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THOMAS KIRKPATRICK

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

University of California, San Diego (PhD in Philosophy) (ongoing)

Dissertation: United by Nature: A Natural Rights Liberal Egalitarian Theory of Justice

Committee: Richard Arneson (co-chair), David Brink (co-chair), Saba Bazargan, Dana Nelkin, David Wiens

Brandeis University (MA in Philosophy) (2015)

Willamette University (BA in Philosophy) (2011)

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION

Moral, Social, and Political Philosophy

AREAS OF COMPETENCE

History of Philosophy, Metaethics, Logic

PAPERS IN PREPARATION

Open Vindication: A Theory of Jural Duties and Rights (in preparation)

Property and Authority: A Theory of Ownership (in preparation)

PRESENTATIONS

Session commentator: APA Pacific Division Conference, Spring 2018

Session chair: Conference on Exploitation, University of San Diego, Spring 2016

TEACHING (as instructional assistant)

University of California, San Diego

HUM 1: The Foundations of Western Civilization: Israel and Greece

(Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020)

HUM 2: Rome, Christianity, and the Middle Ages

(Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020)

HUM 3: Renaissance, Reformation, and Early Modern Europe

(Fall 2019)

PHIL 27: Ethics and Society I

(Fall 2015)

PHIL 28: Ethics and Society II

(Spring 2016)

PHIL 10: Introduction to Logic

(Winter 2016, Fall 2020)

Brandeis University

Philosophy of Mind

(Spring 2015)

Philosophy of Religion

(Spring 2014)

Willamette University

Symbolic Logic

(Winter 2010)

PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING

Revelle College Undergraduate Teaching Seminar

(Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018)

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS

Research Assistantship, Summer 2017, Summer 2019

Dissertation Fellowship, Winter 2021, Spring 2021