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Jason K. Swedene, Ph.D.
[email protected], http://www.lssu.edu/faculty/jswedene
Department of Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences
Lake Superior State University
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
Phone: (906) 635-2122
705 Prospect St.
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
Home phone: (906) 635-7490
Fax: (906) 635-2342
EDUCATION:
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Ph. D. in Philosophy, University at Buffalo, April 2002
M.A. in Philosophy, University at Buffalo, September 1999
B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy, Le Moyne College, May 1997
DISSERTATION:
How Should One Feel?: Moral Dilemmas and Normative Emotion Theory
Dissertation Director: Professor Carolyn Korsmeyer
Dissertation Advisors: Professors Jiyuan Yu and Pablo De Greiff
Dissertation Fellowship Award: Hourani Fellowship Award 2001-2
M.A. PROJECT:
18th Century Cosmological Arguments: Clarke, Leibniz, and Wolff
Advisors: Professors Jorge J.E. Gracia and Kenneth F. Barber
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Ethical Theory and Practice, World Religions, Ancient Philosophy, Logic, Biomedical Ethics,
Humanities, World Civilizations
POSITIONS HELD AND COURSES TAUGHT:
Lake Superior State University- Assistant Professor, (2002-present):
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Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Honors Biomedical Ethics, Ancient Philosophy, Logic, Humanities I (Humanities through the
Renaissance), Humanities II (Humanities since the Renaissance), Directed Studies in World
Religions and Immortality Studies, George W. Bush: Current Issues in Philosophy, World
Civilizations, Philosophy of Religion
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Nazareth College- Instructor, (Summer 2002):
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Logic and Inquiry
SUNY College at Buffalo- Instructor, (2000-2002):
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Buffalo, NY
Deductive Logic (full responsibility), World Civilizations I and II, Methods of Inquiry
Jamestown Community College- Instructor, (1999-2000):
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Brockport, NY
Critical Thinking, Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, Ethics
SUNY University at Buffalo- Teaching Assistant, (1999-2001):
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Buffalo, NY
Moral Issues, Introduction to Social and Moral Philosophy, Introduction to Logic, Philosophy of
Religion, Introduction to Philosophy
SUNY College at Brockport- Instructor, (2000-2002):
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Rochester, NY
Dunkirk, NY
Introduction to Philosophy
SUNY University at Buffalo- Lecturer, (Spring 1998; Summer 2000): Buffalo, NY
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Critical Thinking, Ethics
UNIVERSITY SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
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Faculty Advisory Committee for Student Recruitment, Lake Superior State University (LSSU)
2004— present.
Honors Council, LSSU 2004— present.
Advisory Committee for Diversity, LSSU 2003— present.
Human Subjects Committee, LSSU 2003— present.
Philosophy Film Night Coordinator, LSSU 2002— present.
American Philosophical Association Member 1999— present.
Developed and successfully defended Philosophy Minor, LSSU 2003.
Successfully defended inclusion of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy for General Education
distributional credit (in the Humanities Outcome category), LSSU 2004.
Department representative on faculty focus group to increase student retention, LSSU 2003.
SAILS (Student Alumni Involved for Lake State) award for contributions to students, LSSU 2003.
Organized Intradepartmental Conference, SUNY University at Buffalo 2001.
Service award for work with students with disabilities, SUNY College at Buffalo 2001.
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Treasurer for Graduate Philosophical Association, SUNY University at Buffalo 1999— 2001.
Teaching Workshop Participant, SUNY University at Buffalo (summer) 1999.
BOOK REVIEWS, LECTURES AND SYMPOSIA:
Laurie Adams, An Introduction to the Humanities (Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall,
forthcoming). Reviewed in 2004.
“When is it Acceptable to Judge Others by the Content of Their Health Status?”
Accepted at American Public Health Association Meeting and Exposition (San Francisco, CA:
November 2003)
“Why Pamphilus Matters: Religious Education in Hume’s ‘Dialogues’”
Wesleyan Theological Seminary (Lexington, KY: March 2003)
“Philosophical Reflections on Proving Negatives and the War against Iraq”
Radio interview on WLSO 90.1 (Sault Ste. Marie, MI: March 2003)
“Are You in a Dilemma?: What Disturbing Choices Say about our Moral Character”
Northern Illinois Ethics Consortium (Dekalb, IL: September 2002)
“Single Value Contingent Moral Dilemmas and Self-Assessing Emotions”
University of Toronto Graduate Conference (Toronto, ON: May 2002)
Commentary: “Social Practice from an Emotional Point of View”
Comments delivered at the SUNY Buffalo Graduate Conference (Buffalo, NY: April 2001)
“Can Virtue Ethics Accommodate Moral Dilemmas?”
Presented at Dr. Jiyuan Yu’s PHI 356 Virtue Ethics Seminar (Buffalo, NY: March 2001)
“Aristotle and Mill: Compatibility, Comparability, and Reconciliation”
SUNY Buffalo Graduate Conference (Buffalo, NY: May 2000)
“Anthropomorphism, ‘Irony,’ and Hume’s Critique of the Argument from Design”
SUNY Buffalo Graduate Conference (Buffalo, NY: April 1999)
WORKS IN PROGRESS AND UNDER CONSIDERATION:
“Feeling Good about Acting Morally”
Under consideration by Journal of Moral Education
“Are You in a Dilemma?”
Under consideration by Reason Papers
From Ka to Renaissance: Immortality through the ages
In progress
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REFERENCES:
Carolyn W. Korsmeyer: Professor, Philosophy Department, University at Buffalo, 106 Park Hall,
Buffalo, NY 14260, 716-645-2444, ext. 106, [email protected].
Jiyuan Yu: Associate Professor, Philosophy Department, University at Buffalo, 122 Park Hall, Buffalo,
NY 14260, 716-645-2444, ext. 122, [email protected].
Daniel T. Dorrity: Professor and Chair, School of History and Humanities, Lake Superior State
University, 650 W. Easterday Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783, 906-635-2117, [email protected].
George T. Hole: Chair and Distinguished Service Professor, Philosophy and Religious
Studies Department, Buffalo State College, 233 Bishop Hall, 1300 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, NY 14222,
716-878-3025, [email protected].
Patricia Bowen-Moore: Associate Professor, Philosophy Department, Nazareth College, 388-A Smyth Hall,
4245 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14618, 585-389-2721, [email protected].
Jorge J.E. Gracia: Distinguished Professor, Samuel P. Capen Chair, Philosophy Department, University
at Buffalo, 123 Park Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, 716-645-2444 ext. 123, [email protected].
Kenneth F. Barber: Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Philosophy Department,
University at Buffalo, 136a Park Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, 716-645-2444 ext. 136,
[email protected].
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