Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA.

Coordinator, Center for Interpretive and Qualitative Research, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA.

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Ph.D., Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, 1986.

M.A., Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1977.

B.A., M.A., Philosophy, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1966, 1969.

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Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Psychology, Philosophy of Technology, Social and Political Philosophy

History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Ethics (Theoretical and Applied), Logic

Professor of Philosophy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2002-Present.

Associate Professor of Philosophy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1994-2002.

Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1991-1994; Tenure Track Appointment.

Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1988-1991; Tenure Track Appointment.

Visiting Instructor in Philosophy (full-time), University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, 1987-88.

Visiting Instructor in Philosophy (full-time), United Nations International School   (Official School of the United Nations), New York, NY, 1985-87.

Visiting Instructor in Philosophy, Empire State College, State University of New York at  Old Westbury, Westbury, New York, Summer, 1985.

Visiting Instructor (full-time), Universidad del Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senñora del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia,1981-82.

Graduate Student Instructor in Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1978-81; 1982-85.

Graduate Student Instructor in Psychology, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1977-78.

Graduate Student Instructor in Psychology, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1974-77.

Graduate Student Instructor in Philosophy, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1967-68.

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Clinical Psychology Intern/Social Worker, Community Psychiatric Center, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada, May-September, 1976.

Survey Research and Social Work Coordinator (with International Voluntary Services, Inc.), Lao National Orthopedic Center, Vientiane, Laos, 1971-74.

Rural Development Agent and Researcher (with International Voluntary Services, Inc.), Luang Prabang, Laos, 1969-71.

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Duquesne University

Presidential Scholarship Award, 2008

NEH College Endowment Award, 2008 (declined)

NEH College Endowment Award, 2007

President's Faculty Award for Excellence in Service, 2002.

McAnulty Graduate School and College of Liberal Arts Faculty Award for Excellence in Service, 2002.

Presidential Scholarship Award, 1999.

Presidential Scholarship Award, 1994

Duquesne University Faculty Development Fund, 1993-1994.

Iowa State University

Faculty Improvement Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, Summer, 1991.

Co-Author and Recipient (with Tony Smith), GTE Lectureship Program and Iowa Humanities Board Grant for Lecture Series on "Values and Technology:  The    Contexts of Design, Gender, and Race," Fall, 1990.

Summer Stipend for Research on Equity Issues:  In relation to a Study Funded by the Iowa State University Experiment Station/Agriculture Extension Service on "The Structure of the Iowa Economy" and the Development of a Rural Data Center,1989.

State University of New York at Stony Brook

President's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student (University- wide   Award), 1981.

Summer Research Fellowship, 1981, 1984.

University of Regina

Province of Saskatchewan Graduate Summer Scholarship, 1977.

William Jacoby Memorial Scholarship in Psychology, 1975-1976.

Indiana University

Three-Year Master's Plan Scholarship, 1966-67.

Summer Research Scholarship, 1966.

Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Scholastic Honorary Society, 1963.

 

French, Spanish, Laotian