Frank Jankunis
Curriculum Vitae
Department of Philosophy
University of Calgary
2500 University Dr. NW
Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (403) 220-6464
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Environmental Philosophy; Environmental Ethics
AREAS OF COMPETENCE
Applied Ethics (especially Bioethics); Philosophy of Religion; Philosophy of Disability;
Philosophy of Biology
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Philosophy
ABD as of Nov 2012
Working Thesis Title
University of Calgary
Rethinking Environment: The Ethical Implications of a
Constructionist View of our Relation to Nature
Description
My thesis assesses the ethics of the environment in light
of the view of humanity’s relation to nature presented
by the theory of the constructed niche.
Supervisor
Committee
Allen Habib
Marc Ereshefsky, Chris Framarin
M.A. Philosophy
Awarded Nov 2008
Thesis title
Supervisor
Committee
McMaster University
B.A. Philosophy
Awarded June 2006
Honours thesis title
Supervisor
University of Lethbridge
The Philosophy of Miracles
Elisabeth Gedge
David Hitchcock
The Problem of Mental Causation
Peter Alward
1 PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed Journal Article
2. “Overall and Larmer on Miracles as Evidence for the Existence of God.” Dialogue:
Canadian Philosophical Review 53.4 (December 2014), pp. 585-599.
1. “Milgram and the Prevalence of Anthropocentrism.” Theoretical & Applied Ethics, 2.2
(Winter 2013), pp. 93-104.
Book Chapter
1. “A Case for Geoengineering from Intergenerational Justice.” Co-authored with Allen
Habib. Accepted by abstract to a forthcoming volume on climate justice and
geoengineering.
Book Review
1. “Review of Growing Moral Relations by Mark Coeckelbergh.” Environmental Philosophy
10.2 (Fall 2013), pp. 116-119.
PRESENTATIONS
Reviewed Presentations
14. “Constructed Niche Theory and Intrinsic Objections to Geoengineering.” 67th Annual
Northwest Philosophy Conference, North Idaho College, Coeur d’Alene, ID, October 2015.
13. “The Concept of Adaptation in Biological and Climate Contexts.” Second Workshop
on Ethics and Adaptation, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, May 2015.
12. “Geoengineering vs. Business as Usual.” 112th Annual Meeting of the Central Division
of the American Philosophical Association, International Society for Environmental Ethics
session, St. Louis, MO, February 2015.
11. “Geoengineering, Climate Harm, and Business as Usual.” Poster co-authored with
Kent Peacock. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA,
December 2014.
10. “Two Models of Disability Too Many.” 66th Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference,
Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA, November 2014.
9. “Why we Shouldn’t Worry about Intrinsic Objections to Geoengineering.” Under
Western Skies 3: Intersections of Environments, Technologies, and Communities. Mount Royal
University, Calgary, AB, Sept 2014.
2 8. “Against the Circle of Moral Considerability.” 88th Annual Meeting of the Pacific
Division of the American Philosophical Association, International Society for Environmental
Ethics session, San Diego, CA, April 2014.
7. “What does Constructionism in Biology have to tell us about Environmental Ethics?”
65th Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR,
October 2013.
6. “The Prevalence of Anthropocentrism: on the Difficulty in Seeing Around the Moral
Irrelevance of Species Membership.” 64th Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, October 2012.
5. “Langton, Austin, and Pornography.” Annual Conference 2012, Society for Applied
Philosophy, St. Anne’s College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, June 2012.
4. “Langton’s Defense of MacKinnon on Pornography.” 15th Annual University of
Kentucky Graduate Student Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, March
2012.
3. “Overall and Larmer on Miracles as Evidence for the Existence of God.” 55th Annual
Congress of the Canadian Philosophical Association, University of New Brunswick,
Fredricton, NB, June 2011.
2. “Rhetoric and Food.” Food for Thought: an Interdisciplinary Conference on Philosophy and
Food, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, January 2008.
1. “A Qualified Argument for Prolongevitism.” Annual Meeting, Canadian Society for
the Study of Practical Ethics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, June 2007.
Invited Lectures, Commentaries, and other Unreviewed Presentations
12. “What is ‘Dangerous Anthropogenic Interference’?” University of Calgary Graduate
Student Summer Colloquium, June 2015.
11. “Geoengineering vs. Business as Usual” University of Calgary Grad. Students
Colloquium, Feb. 2015.
10. “On the Incompatibility of Individualism and Holism in Environmental Ethics.”
University of Calgary Ethics Research Group, Jan. 2015.
9. “Two Models of Disability Too Many.” University of Calgary Grad. Students
Colloquium, Sept. 2014.
3 8. “Comments on Matt Ferkany’s ‘Arrogance and Humility in Thinking and Teaching
About Climate Change’ 11th Annual Meeting Int’l Society for Environmental Ethics,
Allenspark, CO, June 2014.
7. “Comments on David Morrow & Toby Svoboda’s ‘Geoengineering and Non-Ideal
Theory’. 11th Annual Meeting Int’l Society for Environmental Ethics, Allenspark, CO,
June 2014.
6. “Some Philosophical Reflections on Geo-engineering the Climate.” 2014 Annual
Weekend Symposium, Apeiron Society for the Practice of Philosophy, University of
Calgary Bio-Geoscience Institute, Kananaskis, AB, May 2014.
5. “Non-human Moral Obligations: to Whom, to What, and to Whose?” 3 Minute Thesis
Competition, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, March 2014.
4. “Comments on Veljko Dubljevic’s ‘Toward a Legitimate Public Policy on Cognitionenhancing Drugs’. Annual Conference 2012, Society for Applied Philosophy, St. Anne’s
College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, June 2012.
3. “Chilean Miners, Speluncean Explorers, and Hart’s Philosophy of Law.” Canadian
Section: IVR, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, May 2012.
2. “Comments on Ken Nickel’s ‘Criminal Negligence and the Objective/Subjective
Debate: R. v. Tutton and Tutton Revisited’.” Canadian Section: IVR, University of
Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, June 2007.
1. “Comments on Anthony Van Der Schaaf’s ‘The Morality of Rocks’.” Prodigal Spawn
Conference, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, June 2006.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
7. Associate Member, School of Graduate Studies, University of Lethbridge, May-Aug
2014
Issues in the Philosophy of Disability
6. Sessional Instructor, University of Lethbridge, 2013-2015
Critical Thinking
Philosophy of Disability (2 sections)
Environmental Philosophy (2 sections)
5. Sessional Instructor, University of Calgary, 2012-2015
Mind, Matter, God
Business Ethics
Philosophy of Disability
Issues in Environmental Ethics
4 Bioethics
4. Sessional Instructor, Mount Royal University, 2013-2013
Bioethics (2 sections)
Philosophy and the Environment
3. Teaching Assistant, University of Calgary, 2010-2015 Mind, Matter and God (2 sections)
Course Instructor: Marc Ereshefsky
Inquiry II: Developmental Health Research Literacy II (3 sections)
Course Instructors: Megan Delehanty and Jesse Hendricks
Scientific and Critical Reasoning
Course Instructor: Megan Delehanty
2. Teaching Assistant, Johns Hopkins University Centre for Talented Youth in Easton,
Pennsylvania, June 2007 & June 2008 Bioethics
1. Teaching Assistant, McMaster University, 2006-2008 Problems of Philosophy
Course Instructor: Brian Garrett
Philosophy, Law, and Society (2 sections)
Course Instructor: Elisabeth Gedge
Contemporary Moral Issues
Course Instructor: Stefan Rodde
COMPETITIVE AWARDS, HONORS, DISTINCTIONS
Graduate Students’ Association Personal Development Grant, Fall 2014
John D. Petrie, QC Memorial Bursary, 2014-2015 (renewable once)
Thomas Dick Graduate Scholarship in Humanities, 2014-2015
Margaret P. Hess Graduate Scholarship, 2014-2015
Philip E Vernon Award, 2012-2013 and 2014-15
University of Calgary Faculty of Grad Studies Doctoral Scholarship, 2013-2014
University of Calgary Global Open Doctoral Scholarship, 2012-2013
University of Calgary Graduate Faculty Council Scholarship – Doctoral, 2011-2012
5 Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2007-2008
Ontario Graduate Fellowship, 2006-2007
University of Lethbridge Academic Gold Medal Nominee, 2006
Awarded Honours with Great Distinction upon graduation from University of
Lethbridge, 2006
University of Lethbridge Undergraduate Scholarship, 2004-2005
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Organizational Assistant, 2015
“The Work of Dennis McKerlie” University of Calgary Philosophy Miniconference
Co-organizer and Review Co-ordinator, 2013-2014
3rd Annual University of Calgary Graduate Student Conference
Graduate Student Representative, 2012-2013
University of Calgary Philosophy Department Meetings
Reviewer, 2011-2012
1st Annual University of Calgary Graduate Student Conference
Alternate Graduate Student Representative, 2011-2012
University of Calgary Philosophy Department Meetings
Alternate Graduate Student Representative, 2010-2011
University of Calgary Philosophy Department Meetings
Graduate Student Representative, 2007-2008
Granting committee of the Dean’s medal for excellence in the Humanities
Graduate Student Representative, 2007-2008
McMaster Philosophy Department Speaker Series Committee
Faculty of Arts Representative, 2007-2008 (Fall only)
Graduate Students Association
Reviewer and co-organizer, 2005-2006
Prairie Provinces Undergraduate Philosophical Association Annual Meeting
Undergraduate Student Representative, 2005-2006
Faculty Search Committee
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