TEACHING
TEACHING
(photo: Tivoli Student Union at MSU Denver)
MY COURSES:
I teach the following courses with some degree of regularity at Metropolitan State University of Denver:
Upper Division:
I have also been lucky enough to design and teach a number of less conventional upper division courses at Metro State:
University of Virginia's Semester at Sea program:
University of Pennsylvania:
I served as a Teaching Assistant for the following course at UPenn as well:
MY STUDENTS:
With the support of my colleagues, our students have organized a series of annual women's undergraduate philosophy conferences here at MSU Denver, recruiting some excellent featured speakers from around the country. You can see a program of a past conference here.
Here is a woefully incomplete list of some of my former students and what they are (or were) up to:
Thomas Schulte, currently a PhD candidate at the University of Chicago
Phillip Ricks, currently a PhD student in philosophy at the University of Iowa.
Robinson Phillips, formerly a PhD student in Philosophy at the University of Rochester
Jenn Marra, who was recently awarded a PhD in Philosophy at Marquette University
Brady Hoback, formerly a PhD Candidate in Philosophy at University of Iowa
Alison Coombs, currently a PhD student in Philosophy at Binghamton University
Kathy Parker, graduate of University of Colorado's School of Law
(If you're a former student and would like to be included here, or have your information update, please don't hesitate to email me.)
I teach the following courses with some degree of regularity at Metropolitan State University of Denver:
Upper Division:
- Phenomenology
- History of Modern Philosophy
- Philosophy of Religion
- Existentialism
- Kant
- Introduction to Philosophy
- Introduction to Ethics
- Introduction to Western Religions
I have also been lucky enough to design and teach a number of less conventional upper division courses at Metro State:
- The Myth of Innocence in Philosophy and Theology (a senior seminar)
- Histories of Desire: Transgression and the Law
- Sin, Guilt and Moral Responsibility (a senior seminar for philosophy majors)
- Ethical Theories
- Freedom and Evil (a senior seminar for philosophy majors)
- Paul, Augustine, Luther
University of Virginia's Semester at Sea program:
- Comparative World Religions (introductory course)
- Religious Experience in a Global Context (upper division, focused on both textual and material culture)
University of Pennsylvania:
- Religion and the “Clash of Civilizations” (a writing intensive seminar which I designed and taught) Spring, 2006
- Writing, Violence and Religion (a writing intensive seminar which I designed and taught ) Fall, 2005
- Introduction to Christianity, Summer, 2005
I served as a Teaching Assistant for the following course at UPenn as well:
- Religious Violence & New Religious Movements, Fall, 2004
- Introduction to Western Religions, Spring, 2003
MY STUDENTS:
With the support of my colleagues, our students have organized a series of annual women's undergraduate philosophy conferences here at MSU Denver, recruiting some excellent featured speakers from around the country. You can see a program of a past conference here.
Here is a woefully incomplete list of some of my former students and what they are (or were) up to:
Thomas Schulte, currently a PhD candidate at the University of Chicago
Phillip Ricks, currently a PhD student in philosophy at the University of Iowa.
Robinson Phillips, formerly a PhD student in Philosophy at the University of Rochester
Jenn Marra, who was recently awarded a PhD in Philosophy at Marquette University
Brady Hoback, formerly a PhD Candidate in Philosophy at University of Iowa
Alison Coombs, currently a PhD student in Philosophy at Binghamton University
Kathy Parker, graduate of University of Colorado's School of Law
(If you're a former student and would like to be included here, or have your information update, please don't hesitate to email me.)