DIMITRIAELECTRAGATZIA
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TheUniversityofAkronWayneCollege,1901SmuckerRoadOrrville,OH44667.
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https://uakron.academia.edu/DimitriaGatziaorhttp://degatzia.weebly.com
AcademicEmployment
2015-present AssociateProfessor,TheUniversityofAkronWayneCollege
2013-present HonorsProgramCoordinator,UAWayneCollege
2009-present PhilosophyCoordinator,TheUniversityofAkronWayneCollege
2009-2015 AssistantProfessor,TheUniversityofAkronWayneCollege
2007-2009 VisitingAssistantProfessor,TheUniversityofAkron
2007-2007
Instructor,StateCollegeofFlorida
2005-2006
Instructor,SyracuseUniversity
Education
Ph.D.inPhilosophy,SyracuseUniversity(2000-2007)
Dissertation:ColorFictionalism:ColorDiscourseWithoutColors
C.L.Hardin(Supervisor),AndrèGallois,RobertVanGulick,MarkHeller,IshaniMaitra,
andJosephSturr(ExternalExaminer)
M.A.inPhilosophy,SyracuseUniversity(2002)
B.A.inPhilosophy,UniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles(1999)
ResearchSpecialization&TeachingCompetence
AreaofSpecialization:
PhilosophyofMind,CognitiveNeuroscience,Philosophyof
Psychology
AreaofCompetence: PhilosophyofLanguage,PhilosophyofScience,
Epistemology,Metaphysics,PoliticalPhilosophy,Ethics
P u b l i c a t i o n s Articlesinpeer-reviewedjournalsandvolumes
Inpress
“Introduction:Epistemicmodals—semanticchameleons”specialissueof
Topoi:AnInternationalReviewofPhilosophy(Eds.)Brogaard&Gatzia,
forthcoming2016.
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“ColorandCognitivePenetrability”,co-authoredwithB.Brogaard,in
TopicsinCognitiveScience:SpecialIssueonCorticalColor.NewYork:Willey
Press.
Inpress
“Psilocybin,LSD,mescaline,anddrug-inducedSynesthesia”co-authored
withB.Brogaard,inVictorR.Preedy(ed.)NeuropathologyofDrug
AddictionsandSubstanceMisuse.AcademicPress:Elsevier(forthcoming
2016).
2015
“Cognitivepenetrationoftheauditorysystem”,co-authoredwithBerit
Brogaard,FrontiersinPsychology
(http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01166/full)
2015
“OnSpecialRelativityandTemporalIllusions”,co-authoredwithR.
Ramsier,Erkentnnis80(2):433-436.
2015
“TimeandTimePerception”,co-authoredwithB.Brogaard,Topoi:An
InternationalReviewofPhilosophy34(1):257-263.
2014
“ProgressiveTaxationasaMeanstoEqualityofConditionandPoverty
Alleviation”,co-authoredwithD.Woods,Economics,Management,and
FinancialMarkets9(4):29-43.
2014
“FictionalTruthandMake-Believe”,co-authoredwithEricSotnak,
Philosophia42(2):349-361.
2012
“TheProblemofUnemployment”,Economics,Management,andFinancial
Markets7(2),2012.RepublishedinJournalofSelf-Governanceand
ManagementEconomics1(4),2013.
2012
“FindingConsistencyinRousseau”,PhilosophyStudy2(9):650-663.
2011
“TowardsaCaringEconomy”inMauriceHamingtonandMaureenSanderStaudt(eds)ApplyingCareEthicstoBusiness.NewYork:Springer(pp.7389).
2010
“TheIndividualVariabilityProblem”Philosophia38(3):533-554,2010.A
sorterversionofthisarticleappearsinPatriciaHanna(ed.)AnAnthologyof
PhilosophicalStudies.Athens:AthensInstituteforEducationandResearch
(pp.113-128).
2010 “ColourFictionalism”,RivistaDiEstetica1(43):109-123.
2008 “MartianColours”,PhilosophicalWritings37:3-16.
2008 “FictionalColors”,Sorites21:37-51.
2008
ReviewofFoundationsofMind,PhilosophyinReview28(3):176-180.
EditedVolumes
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ModalEpistemology,specialissueofTopoi:AnInternationalReviewofPhilosophy
(co-editedwithBeritBrogaard),forthcoming2016.
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TheEpistemologyofNon-visualperception(co-editedwithBeritBrogaard;under
review,OUP)
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BeingofTwoMinds(co-editedwithBeritBrogaard;underreview,OUP)
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Monographs
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ColourFictionalism(underreview,OUP)
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Monogamy(inpreparation,co-authoredwithBeritBrogaard)
P r e s e n t a t i o n s 2016
2015
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2013
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2012
2012
“Ithinkit’sgoingtohurt:theeffectsofcognitiononpainperception”(with
BennettSchwartz),referredpaper,SouthernSocietyofPhilosophyand
PsychologyConference,March2016
“Cognitivepenetrationinvisualperception”referredpaper,Virginia
PhilosophicalAssociationConference,VirginiaCommonwealthUniversity,October
2015.
“WhenColourContrastfails:theblue/blackdress”invitedspeaker,Collegeof
Wooster,September2015.
“Whatcanschizophreniateachusaboutthecognitivepenetrationofvisual
experience?”referredpaper,Cognitio2015:TheCognitiveScienceofDifference
andPotentialities,UniversitéduQuébec,Montréal,June2015.
“Colorpenetrationandtop-downprocessinginvisualperception,”invited
paper,SouthernSocietyofPhilosophyandPsychologyConference:Symposiumon
colorperceptionandcognitivepenetration,April2015.
“TimeandTimePerception(co-authoredwithBeritBrogaard),refereedpaper,
UniversityofMilan,PhilosophyofTimeSocietyConference,Gargnano,Italy,May
2014.
“TimeandTimePerception”(co-authoredwithBeritBrogaard),refereedpaper,
KenyonCollege:OhioPhilosophicalAssociation,April2014.
“CognitivePenetrationandtheNatureofExperience,”refereedpaper,American
PhilosophicalAssociation,EasternDivision,December2013.
“CognitivePenetrationandtheNatureofExperience,”refereedpaper,Denison
University:OhioPhilosophicalAssociation,March2013.
“CognitivePenetrationandtheNatureofExperience,”refereedpaper,East
CarolinaUniversity:NorthCarolinaPhilosophicalAssociation,February2013.
“Fact,Fiction,andPretense”(co-authoredwithEricSotnak),refereedpaper,
UniversityofMinho,Braga&Guimarães,Portugal:TheEuropeanSocietyfor
Aesthetics,2012.
“Fact,Fiction,andPretense”(co-authoredwithEricSotnak),refereedpaper,
AthensInstituteforEducationandResearch,InternationalConferenceon
Philosophy,2012.
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“Fact,Fiction,andPretense”(co-authoredwithEricSotnak),refereedpaper,
ClevelandStateUniversity:OhioPhilosophicalAssociation,March2012.
“Fact,Fiction,andPretense”(co-authoredwithEricSotnak),refereedpaper,
AppalachianStateUniversity:NorthCarolinaPhilosophicalSociety,February
2011.
“FindingConsistencyinRousseau,”referredpaper,UniversityofPittsburg:West
VirginiaPhilosophicalSociety,October2010.
“Fact,Fiction,andPretense”(co-authoredwithEricSotnak),refereedpaper,
OhioUniversity:PhilosophicalAssociationConference,April2009.
“TheIndividualVariabilityProblem,”refereedpaper,AthensInstitutefor
EducationandResearch,InternationalConferenceonPhilosophy,2009.
“TheIndividualVariabilityProblem,”refereedpaper,AmericanPhilosophical
Association,PacificDivision,April2008.
“TheIndividualVariabilityProblem,”refereedpaper,CaseWesternReserve
University,CognitiveScienceColloquium,October2008.
“MartianColors,”refereedpaper,AmericanPhilosophicalAssociation,Central
Division,February2008.
“MartianColors,”refereedpaper,AustralianNationalUniversity,Centrefor
Consciousness,December2008.
“MartianColors,”refereedpaper,TheUniversityofCanterbury,Australasian
AssociationofPhilosophy,NewZealand,December2008.
“WhatisWrongwithColorRealism?,”referredpaper,TheUniversityofAkron:
NorthernOhioConference,2008.
“FictionalColors,”referredpaper,TheUniversityofFlorida:GraduatePhilosophy
Conference,2006.
“FindingConsistencyinRousseau,”referredpaper,DePaulUniversity:Graduate
PhilosophyConference,2005.
Commentaries
2015
2011
2010
2008
CommentsonScottSimmonsandMarkWells,“TheEasyDefenseofthe
FeatheredApes(andtheHardProblemsitRaises),”BaldwinWallaceUniversity:
OhioPhilosophicalAssociation,April2015.
CommentsonDanielF.Hartner,“Towarda(Neuro)ScienceofMorality,”
UniversityofDayton:OhioPhilosophicalAssociation,April2011.
JaminAsay:TroublesaboutTruthmakers,OhioNorthernUniversity:Ohio
PhilosophicalAssociation,April2010.
CommentsonDerekBrown,“Learningthatweseethelight:colourconstancy
andillumination-dependentcolour,”UniversityofAlberta,WesternCanadian
PhilosophicalAssociation,45thAnnualMeeting,October2008.
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CommentsonM.J.Mulnix,“UnderstandingMillonSelf-RegardingConduct,”
KentUniversity,GraduatePhilosophyConference,2005.
CommentsonRoaldNashi,“Nozick'sPrinciples,”SyracuseUniversity,Graduate
PhilosophyConference,2004.
CommentsonBenjaminSachs,“HealthResourcesAllocationinaRawlsian
Framework,”SyracuseUniversity:GraduatePhilosophyConference,2003.
TeachingExperience
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TheoriesofKnowledgeandReality(Honors&DistanceLearningSection,University
ofAkronWayneCollege)
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NormativeEthics(Honors&DistanceLearningSections,UniversityofAkron
WayneCollege,UniversityofAkron)
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EnvironmentalEthics(UniversityofAkron)
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SocialandPoliticalPhilosophy(UniversityofAkron,UniversityofAkronWayne
College)
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PhilosophyofLanguage(UniversityofAkron)
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SymbolicLogic(UniversityofAkron,UniversityofAkronWayneCollege)
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HistoryofAncientPhilosophy(StateCollegeofFlorida)
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AppliedEthics(StateCollegeofFlorida)
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TheoriesofKnowledge&Reality(SyracuseUniversity,Instructor)
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EthicsandValueTheory(SyracuseUniversity,Instructor)
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CriticalThinking(SyracuseUniversity,Instructor)
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NormativeEthics(SyracuseUniversity,TeachingAssociate)
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HumanNature(SyracuseUniversity,TeachingAssociate)
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EthicalAspectsofEngineeringandComputerScience(SyracuseUniversity,Teaching
Assistant)
AdministrativeandProfessionalExperience
AwardsandScholarships
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PhilosophyClubAdviserAward,TheUniversityofAkronWayneCollege,2012.
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OutstandingandDistinguishedFacultyAward,RichardHansfordChapterofthe
NationalResidenceHallHonorary,TheUniversityofAkron,2008.
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VisitingResearchFellow,CentreofConsciousness,AustralianNationalUniversity,
December2008.
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CertificateinUniversityTeaching,SyracuseUniversity,2007.
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TravelGrant,SyracuseUniversity,GraduateSchool2005and2006.
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TeachingAssociateAward,SyracuseUniversity,2003-2005.
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SummerFellowship,SyracuseUniversity,2003.
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TeachingAssistantAward,SyracuseUniversity,2001-2003.
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AcademicScholarship,SyracuseUniversity,2000-2005.
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ThesisCommittees
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HonorsThesisCommitteeMember:NevinJohnson,UAHonorsStudent,2010.
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HonorsThesisCommitteeMember:StephanieKiba,UAHonorsStudent,2009.
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HonorsThesisCommitteeMember:CharlynBohland,UAHonorsStudent,2008.
Grants
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Cancognitioninfluencevisualperception?UniversityofAkron,Summer
Fellowship,January2016.
CognitiveInfluencesonPerception.Horizon2020:MarieSkłodowska-Curie
IndividualFellowship(159,460euro),EuropeanCommission.Submitted
September2015.
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ThePersonality/CharacterDistinction(180,000)Co-PI:Dr.Gatzia;Co-PI:Dr.
Brogaard,UniversityofMiami;Co-PI:Dr.Schwartz,FloridaInternational
University;Co-PI:Dr.Frazier,DepartmentofPsychology,FloridaInternational
University.TheSelfMotivation&VirtueProject(NF).
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Growth,ResilienceandOptimismintheAgingPopulation.Co-PI:Dr.Gatzia;Co-PI:
Dr.Brogaard,UniversityofMiami;Co-PI:Dr.Schwartz,FloridaInternational
University;Co-PI:Dr.Frazier,DepartmentofPsychology,FloridaInternational
University.NEHCollaborativeGrant(NF).
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LookingontheBrightSideorWishfulThinking?TheRelationshipbetween
OptimismandIrrationalBehavior(429,000)Co-PI:Dr.Gatzia;Co-PI:Dr.Brogaard,
UniversityofMiami;Co-PI:Dr.Schwartz,FloridaInternationalUniversity.The
ScienceofHopeandOptimism,HopeandScienceConceptualandEmpirical
Investigations(NF).
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AmericanPhilosophicalAssociation“IsColorExperienceCognitivelyPenetrable?”
(5,000NF)2014.
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TheUniversityofAkronFacultyResearchGrantsandFellowships“IsColor
ExperienceCognitivelyPenetrable?”(10,000NF),2014.
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TheUniversityofAkronFacultyResearchGrantsandFellowships“ThePhilosophy
ofJean-JacquesRousseau”(10,000NF),2011.Revisedandresubmitted2012
(10,000NF).
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Workshop&Conference:VarietiesofCorticalColourVision,Vancouver,Canada,
August4-7,2011(TravelGrant:$1000)
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TheUniversityofAkronFacultyResearchGrantsandFellowships“AdvancedEthics
fortheSciences”(5,000NF),2010.
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NationalScienceFoundation“EthicalReasoningforSTEMGraduateStudents:An
IntegrativeLearningCommunityModel”(289,272NF),2009:Revisedand
resubmitted(NF)2010and2011.
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TheUniversityofAkronFacultyResearchGrantsandFellowships“Specifying
FormalStandardsfortheUseofFictionalDiscourse”(10,000NF),2008.
GeneralProfessionalActivities
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VicePresidentoftheAmericanAssociationforEconomicResearch,2015-present.
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ResearchAffiliate,BrogaardLabforMultisensoryResearch,UniversityofMiami,
2010-present.
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Co-EditoroftheEconomics,Management,andFinancialMarkets,2015-present.
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EditorialAdvisoryBoardMember,JournalofSelf-GovernanceandManagement
Economics,2012-present.
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ElectedmemberoftheOhioBoardofRegentsTransferAssuranceGuide(TAG)
Review,2010-present.
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CompletedacourseontheBestPracticesforTeachingOnline,2015.
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At-RiskforUniversityandCollegeFacultyCertification,2014.
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QualityMattersOnlineCourseDesignCertification,2013.
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SynchronousDistanceLearningCertification,2013.
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MemberoftheSouthernSocietyforPhilosophyandPsychology,2014-present.
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MemberoftheAmericanPhilosophicalAssociation,2006-present.
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RefereedforOxfordUniversityPress,Cengage,Erkenntnis,Synthese,Philosophical
Psychology,Thought,TopicsinCognitiveScience,Topoi,JournalofPhilosophical
Research,PhilosophicalWritings,JournalofSelf-GovernanceandManagement
Economics,JournalofAgriculture.
DepartmentandUniversityService
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PhilosophyGeneralEducationPlanCommittee,Dept.ofPhilosophy,TheUniversity
ofAkron,2016.
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PhilosophySearchCommittee,Dept.ofPhilosophy,TheUniversityofAkron,2016.
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AdvisertotheSecularStudentAlliance,TheUniversityofAkronWayneCollege,
2014-present.
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AdviseroftheUndergraduatePhilosophyClub,TheUniversityofAkronWayne
College,2010-present.
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HonorsAdvisoryCouncil,TheUniversityofAkron,2013-present.
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PhilosophyCoordinator,TheUniversityofAkronWayneCollege,2009-present.
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DistanceLearningReviewCommittee,TheUniversityofAkron,2012-present.
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FacultySenator,TheUniversityofAkronWayneCollege,2011-present.
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PhilosophyandLawCommitteeChair,TheUniversityofAkron,Philosophy
Department,2012-present.
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AdHocVoteofNoConfidenceCommittee,TheUniversityofAkron,2015-2016.
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AdHocSchedulingCommittee,TheUniversityofAkronWayneCollege,2015.
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GeneralEducationImplementationCommittee,2014-2015.
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ViceProvostandDeanoftheHonorsCollegeSearchCommittee,TheUniversityof
Akron,2015.
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FacultyCommitteeChair,TheUniversityofAkronWayneCollege,2013-2014.
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FacultyCommitteeMember,TheUniversityofAkronWayneCollege,2010-2013.
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PhilosophyandLawCommitteemember,TheUniversityofAkron,Philosophy
Department,2009-present.
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Co-chairoftheCommunicationSearchCommittee,WayneCollege,2013.
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CollegeCouncilCommittee,TheUniversityofAkronWayneCollege,2010-2011.
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CurriculumWorkGroup,TheUniversityofAkronWayneCollege,2009-2011.
MembershipinProfessionalOrganizations
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OhioPhilosophicalAssociation
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AmericanPhilosophicalAssociation
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SouthernSocietyofPhilosophyandPsychology
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AmericanAssociationforEconomicResearch(servingasVP)
References
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BeritBrogaard,Dept.ofPhilosophy,UniversityofMiami.
Email:[email protected];Tel:(305)-284-2395.
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BobKentridge,Dept.ofPsychology,DurhamUniversity.
Email:[email protected];Tel:+44(0)191-33-43261.
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BenceNanay,Dept.ofPhilosophy,UniversityofAntwerp.
Email:[email protected];Tel:+32-3-2654340.
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C.L.Hardin,Dept.ofPhilosophy,SyracuseUniversity.
Email:[email protected];Tel:(315)443-2245.
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BarryMaund,ProfessorofPhilosophy,TheUniversityofWesternAustralia.
Email:[email protected];Tel:+6108-9389-7481.
Citizenship
American,Greek
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Languages
English(fluent),Greek(modern,fluent),French(intermediate),German(beginner)