MARTHA CATHERINE BECK P.O. Box 2317, Lyon College Batesville, AR 72503 (870)834-2299(c); (870)307-7533(w) EXPERIENCE LYON COLLEGE Professor of Philosophy: February, 2008. Associate Professor: Fall, 2002 to 2008. Tenured: Spring, 2002. Assistant Professor: Fall, 1996 to Spring, 2002. Courses taught: Introduction to Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Western Intellectual Tradition: Ancient, Western Intellectual Tradition: Modern, Logic, Contemporary Moral Problems, Humanities: Western Ideas: Ancient, and Humanities: Western Ideas: Modern, Feminist Thought, Business and Professional Ethics, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Art, Independent Study: further readings in Philosophy of Art, seminar on Plato, seminar on Aristotle, seminar on Readings in Contemporary Plato Scholarship, Introduction to World Philosophies, Environmental Ethics, Advanced Seminar in Religion and Philosophy, and Nichols trip to Greece. COLLEGE OF ST. CATHERINE Assistant Professor: Fall, 1994 to Spring, 1996. Full-time Instructor: Fall, 1991 to Spring, 1994. Courses taught: Philosophy and Human Life, Ethics, Business Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, The Reflective Woman, Ethics and Communication, Environmental Ethics. HUBERT H. HUMPHREY INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS Research Explorations Fellow: Women, Public Policy and Development Project. Worked with Arvonne Fraser, Senior Fellow and Project Director. Fall, 1988-1989. UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS Adjunct Professor: 1991-1995. Full-time Visiting Instructor: Fall, 1988 to Spring, 1991. Two-thirds time Instructor: Fall, 1984 to Spring, 1988. Courses taught: Logic and Ethics. ANOKA RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Part-time Instructor: Fall, 1983; Ethics. Full-time Instructor: Fall, 1982 to Spring, 1983. Courses taught: Developing a Philosophy of Life, Greek Culture, The Early Modern Period (18th Century), the Late Modern Period (19th Century), The Twentieth Century, Introduction to Philosophy. BRYN MAWR COLLEGE Teaching Assistant, Political Philosophy: Fall, 1978 to Fall, 1980. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND PH. D. BRYN MAWR COLLEGE: December 15, 1993. Dissertation: Plato's Self-Corrective Development of the 1
Concepts of Soul, Forms and Immortality in Three Arguments of the Phaedo. Major advisor: Dr. Sandra Peterson, University of Minnesota. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS BRYN MAWR COLLEGE: Plato and Aristotle, Spinoza, Ethics, Political Philosophy. LANGUAGE EXAMINATIONS BRYN MAWR COLLEGE: Greek and German. M. A. BRYN MAWR COLLEGE: May, 1979. Thesis: A Commentary on Plato's Phaedo. B. A. HAMLINE UNIVERSITY: May, 1975. Summa Cum Laude (Rank: #6), Phi Beta Kappa. Majors: Religion and Philosophy. ADDITIONAL EDUCATION Council on International Educational Exchange Participant: Seminar on Civil Society, Politics, and Religion in Turkey, June, 2006. Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research Resident Scholar, January 1-May 31, 2004. San Diego State University: NEH Summer Seminar: Aristotle on Meaning and Thought, June 30- August 1, 2003. Council of Independent Colleges Teaching and Learning Workshop: Incorporating Technology into Education, June 5-7, 2001. College of St. Benedict: Studium Scholar, May 31-June 12, 2010. Studium Scholar, June 13-July 11, 2005. Studium Scholar, June 1-August 8, 2004. Studium Scholar, August 4-15, 2003. Studium Scholar, July 1-31, 2001. Studium Scholar, June 15-August 15, 2000. Duke University: NEH Summer Institute, Plato and the Polis, June 13-July 23, 1994. College of St. Catherine: Faculty development seminar: Teaching The Reflective Woman : June 3-22, 1995. Bush Foundation Faculty Study Group: Establishing an Environmental Studies Major at St. Catherine s. Worked with 7 colleagues in Chemistry, Biology, Economics and English to order books, videos, discuss local resources and ideas for how to coordinate the major. 2
Bush Foundation-Funded Faculty Study Group: Seminal Ideas of the Twentieth Century. Monthly meetings with colleagues from various disciplines. January-December, 1993. Faculty development seminar: Values Across the Curriculum : Center for Ethics, Responsibility and Values, College of St. Catherine; June 5-9, 1989. University of Chicago: Midwest Faculty Seminars: Critiquing Objectivity, January, 1995. Chaos Theory Across the Disciplines, January, 1994. The Fate of Liberal Education, October, 1992. University of St. Thomas: Teaching Business Ethics, seminar on how to teach using a case-study method, led by Dr. Kenneth Goodpastor; Jan. 3-7, 1993. Theology and Philosophy Departments Discussion Group: Monthly meetings focused on The Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy by Martha Nussbaum; October-May, 1991-92. Internationalization of Higher Education : June 4-16, 1989. How to Write a Grant : January, 1987. The Perry and Bloom Models of Teaching and Learning : January 3-7, 1986. Writing Across the Curriculum : June 3-15, 1985. Hamline University: Women s Studies Across the Curriculum : June 6-18, 1984. BOOKS PUBLICATIONS Jung and Plato on Individuation, in Sex, Love, and Friendship. Studies of the Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love: 1993-2003. Adrienne Leigh McEnvoy, ed. New York: NY, Rodopi, 2011, XVI. A Commentary on Plato s Phaedo: the Importance of Plato s View of the Human Soul and Immortality for Our Time. New York, New York: Global Scholarly Publications, 2010. The Quest for Wisdom in Plato and Carl Jung: A Comparative Study of the Healers of the Soul, Lewiston, New York, Edwin Mellen Press, 2008. Reading Sophocles Philoctetes Through the Categories of Aristotle s Theory of Tragedy: How Do We Educate People to Be Wise?, Lewiston, New York, Edwin Mellen Press, Fall, 2008. The Autobiography of a Mid-Western Methodist Woman: What It Was Like to be an American in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century, Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, Summer, 2008. 3
Tragedy and the Philosophical Life: A Response to Martha Nussbaum. Volume One: Protagoras. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2006. Tragedy and the Philosophical Life: A Response to Martha Nussbaum. Volume Two: The Republic. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2006. Tragedy and the Philosophical Life: A Response to Martha Nussbaum. Volume Three: Phaedrus and Symposium. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2006. The Self-Corrective Development of the Concepts of Soul, Forms and Immortality in Three Arguments of the Phaedo. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2000. JOURNAL ARTICLES Plato as Jungian Artist, Socrates as Archetypal Psychologist, The Journal of Decision Ethics, 2011 TBA. Raising Aristotelian Children in a Post-modern Era, The International Journal of Decision Ethics, 2011 TBA. Philosophy, Feminism and the Development of International Culture, The International Journal of Decision Ethics, Vol. VI.2, Spring 2010. Paideia: Educating for Wisdom in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy, The International Journal of Decision Ethics, Vol.VI.1, Fall 2009. Aristotle and Human Capabilities: The Synthesis of Ancient, Modern and Post-modern Paradigms in the Era of Globalization, The International Journal of Decision Ethics, Vol. I, Fall 2008. Applying Aristotle s Politics in the Post-modern Era: Human Culture as Understood by Aristotle and Contemporary Systems Theory, The International Journal of Decision Ethics, Fall 2007, Vol. IV #1. Aristotle and Environmental Ethics: from Basic Metaphysical Principles to the Practical Activity of Reforming Culture, in Ecological Crisis and Paideia, Proceedings of the XIX Annual Symposium of the Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture, Olympia, Greece, 2009. The Applications of Aristotle s Politics Today: Aristotle s Politics and the Systems Sciences, in Ecological Crisis and Paideia, Proceedings of the XIX Annual International Symposium, Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture, Olympia, Greece, 2009. Plato s Phaedo: Integrating the Insights of Science and Religion into a Philosophical Way of Life Athen, Greece: Skepsis: A Journal for Philosophy and Inter-disciplinary Research, Vol. XVIII, no. 1, 2007. Plato s Crito as a Multi-dimensional Tragedy, Reading Plato s Dialogues as Tragedies: A Brief Outline, and A Brief Response to Brian Broast s Paper: Methodology in the Study of Plato, Philological Review, Fall, 2004. 4
The Uses of Homer in Plato s Ion, Philological Review, Fall, 2003. Virtue Without Fragility: Nussbaum s Account of Detachment in Plato s Republic, Crito, and Phaedo. Sophia: International journal for philosophy of religion, metaphysical theology and ethics, 40, no. 1 (June 2001): 45-59. Jung, Socrates and Diotima: The Ascent of Eros, Publications of the Arkansas Philological Association, Fall, 2000. Carl Jung and Plato s Phaedrus. Publications of the Arkansas Philological Association, Fall, 1999. Purdah and Human Rights. Dialogue and Humanism: The Polish Philosophical Quarterly, Fall, 1995: 38-52. Phaedo 72e-74a: What is the Point? Natural Reason: Essays in Honor of Joseph Norio Uemura. Ed. Duane L. Cady and Ronald Beanblossom. St. Paul, Minnesota: Hamline University, 1992: 13-30. REVIEWS How Plato s Theory of Truth Explains Socratic Method: Consistency is the Test of Truth, by Dr. Ron Jenks, Edwin Mellen Press, 2010. Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Aristotle and the Politics, for Routlege Philosophy, Oxford, April, 2008. Using Alchemical Memory Techniques for the Interpretation of Literature, reviewed for Edwin Mellen Press, March, 2008. Plato s Apology as Tragedy, reviewed for Political Theory, an International Journal of Political Philosophy, January 2008. Love as Knowledge: the Metaphysics Behind the Emotion, article submission for Lyceum: a journal specializing in the history of ideas and traditional philosophical issues, Winter, 2008. The Political Song: Why Ernst Bloch and the Principle of Hope, Now for The Philological Review, Fall 2004. Sensitive Ears: Crisis of Authority and the Contingency of Voice in The Praise of Folly by John Parrack for The Philological Review, Fall, 2004. Eros as Messenger: The Drama of Plato s Symposium, by Gary Alan Scott and William A. Welton. State University of New York Press, January, 2002. Socratic Method and Plato s Theory of Truth, by Rod Jenks. Edwin Mellen Press, September, 2000. The One: Plato s Socratic Philosophy, by Dr. Herold Stern. Edwin Mellen Press. March, 2000. 5
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, AWARDS 2011: Grant to write manuscript on the place of the arts in Ancient Greek Culture, Dr. Leonidas Bergeliotis, President, Olympic Center for Ancient Greek Philosophy and Culture, January-July. 2010: Visiting Professor, Beijing School for International Studies, June 20-July 2. 2010: Williamson Prize for Faculty Excellence, Lyon College 2009: Appointed Coordinator of articles on Ancient Greek philosophy for the International Journal of Decision Ethics 2009: Appointed Field Editor for Edwin Mellen Press Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture: partial funding for research on book, Greek Paideia and the Chorus Members Search for Practical Wisdom Applying Aristotle s Social Philosophy to Aeschylus Agamemnon in Athens, Greece, summer 2009 Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture: partial funding for research on book, Upon this Moral Law the World Depends: Applying Aristotle s Social Philosophy to Euripides Hecuba in Athens, Greece, summer 2008. Olympic Center for Ancient Greek Philosophy and Culture: partial funding for research on book, Civilized Killing: Maintaining a Strong Military in a Free and Open Society: A Reading of Plato s Laches in Athens, Greece, summer 2007. Summer research grant, Lyon College, for study in Athens, June-July, 2006. National Endowment for the Humanities: reader, proposals for Fellowships, August 15, 2006. Scholarship to attend an International Faculty Development Seminar in Turkey: Civil Society, Politics and Religion in Turkey, organized by the Council on International Educational Exchange, June 10, 2006. Studium Scholar, College of St. Benedict, May-August, 2004, and June- July, 2005. Summer Research Grant, Lyon College, 2004 and 2005: for work at Studium Resident Scholar, Institute for Cultural and Ecumenical Research, January-May, 2004. Summer Research Grant for scholarship and personal webpage, 2003. National Endowment for the Humanities: Summer Seminar: Aristotle on Meaning and Thought, June 30-August 1, 2003, University of San Diego. Studium Scholar, College of St. Benedict, August 4-17, 2003. Lyon Information Technology Initiative Grant, May, 2002. 6
Lyon Information Technology Initiative Grant, June, 2002. College of St. Benedict: Studium Scholar Grant, summer 2001. Lyon College: Faculty Research Grant, summer, 2000. PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND COLLEGE CAMPUSES Philosophy and Archeology: Digging up the Material Foundations behind Ancient Greek Religion and Philosophy, part of a panel on Environmental Archeology sponsored by the Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture, Olympia, Greece, July 22-27, 2011. Paideia: Using the Arts to Create a Truly Free City of Self-Governing Citizens, for conference on Paideia and the Arts, International Bilingual Seminar, Olympia, Greece, July 22-27, 2011. Education for the Love of Wisdom: the Ancient Greeks, for conference on Philosophy and Education sponsored by the Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture, Olympia, Greece, July 22-27, 2011. Philosophy, Politics, and Economics in the Global Era: the Need for Ancient Greek Education for Practical Wisdom, for conference on Philosophy, Politics, and Economics in the Global Era sponsored by the International Association for Greek Philosophy, Vouliagmeni-Athens, Greece, July 17-22, 2011. Understanding Leadership and Management through Ancient Greek Texts, Conference on Leadership and Management in a Changing World: Lessons from East and West Philosophy, sponsored by the Athens University for Business and Economics, Athens, Greece, June 12-14, 2011. Ancient Greeks, Modern Utilitarians, and Satisfied Pigs, The Parmenidium Society, Conference on John Stuart Mill and the Greeks, Ascea, Italy, May 27-29, 2011. Political Theory and Political Practice in Ancient Greek Culture, lecture for a class in Political Philosophy, Anglo-American University of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, May 4, 2011. Multiculturalism, Unchanging Values, and Moral Relativism in Ancient Greek Culture, lecture for a class on Intercultural Communications, Anglo-American University of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2, 2011. Economics and Business in Ancient Greek Society, lecture for graduate school class on Entrepreneurship, Athens University for Business and Economics, April 12, 2011. In Everything I do, My Life is Governed by My Mind (Phaedo 99a-b), Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, October, 2010. The United Nations, Aristotle s Theory of the Virtues, and Globalization Processes Today, Moscow State University, Russian Republic, July 23, 2010. The United Nations, Aristotle, and the Development of Civil Society in the Russian Republic since the 1980s, St. Petersburg School for Religion and Philosophy, St. Petersburg, Russian Republic, July 19, 2010. Paideia: Educating for Wisdom in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy, conference on Dialogue Among Cultures: Peace, Justice and Harmony sponsored by the International Society for Universal Dialogue, Beijing, China, July 5, 2010. 7
The Destruction of the Earth and the Creation of Global Civilization, conference on Dialogue Among Nations: Peace, Justice and Harmony sponsored by the International Society for Universal Dialogues, Beijing, China, July 5, 2010. Plato s Theory of Education: Greek Paideia and the Structure of Plato s Dialogues, Beijing School for International Studies, Beijing, China, June 25, 2010. Plato and the Tragic Fall of Athens: Plato s Response to his Coming-of-Age Experience, Beijing School for International Studies, Beijing, China, June 24, 2010. Plato on the Soul and Education: Plato s Phaedo and the Metaphysical Foundation for Plato s Dialectical Method of Education, Beijing School for International Studies, Beijing, China, June 22, 2010. Liberal Catholicism, Vatican II and the Classical Western Liberal Tradition, St. Benedict s Monastery, St. Joseph, MN, June 16, 2010. Speaker on panel, USA and China: Two Economic Models for the Same Global Village, part of a conference on Economics of Globalization and the Globalization of Economic Thought, New York City, March 2010. Educating for Wisdom in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy, Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, New York, NY, October 15, 2009. Panel Presentation on East-West Relations, at the XXth Annual Conference of the Olympic Center for Ancient Greek Philosophy and Culture in Olympia, Greece, August 4, 2009. The Greek Goddesses and the Creation of Civilization: Integrating the Anima, Becoming Wise, part of the XXth Annual Conference of the Olympic Center for Ancient Greek Philosophy and Culture in Olympia, Greece, August 4, 2009. The Tragedy of Theories of Art During the Enlightenment, part of the XXth Annual Conference of the Olympic Center for Ancient Greek Philosophy and Culture, in Olympia, Greece, August 4, 2009. The Relevance of Plato and Aristotle in the Era of Globalization, part of the Conference on Globalization and the Challenge of the Humanities and Social Sciences, sponsored by the Institute of Philosophy, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, the Department of Philosophy at East China Normal University and the Department of East Asian Studies at Grand Valley State University in Grand Valley, Michigan, Shanghai, China, July 23-24, 2009. Aristotle and Human Capabilities: the Synthesis of Ancient, Modern, and Post-Modern Paradigms in the Era of Globalization, part of the Conference on Reflections on Challenges of Globalization: Philosophy, History, and Economic Theories at the Institute of Philosophy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, China, July 18, 2009. Aristotle and Human Capabilities: the Synthesis of Ancient, Modern, and Post-Modern Paradigms in the Era of Globalization, part of the Conference on Globalization and the Development of Philosophy at Renmin University, Beijing, China, July 16, 2009. 8
Aristotle s First Principles and Environmental Ethics, presentation as part of a panel on Cosmology and Environmentalism in the Ancient World, Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, New York, NY, October 24-26, 2008. Paideia: Educating for Wisdom in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy, faculty-student colloquium, St. Anselm s College, Manchester, New Hampshire, September 9, 2008. Aristotle and Environmental Ethics: from Basic Metaphysical Principles to the Practical Activity of Reforming Culture, 19 th Annual International Symposium, Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture, Olympia, Greece, August 11, 2008. Raising Aristotelian Children in a Post-Modern Era: The Importance of Aristotle s Virtue Ethics in our Time, 19 th Annual International Symposium, Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture, Olympia, Greece, August 10, 2008. Applying Aristotle s Politics in the Post-Modern Era: Human Culture as Understood by Aristotle and Contemporary Systems Theory, Bilingual Summer Seminar, Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture, Olympia, Greece, August 9, 2008. Plato as Jungian Artist; Socrates as Archetypal Psychologist, North Texas Philosophical Association, Denton, Texas, April 11, 2008. Can Greek Philosophy Speak to Contemporary Moral Problems? Tri-State Liberal Arts Philosophy Symposium, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, March 27-28, 2008. Plato as Jungian Artist; Socrates as Archetypal Psychologist, Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, New York, NY, October 17, 2007. Upon this Moral Law the World Depends: a reading of Euripides Hecuba Through the Categories of Aristotle, Arkansas Philological Association, Little Rock, October 12, 2007. Plato s Dialogues as Modifications of the Tradition of Tragedy, Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture, 2 nd International Bilingual Summer Seminar, Pyrgos and Ancient Olympia, Greece, August 4-7, 2007. Plato s Phaedo: Integrating the Insights of Religion and Science into a Philosophical Way of Life, XVIII International Symposium, Pyrgos and Ancient Olympia, Greece, July 30-August 4. Tragedy and the Philosophical Life: A Response to Martha Nussbaum, North Texas Philosophical Association, April 13-14, 2007. Civilized Killing: Maintaining a Strong Military in a Free and Open Society: A Reading of Plato s Laches. Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, New York, New York, October, 2006. Arkansas Philological Association: Plato on Homer in the Republic, October 21, 2005. 9
Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, New York, NY: Courage in Aristotle and Sophocles Philoctetes, October, 2004. Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy: Plato on Homer in the Republic, October, 2004. Minnestoa: Minnesota Ancient Philosophy Circle, Minneapolis, Minnesota: Plato s Crito as a Multi-dimensional Tragedy, April 2, 2004. St. John s University, Collegeville, Minnesota: Plato Looking Backward at Age 50, faculty-student forum, March 17, 2004. College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota: Plato Looking Backward at Age 50, class presentation, February 9, 2004. Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research, Collegeville, Minnesota: No One Does Wrong Willingly: The Death of Socrates and the Tragedy of Athens, January 29, 2004. Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research, Collegeville, Minnesota: Plato s Dialogues as Tragedies, January 27, 2004. Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, New York, New York: Kaufmann s Oedipus and Plato s Socrates, November 2, 2003. Arkansas Philological Association, Tunica, Mississippi: Plato s Crito as a Multi-dimensional Tragedy, October 17, 2003. National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar, San Diego, California: Courage in Aristotle s Nichomachean Ethics and in Sophocles Philoctetes, July 18, 2003. Minnestoa: The Minnesota Ancient Philosophy Circle, Minneapolis, Minnesota: Kaufmann s Oedipus and Plato s Socrates, April 19, 2003. Ancient Philosophy Society, Hartford, Connecticut: A Response to Jena Jolissaint s A Life of Leisure and the Death of a Fool: Socrates and Tragedy, April 11-13, 2003. North Texas Philosophical Association, Sherman, Texas: Kaufmann s Oedipus and Plato s Socrates, March 1, 2003. Arkansas Philological Association, Fairfield Bay, Arkansas: Babbette s Feast, October 12, 2002. Ancient Philosophy Society: Nussbaum, Saxonhouse and Piety in Plato s Euthyphro, Denver, CO, April, 2002. University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville: Babette s Feast, paper and discussion, March 22, 2002. American Academy of Religion: Nussbaum, Saxonhouse and Piety in Plato s Euthyphro, Irving, TX, March, 2002. Arkansas Philosophical Association: Nussbaum, Saxonhouse and Piety in Plato s Euthyphro, Conway, AR, February 8, 2002. 10
Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, Ion: Socrates as Literary Critic, Binghamton, New York, October 27, 2001. Minnesota Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, Nussbaum on Eros in the Symposium College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN, April 28, 2001. Missouri Philological Association, Socrates as a Jungian Therapist, Westminster College, Fulton, MO, March 2, 2001. Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, Virtue Without Fragility: Nussbaum s Account of Detachment in Plato s Crito and Phaedo. Binghamton, New York, October 28, 2000. Arkansas Philological Association, Socrates as a Jungian Therapist. Memphis, TN, October 20, 2000. American Society for Philosophy, Counseling and Psychotherapy: Virtue Without Fragility: Nussbaum s Account of Detachment in the Republic, the Crito, and the Phaedo : Chicago, Illinois, Central Division of the APA, April 22, 2000. Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love: Plato and Jung on Individuation : Chicago, Illinois, Central Division of the APA, April 21, 2000. 28th Conference on Value Inquiry: Sexist Oppression: A Developmental Description, Beaumont, Texas, Lamar University, April 13-15, 2000. Arkansas Philological Society: Jung, Socrates, and Diotima: The Ascent of Eros in the Symposium, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, October 23, 1999 (in absentia). Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy: Nussbaum on Eros in the Symposium : Binghamton, New York, October 23, 1999. Hendrix College Philosophy Club: Living an Examined Life in a Postmodern Context, Hendrix College, Conway, AR, April 29, 1999. American Society for Philosophy, Counseling, and Psychotherapy: Carl Jung and Plato s Phaedrus, New Orleans, May 8, 1999. Arkansas Philological Society: Carl Jung and Plato s Phaedrus, Hot Springs, AR, October 30, 1998. Arkansas Philosophical Society: Ion: Socrates as Literary Critic, Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas, November 16, 1997. Minnesota Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy: Plato, Nussbaum and Human Vulnerability, University of St. Thomas, April 19, 1997. Workshop on Theology and Philosophy: Plato, Nussbaum and Human Vulnerability, Hendrix College, February 8, 1997. Arkansas Philosophical Society: Phaedo 72e-74a: What is the Point? University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, November 22, 1996. College of St. Catherine: A Critique of Critiquing Objectivity, given at a faculty luncheon; March 16, 1995. 11
Minnesota Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy: commentator for Plato's Affinity Argument for the Immortality of the Soul, Spring, 1994. Minnesota Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy: Phaedo 72e-74a: What is the Point? Fall, 1993. Minnesota Philosophical Society: A Commentary on the First Half of Plato's Phaedo, Fall, 1990. Hubert Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs: Purdah and Human Rights, position paper written for Arvonne Fraser, senior fellow in international women's rights; June, 1989. Bryn Mawr College Colloquium: Hamlet's Fall from Innocence, April, 1981. Bryn Mawr College Colloquium: Was John Stuart Mill an Elitist? The Problem of the Open Society, October, 1979. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS The Place of John Wesley and the United Methodist Church in the Classical Western Intellectual Tradition, First United Methodist Church, St. Cloud, MN, June 13, 2010. The Rise and Fall of Athenian Civilization, Christ United Methodist Church, St. Paul, MN, June 6, 2010. The Classical Western Liberal Tradition: Growing Up During the Ecumenical Movement in the 1960s, Books Lover s Club, College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN, May 27, 2010. The Rise and Fall of Athenian Democracy, P.E.O., Batesville, Oct. 31, 2007. Ancient Wisdom and Building a Culture of Peace, lecture at the annual retreat of the Arkansas Coalition for Peace and Justice, September 14, 2007. The Rise and Fall of Athenian Democracy, Lyon College library, sponsored by Friends of the Library, August 30, 2007. Attaturk and the Founding of Modern Turkey: Can a Ruler With Absolute Power Ever Be Just? P.E.O. Zeta Chapter, Batesville, Arkansas, November, 2006. First United Methodist Church: John Stuart Mill, The Subjection of Women and Gay Rights, Little Rock, AR; April 2, 2006. Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church, Reigniting the Wesleyan Quadrilateral, a four-part lecture series, March-April, 2006. College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota: My Work at Studium, to the Studium Committee, August 12, 2003. 12
Lake Harriet United Methodist Church, Minneapolis, MN: Babbette s Feast: movie, paper reading and group discussion, August 7, 2002. Barnes and Noble, Minneapolis, MN: Sophocles Oedipus and Plato s Socrates: Tragedy and the Pursuit of Self-Knowledge, August 6, 2002. P.E.O., Batesville, AR, Sexist Oppression: A Developmental Description, paper reading and discussion, March 20, 2002. Barnes and Noble, Little Rock, Arkansas: Socrates in the Marketplace (after September 11, revised lecture), September 29, 2001. Barnes and Noble, Minneapolis, Minnesota: Socrates in the Marketplace, August 7, 2001. Lake Harriet United Methodist Church Philosophy class, Sexist Oppression: A Developmental Description, August 19, 2000. Lake Harriet United Methodist Church Philosophy class, What is Beauty? August 13, 2000. Lake Harriet United Methodist Church Philosophy class: Living an Examined Life in a Post-modern Context, August 6, 2000. My Work at Studium : presentation to the Studium committee of the sisters of St. Benedict, July 17, 2000. Panel member, Political Correctness: It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, Lyon College, February 23, 2000. First Presbyterian Church: Living an Examined Life in a Post-Modern Context, Newport, Arkansas, November 11, 1999. Spring River Presbyterian Church: What is Beauty? Spring River, Arkansas, November 10, 1999. First Presbyterian Church: Women and International Human Rights, Newport, Arkansas, November 4, 1999. First Presbyterian Church: What is Beauty? Newport, Arkansas, October 28, 1999. Lake Harriet United Methodist Church Philosophy Discussion Group: The Relevance of Plato s Dialogues in Our Time, four weeks, summer, 1999. First Presbyterian Church, Newport, Arkansas: How We Got to Where we Are : a lecture on the Western Intellectual Tradition, March, 1999. Lake Harriet United Methodist Church Philosophy Discussion Group: Western Intellectual Tradition, four weeks, summer, 1998. Around the World in 30 Days, member of a task force to highlight the international orientation of J-term; coordinated a number of public events. January, 1989. Minnesota Educational Association: Using Writing Across the Curriculum in Logic Classes, Fall, 1985. 13
OUTSIDE EXAMINER FOR HONORS PAPERS Honors paper on John Dewey written by Elizabeth Walden, Hamline University. Honors paper on Eastern philosophy written by Greg Swann, Hamline University. A Critique of Gadamer s Dialectic, by Lynn Ellingson. Written in partial fulfillment for the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN. May, 1993. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Moderator of session, XXth Annual Conference of the Olympic Center for Ancient Greek Philosophy and Culture, August 2009. Moderator of session, undergraduate conference on Academic Explorations of Religion, Hendrix College, April 19, 2008. Discussion group leader at a conference on Faith and Psychology, sponsored by a Lilly Vocations Initiative Grant, Hendrix College, Oct. 2006. Panel member for a discussion of the movie, Babette s Feast, at the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville, March 22, 2002. Moderator for a series of papers on Plato, Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, October 27, 2001. Chair, panel on French and Spanish Literature, Missouri Philological Association, March 3, 2001. Chair, panel on World Literature, Arkansas Philological Association, October 20, 2000. Lyon College Tour to Greece: Tour guide, May, 2000, 2002, 2005. Arkansas Philosophical Association: President, 1997-1998. ORGANIZATIONS Hellenic Center for East-West Relations Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture, board member, 2007-present American Philosophical Association Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Minnesota Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Arkansas Philological Association Phi Beta Kappa Little Rock Interfaith Forum, board member, 2006 Arkansas Coalition for Peace and Justice, board member, 2006-present Season Ticket Holder, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Arkansas Public Radio, KASU Arkansas Arts Center 14
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Lyon College flute choir: January, 2001 to present. Member, PEO, Batesville, Zeta chapter: February, 2003 to present 15