Kristen A. Hine

Curriculum Vitae

(April 2013)

khine@towson.edu

Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies                                                                        

Office: (410)-704-7110

CLA 4128                                           

Towson University

8000 York Road

Towson, MD  21252

Education

·         Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Massachusetts at Amherst: February, 2007

·         M.A. in Philosophy, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; June 2001

·         B.A. in Philosophy, Franklin and Marshall College; June 1998

Area of Specialization

·         Applied Ethics (Biomedical Ethics and Business Ethics)

Area of Competence

·         Ethical Theory

Dissertation

Title: Emotional Rationality and the Fear of Death

Committee: Fred Feldman, (Chair), Gareth Matthews, Hilary Kornblith, Ronnie Janoff-Bulman (outside member)

Ph.D. Qualifying work

Paper Title: “Lockean Real Essences and Natural Kinds”  

Committee: Vere Chappell, John Robison, and Eileen O’Neill

Paper Title: “Aristotelian Courage and Ignoble Ends” 

Committee: Fred Feldman, Vere Chappell, and Gareth Matthews

Oral Examination: “On the Evil of Death” 

Committee: Fred Feldman (Chair), Gareth Matthews, and Casey Perin

Publications

·          “A Reply to the Interpretation Problem.” Cambridge Quarterly of Health Care Ethics.  19 (2010): 232-234.

·         “What is the Outcome of Applying Principlism?” Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics.  32 (2011): 375-388.

·         “Is Considerable Life Extension Desirable?” Cambridge Quarterly of Health Care Ethics.  (Forthcoming)

·         “Revisiting the Responsibility Objection to Abortion,” Journal of Bioethical Inquiry.  (Forthcoming)

Conference Presentations

 ·         “Principilism: An Account of Justification, or a Principle of Right Action?”  MPA Medical Ethics Conference, November 2008, Jackson Mississippi.

·         “What is the Four Principles Approach to Biomedical Ethics?”  Pacific Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, April 2009, Vancouver Canada.

·         “Abortion and Responsibility” Annual Meeting of the Long Island Philosophical Society, April 2010, New York, NY.

·         “Risky Behavior and Obligations to Assist” Pittsburgh Area Philosophy Conference, September 2010, Washington PA.

·         “Risky Behavior and Obligations to Assist” April 2011, Montgomery College Takoma Park/Silver Spring.  

·         “The Medical Market and Drug Advertising” Pittsburgh Area Philosophy Conference, September 2011, Washington PA.

·         “Is Considerable Life Extension Just?” Long Island Philosophical Society, April 2012, NY, NY.

·         “The Rationality of Fearing Death” TRiP: Death: The Reality of an Idea, April 2013, Columbia, SC.

Book Reviews

 ·         of Bernard Schumacher, Death and Mortality in Contemporary Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 2011), Journal of Moral Philosophy.  (Forthcoming)

Teaching Experience

As an Assistant Professor at Towson University: Full responsibility for organizing, teaching, and grading courses

·         PHIL 101: Introduction to Philosophy (Fall, 2007; Spring, 2008; Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011)

·         PHIL 212: Honors Seminar on Death (Fall, 2008, Fall 2010)

·         PHIL 341: Ethics (Fall, 2007, Fall 2009, Fall 2011)

·         PHIL 361: Ethics of Medicine and the Life Sciences (Spring 2008, Spring 2012)

·         PHIL 371/563: Business Ethics (Fall, 2007; Spring 2008; Fall, 2008, Spring 2009, Summer 2009, Fall 2009, Winter 2010, Spring 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011)

·         PHIL 371/563: Business Ethics (study abroad in Ecuador; Minimester 2011)

·         PHIL 495: Research Tutorial (Fall 2008, Fall 2010)

·         PHIL 470: Moral Deliberation in Medicine (Spring 2009)

·         TSEM 102: Death and Dying (Spring 2012)

As a Visiting Assistant Professor at Salem State College: Full responsibility for organizing, teaching, and grading courses

·         PHIL 100: Introduction to Philosophy (Fall, 2006)

·         PHIL 203: Business Ethics (Fall, 2006, Spring 2007)

·         PHIL 218: Medical Ethics (Fall, 2006, Spring 2007)

·         PHIL 250: Modern Philosophy (Spring, 2007)

·         PHIL 307: Ethical Theory (Spring 2007)

As a Teaching Associate at UMASS: Full responsibility for organizing, teaching, and grading course

·         PHIL 100: Introduction to Philosophy (Spring 2005, Spring 2003, Fall 2002)

·         PHIL 160: Introduction to Ethics (Spring 2004, Fall 2003, Summer 2001)

·         PHIL 161: Problems in Social Thought (Summer 2003)

·         PHIL 164: Medical Ethics  (Fall 2005, Fall 2004)

·         PHIL 164 On-line:  Medical Ethics (Spring 2006)

As a Teaching Assistant: Responsible for leading weekly discussion sections and grading

·         PHIL 100: Introduction to Philosophy, Prof. Lynne Baker (Fall 2000)

·         PHIL 160: Introduction to Ethics, Prof. Fred Feldman (Fall 1999, Spring 2000, Spring  2001)

As a Grading Assistant: Responsible for grading student papers

·         PHIL 164: Medical Ethics, Prof. Jennifer McKitrick (Spring 1999)

Awards and Honors

·         Certificate of Appreciation for Excellence in Teaching (Continuing Education, Summer 2001)

·         Service Learning Faculty Fellow (AY 2010/11)

Service

·         Committee member, Honors College Curriculum Committee (AY 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011)

·         Committee member, CLA Curriculum Committee (AY 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2011/2012, 2012/2013)

·         Committee member, Undergraduate Research Committee (AY 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2011/2012)

·         Advisor, First Year Experience Program (AY 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011)

·         Advisor, Towson University Philosophy Forum (AY 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2011/2012)

·         Organizer, Colloquium on Friendship (Fall 2009)

·         Organizer, Colloquium on Autonomy and Authority in Medicine (Fall 2012)

·         Chair, Wing-Chun Wong Essay Prize (Spring 2011, Spring 2012)

·         Editor, Sophia (Spring 2011)

·         Chair, Departmental Curriculum Committee (Spring 2012)

·         Chair, Ian Moore Scholarship Committee (Spring 2012)

References

·         Available upon request