Education
M.A. (Honors) (English and Philosophy), University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Areas of Research & Teaching
Applied Ethics: Bioethics & Global Justice
Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
Critical Thinking for Educators
Selected Publications
“The Enchantment of Modern Life: Attachments, Crossings and Ethics by Jane Bennett: A Review,” Vera Lex 4 (2003).
“Reading sideways, backwards, and across: Scottish and American literacy practices and weaving the Web,” with Sarah Sloane, in Global Literacies and the World-Wide Web, Gail Hawisher and Cynthia Selfe, eds., Routledge, 2000.
Selected Recent Presentations
Critical Thinking for Educators, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, September 2008.
Shift Happens with Larry Forney, INBRE Summer Fellows Seminar Program, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, June 2008.
Shift Happens with Larry Forney, Phi Beta Kappa Induction, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, April 2008.
Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita Post Film Discussion, with Larry Forney, Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, ID, January 2008.
Shift Happens with Larry Forney, Humanities/Science Colloquia: Conversations Across the Divide, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, January 2008.
What is “Professional Ethics”?, Toastmasters, Moscow, ID, September 2007.
Honors and Awards
Alumni Award for Teaching Excellence, University of Idaho, 2006.