Curriculum Vitae, David Morrow

Academic Appointments

• University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy (starting Aug 2010)
• Hunter College, The City University of New York
  • Adjunct Lecturer/Graduate Assistant, Department of Philosophy (Sep 2005 – Aug 2009)

For more information on my teaching, see http://www.davidmorrow.net/teaching.

Education

• June 2010, A.M. in Public Policy, University of Chicago
• May 2009, Ph.D. in Philosophy, The Graduate Center of The City University of New York
  • Dissertation: Of the Terrible Doubt of Appearances: An Essay in Moral Epistemology (Advisor: Catherine Wilson)
• May 2003, B.A. in Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University
• May 2003, B.Mus. in Trumpet Performance, Peabody Conservatory

Publications

• [Papers currently under review are not listed for purposes of blind review.]
• 2010 (forthcoming). Naturalized metaphilosophy (with Chris Alen Sula). Synthèse: Special Issue on Representing Philosophy. doi: 10.1007/s11229-009-9662-1
• 2009. Toward ethical norms and institutions for climate engineering research (with Robert E Kopp and Michael Oppenheimer). Environmental Research Letters: Focus issue on climate engineering. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/045106
• 2009. Moral psychology and the "Mencian creature." Philosophical Psychology, 22:3, 281–304. doi: 10.1080/09515080902970657

Other Research Projects

• Phylo: An empirical exploration of the origins of contemporary philosophy (with Chris Alen Sula). http://www.phylo.info.
• Doctoral Research Grant, CUNY Graduate Center, 2005: “Uncovering Elizabeth Birch: In Search of Shaftesbury’s Teacher.” A study of the historical origins of moral sense theory, drawing on primary sources in London and Oxford.

Presentations

• 2010. Ethical Principles for Trials of Climate Intervention Technologies. Asilomar International Conference on Climate Intervention Technologies, Asilomar, CA, March 23, 2010.
• 2008. Saving Robert Audi from the Brain Scanners. Ohio State University Philosophy Graduate Conference, Columbus, OH, May 3, 2008.
• 2008. Rational intuitionism and the case of the mysterious mental thermometer. University at Albany Philosophical Assocation Conference on Epistemology, Albany, NY, April 12, 2008.
• 2008. Moral Psychology and the "Mencian Creature." CUNY Graduate Center Cognitive Science Symposium, New York, NY, April 11, 2008.
• 2007. The Phylosophy Project and Web 2.0: Emerging technologies and research applications. With Chris Alen Sula. National Association for Computing and Philosophy Conference, Chicago, IL, July, 2007.
• 2007. Comments on Douglas Paletta's "Can Francis Hutcheson's moral sense theory explain the reasons we should act morally?" Felician College Ethics Conference, Lodi, NJ, March 17, 2007.
• 2007. Empathy, evolution, and the origin of values. CUNY Graduate Student Colloquium, March 8, 2007.

Academic & Volunteer Service

• Co-creator, Phylo's Philosophy Job Wiki, Fall 2009.
• Faculty membership committee, CUNY Graduate Center Philosophy Program, 2007/08–2008/09
• Webmaster, CUNY Graduate Center Philosophy Program, 2006/07–2007/08
• Conference organizer, CUNY Graduate Center Student Philosophy Conference, 2005/06
• Session Chair, CUNY Graduate Student Philosophy Conference, Spring 2005
• Volunteer Team Leader, New York Cares/Kaplan SAT Tutoring Program, 2004/05, 2006/07–2008/09