Philosophy of Science & Social Science
Rational Choice, Decision & Game Theory
Applied Ethics (Business Ethics etc.)
Logic (Symbolic, Formal Methods, Modal, Informal Reasoning, Critical Thinking)
History of Western Philosophy (Ancient Greek, Early Modern, History of Analytic Philosophy)
Ethics (normative & meta)
As Instructor
PHIL 1013 Introduction to Philosophy (online) x3
An introduction to philosophy as the capacity to reason and self-examine, including a discussion of the existence of God, the possibility of knowledge, morality, and the legitimacy of government. The topics are modular and can include other modules too. This course is taught on the course management system Desire2Learn, and is structured into daily instructional posts, individual quizzes, discussion forum participation, unit tests and a final exam.
Main text: Robert C. Solomon & Kathleen M. Higgins, The Big Questions: A Short Introduction to Philosophy, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
PHIL 1273 Introduction to Business Ethics x1 & PHIL 1040 Business Ethics x1
Ethical issues involved with the morality of market institutions and issues in business-customer, employer-employee, and firm-shareholder relations, studied from the perspectives of moral psychology and ethical theories. See sample syllabus for more details.
PHIL 1113 Introduction to Symbolic Logic x3
Basic concepts and techniques in first order logic, including a discussion of argument, deduction and proof, and an introduction to the syntax, semantics and proof method in propositional and predicate logic. See sample syllabus for more details.
As Teaching Assistant
PHIL 3273 Ethics and Business (S. Ellis, Fall 2016; E. Sankowski, Fall 2017)
PHIL 1273 Introduction to Business Ethics, Discussion Sessions (S. Ellis, x3)
PHIL 1113 Introduction to Symbolic Logic (J. Hawthorne, x2)
PHIL 1213 Introduction to Ethics (E. McRae, Spring 2013)
As Guest Lecturer
“Sunzi’s Art of War and Game Theory” in PHIL-3343 Chinese Philosophy, Sula You, Nov 2017
Seminar on Course Design and Teaching (2017)
Graduate Teaching Academy Seminar: Diversity and Inclusivity (2016)
Being aware that disability is a much broader issue and how an instructor can properly accommodate students
Teaching Scholars Initiative (2015)
A conference to present and share effective teaching techniques, experiences and methodologies
A Gamified Online Class (2014)
How to gamify a history of science course to meet students’ diverse interest in different periods of history within a single semester
Workshop on Grading Essay Assignments (2014)
Professional Ethics Training for Graduate Assistants (2013)