: �Aquinas� Absorption of Stoic Compatibilism�

February 1999, Friday Philosophy Forum, Emory University: �Philosophy as the Educational Techn� in Plato�s Gorgias�

September 1997, Colloquium, Undergraduate Research Program, Bucknell University: �The Status of Morality in Kant�s Three Critiques�

SESSIONS CHAIRED

November 2006, Northeast Political Science Association, Ancient and Medieval Political Philosophy Panel

October 2006, International Conference on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, 24^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy (SAGP)

February 2006, Arizona Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy

February 2005, Arizona Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy

February 2004, Arizona Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy

May 2001, International Association of Philosophy and Literature (IAPL)

GRANTS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

University Research Grant, Faculty Research and Development Committee, Susquehanna University, 2006-2007

Research Mini-Grant, Faculty Research and Development Committee, Susquehanna University, 2006

Service-Learning Course Development Grant, Thrivent Financial/Susquehanna University, 2005-2006

Ross Award (Course Development Grant), School of Arts, Humanities, and Communications, Susquehanna University, Summer 2004

Travel Grants, Susquehanna University, Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)/Arthur Blank Foundation Research Grant, 2003

Faculty Research Grant, School of Arts and Letters, North Georgia College and State University, 2002-2003

APA Grant, one of ten grants given to facilitate attending the American Philosophical Association (APA)/American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) Teaching Seminar for Advanced Graduate Students, 2002

Graduate Student Prize, American Philosophical Association (APA)�Pacific Division, 2001

Graduate Fellowship, Department of Philosophy, Emory University, 1998-2003

Travel Grants, Department of Philosophy, Emory University, Summer 1999, Spring 2000, Summer 2000, Spring 2001, Summer 2002, Winter 2002

W. Preston Warren Prize for Excellence in the Study of Philosophy, Bucknell University, 1998

Herbert Goodman Barrows Prize for Excellence in the Study of Greek Language and Literature, Bucknell University, 1998

University Scholars Program, Bucknell University, 1994-1998

Dean�s List, Bucknell University, 1995-1998

Dean John P. Dunlap Scholarship, Bucknell University, 1997-1998

Research Fellowship from the Program for Undergraduate Research, Bucknell University, 1997

American Association of University Women (AAUW) Scholarship, 1994-1995

COURSES TAUGHT, SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY

Ancient Philosophy

Philosophy of Love and Desire

Problems in Philosophy

Plato Seminar

Metaphysics

Feminist Philosophy

Ethical Theory

Philosophy of Religion

Introduction to Women�s Studies

Core Perspectives (a first-year seminar)

Independent Study

Sophomore Honors Essay

SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Committees/Working Groups

Faculty Affairs Committee (Standing Faculty Committee), 2004-present

Campus Coordinator of Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows Program, 2006�present

Core Curriculum Working Group, Summer 2006

Committee on Teaching and Learning (Standing University Committee), 2005-2006��

Core Perspectives Steering Committee, 2005-2006

�Entering the Community� (Initiative #1) Strategic Planning Group, 2003-2004

Grade Appeal Committee (ad hoc), Summer 2005

Ad hoc Committee on Academic Freedom, Fall 2005

Affiliated Faculty, Women�s Studies Program, 2003-present

Advising

Advisor, Philosophy Club, 2004-present

Advisor to First-Year and Continuing Students, 2004-present

Panels, Lectures, and Presentations

Moderator, Women�s Studies Roundtable: �Can You Have It All?�, March 2006

Presenter, �Then and Now: The First-Year Student Mindset--Class of 2009�, Susquehanna University Faculty-Staff Retreat, August 23, 2005

Panelist, Women�s Studies Roundtable: �Can You Have It All?� April 2005

Speaker, Take Back the Night: �Reclaiming SU�, April 17, 2005

Moderator, Politics and Religion Symposium, September 27, 2004

Selected Additional Service

Faculty-Staff Leadership team member (with Mark Radecke and Brian Johnson), SU CASA (Susquehanna University Central America Service Adventure) service-learning trip to Costa Rica and Nicaragua, December 30, 2006-January 13, 2007

Co-Director (with Dr. Doug Powers), Educational Spring Break for SU students in Greece and Rome, March 2-9, 2006

Organized the Eastern Pennsylvania Philosophical Association (EPPA) conference meeting at Susquehanna University, April 1, 2006

Co-Director (with Mark Radecke), Summer Service Plunge 2005 (intensive introduction to service-learning for twenty incoming first-year students conducted in Selinsgrove and Washington, DC), July 11-18, 2005

Search Committee for Assistant Dean of Student Life/Director of First Year Programs, Summer 2005

OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Member, Board of Directors, Susquehanna Valley Women in Transition (SVWIT), 2004-present

Chair, Public Relations Committee, Susquehanna Valley Women in Transition (SVWIT), 2005-2006

Chair, ad hoc By-law Review Committee, Susquehanna Valley Women in Transition (SVWIT), 2005

Co-President, Friday Philosophy Forum, Emory University, 2000-2001

Co-Vice President, Friday Philosophy Forum, Emory University, 1999-2000

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Philosophical Association (APA)

Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy (SAGP)

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Ancient Greek

Latin

German

Spanish

REFERENCES

Professor Richard Patterson, Professor of Philosophy, Emory University, 404.727.0106 (rpatt01@emory.edu)

Professor Jack Zupko, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Emory University, 404.727.0104 (jack.zupko@emory.edu)

Professor Jeff Turner, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Bucknell University, 570.577.3509 (turner@bucknell.edu)

Professor Rudolf Makkreel, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Philosophy, Emory University, 404.727.4199 (rudolf.a.makkreel@emory.edu)

Professor Steve Strange, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Emory University, 404.727.0460 (philsks@emory.edu)