Directory
Rick Repetti
Professor
History-Philosophy & Political Science
- (718) 368-5226
- Rick.Repetti@kbcc.cuny.edu
- D-223, D Cluster
PERSONAL DATA
Place of Birth New York, NY
Citizenship USA
Office Contact CUNY/911爆料 Community College
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
- CUNY/KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE: DEPT. OF HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY & POLITICAL SCIENCE
2016 鈥 Professor
2013 鈥 2016 Associate Professor
2006 鈥 2013 Assistant Professor (tenured Fall 2011)
2004 鈥 2006 Instructor (f/t)
2003 鈥 2004 Substitute Lecturer (f/t)
1996 鈥 2000 Adjunct Instructor (p/t)
- VASSAR COLLEGE: EXPLORING TRANSFER PROGRAM
2008 Visiting Lecturer: Global Ethics and Identity
2007 Visiting Lecturer: Engaged Ethics: Integrating Contemplative Practice and social justice
- CUNY/BROOKLYN COLLEGE: PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT
1991 鈥 2003 Adjunct / Graduate Teaching Fellow
1998 鈥 1999 Deputy Chair, summers
- CUNY/LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE HUMANITIES DEPARTMENT
1998 鈥 1999 Adjunct Instructor
EDUCATION
- CUNY/GRADUATE SCHOOL
2005 PHD IN PHILOSOPHY
- CUNY/GRADUATE SCHOOL
2003 M.PHIL. IN PHILOSOPHY
- CUNY/BROOKLYN COLLEGE
1989 B.A. IN PHILOSOPHY (Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude)
- CUNY/HERBERT H. LEHMAN COLLEGE
1984 鈥 1986 MAJOR IN PHILOSOPHY
PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS
- 2019 Buddhism, Meditation, and Free Will: A Buddhist Theory of Mental Freedom. London: Routledge
- 2017 Buddhist Perspectives on Free Will: Agentless Agency? Ed. R. Repetti. London: Routledge (refereed). (Contributors of note include: Galen Strawson, Owen Flanagan, Jay Garfield, Peter Harvey, B. Alan Wallace, Mark Siderits, and other reputable philosophers with expertise in philosophy of religion generally and/or Buddhism specifically; the collection has already received strong positive endorsements from John Martin Fischer, Gregg Caruso, and Douglas Duckworth.)
- 2010 The Counterfactual Theory of Free Will: A Genuinely Deterministic Form of Soft Determinism. LAP Lambert Academic (invited)
PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES (all refereed)
- 2019 鈥淔reedom of the Mind: Buddhist Soft Compatibilism,鈥 Philosophy East and West. Published electronically February 9, 2019. (Pre-print) doi:10.1353/pew.0.0169, https://muse.jhu.edu/article/717581
- 2018 鈥淪ymposium on Buddhist Perspectives on Free Will: Agentless Agency?鈥, Journal of Buddhist Ethics 25, 635-662.
- 2018 鈥淚t Wasn鈥檛 Us: Reply to Michael Brent鈥, Journal of Buddhist Ethics 25, 839-855.
- 2018 鈥淚t Wasn鈥檛 Me: Replies to Karin Meyers鈥, Journal of Buddhist Ethics 25, 855-886.
- 2016 鈥淚f God Didn鈥檛 Satisfice, We Could Still Exist鈥, Science, Religion & Culture 2:4 (March 2016), 115-24 (invited by editor)
- 2015 鈥淏uddhist Meditation and the Possibility of Freedom鈥, Science, Religion & Culture 2:2 (May 2015), 81-98 (invited by editor)
- 2014 鈥淩ecent Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism, Incompatibilism, and Beyond鈥, Journal of Buddhist Ethics 21 (March 13, 2014), 279-352
- 2012 鈥淏uddhist Hard Determinism: No Self, No Free Will, No Responsibility鈥, Journal of Buddhist Ethics 19 (April 19, 2012), 130-97 (invited by editor)
- 2012 鈥淏uddhist Reductionism and Free Will: Paleo- compatibilism鈥, Journal of Buddhist Ethics 19 (April 11, 2012), 33-95 (invited by editor)
- 2010 鈥淓arlier Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism鈥, Journal of Buddhist Ethics 17 (December 21, 2010), 279-310
- 2010 鈥淢editation and Mental Freedom: A Buddhist Theory of Free Will鈥, Journal of Buddhist Ethics 17 (July 15, 2010), 166-212
- 2010 鈥淭he Case for a Contemplative Philosophy of Education鈥, New Directions for Community Colleges 151 (Fall 2010), 5-15 (invited by editor)
- 2004 鈥淩eply to Steven Cahn鈥檚 鈥楾he Ethics of Teaching: A Puzzle,鈥欌 American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy 3:2 (Spring 2004), 18-19 (invited by editor)
PUBLICATIONS: CHAPTERS
- 2018 鈥淚 Could Have Done Otherwise, Had I Wanted To.鈥 In Clarity and Vision:An Introduction to Philosophy 2d ed., eds. Ben Abelson, Marie Friquegnon, and Raziel Abelson, ch. 6. Kendall Hunt Publishing (invited)
- 2017 鈥淲hat Do Buddhists Think about Free Will?鈥 In A Mirror Is for Reflection: Understanding Buddhist Ethics, edited by Jake Davis, ch. 14. New York: Oxford University Press (invited)
- 2017 鈥淚ntroduction: Hermeneutical Koan鈥擶hat Is the Sound of One Buddhist Theory of Free Will?鈥 In Buddhist Perspectives on Free Will: Agentless Agency, ed. R. Repetti, 1-10. Routledge (refereed)
- 2017 鈥淲hy There Ought To Be a Buddhist Theory of Free Will.鈥 In Buddhist Perspectives on Free Will: Agentless Agency, ed. R. Repetti, 22-33. Routledge (refereed)
- 2017 鈥淎gentless Agency: The Soft Compatibilist Argument from Buddhist Evitabilism, Mind-Mastery, Buddhist Meditation and Mental Freedom.鈥 In Buddhist Perspectives on Free Will: Agentless Agency, ed. R. Repetti, 193-206. Routledge (refereed)
- 2016 鈥淢editation Matters: Replies to the Anti-McMindfulness Bandwagon!鈥 In Handbook of Mindfulness: Culture, Context and Social Engagement, eds. Ron Purser, David Forbes, and Adam Burke, 473-493. Springer
PUBLICATIONS: BOOK REVIEWS (all invited by editors)
- 2015 Jay L. Garfield, Engaging Buddhism: Why It Matters to Philosophy,Oxford University Press, 2015, 400pp., $29.95, ISBN 978-0-19-020434-1(paperback). Science, Religion & Culture 2:2 (May 2015), 1-6
- 2015 Christian Coseru. Perceiving Reality: Consciousness, Intentionality, andCognition in Buddhist Philosophy. Oxford University Press 2012. 384 pp. $78.00 USD (Hardcover ISBN 9780199843381); $29.95 USD (Paperback ISBN 9780190253110). Philosophy in Review 35:4 (August 2015), 191-193
- 2014 Peter Boghossian, A Manual for Creating Atheists, Pitchstone Publishing,2013, 280pp., $14.95, ISBN 978-1939578099 (paperback). Foreword by Michael Shermer. Science, Religion & Culture 1:2 (August 2014), 93-96
PUBLICATIONS: FORTHCOMING (invited and refereed)
- 鈥淢别诲颈迟补迟颈辞苍,鈥 The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible
- 鈥淎 Defense of Buddhism, Meditation, and Free Will: A Theory of Mental Freedom,鈥 Zygon
- 鈥淪elfhood and Resentment.鈥 In Fusion Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Mark Siderits, edited by Christian Coseru. (Publisher pending)
- 鈥淚s Anything We Do Ever Really Up To Us? Western and Buddhist Philosophical Perspectives on Free Will.鈥 In Philosophy鈥檚 Perennial Questions: Comparing Buddhist and Western Approaches, ed. Steven Emmanuel. Columbia University Press
- Review: Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay, How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Practical Guide, Lifelong Press, 2019, 272pp., $16.99, (Paperback ISBN 9780738285320). Science, Religion & Culture
PUBLICATIONS: NON -ACADEMIC
August 14, 2019 鈥淪teel Men and Viewpoint Manicheanism,鈥 Quillette.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
- Meditation: Buddhist and Contemporary Philosophical and Scientific Perspectives. Edited collection. (Tentative publisher: Columbia University Press.)
- Soft Compatibilism: A Counterfactual Analysis of Agential Causal Efficacy. (Tentative publisher: Lexington Books.)
- The Spoken Tao: The Philosophy of Meditation. (Tentative publisher: Pending.)
- APEX Level to Power: Taking Back the Power of the Tribe. Co-authored with Mark Gleason. (Tentative publisher: Pending.)
- Review: Stefan Molyneux, Universally Preferable Behavior: A rational Proof of Secular Ethics. Freedomain Library, 2007, 134pp., $19.70, ISBN (Paperback). (Tentative publisher: Pending.)
- 鈥淭hank God for the Mafia! Why Identity Politics Is Racist.鈥 (Tentative publisher: Pending.)
EDITORIAL WORK
2019 鈥 present Publons, Reviewer
2017 鈥 present Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Associate Editor and Reviewer
2014 鈥 present Science, Religion & Culture, Editorial Board and Reviewer
2014 鈥 present APA Committee on Philosophy in Two-Year Colleges, Editorial Board
2014 鈥 present Southwest Philosophy Review, Reviewer
2013 鈥 present Buddhist Studies Review, Reviewer
2013 鈥 present Journal of Cognitive Science, Reviewer
2018 Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Special Issue Guest Editor
INVITED PRESENTATIONS / PAPERS / PODCAST INTERVIEWS
- August 2019 鈥淓pisode 315: Rick Repetti: Buddhism, Meditation, and Free Will: A Theory of Mental Freedom鈥, Podcast interview. The Secular Buddhist. Secular Buddhist Association.
- July 2019 鈥淗ow Do We Know What Is True? A Look at Objectivist Epistemology: A Chat with Rick Repetti.鈥 APEX Level To Power Podcast #LTP037
- July 2019 鈥淗ow to Win an Online Argument Using Reason: The Case of theTattoo.鈥 APEX Level To Power Podcast # LTP 035,
- January 2019 鈥淎 Defense of Buddhism, Meditation, and Free Will: A Theory of Mental Freedom,鈥 APA Author Meets Critics Panel Discussion (of my monograph). Ethics in Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy. APA Eastern Division Annual Convention. New York City.
- January 2019鈥淭wo Truths about Buddhist Agency: From the Personal to the Impersonal?鈥 Panel Discussion: Ethics in Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy. APA Eastern Division Annual Convention. New York City.
- May 2018 鈥淧hilosophy: Who Needs It Series, Part 2. How To build A Stronger Foundation - A Chat with Rick Repetti.鈥 APEX LTP Podcast #33,
- May 2018 鈥淧hilosophy: Who Needs It Series. How To build A Stronger Foundation - A Chat with Rick Repetti.鈥 APEX Level to Power Podcast #32,
- January 2018 Author Meets Critics. Panel discussing my edited collection, Buddhist Perspectives on Free Will. APA Eastern Division Annual Convention. Savannah, GA.
- January 2018 Panel Discussion: Ethics in Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy. APA Eastern Division Annual Convention. Savannah, GA.
- January 2018 Panel Discussion. Committee of Philosophy in Two-Year Colleges. APA Eastern Division Annual Convention. Savannah, GA.
- February 2017 鈥淏uddhist Meditation, Mental Freedom, and Free Will鈥. Lecture and book signing, Gotham Philosophical Society. Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC
- January 2017 鈥淎pplying the Indo-Tibetan Causal Criterion for Ontological Substantiality to the Issue of Agency鈥. Panel. APA Eastern Division.
- October 2016 鈥淓pisode 261: Rick Repetti: Buddhist Perspectives on Free Will鈥, Podcast interview. The Secular Buddhist. Secular Buddhist Association.
- October 2016 鈥淎pplying the Indo-Tibetan Causal Criterion for Ontological Substantiality to the Issue of Agency鈥. Panel. Philosophical Foundations of the Tantra. Joint Meeting of Society for the Study of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy, Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, and Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science. Fordham University, NYC
- April 2016 鈥淧hilosophical Conceptions of Happiness鈥. Panel. 1st Liberal Arts Symposium, CUNY/911爆料
- March 2016 鈥淎nimal Rights鈥. Panel. Ethics and Animals, CUNY/911爆料
- February 2016 鈥淛obs and Rewards: Teaching Philosophy at Community Colleges鈥. Panel.APA Committee on Philosophy in Two-Year Colleges, 112th Annual Meeting of the APA, Central Division, Chicago, IL
- January 2016 鈥淛obs and Rewards: Teaching Philosophy at Community Colleges鈥. Panel.APA Committee on Philosophy in Two-Year Colleges, 112th Annual Meeting of the APA, Eastern Division, Washington, D.C.
- February 2015 鈥淗ow Do I Obtain and Keep a Full-Time Community College Faculty Position?鈥 Panel. APA Committee Session, 111th Annual Meeting of the APA, Central Division, St. Louis, Missouri
- October 2014 鈥淏orn-again Buddhists: On the Buddhist Necessity of Belief in Reincarnation.鈥 Panel. Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy: Rebirth, 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy and theSociety for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science, FordhamUniversity, NYC
- December 2013 鈥淎uthor Meets Critics: Charles Goodman, Consequences of Compassion.鈥Panel. International Society for Buddhist Philosophy, 100th Annual Meeting of the APA, Eastern Division, Baltimore, MD
- June 2013 鈥淰isiting Sacred Spaces: Experiencing 鈥楾he Other,鈥 Up Close and Personal.鈥 Panel. Civic Engagement Projects. 鈥21st Century Citizens: Building Bridges, Solving Problems.鈥 2013 Meeting of the American Democracy Project and The Democracy Commitment.Denver, CO
- February 2013 鈥淏uddha, Not Prozac: Meditation, Free Will, and Mental Freedom.鈥
Philosophy Department Colloquium, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
- November 2012 Response to Owen Flanagan鈥檚 鈥淏uddhist Quietism about Free Will.鈥Columbia Society for Comparative Philosophy, Columbia University,NYC
- December 2012 鈥淭he Dharma-responsive Theory of Free Will: Enough 鈥楩reedom to鈥 to Attain 鈥楩reedom from.鈥欌 Paper. Columbia Society for Comparative Philosophy, Columbia University, NYC
- October 2011 鈥淔ree-Will-Possessing and Enlightened Buddhist Brains in Vats.鈥 Panel Five: Freedom & Responsibility. Contemporary Perspectives on Buddhist Ethics, conference, Columbia University, NYC.
- April 2009 鈥淪ocrates, Meet Buddha: On the Use of Mindfulness Meditation in the Philosophy Class.鈥 Paper. 2nd Mindful Learners Conference: Classroom Practices and Faculty Conversations, CUNY Graduate Center, NYC
- April 2009 鈥淢indfulness Meditation and Autonomy: A Buddhist Theory of Free Will.鈥 Paper. Asian American / Asian Research Institute, CUNY, NYC.
- May 2008 鈥淥pening the Circle.鈥 Interactive workshop. 4th Annual General Education Conference, CUNY/Baruch College, NYC
- May 6, 2008 鈥淩eflective Practices.鈥 Faculty development seminar. Teaching Learning Center, CUNY/Borough of Manhattan Community College, NYC
- May 2007 鈥淭he Knower and the Known: Contemplative Practice in Teaching.鈥 Interactive workshop. 3rd Annual CUNY General Education Conference, CUNY/Queens College, Queens, NY
- March 2007 鈥淐reating Space for Silence: Interdisciplinary Contemplations on Identity.鈥 Chair. Conference on College Composition and Communication, NYC
- March 2007 鈥淧hilosophical Contemplations on the Self, from the Self.鈥 Panel. Conference on College Composition and Communication, NYC
- October 2006 鈥淭he DaVinci Code: A Discussion.鈥 Lead discussion. Italian Heritage and Culture Month. CUNY/911爆料, Brooklyn, NY
- October 2006 鈥淎frican Philosophy in the Philosophy Curriculum?鈥 Panel. Philosophy & African Diaspora Culture. 5th Work in Progress at CUNY on the African Diaspora Interdisciplinary Conference, CUNY Graduate Center, NYC
- August 2006 鈥淚nteractive Workshop on Contemplative Practices in Philosophy Class.鈥 Workshop. 16th Biennial International Workshop Conference of American Association of Philosophy Teachers, Washington & Jefferson College, Pittsburgh, PA
- August 2006 鈥淲orkshop on the Double Use of Multiple Choice Quizzes.鈥 Workshop. 16th Biennial International Workshop Conference of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers, Washington & Jefferson College, Pittsburgh, PA
- August 2006 鈥淚nteractive Workshop on the Use of the Student's Own Philosophical Beliefs.鈥 Workshop. 16th Biennial International Workshop Conference of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers, Washington and Jefferson College, Pittsburgh, PA
- July, 2006 鈥淚nner and Outer Peace.鈥 Meditation. CUNY/911爆料 Community College. 鈥淢editation on Peace鈥 event, Brooklyn, NY
- April 2006 鈥淐ontemplative Studies.鈥 Panel. Mindful Learners: Uses of Contemplative Practice in the Classroom Conference, CUNY Graduate Center, sponsored by the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, NYC
- March 2006 鈥淭he Spirit of Robert's Rules of Order.鈥 Paper. 2nd Annual International Convention of the Student World Assembly, McGill University, Montreal, CA
- March 2006 鈥淕lobal Democracy.鈥 Panel. 2nd Annual International Convention of the Student World Assembly, McGill University, Montreal, CA
GRANTS / AWARDS AT CUNY/KINGSBOROUGH
- 2016 President鈥檚 Grant for Scholarly and Applied Research 鈥 course release to work on formal book proposal for Buddhism and Free Will monograph
- 2010/2011 PSC-CUNY PSCREG-41-167 Research Award for 鈥淏uddhism and Free Will鈥 鈥 $1,928.50
- 2009/2010 PSC-CUNY PSCREG-40-225 Research Award for 鈥淎 Genuinely Deterministic Theory of Soft Determinism鈥 鈥 $2,660.00
- 2009/2010 Faculty Fellowship Publication Program 鈥 course release
- 2008/2009 PSC-CUNY PSCREG-39-253 Research Award for 鈥淢indfulness Meditation and Free Will鈥 鈥 $3,990.00
- 2007/2008 PSC-CUNY PSCREG -38-109 Research Award for 鈥淒oes Mindfulness Meditation Enhance Philosophical Engagement鈥 鈥 $1,000.00
- 2006 CUNY Faculty Development Grant for 鈥淩eflective Practice: Medium & Message鈥, a learning community exploring use of contemplative practices in Classical Philosophy, English, Speech, and Student Development courses, with Kate Garretson and Holly Krech Thomas - $10,000.00
- 2006 911爆料 Community College 鈥淧resident鈥檚 Innovative Pedagogy Award鈥 for contemplative pedagogy course, 鈥淩eflective Practice: Medium & Message鈥, shared with Kate Garretson and Holly Krech Thomas
DISTINCTIONS AT CUNY/GRADUATE SCHOOL
1990 鈥 2003
Awarded Graduate University Tuition Scholarships and Graduate University Tuition Fellowships
(several times for each type)
1996 鈥 2000
Awarded 3-year Graduate Teaching Fellowship (twice)
1990 鈥 1993
Awarded three Graduate Research Assistantships, assigned to Jerry Katz
DISTINCTIONS AT CUNY/BROOKLYN COLLEGE
1989
Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, Alpha Sigma Lambda, Alpha Sigma Lambda Award,Departmental Honors in Philosophy, Philosophy Department Senior Scholarship,
College Senior Award, Mangione Memorial Award, Gold Pen (Journalism) Award, Howard
Hintz (refereed)Essay Award: 鈥淐ritique of Nozick's Entitlement Theory鈥
1988
Howard Hintz Essay Award: 鈥淟ocke's Proviso and the Minimal State鈥, Hirsch Scholarship
1987
Howard Hintz Essay Award: 鈥淟ifeboat Ethics: The Singer-Hardin Debate鈥, Saul Lyons
Scholarship
1986
Dean's List
DISTINCTIONS AT CUNY/LEHMAN COLLEGE
1985 - 1986
Lehman Scholar
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
February 2018
Certification as Mindfulness Practitioner Levels 1, 2, 3, and Master Udemy Certification Program
December 2017
Certification as Life Coach Udemy Certification Program
October 2017
Certification as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Practitioner Udemy Certification Program
July 2017
Certification as Philosophical Counselor Philosophical Practitioner Certification
Training ProgramAmerican Philosophy Practitioners Association, NYC
2003 鈥 2005
Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy and Training, New York, NY Training towards certification
for QGT (Qualified Gestalt Therapist)Gestalt Psychotherapist in Training One-year
of client counseling One year of supervision
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES / CONFERENCES
January 2019
Annual Meeting of the APA, Eastern Division
Three-day philosophy conference, NYC
January 2017
Annual Meeting of the APA, Eastern Division
Three-day philosophy conference, Baltimore, MD
Summer 2016
Conference on Buddhist Ethics. Three-day philosophy conference, by invitation only. Dickinson College, PA.
May 2016
Peace Building through Intercultural Dialogue
7th Annual Friendship Dinner, Turkish Cultural Center, Baku Palace,Brooklyn, NY
April 2016
Global Citizenship Alliance
8-day global citizenship seminar, Salzburg Austria
March 2016
Annual Meeting of the APA, Central Division
Three-day philosophy conference, Chicago, IL
January 2016
Annual Meeting of the APA, Eastern Division
Three-day philosophy conference, Washington, DC
December 2014
Annual Meeting of the APA, Eastern Division
Three-day philosophy conference, Philadelphia, PA
December 2013
Annual Meeting of the APA, Eastern Division
Three-day philosophy conference, Baltimore, Maryland
June 2013
The Democracy Commitment & the American Democracy Project
2013 Joint National Meeting
Three-day conference, 鈥21st Century Citizens: Building Bridges, Solving Problems.鈥 Denver, Colorado
July/August 2012
Bridging Cultures Summer Institute Six-day curriculum and faculty development project, supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: 鈥淏ridging Cultures to Form a Nation: Difference, Community, and Democratic Thinking.鈥 University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
May 2009
American Philosophy Practitioners Association
Annual Meeting, CUNY/City College, NYC
May 2008
Making It Work and Making It Matter
4th Annual CUNY General Education Conference, CUNY/ Baruch College, NYC
May 2007
Professing Liberal Education: What Do We Need to Know? What Do We Need to Do?
3rd Annual CUNY General Education Conference, CUNY/Queens College, NYC
April 2007
Salzburg Global Studies Program
9-day Global Citizenship Seminar, Salzburg, Austria
March 2007
Conference on College Composition and Communication
Three-day pedagogy conference, NYC
February 2007
The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative
Human Research Protections Training Program, CUNY
January 2007
Designing & Publishing Classroom-Based Research: Winter Seminar
Four-day workshop, 911爆料 Center for Teaching & Learning鈥檚 Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL), facilitated by Connie Schroeder (U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) in support of SoTL research pilot, 鈥淭he Effects of Mindfulness Meditation Sessions in the Philosophy Classroom鈥
October 2006
The Fifth Work in Progress at CUNY on the African Diaspora Interdisciplinary Conference
Conference on African philosophy, CUNY Graduate Center
August 2006
Biennial International Workshop Conference
Four-day workshop conference of The American Association of Philosophy Teachers, on philosophy pedagogy, Washington and Jefferson College, Pittsburgh, PA
2003 鈥 2005
The Free Will Circle
CUNY Graduate Center, NYC
Founder/organizer: Weekly free will reading/discussion group
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: GENERAL
2017 鈥 present
Philosophical Practitioner, Life Coach, CBT Practitioner, Brooklyn, NY
Private practice
2000 鈥 present
Meditation & Yoga Instructor
Natural Balance Wellness Center, Brooklyn, NY
2007 鈥 2008
Paradocs, New York, NY, copyeditor
2002 鈥 2003
Gestalt Psychotherapist, under supervision. Gestalt Center for
Psychotherapy and Training, New York, NY
1990 鈥 1998
Freelancer, copy edited several books and/or journal articles for Jerry Katz (CUNY Graduate School), Professors Beth Singer and Gertrude Ezorsky (Brooklyn College)
1996 鈥 1998
Mitchell Madison Group, New York, NY
Copyeditor, consulting firm
1986 鈥 1996
Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn, LLP, New York, NY
Litigation paralegal/legal proofreader, corporate law firm (extensive analytic and organization skills)
INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGY
2019 - present
Problems in Philosophy, designed, fully online course
2013 - 2017
Philosophy of Religion, web-enhanced, linked with English CompositionII, Integrative Studies Program, Learning Community
2010 - 2017
Problems in Philosophy, designed, web-enhanced, hybrid, and/or linked with English Composition I
2007 - 2017
Honors Global Ethics, designed, hybrid, linked with Salzburg Seminar International Studies Program and Global Citizenship Alliance
2012 - 2014
Philosophy in Asian Traditions, web-enhanced, linked with English
Composition II, Advanced Learning Community
2007 - 2012
History of Philosophy: The Classical Philosophers, web-enhanced, linked with English Composition I, Open Doors Learning Community
2009
Ethics, web-enhanced, linked with English Composition II, Advanced Learning Community
2009 Honors History of Philosophy: The Classical Philosophers, hybrid
2008
Global Ethics and Identity, co-designed/co-taught with Vassar College
Prof. Peggy Piesche
2007
Engaged Ethics: Integrating Contemplative Practice & Social Justice,co-designed/co-taught with Vassar College Prof. E. H. Rick Jarow
CONTEMPLATIVE DISCUSSION GROUPS
2016 鈥 present
Buddhist Philosophy and Practice Discussion Group, Facebook, moderator,
2016 鈥 present
Buddhism and Free Will Discussion Group, Facebook, founder/administrator,
2012 鈥 present
Rockaway Meditation Group, Facebook, founder/administrator,
2011 鈥 present
KCTL Contemplative Practices Meditation Group, Facebook, founder/administrator,
2007 鈥 present
CUNY Contemplatives Network, Facebook, founder/administrator,
2005 鈥 present
CUNY Contemplatives Network, PBworks wiki, founder/administrator, http://cunycontemplatives.pbworks.com/
2009 鈥 2012
Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, blog facilitator, www.achme.org
CONTEMPLATIVE EXPERIENCE: GENERAL
2007 鈥 present
Contemplative Practices Faculty Interest Group
911爆料 Center for Teaching and Learning
CUNY/911爆料 Community College, Brooklyn, NY
Lead weekly, year-round meditation and contemplative studies group for faculty, staff and students
2007 鈥 present
CUNY Contemplatives Network Co-founder/administrator
2000 鈥 present
Natural Balance Massage & Wellness Center, Brooklyn, NY
Provide meditation workshops, yoga classes, and yoga therapy in community wellness center
2020
Meditation Day Retreat, Natural Balance Massage & Wellness Center, Brooklyn, NY
2019
Meditation Half-Day Retreat, Natural Balance Massage & Wellness Center, Brooklyn, NY
2019
Meditation Day Retreat, Natural Balance Massage & Wellness Center, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Meditation as Philosophy, 4-week series, Natural Balance Massage & Wellness Center, Brooklyn, NY
June 2016
Buddhist Ethics Conference 3-day conference, invitation only, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
April 2016
Contemplative Community Building Retreat 4-day Fellows retreat, The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society Fetzer Institute鈥檚 Seasons Retreat Center, Kalamazoo, MI
2012 鈥 2013
Rockaway Meditation Group Founder, lead meditations in Rockaway yoga community in the wake ofHurricane Sandy
May/June 2012
National Endowment for the Humanities: Summer InstituteTwo-week institute,鈥淚nvestigating Consciousness: Buddhist and Contemporary Perspectives鈥, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
2011 鈥 2014
CUNY Fall Mindfulness Lecture Series CUNY Graduate Center, NYC
Co-organizer, monthly colloquia inviting Dharma teachers, philosophers, neuroscientists, and other leading intellectuals to l ecture/discuss mindfulness meditation
May 20-22, 2010
His Holiness the Dalai Lama鈥檚 Teaching on Nagarjuna鈥檚 Commentary on Bodhicitta, and Shantideva鈥檚 A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, Radio City Music Hall, NYC
April 2009
The Contemplative Heart of Higher Education
Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education
Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Three-day contemplative pedagogy convention
April 2009
Classroom Practices and Faculty Conversations
2nd Mindful Learners Conference
CUNY/Graduate Center, NYC
Organizer, led meditation, panel presentation
November 2007
Retreat for Academics
Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, Trinity Conference Center, West Cornwall, CT
Four-day contemplative pedagogy retreat,
August 2006
Summer Session on Contemplative Pedagogy
Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, held at Smith College, Northampton, MA Five-day contemplative pedagogy training program,
April 2006
Mindful Learners: Uses of Contemplative Practice in the Classroom CUNY/Graduate Center, NYC Sponsored by Center for Contemplative Mind in Society Organizer, led meditation, panel presentation, break-out workshop leader
Oct. 2003-May 2005
Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy andTraining NYC and West Cornwall, CT Two-year full-time post-graduate Gestalt psychotherapy trainingprogram Four three-day retreats 64 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
August 2003
Insight Meditation Society Barre, MA Three-day mindfulness meditation training retreat with Dhamma Dena
2001 鈥 2003
Yoga and Meditation Instructor
Teach yoga and meditation in several Brooklyn Community Centers
2000 - 2002
South Shore H.S., Brooklyn, NY
Continuing Adult Education Program
Teach yoga and meditation courses
2001
CUNY/Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Continuing Adult Education Program
Teach yoga course
2000
Integral Yoga Ashram
Yogaville, Virginia
Three-day yoga training retreat
COURSES TAUGHT: CUNY/KINGSBOROUGH
- Philosophy of Religion
- Philosophy in Asian Traditions
- Problems in Philosophy: God, Humanity, and Nature
- Global Ethics
- Honors Global Ethics
- Ethics
- Bioethics
- History of Philosophy: The Modern Philosophers
- History of Philosophy: The Classical Philosophers
- Logic
- Courses taught in Learning Communities
- Courses taught as hybrids
- Courses taught online
COURSES TAUGHT: VASSAR
- Engaged Ethics: Integrating Contemplative Practice and Social Justice
- Global Ethics and Identity
COURSES TAUGHT: CUNY/BROOKLYN
- Knowledge, Existence, Value (Core)
- Ethics and Society
- Ethical Theory
- Ethical Issues in Business
- Yoga (in the Continuing Adult Education program)
COURSE TAUGHT: CUNY/LA GUARDIA
- Introduction to Philosophy
COURSES TAUGHT: CONTINUING ADULT ED PROGRAM (South Shore H.S.)
- Meditation
- Yoga
SERVICE AT CUNY/KINGSBOROUGH
2020 鈥 present PSC-CUNY Grievance Counselor (911爆料)
2019 鈥 present PSC-CUNY Delegate Assembly (911爆料/CUNY)
2016 鈥 present College Council, Chair of Instructional Committee
2015 鈥 present College Council, Instructional Committee
2014 鈥 present Departmental Personnel & Budget Committee
2014 鈥 present College Now (early college) Course Coordinator
2006 鈥 present 911爆料 Center for Teaching and Learning Advisory Board
2006 鈥 present Contemplative Practices Faculty Interest Group facilitator
2014 鈥 2018 Ethics Assessment Team Leader
2006 鈥 2018 Student World Assembly, Faculty Advisor
2007 鈥 2017 Vassar College Exploring Transfer Program, Campus Coordinator
2006 鈥 2017 Salzburg / Global Citizenship Alliance Seminar campus coordinator
2006 鈥 2016 Learning Communities participant
2006 鈥 2016 Philosophy Club, Faculty Advisor
2014 鈥 2015 Philosophy Search Committee, Chair
2014 鈥 2015 Liberal Arts Advisory Board
2014 College Council, Legislative Committee
2013 鈥 2014 Presidential Search Subcommittee Chair
2006 鈥 2014 Department Curriculum Committee
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS /
ACTIVITIES
| 2016 鈥 present | Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, Fellow. | ||||
| 2014 鈥 present | Gotham Philosophical Society, Attendee & Presenter. | ||||
| 2009 鈥 present | Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, Member. | ||||
| 2009 鈥 present | American Philosophy Practitioners Association, Member. | ||||
| 2007 鈥 present | Columbia Society for Comparative Philosophy, Attendee & Presenter. | ||||
| 2005 鈥 present | CUNY Contemplatives Network, Founding Member. | ||||
| 2005 鈥 present | American Association of Philosophy Teachers, Member. | ||||
| 1990 鈥 present | American Philosophical Association, Member and Presenter. | ||||
| 2016 鈥 2017 | APA Committee on Two-Year Colleges, Chair. | ||||
| 2003 鈥 2017 | CUNY Cognitive Science Speaker Series. | ||||
| 1991 鈥 2017 | CUNY Graduate School Philosophy Colloquia, Attendee. | ||||
| 2014 鈥 2016 | APA Committee on Two-Year Colleges, Associate Chair. | ||||
| 2006 鈥 2016 | Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, Member. |
PERSONAL
I have been practicing and teaching meditation and yoga for multiple decades, professionally and as an avocation. I'm a certified Philosophical Counselor, with certifications in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Meditation, and Life Coaching, with two years training and one year client supervision in Gestalt Psychotherapy. As an athlete, I exercise daily. I鈥檝e competed as a distance runner, completed nine marathons, and hold the rank of 4th degree black belt in karate (5th being the highest degree in my style, pre-JKA Shotokan).
REFERENCES
Jay Garfield Galen Strawson
Department of Philosophy Department of Philosophy
Smith College University of Texas at Austin
Dewey Hall 106 2210 Speedway, Stop C3500
Northampton, MA 01063 Austin, Texas 78712
(413) 585-3649 (512) 471-6776
jgarfield@smith.edu gstrawson@austin.utexas.edu
Owen Flanagan Gregg Caruso
Department of Philosophy Department of Philosophy
Duke University SUNY Corning
201E West Duke Building, Box 90743 1 Academic Dr., Chemung 201N
Durham, NC 27708 Corning, NY 14830
(919) 660-3050 (607) 962-9519
Christian Coseru Lou Marinoff
Department of Philosophy Department of Philosophy
College of Charleston City College of CUNY
66 George Street 160 Convent Avenue
Charleston, SC 29424 New York, NY 10031
(843) 953-1935 (212) 650-7000
coseruc@cofc.edu lou.marinoff@appa.edu