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The following list includes all of the Ph.D.'s in philosophy granted at the University of Oklahoma since 1992 and their initial appointments and employment histories as far as we know. Names are suppressed for reasons of privacy, and students are listed by dissertation title. We have made every effort to provide as complete and accurate information as possible. The last position listed is, to the best of our knowledge, the current position.
Updated information may be sent to sirvin@ou.edu. Last update May 13, 2008.
ABD (dissertation in progress)
"Heroes Great and Small: The Rebirth of Honor." Full-time Lecturer at Stephen F. Austin State University (2007-2009).
"The Virtues of Bayesian Epistemology." Full-time Lecturer at Oklahoma State University (2006-2009).
2007
“Continuous Creation, Persistence, and Secondary Causation: An Essay on the Metaphysics of Theism.” Ph.D., 2007. Visiting Assistant Professor at Oklahoma Baptist University (2007-8). Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at Lee University, starting fall 2008.
“On Middle Knowledge.” Ph.D., 2007. High school teacher in Texas.
“Socratic Definition in Plato’s Dialogues.” Ph.D., 2007. Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Maine, Farmington (starting 2007; appointment through 2010).
2006
“Anselm’s Ontological Argument: Whole, Unified, and Complete.” Ph.D., 2006. Did not pursue an academic appointment.
“Civic Education and Self-Knowledge in Higher Education.” Ph.D., 2006. Accepted a non-academic job instead of pursuing an academic career, and is an adjunct instructor at the College of Santa Fe.
“Divine Omniscience and the Fatalist Dilemma.” Ph.D., 2006. Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
“An Ethical Study of Genetic Intervention Based on Rawlsian Justice and on Buddhism.” Ph.D., 2006. Returned to native country.
“Rethinking Introspection: How We Know (and Fail to Know) Our Own Minds.” Ph.D., 2006. Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at the University of Central Arkansas.
2004
“The Emergence of Objects: A Study in Constitution.” Ph.D., 2004. Associate Professor (with tenure) at Point Loma Nazarene University.
2003
“Naturalized Virtue Ethics.” Ph.D., 2003. Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at Briar Cliff University (initial appointment Fall 2003).
"Self-Governance in Aquinas and Pre-Modern Moral Philosophy." Ph.D., 2003. Assistant Professor (tenure-track), North Dakota State University (beginning Fall 2003).
"Socratic Dunameis: A Tapestry of Many Threads." Ph.D. 2003. Assistant Professor (two-year renewable appointment), California State University, Bakersfield (beginning Fall 2003).
2002
"Consciousness and Personhood in Split-Brain Patients." Ph.D., 2002. Associate Professor (tenured), Southern Nazarene University.
"The Epistemic Origins of Xenophanes' Natural Theology." Ph.D., 2002. Senior Pastor, Kirkwood Baptist Church.
"Democratic Virtues: Solidarity, Tolerance, and Legal Obedience." Ph.D., 2002. Instructor, Theology Department, McGill-Toolen Catholic High School (starting 2000); Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Mobile (Fall 2002); Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring Hill College (Spring 2003); St. Anthony’s High School (starting Fall 2006).
2001
"A Whiteheadian Critique of Jaegwon Kim's Analysis of the Mind-Body Problem." Ph.D., 2001. Accepted permanent position outside of academia (beginning Summer 2001).
"Kant and the Paradox of Self-Knowledge." Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Mugla Universitesi, Turkey (beginning Spring 2002).
2000
"An Essentialist Theory of Modality." Ph.D., 2000. Lecturer, Oklahoma Baptist University. Adjunct Professor, University of Central Oklahoma. Instructor, St. Gregory's University. Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Oklahoma Baptist University (initial appointment Summer 2000); and chaplain, U.S. Army Reserve.
"The Role of Metaphysics, Common-Sense, and Interpretations of Classical Greek Philosophy in Sidgwick's Utilitarianism and Whitehead's Virtue Ethics." Ph.D., 2000. Adjunct Instructor, Henderson State University (beginning Fall 1999). Associate Professor (tenured), Henderson State University (initial appointment May 2000).
"Self Knowledge and Moral Virtue." Ph.D., 2000. Visiting Lecturer, University of Maryland College Park (beginning Fall 1999). Visiting Professor, George Washington University (beginning Fall 2001), 3 year renewable appointment. Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy Department, College of Notre Dame of Maryland (starting Fall 2007).
"Minds, Causes and the Exclusion Argument." Ph.D., 2000. Visiting Assistant Professor, West Virginia University (1999-2000). Visiting Assistant Professor, James Madison University (beginning 2000-2003). Visiting Assistant Professor, Murray State (2003-2008). Lecturer (full-time, continuing position), Georgia State University, beginning fall 2008.
1999
"Social Explanation and Social Function: An Investigation of the Nature of Functional Explanation for the Social Sciences." Assistant Professor, University of Central Oklahoma (initial appointment as Adjunct Professor, Fall 1999).
"Political Principles and Indian Sovereignty." Ph.D., 1999. Visiting Assistant Professor, Lakehead University, Ontario (1996-97). Adjunct Professor, Oklahoma City University (beginning Fall 1997). Associate Professor (tenured), Director of American Indian Studies, and Director of the Meredith Indigenous Humanities Center, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (initial appointment Fall 2000); also Chair of the Policy Council and the Johnson-O'Malley Committee of the Combined Tribes of the Shawnee Area.
"The Unity of Virtue Revisited: A Resolution to a Socratic Enigma." Ph.D., 1999. Instructor, Oklahoma Baptist University; Adjunct Instructor, St. Gregory's University; Adjunct Instructor, Rose State College. Professor (tenured), Mesa Community College, Arizona (initial appointment Fall 1996).
1998
"Individuality in the Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce." Ph.D., 1998. Assistant Professor (tenure-track), California State University at Pomona (beginning Fall 1995); resigned. Principal of Resurrection Catholic School and Assistant Superintendent of Catholic Schools in Memphis.
"The Adjudication of Utilitarianism and Rights in the Sphere of Health Care." Ph.D., 1998. Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy/Humanities Division, St. Gregory’s University (initial appointment 1999).
"Horizons of the Self: An Essay in the Socio-Semiotic and Psychological Boundaries of Personal Autonomy." Ph.D., 1998. Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary and Cultural Studies, College of Liberal Studies, University of Oklahoma (initial appointment Spring 1996); and Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (initial appointment Fall 1999). Retired from a full-time position outside academia in Fall 2007.
"Psychological Ecology." Ph.D., 1998. Adjunct Instructor, University of Central Oklahoma (beginning 1997 to 1998); Adjunct Instructor Oklahoma State University (beginning 1999). Full-time faculty member in philosophy, South Texas College.
"Social Identity and Ethnic Formation: Some Epistemological Questions for Political Philosophy." Ph.D., 1998. Did not seek academic employment; employed outside academia.
1997
“Art, Autonomy, and Community.” Ph.D., 1997. Associate Professor, Utah Valley State College.
"Describing God." Ph.D. 1997. Did not seek academic employment; employed outside academia.
"Holistic Realism: A Marriage of Metaphysical Realism And Conceptual Relativity." Ph.D., 1997. Assistant Professor (tenure-track), San Joaquin Delta Community College, California (beginning Fall 1997).
"Issues Concerning Deception and Informed Consent in Psychology Experiments." Ph.D., 1997. Postdoctoral Fellowship, Minnesota Center for Biomedical Ethics (beginning Fall 1997); Associate Professor (tenured), Montclair State University (initial appointment Fall 1999).
"Kant and Religious Passion." Ph.D., 1997. Employed outside academia.
1996
"The Philosophy of Rights of William Ernest Hocking." Ph.D., 1996. Associate Professor at Baptist College of Health Sciences, Memphis, until death in September 2006.
1994
"Power and Character: The Effects of Institutional Power on the Development of Responsibility for Character." Ph.D., 1994. Associate Professor (awarded tenure Spring 2001) and Chair of Philosophy Department, Potsdam College, SUNY (initial appointment Fall 1994).
"David Hume: A Skeptic, But Not a Pyrrhonist." Ph.D., 1994. Instructor (permanent position), Southeast Arkansas College (beginning Spring 1995).
"What is the Matter With Mind?" Ph.D., 1994. Associate Professor (awarded tenure), Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania (initial appointment Fall 1994).
1993
"Educational Theory as Political Theory." Ph.D., 1993. Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Mesa Community College, Arizona (1994-1996). Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Austin Peay State University, Tennessee (beginning 1996). Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Angelo State University (beginning Fall 2000). Full-time faculty member at American Military University.
"Probable Cause: A Philosophical Inquiry." Ph.D., 1993. Offered tenure-track job at Central Missouri State (Spring 1994); turned down job for personal reasons. Assistant Professor, University of Central Oklahoma (initial appointment as Adjunct Professor, 1996).
1992
"Ideas as Acts of Perception: A Direct Realist Interpretation of Descartes' Theory of Sense Perception." Ph.D. 1992. Assistant Professor (tenure-track), University of Central Arkansas, 1992-1994; resigned; accepted into Columbia Law School, Fall 1994, J.D. 1997. Partner, Duval & Stachenfeld, Los Angeles.