Curriculum
Vita
Ronnie L. Littlejohn
I. Degrees, Specializations,
Current Appointments, Recent Fellowships and Grants
B.A., Baylor
University (l970); M.A., Baylor University (l972); Graduate Study, Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary (l972-l974); Graduate Study, University of Texas
at Arlington (l973-l974); University of Chicago (1973); Ph.D., Baylor
University (l978). Post-doctoral
study: The East-West Center and University
of Hawaii, University of Arizona, Harvard University, Notre Dame University,
The Pennsylvania State University, Trinity University.
Specializations:
Wittgenstein, Chinese Philosophy (esp. Daoism), Comparative Philosophy, Ethics
and Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Early Modern Philosophy, Hume,
Russell.
Languages: Chinese (Mandarin); Spanish; German (read);
Koine Greek (read)
Current
Appointments:
Institutes and Workshops
Directed
*Teaching
East Asia, National
Consortium for Teaching about Asia, Freeman Foundation Teacher Development
Seminar in Cooperation with
*Representing
Excellence: The Authoritative in South and East Asian Art and Literature, National Endowment of
Humanities Regional Faculty Development Workshop,
Recent Fellowships and
Grants
*
Freeman Institute for Japan Studies, Tokai University, Honolulu, Hawaii,
May 20-June 8, 2007.
*The Cultivated
Person as Authority: East Asian Perspectives, National Endowment of Humanities Faculty
Development Workshop,
*Moral
Quantification and Prioritization in Chinese Philosophical Tradition," ASIANetwork/Freeman
Foundation Student-Faculty Partnership Fellowship Grant, Field Study in the
People's Republic of
*
*Religion and Philosophy in
China: Texts and Contexts, National Endowment of the Humanities Summer Institute, Henry Rosemont
and Peter Hershock, Directors, East-West Center, University of Hawaii,
Honolulu, Hawaii, June 8-July 10, 1998
*The Eleventh
Summer Workshop for the Development of Intercultural Coursework at Colleges and
Universities, Richard Brislin, Director, East West Studies Center,
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 9-18, 1997
*Islamic
History and Cultures, Summer Institute for Faculty, Funded by The National
Endowment for the Humanities, Julia Clancey-Smith, Director, University of
Arizona, Tempe, Arizona, May 26-June 21, 1996.
*Virtue Ethics, Summer
Seminar for Philosophy Teachers, University of Notre Dame, David Solomon,
Director, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, May 22-28, 1994,
*Rousseau and
Blake: Inventing the Modern Self, Summer Seminar for College Teachers,
Funded by The National Endowment for the Humanities, Leo Damrosch, Director,
*God and the
Soul: Reading Augustine's Confessions, Summer Seminar for University
Professors, Funded by The
*The Spectrum of
Responsibility, Summer Seminar for College Teachers, Funded by The National
Endowment for the Humanities, Peter A. French, Director, Trinity University, San
Antonio, Texas, June 11, 1990-July 20,1990
*Religion in a
Postmodern World, Funded by Mellon Regional Faculty Development, Mark C.
Taylor, Director, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, June 9-20, 1986
II. Professional Experience
Teaching: Professor of Philosophy --l984-Present
(Tenured)
Administrative
Positions:
Teaching: Professor
of Philosophy (l980-l984)
Administrative
Positions:
Teaching: Razor
Lecturer, Department of Philosophy (l977-l979)
George C. Humphrey
Teaching Fellow, Dept. of Religion, (l974-l978)
Other Teaching
Experience:
Baylor University School
of Nursing (1972-1974): Instructor in Religion and Medical Ethics,
(l972-l974)
III. Current Professional
and Academic Association Memberships and Appointments
Memberships
o
Association of Regional Centers for the Development of Asian Studies
o
Asian Studies Development Program,
o
American Philosophical Association
o
American Association of Philosophy Teachers
o
Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy
o
Society for the Study of Chinese
Religions
o
Association for Asian Studies
o
ASIANetwork
o
Professional Appointments
1.
Associate Editor,
Journal of Daoist Studies
2. Scholarly Notes and Book Review Editor, Southeast
Review of Asian Studies (SERAS)
3.
Vice-Chair and
Chairman-Elect, ASIANetwork
4.
Commissioning
Referee, Religion and Philosophy for Blackwell Publishing
5.
Commissioning
Referee, Asian Studies/China, for
6.
External Referee,
Susan Sutton Smith Prize for Academic Excellence,
7.
Member, Executive
Board, Association of Regional Centers, Asian Studies Development Program,
East-West Center, Honolulu, HI
8.
Member, Executive
Board, Society of Asian and Comparative Philosophy
9.
Member, Executive
Board, Chinese Arts
10. Member, Governor’s Tennessee Teaching Asia in the
Schools Committee
11. Book Review Editor, East-West Connections: Review of
Asian Studies
12. Book Referee for Association of Chinese Philosophers
of
13. Article Referee, Dao:
A Journal of Comparative Philosophy
14. Article Referee, Philosophy
East and West
15. Editorial Board Member, Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion, a book series
published by Lexington Books.
Program Chair, Society of Asian and
Comparative Philosophy Sections, American Philosophical Association, Central
Division Meetings
16. Local Arrangements Chair, 2007 Southeastern Regional Conference
of the Association of Asian Studies
17. Local Arrangements Chair, 2006 National Conference of
the Asian Studies Development Program
18. Program Chair, 2003 National Conference of the Asian
Studies Development Program
19. Guest Editor, East-West
Connections: Review of Asian Studies
(2003 edition)
IV. Awards
Meritorious Faculty
Performance Award,
Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, International East-West
Center Alumni Association,
Recipient, Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching,
Learning and Technology, presented at the 14th International Conference on Teaching and Learning,
Virginia Chaney Distinguished
Professor Award,
Distinguished
Faculty Lecturer in the Humanities,
V. Academic Publications
Television:
Opening Heaven’s Gate 天門: The Daoist Manual of Inner Alchemy, 30 minute TV program for PBS, New York in
association with The Yoga and Meditation Society for the Scientific Study of
Spirituality, sponsored by the Metanexus Institute and the State University of
New York, April 13, 2005.
Skepticism and
Religious Relativism, Episode 13, Religions of the World, presented by Liberty
International Entertainment in cooperation with Greenstar Television. Narration
by Ben Kingsley, 1998.
Books:
Daoism: An Introduction (Forthcoming in Nov. 2008 from I.B. Tauris,
Riding
the Wind: New Essays on the Daoist Classic the Liezi, Co-Editor with Jeffrey Dippmann, forthcoming Feb.
2009, from State University of New York Press
Polishing the Chinese Mirror: Essays in
Honor of Henry Rosemont, Jr. Co-Editor with
Ethics: Studying
the Art of Moral Appraisal (Rowman & Littlefield, 1993)
Exploring
Christian Theology (University Press of America, l984)
Articles:
“The Liezi's Use of the Zhuangzi."
Riding the Wind: New Essays on the
Daoist Classic the Liezi,
Eds. Jeffrey Dippmann and Ronnie Littlejohn, forthcoming from State University
of New York.
Did Kongzi Teach Us How to Become Gods?” Polishing the Chinese Mirror: Essays in
Honor of Henry Rosemont, Jr. Eds.
Marthe
“Sages Who Are Good at Saving the People:
the Authority of Contemporary Daoshi in
“Introduction,”
to A Philosophical Transcreation of the
Tao Te Ching, translated by Ashok Kulmar Malhotra.
“Implications of the Origins of the Daodejing for Philosophy,” in Comparative Philosophy,
“Too Twisted to Fit a Carpenter's
Square: Using and Teaching the Daodejing 道德經” in Teaching
Texts and Contexts: The Art of Infusing Asian Philosophies and Religions, ed.
Ellen Klein and David Jones, (SUNY Press).
" Revisiting the Wu Xing 五行 Physics of the Zhongyong中庸," in Metaphilosophy
and Chinese Thought: Interpreting David Hall.
*“Teasing Out A Comparative Methodology:
James Legge’s Institutionalization of Authoritative Discourse about
"'It's Not That Ghosts Really Lose Their
Numinous Qualities:' Rosemont on Religious Experience," in Philosophy
East and West: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, Vol. 54, Number 3 (July
2004): 404-407
"The Giant Forge and the Great
Ironsmith: Revisiting the Wu Xing 五行 Physics of
the Zhongyong中庸," Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy,
Vol. 3, No. 2 (Summer 2004): 205-217.
"Is
there Forgiveness in the Ghost World? Daoist
and Christian Views on the Moral Order," Ching Feng, New Series 1-2, Vol. 3 (Fall 2002): 147-177.
"Taishan’ s
Tradition: The Quantification and Prioritization of Moral Wrongs in a
Contemporary Daoist Religion," Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, (Winter 2002): 117-141.
"Comparative
Images of the Moral Person: Saints and Shengren 聖人," East-West
Connections: Review of Asian Studies, (2002): 149-161
"The Received
Tradition on Ming 命
in the Mencius 孟子," The Southeast Review of Asian Studies, 23 (2001): 33-45
"Portrayals of
Lost Innocence: Flatliners and The Good Son," in Philosophy
and Film: A Collection of Readings, edited by H. Mike Awalt (
"Can Rotten
Wood Be Carved? Implications of Intellectual Self-Regulation in the Analects,"
East-West Connections: Review of Asian Studies, June 2001.
"Comparative
Moral Philosophy: Learning Ethics Through Other Cultures," Council of
Societies for the Study of Religion Bulletin, February 2001.
"Rousseau's Beautiful
Soul: A Hegelian Reading," in Essays on the Modern Identity, edited
by William Brewer and Carole Lambert in Studies on Themes and Motifs in
Literature, Vol. 55, Horst Daemmrich, General Editor, New York: Peter Lang
Publishing, Inc., 2000, pp. 59-83.
"Comparative
Moral Grammars," in Japan's Transition to the 21st Century,
edited by Sidney DeVere Brown. (Institute of East Asian Studies Publications,
"Transmission
of the Chinese Moral Culture: Morality and Ledger Books in the World of Moral
Self-Regulation," The Southeast Review of Asian Studies, Vol. 21
(1999): 15-31.
"Decentered
Classrooms: The WWW and Problem Based Learning in Introductory
Philosophy," Selected Papers and Awards from the Eighth National
Conference on College Teaching and Learning (July 1997)
"Bedrock and
Shifting Sand: Moral Change in Early Islam," Studies in Islamic
History and Culture, Community College Humanities Association (Special
Issue, August 1997).
"Using
Portfolios to Assess Student Learning," in The Teaching Professor,
Fall 1994.
"Total Quality
Management as Moral Education," in Proceedings of the 4th Annual
National Conference on Ethics in
"Does
Augustine Have a Theory of Moral Innocence in the Confessions" in Contemporary
Philosophy, Winter 1992.
"Reporting,
Interpretation, and Moral Values in the Media," in Proceedings of the
l2th Annual
"Honors and
Leadership: The Role of Student Research and Presentation," The
HonorRole (Publication of the Southern Regional Honors Council), Fall l987.
"Teaching
Philosophy to Gifted Children," College Student Journal 2l
(Fall l987): 274-28l
"A
Philosophical Analysis of the Transcendental Foundations of Political Power and
Security," Proceedings of the Society of International Philosophers for
the Prevention of Nuclear Omnicide, (April l986)
"A Given
Security," Baptist Peacemaker, Vol. 4, No. 3 (July 1984): 6-8
"There
is No Sola Scriptura," The Christian Century (March 14,
l984), pp. 280-282
Encyclopedia
Articles
“Comparative
Philosophy,” in Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://www.utm.edu:80/research/iep/,
James Fieser, General Editor; Jeffrey L. Richey, Area Editor for Eastern
Philosophy, 2005.
"Wang Bi王弼," in Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://www.utm.edu:80/research/iep/, James
Fieser, General Editor; Jeffrey L. Richey, Area Editor for Eastern Philosophy,
2005.
"Needs and
Wants," in Ethics: Revised Edition. R. Kent Rasmussen, General
Editor. John K. Roth, Area Editor.
"Reconciliation,"
in Ethics: Revised Edition. R. Kent Rasmussen, General Editor.
"Daoist
Philosophy 道家," in Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://www.utm.edu:80/research/iep/,
James Fieser, General Editor; Jeffrey L. Richey, Area Editor for Eastern
Philosophy.
"Laozi 老子," in Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://www.utm.edu:80/research/iep/, James
Fieser, General Editor; Jeffrey L. Richey, Area Editor for Eastern
Philosophy.
Book
Reviews:
Text
and Ritual in Early
Taoism:
The Enduring Tradition, by Russell
Kirkland in Education for
Readings
in Classical Chinese Philosophy, edited
by Philip J. Ivanhoe and Bryan W. VanNorden and Classic Asian Philosophy: A Guide to the Essential Texts, by Joel
J. Kupperman,. A critical review article
for Philosophy East and West, Lisa Raphals, Book Review Editor.
Cosmos
and Community: The Ethical Dimension of Daoism, by Livia Kohn.
Reviewed for Daoist Studies, Louis Komjathy Book Review Editor.
Korean
Shamanism: The Cultural Paradox, by
Chongho Kim.. Reviewed for Journal of Church and State. Vol.
47, Autumn 2005. Gary Hull, Book Review Editor.
Confucius
Analects with Selections from Traditional Commentaries, translated by Edward Slingerland and Confucius and the Analects: New Essays, edited by Bryan
Van Norden. Reviewed for Philosophy
East and West, 55: 1 (April 2005) Lisa Raphals, Book Review Editor.
Great
Perfection: Religion and Ethnicity in a
The
Victorian Translation of
Realms
of Freedom in Modern
Rationality and
Religious Experience: The Continuing Relevance of the World's Spiritual
Traditions, by
Henry Rosemont, Jr.. A critical book
review article for Philosophy East and West 54:3 (July 2004). Lisa Raphals, Book Review Editor.
Islam in Asia, edited by Jason F.
Isaacson and Colin Rubenstein. Reviewed
for Journal of Church and State Vol. 46, Winter 2004.
Dialectic
of the Chinese Revolution, by Jiwei
Ci, Reviewed for Journal of Chinese
Political Science. Baogang Guo, Book Review Editor.
The Jesus
Sutras: Rediscovering the Lost Scrolls of Taoist Christianity, by Martin Palmer. Reviewed for Journal of Church and State
Vol. 45, Fall 2003
Daoism and
Ecology: Ways within a Cosmic Landscape, edited by N.J. Girardot, James Miller, and Liu
Xiaogan. Reviewed for Daoist
Studies. Louis Komjathy, Book Review
Editor. Fall 2003.
The Democracy of
the Dead: Dewey, Confucius, and the Hope for Democracy in
"Reason,
Empathy and Japanese Religious Sentiment," reviewed for Japan Studies
Association Journal (Fall 2002)
"The Jewish
Factor in US-Japan Relations, reviewed for Japan Studies Association Journal
(Spring 2001)
"Missionary
Versus Atheist: James Curtis Hepburn and Edward Sylvester Morse as Foreign
Technical Experts in Meiji
"Mahikari
Beyond Japan," reviewed for Japan Studies Association Journal
(Winter 1999)
The Confucian
Tradition,
the Annenberg/CPB Collection reviewed for Education about Asia (Fall
1998)
"Thrift
Stores, Bell-Bottoms, and Spam: Pop Culture, Camp, and Ethics," reviewed
for Journal of Social Philosophy (November 4, 1997)
Bigotry, Prejudice and Hatred, edited by Robert M. Baird
reviewed for The Journal of Church and State (Winter 1993)
Cases in Bioethics: Selections from the
The Study of Philosophy, reviewed for Collegiate
Press, Alta Loma,
Stalking the
Ripper with Reason: An Exercise to the Best Explanation reviewed for
Treasure Haunt: An Exercise in Plausibility
Theory,
reviewed for
Strength for the Journey by Jerry Falwell reviewed
for The Christian Century (April 20, l988)
Dialectical Theology: In Search of Deity by John Macquarrie for Minister's
Personal Library Journal (October l985)
God as the Mystery of the World by Eberhard Jungel reviewed
for Minister's Personal Library Journal (January l984)
VI. Papers and Presentations
"What an Emerging Confucian Political
Philosophy Might Look Like," Southwest Conference of Asian Studies,
“Confucius as Student and Teacher in the Zhuangzi,”
National Conference of ASIANetwork,
Panel Chair, “Polishing the Chinese Mirror:
Henry Rosemont, Jr. as Scholar-Teacher,” National Conference of ASIANetwork,
“Arts and Practices of the Daoist Masters
of the Zhuangzi,” 14th National Conference of the Asian
Studies Development Program,
“Aesthetics and Message in Zhang
Yimou’s ‘Hero’ (Ying Xiong 英雄), “Off-the-Wall” Community Film Series, Frist Center for Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee,
August 24, 2007.
“Becoming Uncarved Wood: Daoist Themes in
the Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection,”
“The Perfected Person (Zhenren真人) in
Classical Daoist Texts,” on the panel of New Works in the Field: Sacred
Words-A Sourcebook on the Great Religions of the World presented at the
National Conference of the Asian Studies
Development Program in
“Classical Origins of the Five Principles
of Peaceful Coexistence,” 2006
“Kongzi
on Religious Experience,” invited paper presented in the panel on Confucian
Theology for the Comparative Theology Section of the American Academy of Religion,
“Are there Ritual Formulas in the Daodejing,” invited paper for the Daoist Studies Consultation of the American Academy of Religion,
“Opening Heaven’s Gate: Contemporary Daoist
Ritual Practice in Southern China,” presented at
“Better Stand Back, I Told you It’s Not
Dead Yet! The Transcreation of the Daodejing” presented
at the 13th National Conference of the Asian Studies Development Program in
"Kongzi 孔子 in the Zhuangzi 莊子,” presented at the 45th Annual Meeting
of Southeastern Regional Association for Asian Studies at Armstrong
Atlantic University, Atlanta, Georgia, January 20-22, 2006.
“Men Behind the Sun: Portraying Japanese
Atrocities in China ,” Presented at
the Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, NJ, November 4-6, 2005.
“Did Kongzi Teach Us How to Become Gods?,”
presented at the National Meeting of the Society
of Asian and Comparative Philosophy, at the Asilomar Conference Grounds,
Pacific Grove, California, October 20-23, 2005.
“Contemporary
American Intellectual and Cultural Challenges,” a three-week workshop delivered
to the Advanced Studies in American
Culture class of Provincial government administrators of Henan Province at
Zhengzhou University in June-July 2005 at the invitation of Wang Shengli, Vice
Dean, the School of Foreign Languages, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou,
PRC.
“ASIANetwork and ASDP Make Their Introductions” Invited plenary panel presentation along with Van J. Symons, Augustana
College and Executive Director of ASIANetwork and Betty Buck, Univ. of Hawai’i
at Manoa and Co-Director, Asian Studies Development Program of the East-West
Center, the 2005 National
ASIANetwork/ASDP Conference, Whittier, California, April 21-24, 2005.
“The Daogu 道姑
of The Peony Pavilion,”
presented at the 2005 National
ASIANetwork/ASDP Conference,
"The Implications of the Origins of
the Daodejing for
Philosophy," Keynote Address, The
"Who
are the Daoshi?” presented at The State University of New York (SUNY)
Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, Oneonta,
New York, April 14, 2005.
“Opening
Heaven’s Gate 天門: The Daoist Manual of Inner Alchemy,” Keynote Address, The Yoga and
Meditation Society for the Scientific Study of Spirituality, Sponsored by
Metanexus and The State
University of New York, Oneonta, New York, April 13, 2005.
“Teasing Out A Comparative Methodology:
James Legge’s Institutionalization of Authoritative Discourse about China,”
presented at Hawaii International
Conference on Arts and Humanities, Sponsored by the Asia-Pacific Research
Institute of Peking University and the East-West Council for Education,
Honolulu, Hawaii, January 13-16, 2005.
“Daoist Teachings in the Laozi Logia of the Zhuangzi,” presented at the national
meeting of the Society for Asian and
Comparative Philosophy, at the Asilomar Conference Grounds,
“Teaching
Classical Chinese Philosophy” for the
National Consortium on Teaching about Asia Summer Workshop for Teachers,
Nashville, Tennessee, June 7, 2004.
“Applying Effortless Action:
Wu-wei無為 in the Laozi Logia of the Zhuangzi 莊子,” presented at The American Philosophical
Association, Central Division,
"Sages
who are Good at Saving the People: the Authority of Contemporary Daoshi in
Southern China,” presented at the
national meeting of the Asian Studies
Development Program in Kansas City, Missouri, April 15-17, 2004.
“Current Practices in Chinese
Daoism,” presented at the
‘Cognitive
Preconditions for Moral Agency: A Wittgensteinian Description’ Invited Lecture
in Humanities Series at
Wittgenstein on ‘The Will,’
and ‘Willing”: Implications for Interpreting the Notion of Wu-wei 無為” presented at The American Philosophical
Association, Eastern Division,
“On the Ritual Origin of Daodejing Logia,” presented at the Southeastern Early China Roundtable,
"Laozi in the Zhuangzi,"
presented at Midwest Conference of Asian
Affairs, 52 Annual Meeting,
"Understanding
Confucianism in Modern
"Sages who are
Good at Saving the People: the Authority of Contemporary Daoshi in Southern
China," presented in the Conference on Cultures of Authority in Asian
Practice, East-West Center,
September 2-6, 2002, Roger T. Ames and Peter Hershock, moderators.
"The Daodejing
as a Ritual Text: Implications for Philosophical Interpretation,"
presented at Daoism and the Contemporary World: An International Conference
on Daoist Studies at
"'It's Not
That Ghosts Really Lose Their Numinous Qualities:' Rosemont on Religious
Experience," invited paper presented at the International Conference of
the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, at the Asilomar
Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California, May 27-30, 2003.
"The Giant
Forge and the Great Ironsmith: Revisiting the Implications of the Wu Xing五行Physics of the Zhongyong 中庸,," presented at the David
Hall Memorial Conference, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, May
23-25, 2003
"The Jesus
Sutras: Recovering the Lost Scrolls of Daoist Christianity," presented at
the 14th International Conference on
Teaching and Learning, April 1-5, 2003,
"Interpreting
the Lost Scrolls of Daoist Christianity," presented at National Meeting of
Asian Studies Program,
"The World is
a Spiritual Vessel (shen qi 神器 )A Comparison of Two
Theories of Moral Education," presented at 42nd Annual Meeting of Southeastern Regional Association for Asian
Studies at
"Applying Just
War Theory to the Doctrines of Anticipatory Self-Defense and Preemptive
Strike," presented in Belmont University Convocation Series, The United States and Iraq: Teach In,
sponsored by the Departments of History and Political Science,
"Notes on the
Transmission of a Daoist Moral Culture," presented at 31st Annual Meeting of Southwest Conference on Asian Studies,
"Bei Dou 北斗
The Daoist
Ritual to the Big Dipper: A Study of Moral Philosophy in China," presented
in the Belmont University Asian Studies Convocation Series, Leu Center for the
Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, September 13, 2002.
"The Concept
and Practice of Philosophical Field-Research," presented at the Annual Meeting of ASIANetwork,
"Do You Know
You Are a Criminal? Moral Quantification
and Prioritization in a Daoist Moral Culture," presented at the Annual Meeting of ASIANetwork,
"'My Name is
Mountain': Daoist Moral Teachings on the Environment, presented at national
meeting of Asian Studies Development
Program, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Georgia, March 14-16, 2002.
"Notes on
Comparing the Zhongyong中庸 and Process Philosophy," presented at national meeting of Asian Studies Development Program,
"Taishan's
"The
Bureaucracy of Hell: Moral Prioritization and Quantification in Chinese
Tradition," presented at the 41st
Southeastern Regional Association for Asian Studies, University of
Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tennessee, January 18-20, 2002.
"MacIntyre on
the Moral Self," 33rd Annual Meeting,
"Do Nonhuman
Animals Feel Pain? The Role of Consciousness," 33rd Annual Meeting,
"Quantification
and Prioritization in Daoist Moral Culture," presented at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Association for Asian
Studies,
"Strategies
for Developing the Small Asian Studies Program," presented at the Annual Meeting of ASIANetwork,
"Comparative
Images of the Moral Person: Saints and Shengren聖人," presented at the
national conference of the Asian
Studies Development Program: Contemporary Issues,
"Implications
for Moral Life of the Concept of Ming 命
in the Mencius 孟子," presented at the 40th
Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Regional Conference of the Association for
Asian Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, January
12-14, 2001.
"Incorporating
Asian Studies Across Disciplines," presented at the Faculty Winter Teaching Workshop Series,
"Can Rotten
Wood Be Carved? Implications of Intellectual Self-Regulation in the Analects,"
presented at the 4th International
Research Conference in Asian and Comparative Philosophy, University of
Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, September 28-October 1, 2000.
"Identifying
Preconceptions and Misconceptions When Introducing Chinese Philosophy and
Religion into the Classroom," invited panelist at the 4th International Research Conference in Asian and Comparative
Philosophy, University of Missouri-Columbia,
"Can Rotten
Wood Be Carved? Implications of Intellectual Self-Regulation in the Analects,"
presented at the national meeting of the Asian
Studies Development Program,
"The Japanese
Moral Culture as Context for the General Ethics Survey," presented at the Sixth Annual Conference, Japan Studies
Association,
"Leading Our
Students Down New Paths," Faculty
Summer Teaching Workshop Series, Belmont University Teaching Center,
Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee, August 17, 1999
"Go
East," Faculty Summer Teaching
Workshop Series,
"The Role of
Asian Studies in Cultivating Humanity," presented at the national meeting
of the Asian Studies Development Program,
"Transmission
of the Chinese Moral Culture: Morality and Ledger Books in the World of Moral
Self-Regulation," presented at the Southeast
Conference of the Association of Asian Studies, University of Georgia,
Athens, Georgia, January 15-17, 1999.
"Comparative
Moral Grammars: Studying Japanese Moral Culture," presented at The Transformation of Japan in the 21st
Century: Encompassing All Aspects of Human Life, Center for Japan Studies,
Teikyo Loretto Heights University, Denver, Colorado, October 3, 1998.
"Using Problem
Based Learning in the Classroom", Faculty
Summer Teaching Workshop Series, Belmont University Teaching Center,
Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee August 18, 1998.
"Strategies
for Introducing the Study of Global Moral Cultures," presented at The Ninth International Conference on
College Teaching and Learning,
"Humanities
Teaching with Technology," presented at The Ninth International Conference on College
Teaching and Learning,
"Decentered
Classrooms: The WWW and Problem-Based Learning in Introductory
Philosophy," presented at the Twentieth
World Congress of Philosophy,
"Teaching
Islam in the Core Curriculum of
"Evidence for
Mental State Attribution and Its Relevance to the Moral Life of Nonhuman
Animals," Panel discussion, Yerkes Primate Center, Emory University,
Atlanta, Geogia, February 17, 1998.
Section Chair,
"Religion, Healing and Islamic Science," Third International Research Conference in Asian and Comparative
Philosophy,
"Uses of the
WWW and Other Instructional Technologies in the Classroom," presented at 17th Annual Lilly Conference on College
Teaching, November 22, 1997,
"Is There a
Language? Is There Language? Are There Languages?" presented at the Tennessee Philosophical Association,