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GEORGE W. RAINBOLT Revised January 24, 2015 Department of Philosophy Georgia State University P.O. Box 3994 Atlanta, GA 30302-3394

[email protected] www.gsu.edu/grainbolt Phone: (404) 413-6109

EDUCATION Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Arizona, 1990.

Dissertation: “The Nature of Rights,” Joel Feinberg, director. Visiting Scholar, College Internationale de Philosophie, Paris, Spring 1987. M.A., Philosophy, University of Arizona, 1986. B.A., Philosophy & Economics (with High Honors), Oberlin College, 1984. FACULTY POSITIONS Georgia State University, Professor of Philosophy, Summer 2006 - Present. Georgia State University, Chair, Department of Philosophy, Summer 2000 - Present. Georgia State University, Associate Faculty Member of the Neuroscience Institute, Fall 2013 -

Present. Georgia State University, Affiliate Faculty Member of the Neuroscience Institute, Fall 2008 -

Fall 2013. Georgia State University, Interim Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Spring 2006. Georgia State University, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Summer 1999 - Summer 2006. Georgia State University, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Fall 1993 - Summer 1999. Oberlin College, Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Fall 1990 - Spring 1993. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Ethics Philosophy of Law

Social/Political Philosophy Medical Ethics

AREAS OF COMPETENCE

History of Ethics Metaethics

Neuroethics Feminist Ethics

AREAS OF INTEREST

French Philosophy Decision Theory

Aesthetics Philosophy of Economics

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BOOKS Critical Thinking: The Art of Argument, coauthored with Sandra Dwyer. Cengage Learning

2011, 2nd edition 2014. The Concept of Rights, Springer 2006, Kindle edition 2008, Paperback edition 2009. --Cited in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

--Praise for The Concept of Rights “Advances the positions of Joseph Raz and H.L.A. Hart, perhaps the two most important

legal philosophers of the last century.” Douglas Husak, Rutgers “The most sophisticated [Hohfeldian rights analysis] I have seen.” David Schmidtz,

University of Arizona “First-rate book, the best thing on the subject since Sumner and Thomson’s books fifteen

to twenty years ago.” Christopher W. Morris, University of Maryland Ethics, coauthored with Peter McInerney. Harper-Collins 1994. ARTICLES “Rights,” Blackwell’s Philosophy Anthologies: Ethics in Practice, 4th edition, Hugh LaFollette,

ed., Wiley 2014: 49-59. Comments on Leif Wenar’s “The Nature of Claim-Rights,” Philosophy, Ethics, and Academia

(PEA) Soup blog, on-line article discussion, April 2013, http://peasoup.typepad.com/peasoup/2013/04/ethics-discussions-at-pea-soup-leif-wenars-the-nature-of-claim-rights-with-critical-precis-by-arthur.html

“Feinberg, Joel” International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Hugh LaFollette, ed., Wiley 2013: 1913-1917.

“Justice,” International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Hugh LaFollette, ed., Wiley 2013: 2865-2878. “Mercy,” International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Hugh LaFollette, ed., Wiley 2013: 32012-3218. “Pnesamento Critico,” (“Critical Thinking”), Fundamento: Revista de Pesquisa em Filosofia 1

(2010): 1-9. (This the lead article in a new Brazilian philosophy journal. The article is in Portuguese.)

“Rights Conflict,” The IVR Encyclopaedia of Jurisprudence, Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law (2009), ed. Eveline Feteris, (International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy), http://ivr-enc.info/index.php?title’Main_Page

“Possible Right-holders,” The IVR Encyclopaedia of Jurisprudence, Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law (2009), Eveline Feteris, ed.,(International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy), http://ivr-enc.info/index.php?title’Main_Page

“Rights Theory,” Philosophy Compass 1 (2006): 11-21. “Two Interpretations of Feinberg’s Theory of Rights,” Legal Theory 11 (September 2005): 227-

236. “Crime, Property, and Justice Revisited: The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000,” Public

Affairs Quarterly 17 (July 2003): 219-239. “HMOs and Physician Conflicts of Interest,” Journal of Social Philosophy 33 (Spring 2002): 1-

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“What Are Group Rights?” Groups and Group Rights, Larry May, Leslie Francis and Christine Sistare, eds. (University Press of Kansas, 2001): 71-81. --Cited in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. --Cited as a significant article in Carl Wellman, ed., Possible Bearers of Rights and

Duties, Volume 3 of the set Rights and Duties, Routledge, 2002, p. xv. “Perfect and Imperfect Obligations,” Philosophical Studies 98 (2000): 233-256.

--Cited as a significant article in Carl Wellman, ed., Conceptual Analyses of Rights and Duties, Volume 1 of the set Rights and Duties, Routledge, 2002, p. xv.

“H.L.A. Hart,” Companion to the Philosophers, Robert Arrington, ed. (Blackwell Publishers, 1999): 277-279.

“Mercy: In Defense of Caprice,” Noûs 31 (1997): 226-241. “Web-Assisted Critical Thinking,” co-authored with Steven Rieber, American Philosophical

Association Newsletter on Computers 98 (1998): 32-33. --Web posting of this paper listed as a noteworthy web site by Britannica.com.

“Crime, Property, and Justice: The Ethics of Civil Forfeiture,” coauthored with my student Alison Reif, Public Affairs Quarterly 11 (1997): 39-55.

“An Evaluation of Clinton’s Health Care Proposal,” Biomedical Ethics Reviews 1994, James Humber and Robert Almeder, eds. (Humana Press, 1995): 87-120.

“Rights as Normative Constraints on Others,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 53 (1993): 93-112.

“Mercy: An Independent, Imperfect Virtue,” American Philosophical Quarterly 27 (1990): 169-173.

“Gauthier on Cooperating in Prisoners’ Dilemmas,” Analysis 49 (1989): 216-220. “Justified Hard Paternalism: A Response to C.L. Ten,” Bioethics 3 (1989): 140-141. “Prescription Drug Laws: Justified Hard Paternalism,” Bioethics 3 (1989): 45-58. “Competition and the Patient-Centered Ethic,” Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 12 (1987):

85-99. REVIEWS International Law as Social Contract, Carol Focarelli, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

(2013), http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/40614-international-law-as-social-construct-the-struggle-for-global-justice/.

Robert Nozick, David Schmidtz, ed., Ethics 114 (2004): 631-632. Property and Justice, J.W. Harris, Ethics 111 (2000): 173-175. Basic Rights, Henry Shue, Ethics 108 (1998): 854. The Community of Rights, Alan Gewirth, Ethics 107 (1997): 733-735. Real Rights, Carl Wellman, Ethics 107 (1996): 151-153. Free Expression: Essays in Law and Philosophy, W.J. Waluchow, ed., Ethics 106 (1996): 675. No Harm: Ethical Principles for a Free Market, T. Patrick Burke, Ethics 106 (1996): 490-491. Biomedical Technology and Human Rights, Eugene B. Brody, Ethics 105 (1995): 694. Responsibility Matters, Peter French, Ethics 104 (1994): 415-416. Hegel and Legal Theory, Drucilla Cornell et al., eds., Ethics 103 (1993): 611-612.

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Social Contract Theory, Michael Lessnoff, ed., The Journal of Value Inquiry 26 (1992): 583-585.

Forgiveness and Mercy, Jeffrie Murphy and Jean Hampton, Ethics 100 (1990): 413-415.

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PRESENTATIONS “Developing Students’ Critical Thinking Skills,” Shanghai University, June 2014. “Critical Thinking: Past, Present, and Future,” Shanghai University, June 2014. “The Two-Body Problem in Academe,” American Philosophical Association, Atlanta, Georgia,

December 2012. Commentator on Gillian Brock’s “Global Justice, Emigration, Losses, and Burden-Sharing:

Which Arrangements are Fair?” Georgia State University, May 2012. “Pogge, les explications nationales, et les droits négatifs,” Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV),

May 2012. Commentator on Reinhard Merkel’s “Enhancement and the Law,” Bielefeld University, May

2012. “Key Features of a Good Core Curriculum,” City University of New York (webinar), May 2011. “Darby on Rights and Social Recognition,” Bielefeld University, Germany, May 2010. “Resolved: Assessment is Bad for Student Learning,” Southern Society for Philosophy and

Psychology, April 2010. “Perspectives on the New University System of Georgia Core,” Valdosta State University, April

2010. “The Rights of the Dead and Future Generations,” Keynote address to the Southeast Philosophy

Congress, Clayton State University, February 2010. “From Strong Foundations to Core Curriculum Evaluation,” Augusta State University, March

2009. “Why Duties are Not Rights,” Bielefeld University, Germany, May 2008. Commentator on Arthur Ripstein’s Kant’s Political Philosophy, Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center

for Ethics Conference, May 2008. Commentator on Douglas McLean’s “Rationality, Risk, and the Allais Paradox,” University of

North Carolina-Greensboro, February 2007. Commentator on Joseph Carens’ Who Belongs: Immigration, Democracy, and Citizenship, Jean

Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics, November 2007. Commentator on A. John Simmons’ Political Philosophy, Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for

Ethics Conference, November 2006. “Feinberg’s Theory of Rights,” APA Central Meeting, April 2005. Commentator on Kit Wellman’s “Feinberg’s Two Concepts of Rights,” Jean Beer Blumenfeld

Center for Ethics Conference, March 2005. Commentator on David Schmidtz’s The Elements of Justice (Cambridge University Press,

forthcoming), Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics Workshop, March 2004. Commentator on Larry May’s Crime and Humanity (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming),

Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics Workshop, May 2003. “A Three-Step Collaborative Model for Academic Intervention,” Teaching Academic Survival

Skills Annual Conference, March 2002. Co-presenters Bonnie Fritz, Elizabeth Firestone, Tim Woltering, and William Fritz.

Commentator on Allan Buchanan’s Justice, Legitimacy, and Self-Determination (Oxford University Press, 2004), Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics Workshop, April 2002.

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“Freshman Learning Communities,” American Association of Higher Education’s Faculty Roles and Responsibilities Conference, New Orleans, February 2000. Co-presenters were Nancy Mansfield, William Fritz, and Timothy Crimmins.

“Web-based Critical Thinking,” APA Computing and Philosophy Conference, Carnegie-Mellon University, August 1999.

“The Indirect Compensation Argument for Affirmative Action,” College of Law, Georgia State University, February 1997.

“Martin on Civil Rights and Economic Justice,” International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (AMINTAPHIL), November 1996.

“Perfect and Imperfect Obligations,” Georgia Philosophical Society, October 1996. “The Ethics of Civil Forfeiture,” College of Law, Georgia State University, March 1994. “Mercy: In Defense of Caprice”

--Department of Philosophy, Emory University, November 1995. --Georgia Philosophical Society, May 1995.

Commented on Robert Broach’s “Feinberg, Paternalism and Liberalism,” Mid-South Philosophy Conference, February 1994.

“Mercy, Justice and the Death Penalty” --Used as source material at the American Academy of Judicial Education’s conference

“The Rule of Law and Justice,” July 1993. --Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, February 1993.

“Moral Rights Conflict and Compensation,” APA Central Meeting, April 1993. Commented on Joseph Campbell’s “Free Will, Determinism and Moral Agency,” Ohio

Philosophical Association Meeting, April 1993. Commented on David James’ “Selling Drugs in the Physicians Office,” APA Pacific Meeting,

March 1990. Commented on David Cole’s “Concepts of Death,” APA Pacific Meeting, March 1989.

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GRANTS St. Joseph’s Health Care System Grant, “Medicare Managed Care: Increasing Access or Barriers

for the Poor?” Grant supported the study the ethical ramifications of Medicare Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), 1997-1999. Grant amount: $6,500.

Georgia State University Policy Research Center Grant, supported research leave for Winter Quarter 1996. Grant amount: $3,000 for a two course release.

University System of Georgia Board of Regents Grant to attend the workshop, “Connecting Teachers and Technology,” Summer 1995 and to support research leave for Winter 1997. Grant amount: $3,000, $1,500 for a course release, and a laptop computer.

Georgia State University Research Initiation Grant, supported research leave for Winter Quarter 1995. Grant amount: $1,500 for a course release.

National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to attend the Summer Institute “Ethics: Principles or Practices?” University of California-Santa Cruz, 1992. Grant amount: $3,000 plus room and board.

National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to attend the Summer Seminar “The Changing Roles of the American Judge,” University of Maryland, 1991. Grant amount: $3,000 plus room and board.

Ford-Mellon Research Scholar Program for Minority Students Grant. Supported mentoring to encourage minority students to pursue graduate work. Worked with Lesley Thomas on Averroes, 1991. Grant amount: $1,000.

Steinfeld Grant for the Humanities. For study in France, 1987. Grant amount: $3,500.

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DISCUSSION OF WORK Only discussion of a paragraph or more is mentioned here. Mere citations are not mentioned. Ned Markosian, “Two Puzzles of Mercy,” Philosophical Quarterly 63 (2013): 269-292. Stephen Nathanson, Terrorism and the Ethics of War (New York: Cambridge University Press,

2010). Antonio Manuel Peña Freire, “George Rainbolt: The Concept of Rights,” Anales de la Cátedra

Fransico Suárez 42 (2008): 251-257. Neil MacCormick, Institutions of Law (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007).

(This work contains extended discussions of my book The Concept of Rights.) Rowan Cruft, “Rights: Beyond Interest Theory and Will Theory?” Law and Philosophy 23

(2004): 347-397. Theodore Eisenberg and Stephen P. Garvey, “The Merciful Capital Juror,” Ohio State Journal of

Criminal Law 2 (2004): 165-193. Stephen Kershnar, “Mercy, Retributivism, and Harsh Punishment,” International Journal of

Applied Philosophy 14 (2000): 209-224. Christopher Heath Wellman, “Liberalism, Communitarianism, and Group Rights,” Law and

Philosophy 18 (1999): 13-40. Daniel Statman, “Who Needs Imperfect Duties?” American Philosophical Quarterly 33 (1996):

211-224. Brien, Andrew, “Mercy, Utilitarianism and Retributivism,” Philosophia 24 (1995): 493-521. Daniel Statman, “Doing Without Mercy,” Southern Journal of Philosophy 32 (1994): 331-354. C.L. Ten, “Paternalism and Levels of Knowledge: A Comment on Rainbolt,” Bioethics 3 (1989):

135-139.

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HONORS AND SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION Co-organizer (with Martin Carrier) of the conference “Global Justice and International Law”

Georgia State University, May 2012. Co-organizer (with Martin Carrier) of the conference “Neuroscience, Ethics, and the Philosophy

of Mind,” Bielefeld University, May 2011. Member of the Review Board of the International Encyclopedia of Ethics, 2010-2011. Member American Philosophical Association Committee on Career Opportunities and

Placement, first term 2010-2013, second term 2013-2016. Placement ombudsperson for the December 2009 meeting of the American Philosophical Association.

Member of External Review Team for the Program in Philosophy at Georgia Perimeter College, 2006.

Member of External Review Team for the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Northern Iowa, Spring 2005.

Member of the Board of Editorial Consultants, American Philosophical Quarterly, 2001 to 2004. Named the Outstanding Junior Faculty Member in the College of Arts and Sciences at

Georgia State University, 1997. Member of the Board of Editors, Biomedical Ethics Reviews, 1996 to 2005. Member, Georgia State University Women’s Studies Institute, Fall 1993 to 2004. Application evaluator for the Conferences program of the National Endowment for the

Humanities, 1994. Application evaluator for the Younger Scholars program of the National Endowment for the

Humanities, 1991, 1992 and 1993. Christopher Dahl Philosophy Prize, for best philosophy major at Oberlin College, 1984. Phi Beta Kappa, Oberlin College, 1984. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, 1996 to Present. Georgia Philosophical Society, 1993 to Present. Society for Analytic Feminism, charter member, 1991 to Present. American Philosophical Association, 1984 to Present.

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COMMUNITY SERVICE Member, Conseil d’Adminstration (Board of Directors), Bilingual Children Inc. This non-profit

corporation runs the Ecole du Samedi, a school for bilingual (French-English) children and for children learning French, 2009 - Present.

Director of Operations, Decatur Nighthawks. This is a USSSA-affiliated travel baseball team for 9-year-olds, Fall 2013 – Present.

Service to Druid Hills Youth Sports. This non-profit corporation is part of the national network of little league baseball organizations.

Recreational Team Manager, Fall 2009 – Summer 2013. League Director, 8-Year-Olds League, Fall 2012 – Summer 2013. All-Star Team Manager, Summer 2012. League Director, 7-Year-Olds League, Fall 2011 - Summer 2012 .

LANGUAGES English native French oral comprehension, near native oral production, near native written comprehension, near native written production, highly competent

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DEPARTMENT, COLLEGE, AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE Only service since promotion to associate professor is noted here.

2014-2015 University Member, Consolidation Implementation Committee. This is the highest-level committee

overseeing the consolidation of Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College. Member, Fiscal Advisory Committee to the President. This committee makes recommendations

to the President regarding the University’s budget. Successfully advocated for faculty/staff morale funds. Member, Enrollment Management Committee. This committee sets the university enrollment

targets upon which budgets are based. University Senator. Chair, University Senate Committee on Planning and Development Chair of the following subcommittees of Planning and Development: University Mission

Statement, Faculty/Staff Dining Club. Member, University Senate Committee on Admissions and Standards. Member, Critical Thinking Through Writing Leadership Team. Member, Office of International Initiatives Task Forces Steering Committee. Member, South Korea Task Force. This is a group of approximately 20 individuals charged with

developing an integrated strategy for GSU’s program in South Korea. College Member, College of Arts and Science Chairs Council. This meeting of all chairs to discuss

college business occurs at intervals ranging from weekly to monthly, depending on events and the Dean.

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Department Department Chair. At GSU, department chairs are 12-month administrative employees with

budget authority. The chair is chosen by the Dean and the position does not rotate. The Department’s budget is over 1.5 million dollars. It has 18 full-time faculty, approximately 45 supported graduate students and 3 staff. The Department serves over 6,000 students per year. Departmental activities included: --search for two new faculty as part of the Second Century Initiative proposal in

Neuroethics. The proposal was funded for $300,000. --continued program to improve the diversity of philosophy majors and graduate students. --developing an online version of Phil 2500, Symbolic Logic. --implementation of plan to flip all sections of Phil 1010, Critical Thinking. --developing a Graduate Certificate in Practical Philosophy. --supervising the move of the Department to new (larger) office space. --in partnership with the College of Law, developing LLM/DJS and LLM/MA in

Philosophy. Member, Neuroethics 2CI Leadership Team. Director, GSU-Sorbonne Philosophy Exchange Program. University System of Georgia Member, University System of Georgia Philosophy Academic Advisory Committee. Other Member, American Philosophical Association Committee on Academic Career Opportunities

and Placement.

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2013-2014 University Member, Fiscal Advisory Committee to the President. This committee makes recommendations

to the President regarding the University’s budget. Successfully advocated for faculty/staff morale funds. Member, Enrollment Management Committee. This committee sets the university enrollment

targets upon which budgets are based. Member, SACS Fifth Year Interim Review Compliance Certification Committee. (GSU passed

the review with no finding and no recommendations.) Co-chair, Educational Programs Subcommittee of the SACS Fifth Year Interim Review

Compliance Certification Committee. University Senator. Chair, University Senate Committee on Planning and Development. Chair of the following subcommittees of Planning and Development: University Mission

Statement, Faculty/Staff Dining Club. Chair, Special Talents Committee. This committee makes recommendation to the Provost

regarding the admission of students who do not meet GSU’s normal admission requirements, but bring a special talent to GSU. The vast majority of these students are athletes. All the committee’s recommendations were approved.

Member, Committee to Evaluate the Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness. Member, Global Education Initiative Committee. Member, University Senate Committee on Admissions and Standards. Co-Chair, University Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate Program Administration. Member, Critical Thinking Through Writing Leadership Team. Member, Committee on the Freshman Book. Member, Office of International Initiatives Task Forces Steering Committee. Member, South Korea Task Force. This is a group of approximately 20 individuals charged with

developing an integrated strategy for GSU’s program in South Korea. College Member, College of Arts and Science Chairs Council. This meeting of all chairs to discuss

college business occurs at intervals ranging from weekly to monthly, depending on events and the Dean.

Member, College of Arts and Science Promotion and Tenure (P&D) Review Board. Due to a change in the University P&D Manual, this Board reviewed the tenure-track faculty P&T manuals, the non-tenure-track faculty promotion manuals, the annual review manuals, the pre-tenure review manuals, and the post-tenure review manuals of every department in the college.

Member, College of Arts and Sciences Digital Measures Committee. Digital Measures is a web-based system for faculty annual reports.

Member, Search Committee for the Director of the Neuroscience Institute.

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Department Department Chair. Departmental activities included:

--search for two new faculty as part of the Second Century Initiative proposal in Neuroethics. The proposal was funded for $300,000.

--continued program to improve the diversity of philosophy majors and graduate students. --developing an online version of Phil 2500, Symbolic Logic. --development of a plan to flip all sections of Phil 1010, Critical Thinking. --pilot of using Socrative software to grade quizzes in Phil 1010, Critical Thinking. --support of Atlanta Neuroethics Consortium.

Member, Neuroethics 2CI Leadership Team. Director, GSU-Sorbonne Philosophy Exchange Program. University System of Georgia Member, University System of Georgia Philosophy Academic Advisory Committee. Other Member, American Philosophical Association Committee on Academic Career Opportunities

and Placement.

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2012-2013 University Member, Enrollment Management Committee. Member, Enrollment Management Group. This committee is charged with implementing

enrollment services policies. Chaired the Fee Waivers subcommittee. Member, SACS Fifth Year Interim Review Compliance Certification Committee. Co-chair, Educational Programs Subcommittee of the SACS Fifth Year Interim Review

Compliance Certification Committee. University Senator. Chair, University Senate Committee on Admissions and Standards. Chair of the following subcommittees of Admissions and Standards: Academic Calendar, City

Scholars, Criminal Justice Upper-Division Admissions, Social Work Upper-Division Admissions, University Upper-Division Admissions, Academic Honesty and GP Grades, Journalism/Film Upper-Division Admissions, Hardship Withdrawals, Nursing Upper-Division Admissions, Transient Credit, Exercise Science Upper-Division Admissions, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).

The policy developed by the MOOC Committee was covered in the educational press. The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/article/What-You-Need-to-

Know-About/133475/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en The Chronicle of Higher Education: https://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/georgia-

state-u-to-grant-course-credit-for-moocs/41795 Inside Higher Ed: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/01/23/public-universities-

move-offer-moocs-credit#.UP_ZLqjQHGU.mailto Inside Higher Ed: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/01/25/public-universities-

use-moocs-steer-students-traditional-credit-pathways The Atlanta Journal Constitution: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/georgia-state-to-

give-credit-for-moocs/nT4Tb/ Chair, Special Talents Committee. Member, Global Education Initiative Committee. Member, University Senate Committee on Planning and Development. Co-Chair, University Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate Program Administration. Member, Second Century Initiative Screening Committee. This committee makes

recommendations to the Provost regarding the distribution of 3-5 grants of $300,000 each.

Member, Critical Thinking Through Writing Leadership Team. Member, Critical Thinking Through Writing Coordinator. Member, Committee on the Freshman Book. Member, Office of International Initiatives Task Forces Steering Committee. Member, South Korea Task Force. This is a group of approximately 20 individuals charged with

developing an integrated strategy for GSU’s program in South Korea. --member of the four-person Steering Committee of the South Korea Task Force. Chair, Student Programs Subcommittee of the South Korea Task Force.

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College Member, College of Arts and Science Chairs Council. Member, College of Arts and Science P&T Review Board Member, College of Arts and Sciences Digital Measures Committee. Digital Measures is a web-

based system for faculty annual reports. Department Department Chair. Departmental activities included:

--search for three new faculty as part of the Second Century Initiative proposal in Neuroethics. The proposal was funded for $300,000.

--continued program to improve the diversity of philosophy majors and graduate students. A climate survey was done of students in Phil 2010. Revised criteria and procedures for departmental awards in order to reduce the effects of implicit bias.

--development of a graduate certificate in practical philosophy. --revised P&T Manual. --development of a neuroethics concentration in the Psychology PhD program. --joint appointment of Sarah Brosnan and Greg Moore.

Member, Neuroethics 2CI Search Committee. Member, Neuroethics 2CI Leadership Team. Director, GSU-Sorbonne Philosophy Exchange Program. University System of Georgia Chief Transfer Officer for Georgia State University. Member, University System of Georgia Philosophy Academic Advisory Committee. Other Member, American Philosophical Association Committee on Academic Career Opportunities

and Placement.

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2011-2012 University Member, Enrollment Management Committee. Member, Enrollment Management Group. Chaired the Fee Waivers subcommittee. University Senator. Chair, University Senate Committee on Admissions and Standards. Chair of the following subcommittees of Admissions and Standards: Undocumented Students,

Repeat to Replace, Academic Honesty, Credit for End of High School Examinations from Countries Other Than the United States, Learning Support, Transient Credit, Admissions Appeals, Good Standing, Triple Majors.

Chair, Special Talents Committee. Member, University Senate Committee on Planning and Development. Major Repair and Renovation Fund Committee, co-chair. This committee makes a

recommendation regarding the use of $5 million in state funds for campus infrastructure. The committee’s recommendation was approved by the President and funded by the Board of Regents.

Member, Critical Thinking Through Writing Leadership Team. Member, Critical Thinking Through Writing Coordinator. Member, Committee on the Freshman Book. Member, University Retention Committee. Member, South Korea Task Force. This is a group of approximately 20 individuals charged with

developing an integrated strategy for GSU’s program in South Korea. --member of the four-person Steering Committee of the South Korea Task Force. College Member, College of Arts and Science Chairs Council. Department Department Chair. Departmental activities included:

--participation in a Second Century Initiative proposal, Neuroethics. The proposal was funded for $300,000.

--started a program to improve the diversity of philosophy majors and graduate students. This program included visits by three faculty from outside GSU with expertise in this area, a climate survey of graduate students and undergraduates, exchange of syllabi to allow faculty to more easily share ideas for diverse readings, etc.

--revised assistantship policy. Director, GSU-Sorbonne Philosophy Exchange Program. University System of Georgia Chief Transfer Officer for Georgia State University.

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Member, University System of Georgia Philosophy Academic Advisory Committee. Other Member, American Philosophical Association Committee on Academic Career Opportunities

and Placement.

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2010-2011 University Member, Enrollment Management Committee. Member, Enrollment Management Group. Chaired the Fee Waivers subcommittee. University Senator. Chair, University Senate Committee on Admissions and Standards. Chair of the following subcommittees of Admissions and Standards: Academic Calendar, Repeat

to Replace, Early College, Adds and Drops, Dual Degrees, Core Curriculum, Admissions Appeals, Upper-Division Admissions

Chair, Honors College Committee. This committee reviewed the GSU honors program and recommended the creation of an Honors College. This recommendation was accepted by the Senate.

Member, University Senate Committee on Planning and Development. Co-Chair, Major Repair and Renovation Fund Committee. This committee makes a

recommendation regarding the use of $5 million in state funds for campus infrastructure. The committee’s recommendation was approved by the President and funded by the Board of Regents.

Member, Critical Thinking Through Writing Leadership Team. Member, Critical Thinking Through Writing Coordinator. Member, Committee on the Freshman Book. Member, University Retention Committee. Member, Honors Program Executive Committee. College Member, College of Arts and Science Chairs Council. Department Department Chair. Departmental activities included:

--search for junior-level tenure-track faculty, --participation in a Second Century Initiative proposal, Neuroethics. The proposal was

not funded, but it was in the group of proposals that were encouraged to reapply. --revision of logic courses, --revision of grading guidelines, --complete redesign of the departmental web pages, --various policy changes to reduce DWF rates (better course sequencing, standardized

information on syllabi, standardizing texted used by graduate students, etc.), --creation of a non-thesis option in the MA for students who will not be applying to

philosophy PhD programs. --implementation of marketing messages to promote the major in philosophy (including

standard tag line, color scheme, fonts, brochures, posters, guidebooks, video, philosophy “rush” week, etc.)

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Director, GSU-Sorbonne Philosophy Exchange Program. University System of Georgia Member, University System of Georgia, Core Curriculum Implementation Committee. This

committee is charged with implementing changes to the core curriculum rules that govern all public institutions in Georgia.

Chief Transfer Officer for Georgia State University. Member, University System of Georgia Philosophy Academic Advisory Committee. Other Member, American Philosophical Association Committee on Academic Career Opportunities

and Placement.

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2009-2010

University Member, Enrollment Management Committee. Member, Enrollment Management Group. Chaired the Fee Waivers subcommittee. University Senator. Chair, University Senate Committee on Admissions and Standards.

Set up a new system of dividing the work of the committee between three standing subcommittees: Admissions, Academic Regulations, and Graduation Requirements.

Chair of the following subcommittees of Admissions and Standards: Military Withdrawal, TOEFL Scores, Learning Support, CLEP, Temporary Annotation for Academic Dishonesty, Repeat to Replace, Minors, Academic Calendar, Upper-Division Admissions, Academic Residency, Transfer Credit, Class Attendance, Cross-Registration, Move On When Ready

Member, University Senate Committee on Planning and Development. Member, Critical Thinking Through Writing Leadership Team. Member, Critical Thinking Through Writing Coordinator. Member, Committee on the Freshman Book. Member, University Retention Committee. Member, Honors Program Executive Committee. College College of Arts and Science Chairs Council. Department Department Chair. Departmental activities included:

--search for junior-level tenure-track faculty, --participation in five Second Century Initiative proposals. None were funded, but two

were in the group of proposals that were encouraged to apply in the next cycle. --new advisement plan for graduate students. Each grad student assigned a faculty mentor

outside their area of interest. --revision of the lower-division major requirements. --formulation of the Department’s Five Year Action Plan. This plan was approved by the

Dean and the Provost. --organization of two conferences in conjunction with the Department of Philosophy of

Bielefeld University. One to held in Bielefeld, one in Atlanta. Director, GSU-Sorbonne Philosophy Exchange Program.

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University System of Georgia Chief Transfer Officer for Georgia State University. Member, University System of Georgia, Core Curriculum Implementation Committee. This

committee is charged with implementing changes to the core curriculum rules that govern all public institutions in Georgia.

Chair, University System of Georgia Philosophy Academic Advisory Committee. Other Member, American Philosophical Association Committee on Academic Career Opportunities

and Placement.

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2008-2009 University Member, Enrollment Management Committee. Member, Enrollment Management Group. Chaired the Fee Waivers subcommittee. University Senator. Chair, University Senate Committee on Admissions and Standards.

Set up a new system of dividing the work of the committee between three standing subcommittees: Admissions, Academic Regulations, and Graduation Requirements.

Chair of the following subcommittees of Admissions and Standards: Petitions Process, Admissions Discipline, A+ Grading, Academic Calendar, Regents’ Test

Member, University Senate Committee on Planning and Development. Member, Critical Thinking Through Writing Leadership Team. Member, Critical Thinking Through Writing Coordinator. Member, Honors Program Executive Committee. College Member, College of Arts and Science Chairs Council. Department Department Chair. Departmental activities included:

--search for junior-level tenure-track faculty, --conversion of the last of the visiting instructors into TAs. When I became chair, the

Department hired 35-40 PTIs per year. These were transformed into approximately 12 full-time visiting instructors. The visiting instructors in turn were transformed into a mix of new TT faculty, new lecturers, and new TA slots. As of 08-09, the Department uses no PTIs and no visiting faculty.

--completion of the Department’s self-study. --implementation of Critical Thinking through Writing for all philosophy majors. --introduction of a visiting day for prospective graduate students.

Director, GSU-Sorbonne Philosophy Exchange Program. University System of Georgia Chair, University System of Georgia, Core Curriculum Evaluation Committee. This committee is

charged with evaluating and recommending changes to the core curriculum rules that govern all public institutions in Georgia.

Chief Transfer Officer for Georgia State University. Chair, University System of Georgia Philosophy Academic Advisory Committee. Other

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Member, American Philosophical Association Committee on Academic Career Opportunities

and Placement.

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2007-2008 University Member, Enrollment Management Committee. Member, Enrollment Management Group. Chaired the Fee Waivers subcommittee. University Senator. Chair, University Senate Committee on Admissions and Standards. Chair of the following subcommittees of Admissions and Standards:

S-U Grading, WF Grades, Commencement and Academic Calendar, Policy for Complaints, Petitions, and Grievances, Honors Grading, Academic Recognitions, Critical Thinking Through Writing, Regents’ Test, Academic Calendar, WF Grades, Comp Sci GPA Requirements, IB Grades, Transfer Credit, Regents’ Test

Member, SACS Accreditation Leadership Team. Chair of Academic Programs Subcommittee.

Member, Critical Thinking Through Writing Leadership Team. Member, Critical Thinking Through Writing Coordinator. Chair, Search Committee for a new Director of Admissions. Member, University Senate Committee on Planning and Development. Member, Honors Program Executive Committee. College Member, College of Arts and Science Chairs Council. Member, Brains & Behavior Administrative Committee. This committee is responsible for

overall administration of the Brains & Behavior Program. Co-Chair, Neuroscience Institute Proposal Committee. This committee developed a proposal to

transform the Brains & Behavior Program into a degree-granting, department-level institute.

Member, Search Committee for the Director of the Neuroscience Institute. Member, Neuroscience Institute Bylaws Drafting Committee. Department Department Chair. Departmental activities included:

--search for senior-level tenure-track faculty, --implementation of a visiting scholar policy. This was required due to the high number

of requests the Department receives. --implementation of supplemental instruction in Phil 1010, Critical Thinking. After

implementation, the DWF rate fell by approximately 5%. --elimination of the general exam from the MA degree requirements and replacement of

this exam by an additional course. --a search for several visiting instructors.

Director, GSU-Sorbonne Philosophy Exchange Program.

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University System of Georgia Chief Transfer Officer for Georgia State University. The Board of Regents decided to change the

name of Transfer Ombudspersons to Chief Transfer Officers. Chair, University System of Georgia Philosophy Academic Advisory Committee. Other Co-Founder and webmaster of Georgia Core Curriculum.Org This was not an organization of

Georgia State University or of the University System of Georgia It was an independent group that provided input on the USG Strong Foundations process to review the USG core curriculum.

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2006-2007 University Member, Enrollment Management Committee. Member, Enrollment Management Group. Chaired the following subcommittees of this group:

Plus-Minus Grading, Limits on Withdrawals, Fee Waivers. University Senator. Chair, University Senate Committee on Admissions and Standards. Chair of the following subcommittees of Admissions and Standards:

Admissions Appeals, Petitions, Graduation GPA, Regents’ Test, Academic Calendar, Chemistry Placement Testing.

Member, University Senate Committee on Planning and Development. College Member, College of Arts and Science Chairs Council. Member, Brains & Behavior Administrative Committee. Department Department Chair. Departmental activities included:

--search for senior-level tenure-track faculty, --all tenured and tenure-track faculty in the Department have been hired since I became

chair. --significant revisions to the degree requirements for the MA in philosophy to encourage

students to take a wider variety of courses. All courses now count towards a distribution requirement.

--a search for several visiting instructors. --established an exchange program with Bielefeld University (Germany).

University System of Georgia Transfer Ombudsperson for Georgia State University. Chair, University System of Georgia Philosophy Academic Advisory Committee.

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2005-2006 University Member, Enrollment Management Committee. Member, Enrollment Management Group. University Senator. Chair, University Senate Committee on Admissions and Standards. Chair of the following subcommittees of Admissions and Standards:

Admissions Appeals, Petitions, Academic Calendar, Dual Degrees, High-Ability Applicants, Distribution of Syllabi, Limits on Withdrawals, Double Majors, COMPASS Testing, Declaration of Major.

Member, University Senate Committee on Planning and Development. College Member, College of Arts and Science Chairs Council. Member, Brains & Behavior Administrative Committee. Department Department Chair. Departmental activities included:

--two searches for tenure-track faculty, --revision of the P&T Manual, --a search for several visiting instructors.


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Admissions Appeals, Add/Drop, General Admission Requirements, Good Standing, Incomplete Grades, Major Declaration, Nonnative Speakers of English, Petitions, Regents’ Test, Upper-Division Admissions.

Member, University Senate Committee on Planning and Development. College Member, College of Arts and Science Chairs Council. Member, Committee to Evaluate the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Member, Brains & Behavior Administrative Committee. Department Departmental Director of Undergraduate Studies. Department Chair. Departmental activities included:

--four searches for tenure-track faculty, --a search for several visiting instructors, --moving to a new building and thereby almost doubling the square feet devoted to the

Department, --achievement of the Department of Philosophy’s long-standing goal of splitting the

Program in Religious Studies off into a distinct Department of Religious Studies (effective July 1, 2005).


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Academic Calendar, Academic Orientation, Academic Renewal, ACT, Add/Drop Policy, Application to Graduate, Non-Academic Withdrawal Policy, Petitions, Science Transfer Credit.

Member, University Senate Committee on Planning and Development. Chair, Committee to evaluate the Ph.D. in Higher Education. (The Committee recommended

elimination and the program has been eliminated.) Member, Committee to Evaluate the Associate Provost for Academic Programs. Member, Search Committee for the Dean of the College of Law. College Member, College of Arts and Science Chairs Council. Department Department Chair. Departmental activities included:

--two searches for tenure-track faculty, --a search for several visiting instructors, --rewrote the student learning outcomes, --developed a learning outcomes assessment plan, --hired a Coordinator of Graduate Teaching to supervise the program to prepare graduate

students to teach. University System of Georgia Transfer Ombudsperson for Georgia State University. Chair, University System of Georgia Philosophy Academic Advisory Committee.

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Academic Calendar, Administrative Adds and Drops, CLEP Scores, Hardship Withdrawals, Incomplete Policy, International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement Credit, Morris Brown Transfers, Petitions, Reentry, Scholastic Discipline, Withdrawals and Drops.

Chair, Undergraduate Catalog Committee. This committee rewrote all of the university sections of the Catalog and placed the entire Catalog on the web. The University no longer prints a hard-copy catalog.

Member, University Senate Committee on Budget. Member, University Senate Committee on Planning and Development College Member, College of Arts and Science Chairs Council. Department Department Chair. Departmental activities included:

--two searches for tenure-track faculty, --a search for several visiting instructors, --added a philosophy major with a pre-law concentration, --started a Philosophy Freshman Learning Community entitled ALaw and Society,” --started a three-course program to prepare graduate students to teach:

Phil 8970, Teaching Philosophy, graduate students must take this course before they can teach

Phil 8980, Teaching Philosophy Practicum I, graduate students must take this course the first time they teach,

Phil 8985, Teaching Philosophy Practicum II, graduate students must take this course each subsequent time they teach,

--the Department’s five-year program review, --completing and gaining Provost approval of the Department’s program review action

plan. University System of Georgia

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Transfer Ombudsperson for Georgia State University. Chair, University System of Georgia Philosophy Academic Advisory Committee.

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Academic Calendar, Academic Renewal, Academic Units, Admissions Requirements for Home-Schooled Students, Appeals and Petitions Process, CLEP Scores, Clustered Final Examinations, College Residency Requirements, Committee on Taking Multiple Sections of the Same Course in One Semester, Conditional Admission, Declaring Majors, International Students, Students with Non-US Academic Credentials and Students Who Are , Learning Support Program, Non-native Speakers of English, Petitions, Reentry, Regents’ Test Policy, Transfer of Credit for Degrees Previously Awarded, Upper-Division Admissions, Withdrawal Advisement.

Member, Banner Implementation Team. This team implemented the University’s new Banner student information system.

Chair, Faculty/Staff Perspective Subcommittee of the Banner Implementation Team. Member, Key Developments Subcommittee of the Banner Implementation Team. Member, University Senate Committee on Budget. Member, Budget Priorities Committee. Member, University Senate Committee on Planning and Development. Member, Faculty/Staff Space Allocation Committee. College Member, College of Arts and Science Chairs Council. Department Department Chair. Departmental activities included:

--a search for several visiting instructors, --instituted an orientation for new graduate students (continues to the present), --instituted an annual departmental newsletter, The Philosophy-Phile (continues to the

present), --surveyed the alumni as to their opinion of the program and their suggestions for its

improvement, --the approval of a plan to increase graduate student stipends (implemented and continues

to the present), --a revision of the department’s general M.A. examination requirement,

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--starting a workshop for graduate students on applying to Ph.D. programs (continues to the present),

--approval of a Philosophy major with a pre-law concentration. University System of Georgia Transfer Ombudsperson for Georgia State University. Chair, University System of Georgia Philosophy Academic Advisory Committee.

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2000-2001 University Member, Enrollment Management Committee. University Senator. Chair, Senate Committee on Admissions and Standards. Chair of the following subcommittees of Admissions and Standards:

Academic Calendar, Academic Improvement Program, Academic Unit Requirements, Admission Requirements, Banner Conversion Task Force, Certifying Competence in English, Early Attendance Programs, Hardship Withdrawal, Non-Degree Status, Non-Traditional Transfers, Petitions, Post-Graduation Exceptions, Scholarships, Scholastic Discipline, Transfer GPAs, Transient/ARCHE Requirements, WF Grades.

Member, Banner Implementation Team, implemented GSU’s new Banner student information system.

Chair, Faculty/Staff Perspective Subcommittee of the Banner Implementation Team. Member, Key Developments Subcommittee of the Banner Implementation Team. Member, Senate Committee on Budget. Member, Senate Committee on Planning and Development. College Member, College of Arts and Science Chairs Council. Department Department Chair.

Departmental activities in 2000-2001 included: --three searches for tenure-track faculty (including a full professor), --a search for several visiting instructors, --an agreement with the journal Ethics to publish the papers given at the Jean Beer

Blumenfeld Center for Ethics’ annual conference (continues to the present), --the joint appointment of William Edmundson (Law) and Peter Lindsay (Political

Science) to the Department of Philosophy, --renumbering and reorganization of the department’s graduate courses, --tenuring of three members of the department, --starting listservs for philosophy majors, religious studies majors, and philosophy

graduate students (continues to the present), --a redesign of the department’s web pages to decrease downloads times, --writing a Teaching Handbook collecting the most relevant teaching policies, --instituting Philosophy on Friday, a monthly gathering of majors, graduate students and

faculty for pizza provided by the Department (continues to the present). University System of Georgia

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Transfer Ombudsperson for Georgia State University.

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1999-2000 University Member, University Strategic Plan Steering Committee. Member, University Strategic Plan Academic Committee. Member, Enrollment Management Committee. University Senator. Chair, Senate Committee on Admissions and Standards. Chair of the following subcommittees of Admissions and Standards:

Academic Honesty, Academic Orientation, Academic Improvement Program, Academic Renewal, Conditional Admission, Hardship Withdrawal Appeals, In Progress (IP) Grading, Membership of the Enrollment Management Committee, Non-Matriculated Auditors, Nontraditional Students, Petitions, Placement Testing, Revision of Special Talents Committee, TOEFL Scores.

Chair, Search Committee for new Director of Admissions. Member, Admissions and Recruitment Task Force. Member, Senate Committee on Budget. Member, Senate Committee on Planning and Development. College Member, College of Arts and Science Chairs Council. Department Chair, Department Executive Committee. In addition to its usual work, in 1999, this Committee

rewrote the Department’s Promotion and Tenure Manual. Director of Graduate Studies. Chair, Graduate Studies Committee. In addition to its usual work, in 1999, this Committee

rewrote the degree requirements for the M.A. Led the Department’s successful effort to start a joint J.D./M.A. program with the College of

Law. Departmental Computer Coordinator. Maintained the Web pages for the Department of

Philosophy, the Program in Religious Studies, and the Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics. These are among the most extensive departmental pages at GSU. In 1999, these pages were redesigned to make them better organized and more visually appealing. Gave instruction/support to faculty and staff. Performed maintenance and trouble-shooting.

University System of Georgia Transfer Ombudsperson for Georgia State University.

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