Academic Positions and Employment
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Missouri,
2011–2012
Philosophy Teacher, Heritage Academy, a university-model high school,
2011–2012.
(Spring 2012 courses taken for dual credit with Moberly Area Community College)
Preparing Future Faculty Mizzou Advantage Postdoctoral Fellowship,
University of Missouri, only five awarded in campus-wide
competition, 2010–2011
Philosophy Teacher, Missouri Scholars Academy, gifted students high
school program, July 2010
Major Awards and Honors
Winner of the MU Distinguished Dissertation Award, only one awarded
in campus-wide competition, April 2011
Chancellor’s Dissertation Fellow, University of Missouri, only one
awarded in campus-wide competition, 2009–2010
Other Awards and Honors
MU Postdoctoral Association Travel Grant, September 2010
Outstanding Philosophy Paper Travel Award (by MU Philosophy
Department), Spring 2010
Graduate Professional Council Travel Award, April 2010
John D. Bies International Travel Scholarship, April 2010
Stipend for one of top three Ph.D. student papers, Justification
Revisited Conference, March 2010
APA Graduate Student Travel Stipend Award, Central Division, February
2010
Outstanding Philosophy Paper Travel Award (by MU Philosophy
Department), Spring 2009
Kline Fellowship in Ethics, 2008-2009
Organizational Research Group Travel Stipend, Fall 2008
Graduate Student Association Travel Award, Fall 2008
Kline Fellowship in Epistemology, 2007-2008
Superior Graduate Achievement Award, 2007-2008
Graduate Student Association Travel Award, Fall 2006
Papers Currently Under Review at Journals
“Beliefs Do Not Come in Degrees”
“Knowing Without a Doubt”
“Knowing With Certainty”
“Epistemic Justification and the Epistemic Ought”
Workshops
Knowing in Religion and Morality, Purdue University Summer Seminar,
June 2011. (One of fifteen junior scholars selected for three-week
workshop and grant.)
Professional Activities
Member, American Philosophical Association
Review Committee, MU Postdoctoral Association Travel Award, Spring
2011
Referee: Mind, Australasian Journal of Philosophy (2x), Synthese, Acta Analytica, Dialectica, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Central States Philosophical Association
References
Peter Markie (Dissertation Chair)
University of Missouri
MarkieP@missouri.edu
Matthew McGrath (2nd Reader)
University of Missouri
McGrathMA@missouri.edu
John Greco
Saint Louis University
jgreco2@slu.edu
Richard Fumerton
The University of Iowa
richard-fumerton@uiowa.edu
Andrew Melnyk
University of Missouri
MelnykA@missouri.edu
Peter Vallentyne
University of Missouri
VallentyneP@missouri.edu
