Mark C.E. Peterson, Ph.D.
an abbreviated curriculum vitae
September 2008
ADDRESS:
Department of Philosophy
phone: (262) 335-5200
fax: (262) 335-5220
Email: mark.peterson@uwc.edu
EDUCATION:
PhD Philosophy University of Toronto, 1988
AOS and AOC:
19th Century (especially Hegel and Kierkegaard); Natural & Environmental Philosophy (especially ecofeminism and social ecologies)
- History of Philosophy; History of Science; Aristotle; Ethics: Traditional & Professional; Informal and Symbolic Logic.
Professional experience:
- Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin Colleges, 2008 -
- Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin Colleges, 1999-2002
- Visiting Professor of Philosophy, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia. Fall 1997
- Associate Professor of Philosophy 1994 -, University of Wisconsin Centers
- Assistant Professor of Philosophy 1989-94, University of Wisconsin Centers
- Visiting Lecturer spring 1992 at Marquette University - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Visiting Assistant Professor spring 1991 (cross appointment) at UW-Milwaukee
- Lecturer University of Wisconsin Centers, Waukesha, Wisconsin: 1988-89
- Visiting Assistant Professor 1988, Stetson University, DeLand, Florida
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS in books or articles:
- “The Truth Is Out There: Abduction, Aliens, and Alienation” in The Philosophy of the X-files ed. Dean A. Kowalski. (University Press of Kentucky, 2007) 17-37.
- “Ringing doorbells: eleventh books and authentic authorship in Preface VII” in International Kierkegaard Commentary: ‘Prefaces’ and ‘Writing Sampler’ vol. 9. ed. Robert. L. Perkins. (Mercer University Press, 2006) 87-110.
- Who gets what? an ethics simulation game. In Laura Pincus Hartman's Perspectives in Business Ethics (Instructor's manual). Irwin/McGraw-Hill 1998.
- Dictionary of Existentialism, entry for "Wisdom" ed. H. Gordon, Greenwood Press. 1997
- "The Role of Practical and Theoretical Approaches in Hegel's Philosophy of Nature." The Owl of Minerva. Spring 1996.
SELECTED PAPERS:
- “Listening to Nature: Taijiquan, Environmental Ethics, and the Metaethics of Theory and Practice.” For the The International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture, inaugural conference. University of Florida, Gainesville Florida. April 7, 2006.
- “Safe from Science in the Tower of the Lord” for The Florida Organization on Religion, Environmental Science, and Technology. Department of Religion, University of Florida, Gainesville. October 4, 2005.
- “At war with Nature.” 2005-2006 University of Wisconsin Colleges Lecture series on Environment. September 20, 2005.
- “Ecofeminism: Women, Nature, and the Metaphysics of Oppression.” Northern Michigan University. March 25, 2004.
- “A religious sampler: enduring diversity in politics and theology.” 2003-2004 University of Wisconsin Colleges Lecture Series on World Religions. September 10, 2003.
- “Ecofeminist solutions for the human conflict with nature.” UW-Milwaukee. Earth Week. 26 April 1999.
- "New definitions of environment" Faculty of Science and Education. University of Liepaja, Latvia. December 1997
- "Selbstsbestimmung and Begriffsbestimmung: the history of philosophy begins again." University of Lativa, Starptautiska konference. Filozofijas pasnojegums vispareja un kulturu attiecibu konteksta. (Allgemeine und interkulturelle Aspekte der Selbstbestimmung der Philosophie.) Session on Die Selbstbestimmung die Philosophie am Ende des 20. Jahrhundert. Riga, Latvia, October 19-20, 1997
- "Agenda 21: helping environmental NGO's work in Eastern Europe." Baltic NGO conference in Riga, Latvia October 1997
- "The origins of the human/nature conflict." Green Library sponsored conference on Global consumption with Mridu Thanki (and Gordon Peters). November 1997
- "Hegelian solutions for Environmental ethics" APA Central Division, Pittsburgh, 25 April 1997
- Chaired Kierkegaard Society papers at the APA Central Division, Pittsburgh 25 April 1997
Memberships:
- American Philosophical Association
- The International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture.
- Hegel Society of America
- Kierkegaard Society