Publications:

Book review, of People of the Bomb, by Hugh Gusterson, solicited for Capitalism, Nature, Socialism: A Journal, due out in Winter 2005

Monograph, Forgiveness and Feminist Perspective, forthcoming in 2006 with Lexington Books.

Book review, of Philosophy of Love and Sex, 4^th ed., edited by Alan Soble, forthcoming in 2005 in the APA Bulletin on Feminism.

“The Case for our Widespread Dependency,” review essay on human relationships with nonhumans and with the natural world, in Social Theory and Practice, April 2004.

“Environmental Evils and the Atrocity Paradigm,” in Ethics and the Environment, Vol. 9 (1), 2004.

Book review, of Before Forgiving: Cautionary Views of Forgiveness in Psychotherapy, ed. by Sharon Lamb and Jeffrie Murphy, for Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (online), 2002.

“Required of Ourselves: Forgiveness and Moral Obligation,” in The World of Forgiveness: The Periodical of the International Forgiveness Institute, Vol. 4, No. 2, University of Wisconsin Press, May/June 2001.

Works in Progress to be submitted for Publication:

Proposed anthology, Essays in Tribute to Claudia Card, to be published in 2007

            “Trusting Too Much: When Trust is Blameworthy”

            “Women and Dogs are Virtuous: An Aristotelian Account of Happiness”

            “Self-Forgiveness”

            “Women’s Informed Consent and Mandatory Abortion Counseling”

            “Teaching Critical Thinking to Philosophy Majors: Goals and Strategies”

Conferences and Presentations:

“Meaningful Narrative and Genuine Forgiveness,” at the special session of The Society for Analytic Feminism at the Central APA, April 2004.

Invited presentation, “Hitler was a Vegetarian, or, Moral Qualms about Deep Ecology,” at Carleton College, January 2004.

Invited presentation, “Forgiveness in Relationship: The explanatory power of feminist models,” at University of San Diego, February 2004.

“Humility and Moral Luck,” presented at the Midsouth Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis, Feb. 2000. 

“Forgiving the wrongdoer for harms to others: A defense of third-party forgiveness,” at the Central Division Meeting of the Society of Women in Philosophy (SWIP), Fall 1998, Loyola University in Chicago.

Hosted the Central Division Meeting of the Society of Women in Philosophy (SWIP), UW-Madison, March 1997.  Presented (as a member of a panel) a discussion paper, “The Disvalue of Forgiveness.”

Panel discussion member of UW Zoology Dept. Faculty/Staff Colloquia, Spring 1997.  Topic: “What moral treatment do animals deserve?” 

Presentations and publication at St. Mary's College of Maryland:

“Birth Control, Women, and Nature,” panel presentation, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies colloquium, April 2005.

“An Argument Against Improving my Scientific Literacy,” panel presentation, Natural Science and Math Colloquium, March 2005.

Guest Lecture, Environmental Perspectives, “Overpopulation as an object of Misanthropy,” Fall 2004.

“The Value of Gay Marriage,” panel presentation, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies colloquium, April 2004.

“Writing Secrets Revealed,” panel presentation, St. Mary’s College Writing Center, April 2004.

Faculty Seminar presentation, “Forgiveness: The Feminine Virtue Women Never Practice,” October 2003.

“In Environmental Studies, Students are Taking Over,” in The River Gazette, Fall 2003. 

Guest Lecture, Introduction to Women’s Studies, “Ecofeminism as a moral position,” Spring 2003.

            Guest Lecture, Environmental Perspectives, “Eugenics and Ecofascism: A brief history of the Nazi Green Party,” Spring 2003.

            Faculty Panel presentation, “Grow Your Own: An argument against drugs and for legalization,” sponsored by Students for a Sensible Drug Policy, Spring 2002

            Faculty Panel presentation, “To War or not to War,” sponsored by the Political Science Department, Spring 2002.

            Guest Lecture, Introduction to Women’s Studies, “American history and abortion policy,” Fall 2002

            Chair and organizer, Faculty Panel, “One Year Later: Reflections on the Anniversary of 9/11,” Fall 2002

Awards:

Faculty Development Grant, awarded May 2005, for projects through summer 2006

Student-elected Convocation speaker, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, May 2005

Nominee, Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Society, October 2004

            St. Mary’s College Pre-Tenure Research Award winner, Fall 2004

            Nominee, St. Mary's College of Maryland’s Homer L. Dodge Award for excellence in teaching, March 2004

            St. Mary's College of Maryland SGA Faculty Service Award, 2004, 2003

            St. Mary's College of Maryland Nominee for NEH Summer Stipend, 2004

            Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fellowship, Fall 1999

            UW-Madison Teaching Assistant Contract, October 1999

            UW Teaching Fellow, Philosophy Department, Fall 1998

Recent Service:

Faculty Senate, Cross-Disciplinary Area representative, elected Spring 2005

Environmental Studies Steering Committee member, 2001 to present

Participating faculty, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Cross-discipline

Search Committee member, philosophy department hires, 2004, 2003

Academic Planning Committee, Human Development Division Member, 2003-2004

Scholars’ Days, Philosophy and Religious Studies reception host, March 2004

Lecture and Fine Arts speaker series coordinator and proposal author, 2002-present

Admissions Open House address to early-decision candidates, February 2004

Admissions Open House department representative.

New Student Academic Orientation, panelist, Fall 2003.

Advisor, SMCM Pre-Law Program

Director, Critical Thinking (as addition to SMCM curriculum)

Faculty adviser, Reflections: A Philosophy student journal, 2003-2005

Dept. Liaison to Career Services and Alumni Services, 2001-2003

Coordinator, Career Services’ Philosophy and Religious Studies Alumni Panel, 2001-2002

Faculty Sponsor: SMCM Nonpartisans for Democracy Club, 2002-2004

Professional Organization memberships:

International Society of Environmental Ethics

American Philosophical Association

The Society of Women in Philosophy, Eastern Division

Association for Feminist Ethics and Social Theory

American Association of Philosophy Teachers

Society for Analytic Feminism

Courses Taught:

At St. Mary’s College: Environmental Ethics, Environmental Perspectives, Critical Thinking, Ethical Theories, Values Inquiry, Introduction to Gender Studies, Introduction to Philosophy, Introduction to Ethics, Feminism and Philosophy, Senior Seminar (Topic: Responses to Evil), Directed Reading Group (Topic: Care Ethics)