Dillon 7/15
Curriculum Vita
of
ROBIN S. DILLON
July 2015
Department of Philosophy
Lehigh University
15 University Drive
Bethlehem, PA 18015
USA
610-758-3776
fax 610-758-3790
Appointments
Lehigh University:
Chairperson, Department of Philosophy, 2011-
William Wilson Selfridge Professor of Philosophy, 2009-
Professor of Philosophy, 2008-
Associate Professor of Philosophy, 1993-2008
Director of Women's Studies, 1994-2001
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 1987-1993
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Visiting Assistant Professor, 1991-92
Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges, Fall 1989
Consortial Professor
Education
University of Pittsburgh:
Ph.D. 1987, Philosophy
M.A. 1981, Philosophy
B.A. 1978, summa cum laude, honors in Philosophy
Lafayette College: 1973-1975
Areas of Specialization
Ethics: Moral Psychology, Feminist Ethics, Virtue Theory, Normative Ethics
Publications
Book
Dignity, Character, and Self-Respect, edited with Introduction (49 pages) (Routledge, 1995); 326 pages
Articles
21. “Feminist Virtue Ethics,” (forthcoming), in Routledge Companion to Feminist Philosophy,” ed. Ann Garry, Serene Khader and Alison Stone (Routledge)
20. “Self-Respect and Humility in Kant and Hill,” (2015) in Reason, Value, and Respect: Kantian Themes from the Philosophy of Thomas E. Hill, Jr., ed. Mark Timmons and Robert Johnson (Oxford University Press), pp. 42-69.
19. “Arrogance,” (2013) International Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. Hugh LaFollette (Wiley-Blackwell), print and online
18. “Self-Respect and Self-Esteem,” (2013) International Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. Hugh LaFollette (Wiley Blackwell), print and online
17. “Critical Character Theory: Toward a Feminist Theory of ‘Vice’” in Out From the Shadow, ed. Sharon Crasnow and Anita Superson (Oxford University Press, 2012)
16. “Strategizing Changes in the Cultural and Ideology of Philosophy,” APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy 9, no.1 (Fall 2009)
15. “Respect for Persons, Identity, and Information Technology,” Ethics and Information Technology 12,1 (2010) (published online April 2009) DOI 10.1007/s10676-009-9188-8)
14. "Respect: A Philosophical Perspective," Gruppendynamik und Organisationsberatung 38, no. 2 (2007): 201-212
13. "Arrogance, Self-Respect and Personhood," Journal of Consciousness Studies 14, no.5-6 (2007): 101-126
12. “Respect and Self-Respect,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. Edward Zalta, <http://plato.stanford.edu>; 2003; revised 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013); 22,000+ words, 370 references (40 pgs)
11. "O sebaucte zien" ("On Women's Self-Respect"), in Cvikova, J., Juranova, J., and Kobova, L, eds., Zena nie je tovar: Komodifikacia zien v nasej culture (Bratisslava: Aspekt, 2006), pp. 196-204.
10. “Respect,” Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2nd edition, ed. Donald M. Borchert (Macmillan Reference, 2006); 1353 words
9. “Zu Arroganz und Selbstachtung bei Kant,” in Henning Hahn, ed., Selbstachtung oder Annerkennung?: Beiträge zur Begründung von Menschenwürde und Gerechtigkeit (Bauhaus-Universitat Weimar Universitatsverlag, 2005), pp. 50-75
8. “‘What’s a Woman Worth? What’s Life Worth? Without Self-Respect?’: On the Value of Evaluative Self-Respect,” in Margaret Walker & Peggy DesAutels, eds., Minds, Hearts, and Morality: Feminist Essays in Moral Psychology (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004), pp. 47-68
7. “Kant on Arrogance and Self-Respect,” in Cheshire Calhoun, ed., Setting the Moral Compass: Essays by Women Philosophers (Oxford University Press, 2003), pp. 191-216
6. “Self-Forgiveness and Self-Respect,” Ethics 112 (October 2001): 53-83
5. "Self-Respect: Moral, Emotional, Political," Ethics 107 (January 1997): 226-249
4. "How to Lose Your Self-Respect," American Philosophical Quarterly 29, no. 2 (April 1992): 125-139
3. "Toward a Feminist Conception of Self-Respect," Hypatia. 7, no. 1 (Winter 1992): 52-69
2. "Respect and Care: Toward Moral Integration," Canadian Journal of Philosophy Vol. 22, No. 1 (March 1992): 105-132
1. "Care and Respect," in Explorations in Feminist Ethics: Theory and Practice, ed. Eve Browning Cole and Susan Coultrap-McQuin (Indiana University Press, 1992), pp. 69-81
Reviews
4. Review of Sarah Clark Miller, The Ethics of Need: Agency, Dignity, and Obligation (New York: Routledge, 2012); forthcoming in Journal of Moral Philosophy
3. Review of Richard Keshen, Reasonable Self-Esteem (McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996); Ethics 107 (July 1997): 774
2. Review of Rosemarie Tong, Feminine and Feminist Ethics (Wadsworth, 1993); APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy, Fall 1994
1. Review of John Kekes, The Examined Life (Bucknell University Press, 1988); Ethics, April 1994
Book Under Contract
Arrogance: The Deadliest Sin? (Oxford University Press)
Works in Progress
“W.E.B. DuBois and the Meaning of Respect and Self-Respect,” for The Political Companion to Du Bois, ed. Nick Brommell, University of Kentucky Press
“Feminist Theories of Virtue,” for Oxford Handbook of Virtue, ed. Nancy Snow (Oxford University Press)
“Self-Respect, Arrogance, and Power: A Feminist Perspective on Self-Respect,” for Respect for Persons, ed. Richard Dean and Oliver Sensen (Oxford University Press)
Honors and Awards
Featured philosopher interview, Ein Forscherleben für Respekt, ed. Eva Marsal (Bamberg: CC Buchner Verlag, 2014) (a German textbook for elementary school children; double page interview (other double pages devoted to Kant, Schopenhauer, Cassirer, Albert Schweitzer, and Hannah Arendt)
Lehigh Student Affairs Award, January 2012
nominated by students or Student Affairs staff as “as a strong partner in the holistic development of students both inside and outside of the classroom”
Invited to participate in 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, and 2004 Oxford Round Table, Oxford, England; invitations declined
Stabler Award for Excellence in Teaching, Lehigh University, May 2000
Awarded competitive Francis Elvidge Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Ethics Center of the University of South Florida for 1996-97 academic year. Relinquished prior to residency for personal reasons.
Senior Class Gift pledge made in my honor by Elizabeth Glaser, April 1996
Letters of commendation from Dean of Students; cited by students for playing an important role in their lives at Lehigh, 2000, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994
Lehigh S.T.A.R. Faculty Mentor Award, 1999, 1995
Teaching Award, College of General Studies, University of Pittsburgh, 1985
Research Grants and Fellowships
AAUW Educational Foundation American Fellowship, 2006
Faculty Research Grant, Lehigh University, November 2005
Paul Franz Summer Research Fellowship, Lehigh University, Summer 1989
Provost's Grant for Teaching Development, Lehigh University, Spring 1988
Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowship, 1985-86
Andrew W. Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship, 1983-84, 1979-80
Scholarly Presentations
Refereed
25. “Arrogance and Power,” Philosophy, Knowledge, and Feminist Practices conference, XV International Association of Women Philosophers (IAPH) Symposium, Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, Spain, June 2014
24. “Arrogance, Self-Respect, and Power,” Culture, Values, and Justice conference, University of Vaasa, Society for Indian Philosophy & Religion, and Institute of Cross-Cultural Studies and Academic Exchange, University of Vaasa, Finland, May 2014 [paper on program; unable attend due to death in family]
23. “Humility, Arrogance, and Self-Respect: A Kantian Analysis of Vice and Virtue,” Kantian Ethics and Moral Life conference, Antwerp, Belgium, September 2012
22. “Arrogance, Humility, and Self-Respect,” ATINER international conference in Philosophy, Athens, Greece, May 2012
21. “Critical Character Theory,” Feminist Ethics and Social Theory conference, September 2009
20. “Critical Character Theory, “Transformation and the Dynamic of Radical Change conference, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, November 2008
19. “Critical Character Theory,” accepted for Mid-Atlantic Women’s Studies Association conference, Rutgers, March 2009
18. "Toward a Feminist Perspective on Vice," APA Pacific division main program, March 2008
17. "Arrogance and Power," Feminist Ethics and Social Theory conference, Sept 28, 2007
16. "Arrogance, Respect, and Self-Respect: A Feminist View,” accepted for Association for Feminist Ethics and Social Theory conference, October 2005 [Conference cancelled due to hurricanes]
15. "Arrogance, Respect, and Self-Respect: A Feminist View,” Teaching, Faith, and Service: The Foundation of Freedom conference, University of Portland, June 2005
14. "Arrogance, Respect, and Self-Respect: A Feminist View,” Eastern Society for Women in Philosophy conference, Temple University, April 2005
13. "Arrogance, Respect, and Self-Respect: A Feminist View,” American Philosophical Association Pacific Division meetings, main program, March 2005
12. "Arrogance, Respect, and Self-Respect: A Feminist View,” International Association of Women Philosophers 11th Symposium “Human Good: Dignity, Equality, Diversity,” Goteborg, Sweden, June 17, 2004
11. “Kant on Arrogance and Self-Respect, ”Kantian Ethics: Interpretations and Critiques conference, University of San Diego, January 16, 2003
10. “Kant on Arrogance and Self-Respect,” APA Pacific Division Meeting, main program, March 30, 2002
9. "Toward a Feminist Conception of Self-Respect," accepted for program of International Society for Value Inquiry, World Conference of Philosophy, Nairobi, Kenya, July 1991
8. “Toward a Feminist Conception of Self-Respect,” APA Pacific Division Meeting, main program, March 1991
7. “Toward a Feminist Conception of Self-Respect,” Eastern Society of Women in Philosophy Conference, Rider College, November 1990
6. “Toward a Feminist Conception of Self-Respect,” Midwest Society of Women in Philosophy Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, November 1990
5. “Toward a Feminist Conception of Self-Respect,” Conference on "Moral Agency and the Fragmented Self: Feminism and Moral Psychology," University of Dayton, October 1990
4. "How to Lose Your Self-Respect," APA Central Division Meeting, main program, April 1990
3. “How to Lose Your Self-Respect,” Eastern Society of Women in Philosophy Conference, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, October 1989
2. “Care and Respect,” APA Central Division Meeting, main program, April 1989
1. “Care and Respect,” Conference on "Explorations in Feminist Ethics: Theory and Practice," University of Minnesota at Duluth, October 1988
Keynote addresses, Invited Presentations (Conferences, Universities, etc)
23. “Self-Respect, Humility, and Arrogance,” Keynote Address, Dignity, Respect, and Self-Respect conference, Bologna University and University of Pavia, Bologna, Italy, May 2014
22. “Kant on Humility, Arrogance, and Self-Respect,” Keynote address, Kantian Ethics Workshop, University of North Carolina, March 2014
21. “Arrogance and Power,” University of Zurich, October 2013
20. “Arrogance, Self-Respect, and Power,” Thumos The Genevan Research Group on Emotions, Values and Norms, University of Geneva, Switzerland, May 2013
19. “Humility, Arrogance, and Self-Respect,” University of Lausanne, Switzerland, April 2013
18. Keynote address, "Respect for Persons, Identity, and Information Technology," Ethics, Technology, and Identity Conference, Center for Ethics and Technology, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, June 2008
17. Keynote address, "Critical Character Theory," Society for Analytic Feminism conference, Lexington, KY, April 2008
16. "Writing as a Woman," APA Central division meeting main program, April 2008
15. Keynote address, "A Feminist View of Arrogance," American Association of University Women Pennsylvania State Convention, April 29, 2007
14. "Arrogance, Respect, and Self-Respect: A Kantian and Feminist View," University of Kentucky Philosophy Department, April 13, 2007
13. "Feminist Virtue Theory," Society for Analytic Feminism session on "Feminist Virtue Ethics," American Philosophical Association Pacific Division meetings, March 25, 2006
12. "Glaucon's Challenge," The Teaching Company, October 6, 2005
11. Plenary lecture “‘What’s a Woman Worth? What’s Life Worth? Without Self-Respect?’: On the Value of Evaluative Self- Respect,” Society for Analytic Feminism conference “Feminist Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition,” University of Western Ontario, Canada, June 6, 2004
10. Keynote address, “Kant on Arrogance and Self-Respect,” “Selbstachtung oder Anerkennung: Ethik, Arbeit, Gerechtigkeit” conference, Kolleg Frederich Nietzsche and Stiftung Weimarer Klassik, Weimar, Germany, October 4, 2003
9. “Self-Forgiveness and Self-Respect,” Queens University Philosophy Department, Ontario, Canada, April 9, 1999
8. "Self-Respect: Emotional, Moral, Political," Western Michigan University Center for the Study of Ethics in Society, February 23, 1996
7. "Self-Respect: Emotional, Moral, Political," Oberlin Colloquium in Philosophy, April 23, 1995
6. "Self-Respect and Emotions," American Society of Value Inquiry, April 25, 1992
5. "Toward a Feminist Conception of Self-Respect," University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, January 31, 1992
4. "Self-Respect," Lafayette College, November 27, 1990
3. "How to Lose Your Self-Respect", University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, September 27, 1990
2. "Power and Gender," Moravian College, March 1990
1. "Ethical Concerns with the Critically Ill Cardiac Patient," Third Annual 'New Horizons in Cardiovascular Nursing' Conference, St. Luke's Hospital, November 27, 1989
Invited Commentary
10. Comment on Kathryn Norlock’s “Meaningful Narrative and Analytic Forgiveness,” Meeting of the Society for Analytic Feminism, APA Central Division meetings, April 22, 2004
9. Comment on Hilde Lindemann Nelson’s ‘People on Whom Nothing Is Lost: The Role of Narrative in Moral Perception’, APA Pacific Division meeting, April 1, 1999
8. Comment on Frances Howard-Snyder's 'Jonathan Bennett on Doing and Allowing', APA Pacific Division meeting, March 28, 1997
7. Comment on Cindy Stark's 'Decision Procedures, Standards of Rightness, and Impartiality', University of Utah Philosophy Colloquium, May 4, 1996
6. Comment on John Corvino's 'A Matter of Sentiment, But Not Just a Matter of Taste', APA Pacific Division meeting, April 6, 1996
5. Comment on Joseph Kupfer's 'Generosity of Spirit', APA Eastern Division meeting, December 29, 1995
4. Comment on Diana T. Meyers' Subject and Subjectivity (Routledge 1995), New York Society of Women in Philosophy, November 2, 1995
3. Comment on Anthony Cunningham's 'The Virtues of Modesty', APA Central Division meeting, April 1995
2. Comment on Julius Moravcsik's 'Two Kinds of Ethical Attitudes', Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs, March 1989
1. Comment on Kultgen and Doyle, Society of Philosophy and Technology, April 1988
Invited Talks (Lehigh)
10. "Ethical Theory: Respect," talk at Dietrich Bostiber Program "Ethics and Leadership" seminar, Lehigh University, February 2008
9. "Thinking about the moral justifiability of stem cell research," Lehigh University Bioscience in the 21st Century course, October 24, 2007
8. "Moral Reasoning in Bioethics," Lehigh University Bioengineering Program, October 13, 2006
7. "Ethics in Global Perspective," Lehigh University Global Citizenship seminar, March 2, 2005
6. "Moral Reasoning in Bioethics," Lehigh University Bioengineering Program, February 7, 2005
5. “Arrogance and Self-Respect,” Lehigh University Women’s Studies Faculty Research Forum, September 24, 2004
4. “A Framework for Moral Reasoning,” Lehigh University “Responsible Conduct of Science” seminar December 5, 2003
3. "Moral Reasoning in Bioethics," Lehigh University Bioengineering Program, February 18, 2003
2. "Through a Glass Less Darkly: Feminist Perspective in Scholarship," Lehigh University Rise and Shine Series, November 14, 1995
1. “New Directions in Women's Studies," Faculty Development Lunch, November 8, 1995
Conferences and conference sessions organized/chaired
31. Organizing Third Annual Conference in Philosophy, Lehigh Department of Philosophy, October 8 & 9, 2015.
30. Organizing and will chair two sessions for Society for Analytical Feminism at APA Pacific Division meetings, March 2016.
29. Organizing and will chair two sessions for Society for Analytical Feminism at APA Central Division meetings, March 2016