• Ph.D.  Philosophy, The University of Memphis
• M.A.  Philosophy, The American University
• B.A.  Philosophy, Cleveland State University

• Normative Ethics
• Metaethics 
• Business Ethics
• Organizational Ethics
• Epistemology

• Corporate Loss of Innocence for the Sake of Accountability,” The Journal of Social Philosophy, Vol. 35 No. 3, Fall 2004, 391-412.
• "Changes in Latitudes/Changes in Attitudes" with Peter A. French (Arizona State University), Contemporary Philosophy Vol. XXIII, No. 5 &6, Sept/Oct & Nov/Dec, 2001. 17-28. Reprinted: War and Border Crossings: Ethics When Cultures Clash, edited by P. French & J. Short (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2005).

• "Epistemic Unification" with Herman E. Stark (South Suburban College), Journal of Mind and Behavior Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter, 2001. 1-22.

• Dynamical Cognition, Soft Laws, and Moral Theorizing,” Acta Analytica Vol. 22, Spring 1999. 227-240.

• An Annotated Bibliography of Moral Epistemology,” in Moral Knowledge? New Readings in Moral Epistemology, edited by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Mark Timmons (Oxford University Press, 1996): 326-337.

• Hard Rules, Soft Rules, and Moral Vision: Models of Ethical Rationality,” Kinesis, 22 (2), Fall (1994): 13-30

• "Creativity, Moral Imagination, and the Profession of Advertising"
  The Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum
  Sarasota, FL November 2005.
• "Collective Accountability and Reactive Attitudes"
  University of Memphis, Memphis, TN May 2004
• "Accountability and Responsibility"
  State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA March 2004.
• "Accountability and Responsibility"
  McDowell Conference on Philosophy and Social Policy
  American University, Washington, D.C. November 2003.
• "Corporate Loss of Innocence for the Sake of Responsibility"
  Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, April 2003.
• "Philosophy: A Pointless and Dangerous Thing?"
  Western Challenge
  (A collegiate experience for St. Joseph School District's high school honors students.)
  Missouri Western State College, November & December 2002.
• "Is Religion Necessary for Ethics?"
  Northwest Missouri State University's Philosophical Honors Society, February 2001.
• "Trust and its Vulnerabilities in a Clinical Setting"
  Family Guidance Center of St. Joseph, November 2000.
• "Is Ethics Across the Curriculum a Type of Applied Ethics? Or a Prolegomena to a Philosophy of EAC" Philosophical Issues in Ethics Across the Curriculum Conference
  The Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum
  Salt Lake City, UT, October 2000.
• "What Does 'Conservation' Mean?"
  Missouri Western State College's Tri-Beta Biology Honors Society
  St. Joseph, MO, May 2000
• "Russell's Universal Emotivism"
  Bertrand Russell Society, Chicago, IL, April 2000.
• "The Dirt on Ethical Leadership"
  Northwest Missouri State University's History and Philosophy Honors Societies
  Maryville, MO., February 2000.
• "Epistemic Unification" co-authored by Herman Stark (South Suburban College)
  World Philosophy Congress, Boston, MA. August 1998.
• "Suitable Memories: A Meta-Ethical Reflection on Monk's Bertrand Russell"
  The Annual Meeting of the Bertrand Russell Society
  The University of South Florida, June 1998.
• "Changes in Latitudes/Changes in Attitudes: National Boundaries May Make a Moral Difference"
  Co-authored by Peter French (University of South Florida)
  Fourth Annual Philosophy Colloquium on ‘Ethics and National Boundaries
  The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 1998.
• "Ethical Leadership?"
  The Ethics Center, University of South Florida, April 1998.
• "Epistemic Unification" co-authored by Herman Stark (South Suburban College)
  American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Los Angeles, CA, March 1998.
• "Dynamical Cognition, Soft Laws, and Moral Theorizing"
  Connectionism and the Philosophy of Psychology
  The University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, August 1997.
• "If I Only Had a Brain! The Straw Man Fallacy, Reciprocity, and Academic Integrity"
  The Ethics Center
  University of South Florida, April 1997.
• "Punk Rock, Generation X, and the Phenomenology of Oppression"
  Ethics and Popular Culture Conference
  Clearwater, FL, April 1997.
• "The Morality of Thinking"
  The Education Foundation of Sarasota County, FL, March 1997.
• "The Virtuous Rebel"
  The Ethics Center, University of South Florida, November 1996.
• "Trust and Vulnerability"
  Fletcher Music Company's Ethics Training Seminar
  St. Petersburg, FL, October 1996.
• Respondent to Andrew Beedle
  Do Real Worlds Benefit Modal Realism?”
  Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN., February 1996.
• Respondent to Richard Kyte,
  Moral Response and Moral Reflection”
  Tennessee Philosophical Association, Nashville, TN., November 1995.
• Respondent to Robert Boyd,
  Argument Analysis and Enumerative Induction
  Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN., February 1995.
• Hard Rules, Soft Rules, and Moral Vision: Models of Ethical Rationality,”
  The Philosophical Collaborations Conference
  Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, April 1994.
• Putnam's Stance in the Theory/Anti-Theory Debate in Ethics
  Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, March 1994.
• Respondent to Norm Lillegard
  Making Sense of Bent-Rule Followers.”
  Tennessee Philosophical Association, Nashville, TN, October 1993.
• At This Very Moment: A Gift of Political Praxis
  Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
  Boston, MA, October 1992.

Referee for the Journal of Social Philosophy 1996 to present.
Referee for the Journal of Ethics 2000 to present.
Member of the Ethics Committee, Heartland Health, St. Joseph, MO 1999 to present.
Referee for MWSC's Liberal Arts and Sciences Ethics Focus Courses 1999 to present.
Member of MWSC's Learning Communities Team 2003 to present.
Senator, MWSC's Faculty Senate, 2003 to present.
Member of MWSC's Honors Program Committee 2004
Member of MWSC's Curriculum Committee 2000-2001.
Member of MWSC's Faculty Learning Community on Undergraduate Research 2002.
External Reader of Philosophy Senior Theses at Truman State University, Kirksville, MO., fall 1999.
Coordinator of Graduate Certificate in Development Ethics and Policy, The University of South Florida, 1998-1999.
Site organizer for 1998 meeting of the Bertrand Russell Society, St. Petersburg, FL.
Graduate Student Representative to the University of Memphis's Department of Philosophy Hiring Committee. 1994-1995.
President, The American University Philosophy Club. 1990-1991