Rice, Curriculum Vitae
REBEKAH L. H. RICE
Department of Philosophy
Seattle Pacific University
3307 3rd Ave. W.
Seattle, WA 98119
/206-281-2080
TEACHINGPOSITIONS
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Seattle Pacific University, 2013 - present
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Seattle Pacific University,2007-2013
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Whitworth College, 2005-2007
Teaching Fellow, Brown University, 2005
Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2000-2001
EDUCATION
Brown University, Ph.D. in Philosophy, 2008
Dissertation: A Causal Approach to the Nature of Human Action
Dissertation Committee: Jaegwon Kim (chair), Ernest Sosa, James Van Cleve
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, MA in Philosophy, 2000
Thesis: Taking Occasionalism Seriously
Thesis Committee: William Wainwright (chair), Michael Liston,Fabrizio Mondadori,
Seattle Pacific University, BA in Philosophy and Theology,1997
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Action Theory
Metaphysics
AREAS OF COMPETENCE
Philosophy of Mind
Epistemology
Philosophy of Religion
History of Modern Philosophy (particularly: Descartes, Malebranche, Edwards, and Reid)
PUBLICATIONS
“Reasons and Divine Action: A Dilemma,” forthcoming in Kevin Timpe and Dan Speak (eds.),Free Will and Theism: Connections, Contingencies, and Concerns. Oxford University Press.
“Mental Causation,” forthcoming in Meghan Griffith, Neil Levy, and Kevin Timpe (eds.), Routledge
Companion to Free Will. Routledge.
“Agent Causation and Acting for Reasons,” American Philosophical Quarterly, Vol.48, No. 4 (October
2011); 333-346.
“What is a Causal Theorist to Do about Omissions?” Modern Schoolman, 88 (1-2):123-144 (2011)
TALKS
“Reasons and Divine Action: A Dilemma,” Whitworth University, April 2014
“Resurrection of the Body?: Physicalism and the Possibility of Life after Death,” Whitworth University,
April 2014
“Robust Christian Materialism,” SCP group session at the Pacific APA, Seattle, WA, April 2012
“Agent-Causation and Acting for Reasons,” Pacific APA, San Francisco, March 2010
“Reasons, Action, and Alienation: A Critique of Reason Externalism,” Northwest Philosophy Conference,
October 2009
“Why You Might Be to Blame, But Not for Anything You’ve Done.” G.K. Chesterton Society, invited
speaker series, May 2009.
“What is a Causal Theorist to Do About Omissions?” Washington State University/University of Idaho
Colloquium, October 2008.
“Actions and Omissions” Whitworth College Faculty Scholarship Forum, September 2006.
“Agents, Reasons, and the Etiology of Action,” SeattlePacificUniversity, May 2006
“Reasons, Agency, and Alienation: A Critique of Reason Externalism,” BethelUniversity, November 2004
COMMENTS
Comments on Christopher Franklin, “If Anyone Should Be an Agent-Causalist, then Everyone Should Be an
Agent-Causalist,”Pacific APA, 2013 (in abstentia)
Comments on Timothy O’Connor and Jonathan D. Jacobs, “Emergence and Resurrection,” Group Meeting
of the Society of Christian Philosophers at the Pacific APA, San Francisco, March 2010.
Comments on Bradley Rettler’s “Presentism and Fatalism Revisited,” Northwest Philosophy Conference,
October 2009
Comments on Kadri Vihvelin’s “How to think about the Free Will/Determinism Problem.” Inland
NorthwestPhilosophy Conference, Washington State University/University of Idaho, March 2008
Comments on Sarah McGrath’s “Causation by Omission,” Brown University Graduate Student Philosophy
Conference, February 2002
HONORS/AWARDS
Lilly SERVE Vocational Speakers Grant, Seattle Pacific University, 2014 (funded two talks by Alfred Mele)
Winifred E. Weter Faculty Award Lecture for Meritorious Scholarship, 2012: “Resurrection of the Body?:
Physicalism and the Possibility of Life After Death”
President’s Opportunity Grant, 2012 (funded philosophy alumni panel)
Faculty Research Grant, Seattle Pacific University, Spring 2010
Lilly SERVE Vocational Speakers Grant, Seattle Pacific University, 2009 (funded talk by Jaegwon Kim)
Teaching Fellowship, Brown University, Spring 2005
Summer Research Fellowship, BrownUniversity, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Dean’s Fellowship, Brown University, 2001
Peltz award for excellence in philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2000
Phi Kappa Phi, U
McNichols award for excellence in writing, SeattlePacificUniversity, 1997
Ivy Honorary, Mortar Board, SeattlePacificUniversity, 1996
COURSES
Current:
Ancient Philosophy
Belief, Morality, and the Modern Mind
Contemporary Epistemology
Contemporary Metaphysics
Early Modern Philosophy
Mind and Immortality
Past:
How Free Are We?
Informal Logic/Critical Thinking
Introduction to Philosophy
Logic
Philosophy of Action
Philosophy of Religion
Reason and Religion
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Referee, American Philosophical Quarterly, Dialogue, Mind, Synthese
Society of Christian Philosophers, Pacific APA Session Committee, 2009 - present
Pacific APA program committee, 2013-2015
Chair, Pacific APA, San Diego, CA, April 2014
Chair, SCP group session at the Pacific APA, San Diego, CA, April 2014
Chair, Author Meets Critics: Eleanor Stump, Pacific APA, Seattle, WA, April 2012
Plenary Session Panelist (by invitation), “Women and the SCP,” Pacific/Mountain Region Meeting of the
Society of Christian Philosophers, March 2011
Society of Christian Philosophers’ Pacific/Mountain Region Division Host Institution Search Committee,
March 2011
Chair, Pacific APA, Vancouver, BC, April 2009
Chair, Bellingham Summer Philosophy Conference, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, August 2008
Chair, Pacific APA, San Francisco, CA, April 2007
Chair, Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference, Moscow, ID/Pullman, WA, April 2006
Chair, Pacific APA, Portland, OR, March 2006
President, Philosophy Graduate Forum, Brown University, 2004 - 2005
Journal Fellow, Nous,BrownUniversity,Fall 2003
Committee Member, Philosophy Graduate Forum, BrownUniversity, 2002 - 2003
Editorial Assistant, Faithand Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,August 1998 - June
2000
Chair, Wisconsin Philosophical Association meeting, May 2000
UNIVERSITY SERVICE (SPU)
Guest presenter, reflections on new general education curriculum: “Ways of Knowing,” New Faculty
Seminar, 2015
Second Reader, Honors Thesis, Katie Morrow, 2014
Chair, Admission, Advising, and Retention Committee, 2012-14
Faculty Council, 2012-2014
Curriculum Enhancement Task Force, 2014
Retention Action Team, 2012-2013
Led faculty training sessions related to new general education curriculum titled, “Epistemological Reflections on ‘Ways of Knowing’,” 2013
Post-tenure review committee (for colleague)
Tenure review committee (for colleague, twice)
Panelist (reflections on the 3rd year review file), New Faculty Tea, Nov. 22, 2011
Philosophy Department Representative to Humanities “Ways of Knowing” Committee, 2011-2012
Human Resources Health Benefits Taskforce, 2011-2012
Day of Common Learning afternoon session, “What is a Physical Object?” with Lane Seeley, Physics,
October 2011.
First Reader, Honors Thesis, “David Lewis, Counterparts, and Identity” Zach McNay, 2011
Panelist, Evolution and Faith, Cara Wall-Scheffler’s Evolutionary Mechanisms course, March 14, 2011
Admission, Advising, and Retention Committee 2008 – 2011; and as single-term replacement, Winter
Quarter, 2012
Theme House Advisor, “The Examined Life,” 2009 - 2010
Local Steering Committee for Lily Fellows Network Conference, February– October, 2008
Organizer, Faculty Reading Group on the work of Jonathan Edwards, 2008/9
Participant, Reading Group for Women Faculty, Fall 2008-Winter 2009
Panelist, “What Can I Do with a Major in the Humanities and Social Sciences?” Hosted by the
Career Development Center, May 2009, January 2010
Panelist, SPU Friday (Office of Admissions), Oct. 16, 2009.
Panelist for “Women and Work,” Career Development Center, February 27, 2008.
“Meet the Professors,” SPU Admissions prospective student event, Fall 2007.
Faculty Senate Devotions, April 2008
Cross-campus interview committee, Educational Leadership job search, School of Education, February 2008.
First Reader, Honors Thesis, “Do Behave: The Role of Agency in a Causal Analysis of Intentional Action,”
Meghan McClain, 2008
Second Reader, Honors Thesis, “Affectionate Companions: Sarah and Jonathan Edwards,” Britt Carlson,
2009
Faculty mini-course, Designing Good Writing Assignments (Tom Amorose), Fall 2009
Faculty mini-course, Introduction to Women’s Studies (Jennifer McKinney), Fall 2008
New Faculty Seminar, Winter 2008
Faith and Philosophy Cadre, 2007 – present
Philosophy Department Colloquia, 2007-present
PROFESSIONAL AFFILLIATIONS
American Philosophical Association
Society of Christian Philosophers
Society for Philosophy of Agency
REFERENCES
Jaegwon KimErnest Sosa
Department of PhilosophyDepartment of Philosophy
Brown UniversityRutgers University
Box 191826 Nichol Avenue
Providence, RI 02912New Brunswick, NJ 08901-2882
Tel. 401-863-2718Tel. (732) 932-9861 x152
James Van CleveWilliam J. Wainwright
USCSchool of PhilosophyDepartment of Philosophy
Mudd Hall of PhilosophyUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
3709 Trousdale ParkwayP.O. Box 413
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0451Milwaukee, WI 53201
Tel. 213-740-5177Tel. 414-229-4719
Forrest BairdC. Stephen Layman
Department of Theology and PhilosophyDepartment of Philosophy
Whitworth UniversitySeattle Pacific University
300 W. Hawthorne Rd.3307 3rd Ave. W.
Spokane, WA 99251Seattle, WA 98119
Tel. 509-777-4380Tel. 206-281-2220
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