Research & Scholarship

The research and scholarly efforts of our faculty ensure that our students are educated in a vibrant and engaged environment. Recent research and scholarship projects are listed below.

Books

Kebede, M. (2011). Ideology and Elite conflicts: Autopsy of the Ethiopian Revolution. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Poe, D. M. (2011). Communities of Peace: Confronting Injustice and Creating Justice. New York, NY: Rodopi.

Book Chapters

James, D. D. (2011). "In Support of the Girls from ‘Round Here: Black Feminist Reflections on the Utility of Rage for Building Communities of Support." In Poe, D. (Ed.), Communities of Peace: Confronting Injustice and Creating Justice. New York, NY: Rodopi B.V.

Johnson, P. A. (2011). "Practical Reasoning, Conversation, Friendship." In Wiercinski, A. (Ed.), Gadamer’s Hermeneutics and the Art of Conversation (pp. 187-200). Berlin-Münster-Wien-Zürich-London, Eng: LIT Verlag.

Millan, E., & Velasquez, E. R. (2011). "Latino/an Identity as a Search for Unity." In Jorge J.E. Gracia (Ed.), Forging People: Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality in Hispanic-American and Latino/ Thought (pp. 271-302). South Bend, IN: University of Notre Dame.

Poe, D. M. (2011). "Can Luce Irigaray’s Ethics of Sexual Difference Be Applied to Transgender Narratives?" In Rawlinson, M. C., Hom, S., Khader, S. (Ed.), Thinking with Irigaray (pp. 111-128.). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Contracts

McEwan, R. (Co-Principal), Fouke, D. C. “Re-recognizing the Earth underfoot: Exploring the hidden ecology of our own backyard through student engagement and community partnership.” Sponsored by Learning and Teaching Center, University of Dayton, $6,500. (January 1, 2010 - February 1, 2011).

Grants

DesAutels, P. J. (Supporting). “NSF ADVANCE Grant.” Sponsored by National Science Foundation, $3,000,000. (September 2008­ - October 2011).

Mosser, R. K. (Principal). “Common Academic Program Grant.” Sponsored by University of Dayton, $2,500. (July 15, 2011 ­- December 15, 2011).

Paslaru, V. (Principal). “Common Academic Program, Humanities Commons Pilot.” Sponsored by College of Arts and Sciences, $2,500. (May 15, 2011 - December 15, 2011).

Paslaru, V. (Principal). “The Role of Laws in Ecological Explanations.” Sponsored by University of Dayton Research Council, $5,000. (May 15, 2011 ­- August 24, 2011).

Paslaru, V. (Principal). “Science, Values and Vocation.” Sponsored by University of Dayton Faculty Fund for Vocational Exploration, $5,000. (August 16, 2010­ - May 31, 2011).

Journal Articles

DesAutels, P. J. (2011). "Is the Climate any Warmer for Women in Philosophy?" APA Newsletter for Feminist Philosophy, 11(1), 3.

Fischer, M. R. (2012). "Locating Royce’s Reasoning on Race." The Pluralist, University of Illinois Press.

Fischer, M. R. (2012). "Interpretation’s Contrapuntal Pathways: Addams and the Averbuch Affair." Transactions of the Charles S. Pierce Society.

Fischer, M. R. (2011). "Addams and Masaryk on Humanitarianism and Cultural Reciprocity." Central European Pragmatist Forum, Rodopi, 5, 241-255.

Fischer, M. R. (2011). "Cracks in the Inexorable: Bourne and Addams on Pacifists During Wartime." Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, 46(2), 282-299.

Fouke, D. C. "Humans and the Soil." Environmental Ethics, 33, 147-161.

McLeod, A. A. (2011). "Pluralism About Truth in Early Chinese Philosophy: A Reflection on Wang Chong’s Approach." Comparative Philosophy, 2(1), pp. 38-60.

Mosser, R. K. (2011). "Naturalism and the Surreptitious Embrace of Necessity." Metaphilosophy.

Velasquez, E. R. (2011). "Is the Common-Bundle View of Ethnicity Problematic?" Philosophy and Social Criticism, 37(3), 325-344.

Newspapers

Kebede, M. "Dictatorship and its Evolution: Contrasting Burma with Ethiopia." Washington, DC: Nazret.com. http://nazret.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/22/dictatorship-and-its-evolution-contrasting-burma-with-ethiopia?blog=15

Kebede, M. "Ethiopia: Gear Up for the Long Haul." Washington, DC: Ethiopian Unity Diaspora Forum. http://ethiopianunitydiasporaforum.com/news/gear-up-for-the-long-haul/

Kebede, M. "Ethiopia: Unity in Diversity versus Diversity in Unity." Washington, DC: http://nazret.com/blog/index.php/2011/08/27/ethiopia-unity-in-diversity-versus-diversity-in-unity?blog=15

Kebede, M. "On the Democratization Process." Washington, DC: Ethiopian Review. http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/33458

Kebede, M. "Pathologizing Political Dissent in Ethiopia." Boston, MA: Abugida Info. http://www.abugidainfo.com/index.php/19265/#more-19265

Kebede, M. "Some Reflections on the Current Popular Uprisings in the Arab World." Stanford, CA.

Kebede, M. "Meles’s Political Dilemma and the Developmental State: Dead-Ends and Exit." Boston, MA: Abugida Info. http://www.abugidainfo.com/index.php/18194/

Other

Fischer, M. R. “(Auto)biography as Philosophy.” Society for U.S. Intellectual History Annual conference, Society for U.S. Intellectual History, New York City. (November 17, 2011).

Fischer, M. R. Comment on Lee McBride, “Universal Human Liberation and Insurrectionist Ethicsd.” Ohio Philosophical Association, Ohio Philosophical Association, University of Dayton. (April 9, 2011).

Fischer, M. R. “Feminist Interpretations of Addams.” Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, Spokane Washington. (March 11, 2011).

Johnson, P. A., James, D. D., Watters, K. B. “Expanding Horizons: Diversity Initiatives Across the Curriculum.” Making Connections X, National Association for Women in Catholic Higher Education, Seattle, WA. (June 16, 2011).

Mosser, R. K. “A Shared Covenant: Hobbes’s Account of Natural and Divine Covenants in Leviatha.” Mid South Philosophy Conference. (March 1, 2011).

Whisnant, R. S. “Thinking About 'Hardcore,' Ten Years Later.” 10th anniversary screening of “Hardcore”, OBJECT and UK Feminista, London, UK. (July 18, 2011).

Papers

DesAutels, P. J. “Moral Perception and Responsiveness.” Department of Philosophy Colloquium, Dalhousie University, Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. (November 18, 2011).

DesAutels, P. J. “Moral Perception and Respon-siveness.” Workshop on Naturalizing Epistemology, Center for the Study of Mind in Nature (CSMN), Oslo, Norway. (June 11, 2011).

DesAutels, P. J. “Advancing Women in Engineering.” Invited talk, Russ College of Engineering and Technology, Ohio University, Russ College of Engineering and Technology, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. (May 19, 2011).

DesAutels, P. J. “Testosterone Power and Abuse.” Annual Meeting of Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SSPP), Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SSPP), New Orleans. (March 10, 2011).

DesAutels, P. J. “Author Meets Critic Comments on The Ethics of Need: Agency, Dignity, and Obligation by Sarah Clark Miller, University of Memphis.” Annual Meeting of Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE), Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE), Cincinnati, Ohio. (March 4, 2011).

Fischer, M. R. “WILPF’s Founding: The Personal As International.” Peace History Society biennial conference, Peace History Society, Miami Beach, Florida. (October 21, 2011).

Fischer, M. R. “Addams and the Averbuch Affair: Contrapuntal Pathways Toward Interpretation.” Pathways: Cultural Dynamics of Everyday Life, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA. (February 26, 2011).

Gabbe, M. J. “Aristotle on the Starting-Point of Thinking.” Annual Meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society, Sundance, Utah. (April 16, 2011).

Gabbe, M. J. “Aristotle on the Starting-Point of Motion in the Soul.” Annual Meeting of the Ohio Philosophical Association, Dayton. (April 9, 2011).

Johnson, P. A. “Spiritual Friendship and Inter-religious Dialogue: Philosophers of Religion as Public Intellectuals.” The Future of Continental Philosophy of Religion, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. (April 8, 2011).

McLeod, A. A. “The Analects and the Bhagavad Gita on Moral Personhood.” American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, American Academy of Religion, San Francisco, CA. (November 18, 2011).

McLeod, A. A. “Jia Yi and Lu Jia on Shame, Self-Cultivation, and Social Order.” APA Central Meeting, American Philosophical Association, Minneapolis, MN. (March 31, 2011).

Mosser, R. K. “Kant, Rousseau, and the “Red Thread” of Autonomy.” Mid South Philosophy Conference. (March 1, 2011).

Mosser, R. K. “Kant, Rousseau, and the “Red Thread” of Autonomy.” MidSouth Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis. (March 1, 2011).

Paslaru, V. “Integrative Pluralism and Mechanism Description.” International Society for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB), Salt Lake City, Utah. (July 13, 2011).

Paslaru, V. “Ecological Explanation, Mechanisms, and Laws: Biogeography’s Mechanistic Approach.” Midwest Workshop in Philosophy of Science And Philosophy of Mathematics, Fort Wayne, Indiana. (April 16, 2011).

Velasquez, E. R. “Should Undocumented Migrantes Be Illegal?” Caribbean Philosophical Association, College of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers, Rutgers University. (October 1, 2011).

Presentations (Invited Lectures or Addresses)

DesAutels, P. J. “Neuroethics and Sex Differences.” Talk Series, Novel Tech Ethics Institute, Dalhousie University, Novel Tech Ethics Institute, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. (November 17, 2011).

DesAutels, P. J. “Philosophy and Ethics.” Honors Seminar of Metropolitan Dayton (HSMD), Honors Seminar of Metropolitan Dayton (HSMD), Dayton, Ohio. (November 2, 2011).

Fischer, M. R. “Audience, Instincts, and Antipathies in Royce’s Writings on Race.” American Philosophical Association, American Philosophical Association, Washington, DC. (December 28, 2011).

Fischer, M. R. “Interpretation’s Contrapuntal Pathways: Addams and the Averbuch Affair.”, Denison University Philosophy Department, Granville, Ohio. (October 7, 2011).

Fischer, M. R. “The Moral Universe of the Magic Flute.” NEH Summer Institute, Mozart’s Worlds, NEH, Vienna, Austria. (July 6, 2011).

Fischer, M. R. “Mozart’s Sympathetic Orientalism?” NEH Summer Institute, “Mozart’s Worlds”, NEH, Vienna, Austria. (July 1, 2011).

James, D. D. “The Crisis in Dayton: A Philosophical Response.” Summer Residency Union Institute and University. (July 6, 2011).

Johnson, P. A. “The Enigma of Practical Reasoning.” International Congress on Hermeneutics, Warsaw Poland. (September 5, 2011).

McLeod, A. A. “Community and Moral Agency.”, Nanjing University of Science and Technology. (May 25, 2011).

Poe, D. M. “Mothering against the Norms: Diane Wilson and Environmental Activism.” Peace and the Public Life, Concerned Philosophers for Peace, Austin Community College, Austin, Texas. (November 5, 2011).

Poe, D. M. “Patient Centered Care.” The Future of CV Medicine: A Sociological Perspective, Dayton Heart and Vascular Hospital of Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, OH. (October 15, 2011).

Workshops

DesAutels, P. J. “A Conversation about Faculty Evaluation.” NSF ADVANCE LEADER Consortium Event, NSF ADVANCE LEADER Consortium, Central State University, Xenia, Ohio. (December 8, 2011).

DesAutels, P. J. “Recruiting and Advancing STEM Faculty at UD.” UD NSF ADVANCE LEADER Event, Department of Computer Science, UD, University of Dayton. (September 23, 2011).