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. Attorney at Sidley and Austin Law Firm, Los Angeles, CA.
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).
"Probable Cause: A Philosophical Inquiry." Ph.D., 1993; Adjunct Lecturer, University of Oklahoma (1994-95, 1995-96); and Adjunct Professor, University of Central Oklahoma (1996-). Offered tenure-track job at Central Missouri State (Spring 1994); turned down job for personal reasons. City Councilmember for City of Norman, OK (2000-).
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), SUNY at Potsdam (beginning Fall 1994).
"David Hume: A Skeptic, But Not a Pyrrhonist." Ph.D., 1994; permanent position, Pines Technical College/Southeast Arkansas College, Arkansas (beginning Spring 1995).
"What is the Matter With Mind?" Ph.D., 1994; Associate Professor (awarded tenure), Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania (beginning Fall 1994).
1996
"The Philosophy of Rights of William Ernest Hocking." Ph.D., 1996
1997
"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); Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Montclair State University (beginning Fall 1999).
"Kant and Religious Passion." Ph.D., 1997; employed outside academia.
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; employed outside academia.
"The Adjudication of Utilitarianism and Rights in the Sphere of Health Care." Ph.D., 1998; Harry Moore, Ph.D., 1998; Adjunct Professor, St. Gregory's University (beginning Spring 1999); Adjunct Instructor, University of Central Oklahoma (beginning 1999).
"Horizons of the Self: An Essay in the Socio-Semiotic and Psychological Boundaries of Personal Autonomy." Ph.D., 1998; Adjunct Assistant Professor, O.U. College of Liberal Studies (beginning Spring 1996); Clinical Assistant Professor, O.U. Health Sciences Center, College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (beginning Fall 1999); has not sought full-time academic employment; currently employed full-time outside academia.
"Psychological Ecology." Ph.D., 1998; Adjunct Instructor, University of Central Oklahoma (beginning 1997 to 1998); Adjunct Instructor Oklahoma State University (beginning 1999).
"Social Identity and Ethnic Formation: Some Epistemological Questions for Political Philosophy." Ph.D., 1998; did not seek academic employment; employed outside academia.
1999
"Social Explanation and Social Function: An Investigation of the Nature of Functional Explanation for the Social Sciences." Adjunct Professor, University of Central Oklahoma (beginning Fall 1999); did not seek academic employment outside Oklahoma City Metro area.
"Political Principles and Indian Sovereignty." Ph.D., 1999; Visiting Assistant Professor, Lakehead University, Ontario (1996-97). Adjunct Professor, Oklahoma City University (beginning Fall 1997). Assistant Professor (tenure-track), University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (beginning Fall 2000).
"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; Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Mesa Community College, Arizona (beginning Fall 1996).
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 (beginning Summer 2000).
"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). Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Henderson State University (beginning 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.
"Minds, Causes and the Exclusion Argument." Ph.D., 2000; Visiting Assistant Professor, West Virginia University (1999-2000). Visiting Assistant Professor, James Madison University (beginning Fall 2000-).
2001
"A Whiteheadian Critique of Jaegwon Kims 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).
2002
"Consciousness and Personhood in Split-Brain Patients." Ph.D., 2002; Assistant Professor (tenure-track), 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 (2000-); Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Mobile (Fall 2002); Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring Hill College (Spring 2003).
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).
ABDs with Academic Appointments
Professor (tenure-track), Northwest Nazarene University (since Fall 1999).
Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Briarcliff University (beginning Fall 2003).
Instructor, South Texas Community College (beginning Fall 2002).