LAURA V. PAPISH Department of Philosophy 801 22nd St. NW Phillips Hall, Room 525A Washington DC, 20052 (202) 994-4168 LauraPapish@gwu.edu ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT 2013- Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of Graduate Studies. The George Washington University. 2012-2013 Assistant Professor of Philosophy. State University of New York at Oswego. 2010-2012 Peterson Visiting Assistant Professor. Johns Hopkins University. EDUCATION June 2011 December 2004 May 2001 Ph.D. in Philosophy. Northwestern University. Dissertation: Against Constructivism in Kantian Ethical Theory. Committee members: Richard Kraut (chair), Kyla Ebels Duggan, Rachel Zuckert, and Paul Guyer (Brown University) M.A. in Philosophy. Villanova University. B.A. in Philosophy, Summa Cum Laude and Honors in Philosophy. Penn State University, Schreyer Honors College. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Kant, Ethics AREAS OF COMPETENCE Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy (including Philosophy of Race and Feminist Theory), Ancient Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, 19 th -20 th Century Continental Philosophy PUBLICATIONS Kant on the Independence of the Moral Law from Sensibility. Kantian Review, vol. 20, no. 1 (2015): 77-98. Promoting Black (Social) Identity. Social Theory and Practice, vol. 41, no. 1 (2015): 1-25. CV for Laura V. Papish 1
Aristotle on Common Perception. Apeiron: A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science, vol. 47, no. 3 (2014): 342-355. Moral Feeling and Moral Conversion in Kant s Religion. Idealistic Studies, vol. 43, no. 1 & 2, (2013): 11-26. The Changing Shape of Korsgaard s Understanding of Constructivism. Journal of Value Inquiry, vol. 45, no. 2 (2011): 451-463. The Cultivation of Sensibility in Kant s Moral Philosophy. Kantian Review, vol. 12, no. 2 (2007): 128 146. PRESENTATIONS (invited presentations marked *) 2016 Kant on Self-Deception, Rationalization, and the Hell of Self-Cognition. * Session: Kant on the Crooked Timber of Humanity. North American Kant Society at the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting. Washington, D.C. Scheduled for January 2016. 2015 Expansionist Interpretations of Radical Evil. 12th International Kant Congress: Nature and Freedom. University of Vienna. Scheduled for September 2015. 2015 Self-Deception, Evil, and Lack of Virtue. Conference on Conscience and Moral Self-Knowledge in Kant and German Idealism, sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas. University of Oslo, Norway. Scheduled for August 2015. 2015 Self-Deception and the Subordination of the Moral Law. Eastern Study Group of the North American Kant Society, Georgetown University. A shorter and earlier version of this paper will be presented at the Society for German Idealism, concurrent with the Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association. Scheduled for April 2015. 2015 Kant and the Self that Self-Loves. Southern Study Group of the North American Kant Society, St. Mary s University. Scheduled for March 2015. 2015 Kant on Rigorism, the Vices, and Virtue. * D.C.-Baltimore Kant Workshop. University of Maryland, Baltimore County. 2014 The Empirical Adequacy of Kantian Ethics. Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado, Boulder. 2014 Self-Love, Self-Deception, and Radical Evil in Kant s Religion. * D.C.-Baltimore Kant Workshop. The George Washington University. 2014 Personality and Punishment in Kant s Religion. Southern Study Group of the North American Kant Society, Rhodes College. An earlier version of this paper was also CV for Laura V. Papish 2
presented at the 2013 U.K. Kant Society Annual Conference. Heythrop College, University of London. 2014 CAPS Psychology and the Rehabilitation of Virtue Ethics. Accepted for presentation at the Midsouth Philosophy Conference, but not able to attend due to scheduling conflict. 2014 Does Hume s Critique of Moral Rationalism Apply to Kant? First Irish Early Modern Philosophy Conference. University College Cork, Ireland. 2013 Black Identity and Collective Action: A Critique of Tommie Shelby s We Who Are Dark. Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association. Baltimore, MD. Also presented in 2012 at the Indiana Philosophical Association, University of Indianapolis. 2013 Kant on the Hypothetical Imperative and Weakness of Will. Second Biennial North American Kant Society Meeting, Cornell University. (This is a revised version of earlier papers from 2011 and 2012.) 2012 Kant, Constructivism, and Weakness of Will. * Department of Philosophy, Mount Holyoke College. Also presented at: the State University of New York at Oswego and Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. 2011 Kant and Korsgaard on the Hypothetical Imperative. * Department of Philosophy, University of Cape Town. Also presented at the Department of Philosophy, Metropolitan State College of Denver. 2011 Rethinking Kant s Hypothetical Imperative. Felician Ethics Conference, Felician College. 2010 Pure Practical Reason, the Practical Arts, and the Philosophy of Nature. * Philosophy Department, Georgia State University. 2009 Kant s Objects of Pure Practical Reason. Eastern Study Group of the North American Kant Society, Penn State University. Also presented at the Southwest Graduate Student Conference in Philosophy, Arizona State University. 2007 Kant on why Moral Principles are Principles of Reason. * Dissertation Research Seminar, Northwestern University. 2006 Korsgaard s Analysis of Kant s Formula of Humanity. * Department of Philosophy Ethics Workshop, Northwestern University. 2006 What Does it Mean to be Authentically Black? * Manfred S. Frings Graduate Student Colloquium of the Philosophy Department, DePaul University. 2005 The Cultivation of Sensibility in Kant s Moral Philosophy. Second Annual U.K. Kant Society Graduate Conference, Hatfield, England. CV for Laura V. Papish 3
2004 The Fallibility of Non-Special Perception in Aristotle s De Anima. Graduate Conference in Philosophy, University of Toronto. COMMENTS 2010 Response to Blaine Fowers s Evolution, Sociality, and Eudaimonia. Conference on Experimental Philosophy and the Ethics of Autonomy, University of Miami. 2010 Response to Scott Forschler s Willing Universal Law vs. Universally Lawful Willing: What Kant s Supreme Principle of Ethics Should Have Been. Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association. 2008 Response to Ryan Davis s Dealing with Trespassers in the Kingdom of Ends. Conference in Ethical Theory and Political Philosophy, Northwestern University. FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS AND AWARDS (selected) 2015 University Facilitating Fund Scholarly Award from The George Washington University. Award will fund research on Kant s Theory of Evil. 2015 Enhanced Scholarly Travel Award from The George Washington University 2013 Character Project Summer Seminar, Character: New Perspectives and Empirical Discoveries. Participation funded by the John Templeton Foundation. Wake Forest University. 2009 Alternate, Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2009 Finalist, Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship 2008 Graduate Fellowship from Northwestern University 2002-2006 Jacob K. Javits Fellowship. Ranked second out of nine recipients in philosophy. 2004 Graduate Fellowship from Northwestern University 2004 Travel Stipend from the Department of Classics at the University of Toronto. Awarded to the best paper in ancient philosophy at the 2004 Graduate Conference in Philosophy. 2002 Finalist, Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities 2001 Student Marshal for the Department of Philosophy at Penn State University 2000 Phi Beta Kappa 2000 Penn State Evan Pugh Scholar Award 2000 Penn State Schreyer Ambassador Travel Grant for study in Leeds, England 1999 Ray H. Dotterer Scholarship: Awarded to the top junior in philosophy at Penn State University TEACHING EXPERIENCE Lead Instructor 2013-present: The George Washington University Phil 1000: Dean s Seminar: Philosophy of Love, Sex and Friendship Phil 2111: History of Ancient Philosophy Phil 2112: History of Modern Philosophy Phil 2131: Ethics: Theory and Applications Phil 2136: Contemporary Issues in Ethics CV for Laura V. Papish 4
Phil 4198: Proseminar (Kant s Critique of Pure Reason) Phil 6230: Ethical Issues and Policy Arguments 2012-2013: State University of New York at Oswego Phil 100: Introduction to Problems of Philosophy Phil 205: Introduction to Classical Ethical Theories Phil 306: Business Ethics Phil 450: Philosophy of Race 2010-2012: Johns Hopkins University Phil 191: Freshmen Seminar: Evil Phil 191: Freshmen Seminar: Philosophy of Love, Sex and Friendship Phil 220: Introduction to Moral Philosophy Phil 301: Virtue and Happiness in the History of Ethics Phil 301: Ethics in the Wake of Aristotle Phil 313: Philosophy of Race and Gender Phil 453: Contemporary Moral Theory (Responses to Wrongdoing) Winter and Spring 2010: Drexel University Phil 105: Critical Reasoning Fall and Spring 2010: Villanova University Ethics 2050: Ethical Traditions & Contemporary Life Spring 2008: Northwestern University Phil 109: Freshman Seminar on Existentialism PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Mentoring Workshop for Pre-Tenure Women in Philosophy. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, June 2013. Participant in Art & Craft of Discussion Leadership Part I, a training program in teaching case studies. November 2012, Harvard Business School. 2010 American Association of Philosophy Teachers Conference. Participant in intensive four-day Graduate Student Teaching Seminar at Coastal Carolina University. GRADUATE COURSEWORK (audited courses marked with *) Ethics and Political Philosophy Plato s Republic, Prof. Tad Brennan (Northwestern) Aristotle s Practical Philosophy, Prof. Kevin Miles (Villanova) Kant s Practical Philosophy, Prof. Paul Guyer (UPenn) Constructivism in Kant and Hegel, Prof. Ken Westphal (Northwestern) Rawls s Political Liberalism, Prof. Jon Garthoff (Northwestern) The Right and the Good, Prof. Charles Taylor (Northwestern) Moral Theory and Collective Action, Prof. Jon Garthoff (Northwestern) CV for Laura V. Papish 5
Proseminar in Ethical Theory, Prof. Richard Kraut (Northwestern) Contemporary Ethical Theory, Prof. Richard Kraut (Northwestern)* Critical Race Theory, Prof. Bob Gooding-Williams (Northwestern) History of Philosophy De Anima, Prof. Tad Brennan (Northwestern) Independent study: Aristotle s Physics, Profs. Helen Lang and Walter Brogan (Villanova) Intentionality in Aristotle and Aquinas, Prof. Helen Lang (Villanova) Augustine, Prof. Johannes Brachtendorf (Villanova)* Descartes and Spinoza, Prof. Julie Klein (Villanova) Leibniz, Prof. Ken Seeskin (Northwestern) Spinoza s Ethics, Prof. Ken Seeskin (Northwestern) Locke, Prof. Lisa Downing (University of Illinois at Chicago) Hume and Kant s Aesthetics, Prof. Ted Cohen (University of Chicago) Kant s First Critique, Prof. Jennifer Mensch (Villanova) Kant s Critique of Judgment, Prof. Avery Goldman (DePaul University) Hegel, Prof. Jitendra Mohanty (Temple University) Hegel, Prof. Terry Pinkard (Northwestern) Kierkegaard, Prof. John Caputo (Villanova) Husserl, Prof. John Caputo (Villanova) French Feminism, Prof. Julie Klein (Villanova) Philosophy of Religion vs. Religious Philosophy, Prof. Jürgen Habermas (Northwestern) Logic Independent study: Advanced Logic, Prof. Jukka Keranen (Northwestern) LANGUAGES Reading knowledge of German. UNIVERSITY SERVICE At George Washington University: Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Philosophy Committee for Graduate Studies, Department of Philosophy 2013 Griffith Lecture Selection Committee Citizenship and Leadership Committee At SUNY Oswego: Coordinator, School of Business Ethics Committee At Johns Hopkins: Student-voted speaker for JHU s Momentum: Ideas in Motion lecture series, November 2011 Johns Hopkins University Celebrity Faculty and Staff Poker Tournament, April 2011 Service on the Johns Hopkins Ethics Board, May 2011-May 2012 CV for Laura V. Papish 6
COMMUNITY SERVICE Volunteer, Jessup Correctional Institute Scholars Program, December 2014 Judge, D.C. Area High School Ethics Bowl, November 2013 and January 2015 MEDIA http://www.philostv.com/kate-padgett-walsh-laura-papish/. An episode of Philosophy TV on love and freedom in Frankfurt and Hegel. MEMBERSHIPS and PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Referee for Journal of Value Inquiry, Philosophical Quarterly, Kantian Review (x2), Res Philosophica, Southern Journal of Philosophy American Philosophical Association North American Kant Society REFERENCES Professor Kyla Ebels-Duggan Department of Philosophy, Northwestern University kebelsduggan@northwestern.edu Professor Paul Guyer Department of Philosophy, Brown University Paul_Guyer@brown.edu Professor Richard Kraut Department of Philosophy, Northwestern University rkraut1@northwestern.edu Professor Rachel Zuckert Department of Philosophy, Northwestern University r-zuckert@northwestern.edu CV for Laura V. Papish 7