CV
Updated November 2025
Updated November 2025
Katherine S. Moses
Formerly Katherine Sweet
ksmoses@olemiss.edu
Areas of Specialization
Epistemology, Ethics
Areas of Competence
Philosophy of Religion, Logic, History of Philosophy (esp. Ancient & Medieval)
Education
Ph.D. Philosophy, Saint Louis University, 2022
M.A. Philosophy, Saint Louis University, 2019
B.A. Philosophy, University of South Alabama, 2015 (summa cum laude)
Professional Appointments
2025–present Instructional Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Religion
University of Mississippi
2023–2025 Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Flagler College
2022–2023 Postdoctoral Research Associate
Center for Philosophy of Religion, University of Notre Dame
Publications
Peer Refereed Journal Articles
Sweet, Katherine. “How to Collaborate Well.” (2023) Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 104.2: 252–73.
Sweet, Katherine. “Empersonal Research Practices: Getting to Know Our Interdisciplinary Collaborators.” (2022) Scientia et Fides 10.2: 153–66.
Sweet, Katherine. “Belief, Resistance, and Grace: Stump on Divine Hiddenness.” (2022) European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 14.1: 181–205.
Manuscripts in Submission
Paper on the role of social-cognitive mechanisms in social inquiry. Under review.
Paper on cognitive impairment and virtuous relationships. Under review.
Book Reviews
Sweet, Katherine. Review of Andrea Rota, Collective Intentionality and the Study of Religion: Social Ontology and Empirical Research (Bloomsbury, 2023). Forthcoming in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
Refereed Publications for Pedagogy
Moses, Katherine. “The Sun’ll Come Out Tomorrow! (Right?)” (forthcoming) The Philosophy Teaching Library, University of Notre Dame.
Sweet, Katherine. “Don’t Be So Extreme: Getting Virtue Just Right.” (2024) The Philosophy Teaching Library, University of Notre Dame. https://philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/dont-be-so-extreme/
Fellowships and Funded Research
CLI Scholar
Character of Leaders Initiative Faculty/Staff Fellowship, University of Mississippi
2025-2026.
James Buchanan Fellow
Mercatus Center, George Mason University
2025–2026
Summer Research Conference, Veritas Scholars Summit, The Veritas Forum
June 2025
Summer Research Seminar, “The Virtue of Honesty: New Perspectives and Empirical Discoveries”
Funded by The Honesty Project – John Templeton Foundation, Wake Forest University, and Carnegie Mellon University
July 2023
Visiting Ph.D. Student, Theology, Science, and Knowledge Project (Dissertation Fellowship)
Funded by John Templeton Foundation and University of Missouri—St. Louis
2020–2021
Conference Presentations
2025 “The Axiological Nature of Theoretical Wisdom.”
Alabama Philosophical Society Conference, September 2025
2023 “The Sui Generis Nature of Inquiring with Others.”
American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting, February 23
2022 “The Sui Generis Nature of Inquiring with Others.”
Social Ontology and Collective Intentionality 2022, August 23 (online)
2022 “Inquiring Together.”
American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting, February 24
2021 “Shared Agency and Collaboration.”
American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting, February 27 (online)
2021 “Social Practices of Research Groups.”
American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, January 7 (online)
2019 “Moral Liability in War and Self-Defense: Extending the Just Cause Argument.”
Northwestern University Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics, May 10
2019 “A Dilemma for the Thomistic Theist: On Grace and Divine Hiddenness.”
American Philosophical Association Central Division Conference, February 22
2018 “The Noble Lie and the Deception Behind It.”
Central States Philosophical Association Conference, October 27
2018 “A Dilemma for the Thomistic Theist: On Grace and Divine Hiddenness.”
Midsouth Philosophy Conference, March 23
2017 “A Dilemma for the Thomistic Theist: On Grace and Divine Hiddenness.”
Society of Christian Philosophers Midwest Region Conference, October 13
2017 “The Challenges of Pure Restitution: A Response to Boonin.”
Louisiana State University Philosophy Graduate Student Conference, April 22
2017 “The Challenges of Pure Restitution: A Response to Boonin.”
North Texas Philosophical Association Conference, April 1
2017 “The Challenges of Pure Restitution: A Response to Boonin.”
Graduate Research Symposium, March 31
Invited Lectures
2024 “The Ethics of War and the Virtues of the State.”
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of St. Augustine, December 7
St. Augustine, FL
2024 “Human Worth and Relationship with God”
University of North Florida, November 22
Jacksonville, FL
2024 “Truth and Goodness”
Institute for Classical Education Summer Workshop, June 14
Flagler College – St. Augustine, FL
2024 “‘Is Everything Settled Then?’ Higher-Order Checking in Lieu of Reopening Inquiry”
Fordham-Georgetown Epistemology Workshop, June 7
Georgetown University – Washington, DC
2024 “What is Right and What is Good”
Institute for Classical Education Seminar, February 17
Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL
2023 “Empersonal Research Practices.”
Intellectual Virtues for Interdisciplinary Research Seminar, October 26
Austral University – Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2023 “The Epistemic Value of Inquiring with Others.”
Socratic Society Philosophy Conference, April 15
St. Louis Community College – Meramec, St. Louis, MO
2017 “Should Societies Be Tolerant of Intolerant Views?”
Disputed Question Series, November 14
Saint Louis University – St. Louis, MO
Pre-Read Paper Sessions
2023 “A Conditionally Final Account of Epistemic Value.”
Center for Philosophy of Religion Discussion Group
University of Notre Dame, April 14
2023 “The Epistemic Value of Inquiring with Others.”
Center for Philosophy of Religion Discussion Group
University of Notre Dame, February 3
2022 “Social Inquiry, Testimony, and Group Knowledge.”
St. Louis Epistemology Group
Washington University – St. Louis, October 21
2022 “Living Well with Others.”
Center for Philosophy of Religion Discussion Group
University of Notre Dame, September 30
Selected Comments
2025 Comments on Paul Draper’s and Lael Keller’s “Seeing God in a Solar Eclipse”
Society for Philosophy of Religion Annual Conference, March 7
2024 Comments on Marilee Coetsee’s paper, “On Giving Others the Benefit of the Doubt: The Deliberative Duty Against Dogmatism.”
American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting, February 24
2022 Comments on Todd Stewart’s paper, “Conditional Reliability and Induction.”
Illinois Philosophical Association 2022 Conference, November 5
2019 Comments on Katerina Psaroudaki’s paper, “The Epistemology of the Precautionary
Principle: An Invariantist Solution to a Contextualist Puzzle.”
Central States Philosophical Association Conference, October 19
2018 Comments on Aaron Brooks’ paper, “‘Meaning’ and God: Motivating a
Supernaturalist Concept of Meaning.”
Midsouth Philosophy Conference, March 24
2018 Comments on Theodore Bach’s paper, “An Empirical Defense of Philosophical
Expertise.”
American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting, February 24
2017 Comments on Maria Altepeter’s (Washington University in St. Louis) paper, “Why
We Should Promote Residential Integration: A Response to Tommie Shelby”
Central States Philosophical Association Conference, October 27
Awards and Honors
2024 First-Year Professor of the Year, Dean’s Award, Flagler College
2021 Collins Award for Outstanding Achievement, Philosophy Department, Saint Louis University
2018 Institute for Humane Studies Hayek Fund Award
2017 Institute for Humane Studies Conference and Research Grant
Teaching
University of Mississippi
Introduction to Philosophy, 100-level (in progress Fall 2025 (x2))
Flagler College
Logic II – Symbolic Logic, 400-level (Spring 2025)
Philosophy Through TV and Film, 200-level (Spring 2025)
Food, Water, and Wonder: Nourishment of Body & Mind, 100-level (Fall 2024 (x2))
Epistemology, 400-level (Fall 2024)
Medieval Philosophy, 300-level (Spring 2024)
Virtue in Life, Text, and Film, 100-level (Spring 2024)
A Life Well Lived, 100-level (Fall 2023 (x2))
Logic I, 200-level (Fall 2023, Spring 2024 (x2), Fall 2024, Spring 2025 (x2))
Introduction to Philosophy, 100-level (Fall 2023)
Saint Louis University
Logic, Language, and Argumentation, 300-level (Spring 2022)
Ethics, 200-level (Spring 2022, Fall 2021 (x2))
Introduction to Philosophy: Self and Reality, 100-level (Summer 2020 (online), Summer 2019)
Instructor Training
2023 Summer Teaching Seminar, “Classical and Liberal Arts Week”
Flagler College, June 5–9
2023 Summer Teaching Seminar, “Teaching Professional Business Ethics”
Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, May 30–June 1
2021 Certificate in University Teaching Skills Program
Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning, 2016–2021
2020 Reinert Center Seminar in Online Course Design, May 18–June 1
2017 Teaching Seminar, Philosophy Department, Saint Louis University, August–May
Professional Service
Conference Lead Coordinator, Florida Philosophical Association Annual Meeting
(January 31-Feburary 1, 2025)
Judge, National High School Ethics Bowl (Regionals), University of North Florida,
Jacksonville, FL (2024)
Journal Referee (incomplete list)
Faith and Philosophy, Journal of Analytic Theology, Religious Studies, Res Philosophica, The Philosophical Quarterly, Religions
Judge, National High School Ethics Bowl (Regionals), Edwardsville, IL (2020–2022)
Workshop Organizer, “The Philosophy and Theology of Biblical Narratives”
(workshop canceled due to COVID-19)
Workshop Directors: Eleonore Stump and Judith Wolfe
Workshop Organizer, “Wrestling with Life: Analytic Theology and Biblical Narratives”
(June 17–21, 2019, Jerusalem, Israel)
Principal Investigators: Godehard Brüntrup, Moshe Halbertal, David Shatz, and Eleonore Stump
Conference Assistant, “Mass Incarceration and Racial Justice” (March 22, 2019)
Res Philosophica Conference, St. Louis, MO
Webmaster, Philosophers in Jesuit Education (2017–2018)
Institutional Service
Faculty Senator for the Department of Humanities, Flagler College (2024-present)
Invited Lecture, “Reading and Discussion Outside the Classroom,” Center for Teaching and Learning, Flagler College (October 31, 2023)
Founder and Director, Philosophy & Religion Speaker Series, Flagler College (2023–present)
Secretary, Philosophy Graduate Student Association Saint Louis University (2020–2021)
President, Philosophy Graduate Student Association Saint Louis University (2019–2020)
Conference Organizer, “Justice and Philosophy of Religion” (October 25–26, 2019)
Saint Louis University Philosophy Graduate Student Association Conference
Public Philosophy
Invited interview on divine hiddenness, Ionia Podcast (2022)
Languages
Medieval Latin – reading proficiency with dictionary
Professional Memberships
American Philosophical Association
Society for the Philosophy of Religion
Philosophers in Jesuit Education
Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization
The Political Epistemology Network
American Association of Philosophy Teachers
The Inquiry Network
The Heartland Virtue Ethics Network
References
John Greco, Georgetown University, john.greco@georgetown.edu
T. Allan Hillman, University of South Alabama, hillman@southalabama.edu
C.P. Ragland, Saint Louis University, scott.ragland@slu.edu
Michael C. Rea, University of Notre Dame, rea.3@nd.edu
Joseph Salerno, Saint Louis University, knowability@gmail.com
Eleonore Stump, Saint Louis University, eleonore.stump@slu.edu