Education
Accomplishments and significant activities during this time included:
~ Dissertation contracted in 2004; published through MIT Press in 2008
~ Saint Louis University / Fontbonne College Faculty Fellowship (2001-2002)
- Attended Faculty and Finance Meetings at Fontbonne
- Assistant Professor of Psychology Search Committee at Fontbonne
- Assisted with Philosophy Club at Fontbonne
- Assisted with Philosophy Colloquium, Philosophy Conference at Fontbonne
~ Saint Louis University Dissertation Fellowship (2003-2004)
~ University 101 Professor (2001-2003)
~ Certificate in University Teaching Skills (CUTS) Program (2002)
~ Ethics Across the Curriculum Committee (1997-2000), one of the originals
~ Who's Who Among America's College & University Professors (2000)
~ President of Philosophy Graduate Student Association (1998-1999)
- Instituted Welcoming Committee, still in place to this day
- Assisted with Quodlibetal (Latin for "whatever pleases") Lunches
- Assisted with Graduate Philosophy Conferences for numerous years
~ Liturgical Percussionist (1996-2005), played for Pope John Paul II, 01/26/99
~ Adult Religious Educator for the Archdiocese of St. Louis (1996-1998)
~ Taught numerous Philosophy and Humanities courses at all levels (1996)
~ Taught online/hybrid Philosophy and Humanities courses, all levels (1999)
~ Schools taught at included:
- Saint Louis University (Adjunct Professor, 1996-2005)
- University of Missouri - St. Louis (Adjunct Professor, 1999-2005)
- Fontbonne College (now University, Adjunct Professor, 1999-2005)
- Harris-Stowe State College (Adjunct Professor, 1996-2005)
- McKendree College (now University, Adjunct Professor, 1996-2005)
- Jefferson College (Adjunct Professor, 1996-2000)
- Maryville College (now University, Adjunct Professor, 2000; an emergency situation)
- Lewis and Clark Community College (Adjunct Professor, 2000-2005)
- Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville (Adjunct Professor, 2002; an emergency situation)
- Forest Park Community College (Adjunct Professor, 1996-2005)
- Florissant Valley Community College (Adjunct Professor, 1999-2005)
- St. Charles Community College (Adjunct Professor, 1999-2005)
- Webster University (Adjunct Professor, 1999-Present)
~ Taught Adult Religious Education MiniCourses for Archdiocese of St. Louis
- Basic Elements of the New Catechism of the Catholic Church (fall 1996)
- Theological and Philosophical Debates Behind the Nicene Creed (spring 1997)
- The Doctrine of Transubstantiation and Opposing Views (summer 1997)
- Source, Historical, Form, and Redaction Criticism in the Gospels (fall 1997)
- Analogy and the Names of God (spring 1998)
- The Rise of Fundamentalism in the USA (summer 1998)
- St. Thomas Aquinas’ Proofs for God’s Existence (fall 1998)
MA Philosophy | The Catholic University of America | 1993
BA Philosophy | The Catholic University of America | 1992
MA Philosophy | The Catholic University of America | 1993
BA Philosophy | The Catholic University of America | 1992
Accomplishments and significant activities during this time included:
~ Basselin Scholar (1990-1993), MA achieved in one year
~ Thesis: "Physics and Hedonism in Hobbes' Philosophy" Published as "Re-thinking Hobbes’s Materialistic and Mechanistic Projects" in Hobbes Studies (2002) 15: 3-31.
~ National Council of Catholic Bishops Religious Credential (1993)
~ Greek and Latin Tutor for Pre-Theologians at Theological College (1993)
~ Philosophy Representative to Undergraduate Student Council (1991-1992)