Experience
As a graduate student and adjunct instructor at the University of Arizona, I had extensive opportunities to gain experience teaching a wide variety of courses in philosophy. Over the span of eleven years, I had the opportunity to teach or assist in 64 courses, enrolling 13,923 students.
Mind, Matter & God
An introduction to the history of philosophy, structured around philosophical concepts in the philosophy of mind, metaphysics, and the philosophy of religion.
33 courses — Fall 2007 through Summer 2016
Total Enrollment: 9,551
Business Ethics
An introduction to business ethics. Covered topics include whistleblowing, advertising, bribery, kickbacks, insider trading, and regulation.
11 courses — Fall 2012 through Summer 2016
Total Enrollment: 2,288
Environmental Ethics
An introduction to environmental ethics. Covered topics include animal rights, population, and pollution.
6 courses — Spring 2014 through Summer 2016
Total Enrollment: 836
Medical Ethics
An upper-division survey course of topics in medical ethics. Covered topics include doctor-patient relationships, organ transplantation, and end of life care.
4 courses — Fall 2007, Summer 2010, Spring 2011, Summer 2015
Total Enrollment: 145
Ethics & Economics of Wealth Creation
A survey course of topics at the intersection of ethics and economics.
3 courses — Spring 2013 through Fall 2014
Total Enrollment: 500
Justice and Virtue
An introduction to moral philosophy, focused by historical figures and modern issues in applied ethics.
2 courses — Fall 2006, Fall 2008
Total Enrollment: 172
Philosophical Perspectives on the Individual
An introduction to philosophy, focusing on topics of mind, identity, freedom, religion and epistemology.
2 courses — Spring 2006, Fall 2007
Total Enrollment: 168
Personal Morality
An exploration of the history of ethical thought, connecting philosophical thinkers with modern issues in applied ethics. Historical figures presented include Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Mill, and Kant.
1 course — Fall 2008
Total Enrollment: 91
Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
A survey course of ancient philosophy, organized topically around issues in ethics, moral psychology, and metaphysics.
1 course — Spring 2007
Total Enrollment: 86
Science and Inquiry
A survey course in the philosophy of science.
1 course — Fall 2005
Total Enrollment: 86
Useful Links
OpenOffice is a free, open-source alternative to Microsoft Office. It is available for all major platforms and is quite good.
LaTeX: An Open-Source Typesetting System
If you're ready to ditch the frustration of trying to format a good-looking document in your average word processor, step up to LaTeX. LaTeX is a free typesetting program capable of producing extremely professional documents for publication.
One of my favorite text-editing applications. It is perfect for taking research notes, tracking citations, and jotting down information you'd otherwise forget. Available for Mac OSX.