Brief Biography of

Stephen J. Sullivan

Position: Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Affiliations:

• Member, American Philosophical Association, 2004-present
• Member, PASSHE Interdisciplinary Association for Philosophy and Religious Studies, 2005-present

Education:

• Ph.D., Philosophy, Cornell University, 1990
• M.A., Philosophy, Cornell University, 1984
• B.A., Philosophy, University of Toronto, 1979 (with distinction)
• Catholic University of America, 1974-1976

Academic Appointments:

• Assistant Professor, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (2004- ) (tenured 2009)
• Assistant/Associate Professor, University of Southern Indiana (1996-2004)
• Adjunct Instructor, Seton Hall University (Spring 1996)
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Illinois Wesleyan University (1994-1995)
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Illinois State University (1992-1993)
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech (1990-1992)
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Rice University (1988-1990)

Honors:

• Nominated for Educator of the Year in Spring 2009
• Nominated for Advisor of the Year in Spring 2009

Professional Affiliations:

• American Philosophical Association (2004- )
• PASSHE Interdisciplinary Association for Philosophy and Religious Studies (2005- )

Recent Publications:

• "A Critique of One Unnaturalness Objection to Gay Sex," American Philosophical Association Newsletter (forthcoming Spring 2010).
• Review of William J. Wainwright, Religion and Morality, Secular Web, Fall 2009.
• "Christian Morality and Slave Morality," Philo (Fall/Winter 2009).
• "Nietzsche's Anticipations of Russell," Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly (Spring 2009).
• Review of Jostein Gaarder, Sophie's World: A Novel on the History of Philosophy, Janua Sophia (2008).
• "The Special Rights Fallacy," PASSHE Values Newsletter (Fall 2007).
• "Science, Morality, and Religion: A Reply to Herman E. Daly," Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly (Summer/Fall 2006).
• "Absolutism, Relativism, and Abortion: A Reply to Gillespie," PASSHE Values Newsletter (Fall 2006).
• "Adams's Open-Question Argument Against Ethical Naturalism," Secular Web (2006).
• Review essay on Robert Merrihew Adams, Finite and Infinite Goods, Secular Web (2005).
• Review of Roger-Pol Droit, How Are Things? A Philosophical Experiment, New Humanist Update (December 6, 2005).
• "Social Conservatism, Sexual Morality, and Ethical Relativism," PASSHE Values Newsletter (Fall 2005).
• "By Virtue of Being White" [Letter], Teaching Tolerance (Spring 2007).
• "The 'Dark Side' of Catholic Colleges" [Letter], Chronicle of Higher Education, June 20, 2008.
• A 'Safe Space' for Students in Campus Offices" [Letter], Chronicle of Higher Education, January 18, 2008.
• "Believing in the Liberal Arts" [Letter], Chronicle of Higher Education, July 21, 2006.
• "Keep 'Moral Certainties' Out of the Classroom" [Letter], Chronicle of Higher Education, January 13, 2006.

Manuscript reviews:

• forthcoming work by New York University cognitive psychologist Gregory L. Murphy (Summer 2009)
• Journal of Value Inquiry (Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2007, Fall 2004)
• Janua_Sophia (2004-2009)
• Secular Web (Fall 2007)
• Secular Web (Fall 2007)
• Oxford University Press (Summer 2007)