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ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
| Date |
Rank |
Institution |
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Dec 2004
May 2005 | Interim Chair
Department of Philosopy |
Benedictine College
Atchison, Ks | |
Aug 1987
Dec 1991 | Chairman
Department of Philosopy | Christendom College
Front Royal, Va |
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
| Date |
Rank |
Institution |
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| 2005- | Professor, Philosphy and Classical Languages |
Benedictine College | Approved by Board February 18, 2005 |
| 2003-2005 | Associate Professor, Philosphy and Classical Languages | Benedictine College |
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| 1993-2003 | Associate Professor, Philosophy | Benedictine College
Atchison, Ks | Tenured 1997 |
| Spring 1993 | Lecturer II (Logic) | Lord Fairfax Cummunity College
Middletown, Virginia | |
| 1987-1993 | Associate Professor of Philosophy | Christendom College
Middletown, Virginia | |
| 1983-1986 |
Visiting Asst. Professor | Catholic University of America
Washington, D.C. | |
| 1979-1983 |
Lecturer and Assist. Professor | University of St. Thomas
Houston, Tx | |
| 1978-1979 | Tutor | University of Toronto
Ontario, Canada | |
| 1974-1978 | Tutor/Instructor | St. Michael's College
Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
READING COMPETENCE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
| Language | Proficiency |
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| | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
| Latin | Excellent | Good | n/a |
| Ancient Greek | Excellent | Basic | n/a |
| Arabic | Good | Basic | n/a |
| French | Very Good | Basic | Basic |
| German | Good | Basic | n/a |
| Spanish | Very Good | Basic | Basic |
| Persian | Basic | Basic | Fair |
| Italian | Good | n/a | n/a |
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT:
| Advanced Logic (Posterior Analytics) |
| Aesthetics (F2005) |
| Ancient Philosophy (F2007) |
| Approaches to Morality |
| Basic Concepts in Ethics and Politics |
| The Classical Mind |
| Contemporary Philosophy |
| The Dean's Colloquium |
| Ethics (1993-2005) |
| Greek Philosophy |
| Honors Metaphysics I & II (CUA) |
| Intentionality in Aquinas & Husserl |
| Introduction to Philosophy |
| Islamic Philosophy (F03, F06) |
| Logic (1994-2004, F04, F06) |
| Logic and Nature (S08) |
| Mediaeval Philosophy (F08) |
| Memory and Recollection (S05) |
| Metaphysics (1994-2003, S07) |
| The Modern Mind |
| Modern Philosophy |
| Natural Theology |
| Philosophy of Being and God |
| Philosophy of God |
| Philosophy of Knowledge |
| Philosophy of Man |
| Philosophy of Nature (1993-2003, F05) |
| Plato |
| Research Sources and Techniques |
| Saint Thomas Aquinas: Life, Thought, Works |
| Sr. Rdgs in Modern & Recent Philosophy |
| Jr. Rdgs in Ancient & Medieval Philosophy |
| Senior Thesis Supervision (1987-93; 1993- ) |
| Topics in Moral Philosophy |
| Topics in the Philosophy of Mathematics |
| Topics in the Philosophy of Nature |
| Topics in Metaphysics: The Good |
| The World of Knowledge in the Middle Ages (St. Michael’s College) |
LANGUAGE COURSES:
Basic Greek: Classical (2 sem., summer 1998)
Beginning Greek: New Testament & Classical (2003-4; 2004-5);
Greek Directed Study (f04, Xenophon, Anabasis I-IV) |
Latin: Caesar, De Bello Gallico I (f96)
Beginning Latin (emergency take-over March 03)
Beginning Latin I and II (2003-5) |
SPECIAL TOPICS:
| Latin Directed Readings on Transubstantiation in Aquinas, In IV Sent., distinctions 10-11 (Fall 2007) |
| Readings in Greek Prose: The Gospel according to St. John (Fall 2007) |
| Latin Directed Readings in Aristotle, Aquinas, and Averroes, Metaphysics, Book Γ (Fall 2006-Spring 2007) |
| Greek Directed Readings in Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Book VI (Fall 2005) |
| Latin Directed Readings in Aristotle and Aquinas, Nicomachean Ethics, Book VI (Fall 2005) |
Greek Readings on Memory and Recollection in Plato and Aristotle: The Meno and the De memoria et reminiscentia
(Spring 2005) |
| Greek Readings in Xenophon’s Anabasis I-II (Fall 2005) |
| Evil, with special reference to Thomas Aquinas’ De malo and the Literal Exposition of Job (Spring 2003) |
| Power: Ancient and Modern, with special reference to Xenophon, Aquinas, and Machiavelli (Spring 2002) |
| Socrates, on the occasion of the 2400th anniversary of his execution (Spring 2001) |
The Life, Thought and Works of Thomas Aquinas, with special reference to his doctrine of the analogy of being
(Summer 1997) |
GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT:
| Basic Concepts in Ethics and Politics (at Catholic University) |
| Introduction to Latin (at Centre for Medieval Studies) |
| Islamic Background to Thomistic Philosophy (at Center for Thomistic Studies) |
| Latin Prose Composition (at Centre for Medieval Studies) |
| Plato's Republic and Aristotle's De Anima (at Center for Thomistic Studies) |
| Special Problems in Philosophical Psychology (at Catholic University) |
| Thomas Aquinas's Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics (at Center for Thomistic Studies) |
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