Image(s) courtesy History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries; copyright the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma.
Skip to: 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989
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.
ABD (dissertation in progress)
Title TBD. Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at Biola University (starting fall 2009).
"Heroes Great and Small: The Rebirth of Honor." Full-time Visiting Lecturer at Stephen F. Austin State University (2007-2009).
"A Rational Problem of Evil: The Coherence of Christian Doctrine and the Free Will Defense." Full-time Lecturer at Tyndale University College (2008-2009). To be converted to tenure-track Assistant Professor on completion of Ph.D.
"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.
"On Middle Knowledge.” Ph.D., 2007.
"Socratic Definition in Plato’s Dialogues.” Ph.D., 2007; Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Maine, Farmington.
2006 | Return to Top
"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. 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.
"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 | Return to Top
"The Emergence of Objects: A Study in Constitution.” Ph.D., 2004; Associate Professor (tenured) at Point Loma Nazarene University.
2003 | Return to Top
"Naturalized Virtue Ethics.” Ph.D., 2003; Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at Briar Cliff University.
"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 | Return to Top
"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).
2001 | Return to Top
"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 | Return to Top
"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-).
1999 | Return to Top
"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).
1998 | Return to Top
"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, OU College of Liberal Studies (beginning Spring 1996); Clinical Assistant Professor, OU 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.
1997 | Return to Top
"Art, Autonomy, and Community.” Ph.D., 1997; Associate Professor at 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); Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Montclair State University (beginning Fall 1999).
"Kant and Religious Passion." Ph.D., 1997; employed outside academia.
1996 | Return to Top
"The Philosophy of Rights of William Ernest Hocking." Ph.D., 1996
1994 | Return to Top
"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).
1993 | Return to Top
"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-).
1992 | Return to Top
"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.
