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CURRICULUM VITAE

A. Minh Nguyen

Honors Program & Asian Studies

Eastern Kentucky University

138 University Building

521 Lancaster Avenue

Richmond, KY 40475

859-622-8667

[email protected]

EDUCATION

1) Ph.D., Philosophy, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1999

2) M.Phil., Philosophy, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1994

3) M.A., Philosophy, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1992

4) B.A., Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1991

5) H.S. Diploma, Valedictorian, William L. Dickinson High School, Jersey City, NJ, 1987

ENHANCED EDUCATION

1) Salzburg Global Seminar, Global Citizenship Program 71 (“Education for Global

Citizenship: What, Why, and How?”), July 13-20, 2015

2) Music Student at Eastern Kentucky University, Spring 2009-Fall 2013 (11 Piano

Courses, 4.00 GPA)

ACADEMIC POSITIONS 1) Director, Interdisciplinary Asian Studies Program, Eastern Kentucky University, 2015-

present

2) Professor of Philosophy and Asian Studies, Eastern Kentucky University, 2015-present

3) Associate Director, Honors Program, Eastern Kentucky University, 2013-present

4) Coordinator, National and International Scholarships and Fellowships, Eastern Kentucky

University, 2013-present

5) Professor of Philosophy, Eastern Kentucky University, 2013-2015

6) Coordinator, Chautauqua Lecture Series, Eastern Kentucky University, 2010-2014

7) Associate Professor of Philosophy, Eastern Kentucky University, 2008-2013

8) Affiliated Faculty, Honors Program, Eastern Kentucky University, 2007-present

9) Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Eastern Kentucky University, 2003-2008

10) Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Louisville, 2002-2003

11) Visiting Instructor in Philosophy, Georgia State University, 2001-2002

12) Part-Time Lecturer in Philosophy, Columbia University et al., 1993-2001

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

1) Director, Interdisciplinary Asian Studies Program, Eastern Kentucky University,

January 2015-present

Led the effort and worked collaboratively with nearly 30 faculty and staff members

from various academic departments and units to establish the Interdisciplinary Asian

Studies Program, which offers a minor and a certificate, and serves as its inaugural

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Director. Reports to the Dean of the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences.

Member of the Chairs Association. Provides programmatic leadership that supports

the mission, vision, values, and strategic goals of the University. Responsible for the

planning, development, implementation, evaluation, refinement, and management of

the program, including services (from course offerings to enrichment activities),

budget, and affiliated employees (which include 37 faculty members from five

colleges as of this writing). Provides leadership in curriculum, assessment, strategic

planning, programmatic effectiveness, and budgeting. Devises and employs advising,

recruitment, and retention strategies. Fosters collaborative working relationships with

affiliated faculty, other program directors, department chairs, student-services

coordinators, and external counterparts to communicate and coordinate initiatives,

projects, activities, and materials that support the ongoing commitments and strategic

goals of the University. Courses encompass a broad range of disciplines, including

Business, Comparative Literature, Criminal Justice, Cultural Studies, Dance, English,

Exercise and Sport Science, Foreign Languages, Geography, History, Justice Studies,

Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Religion, Sociology, and Women and Gender

Studies. Obtained grants from the Bluegrass State Intelligence Community Center of

Academic Excellence and conference travel funding for EKU faculty members from

the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center (IAUNRC) at Indiana

University. Collaborated with IAUNRC to bring to EKU a photo exhibit on the

women of Uzbekistan, an expert on the war in Afghanistan (Douglas Wissing), and a

specialist on counterinsurgency in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Bill Mankins).

2) Associate Director, Honors Program, Eastern Kentucky University, August 2013-

present

Reports to the Director of the Honors Program. Assumes primary managerial

oversight of the following three aspects of the EKU Honors administration: 1)

Program Assessment: designs, supervises, and oversees all strategic planning and

assessment functions for the program, including TracDat data collection and

submission; chairs the Honors Strategic Planning and Assessment Committee; serves

as the Honors Program’s representative on the University Academic Planning and

Assessment Committee; manages Gen Ed assessment activities and helps faculty

ensure that their syllabi include required elements, whether Gen Ed or otherwise. 2)

Conference Coordination: oversees the EKU Honors participation in National

Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), Southern Regional Honors Council (SRHC),

and Kentucky Honors Roundtable (KHR) conferences, including promoting these

events (and organizing them as needed such as when EKU Honors hosted the Fall

2015 KHR Conference), issuing internal calls for proposals, conducting

brainstorming sessions, reviewing and submitting proposals, proofreading conference

programs and submitting requested changes, managing conference registrations,

making travel arrangements, and providing general oversight on trips. (For 25 times

in the past 26 years, EKU Honors has fielded the largest number of student

presenters of any honors college or program in the nation at NCHC.) 3) National

Scholarships: maintains and expands expertise in application processes for national

and international scholarships and fellowships; recruits, mentors, and supports

students applying for such awards. Additional responsibilities: 4) Academic

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Advising: serves as the EKU Honors academic advisor to students majoring in

Education, Nursing, and Occupational Therapy, who, thanks to their demanding

clinical courses and schedules, may require or benefit from co-advising; maintains

and expands expertise in curricular matters relevant to students in these disciplines;

helps advise incoming students on “High Achiever/Honors” orientation days. 5)

Program Leadership: alongside the Director, assumes critical duties of program

leadership, including managing the program in the Director’s absence, serving in

leadership positions on the Honors Advisory Committee and the Honors Admission

Committee, representing the Honors Program on the Provost’s Council on Academic

Affairs, participating in and overseeing program events from Honors Convocation to

Honors Faculty Workshop, standing in as needed when the Director is unable to

attend or when two events are scheduled at the same time, and serving as moderator

for one of the two sets of concurrent honors thesis presentation sessions during the

Honors Thesis Presentation Week.

3) Coordinator, National and International Scholarships and Fellowships, Eastern

Kentucky University, August 2013-present

Played a pivotal role in the creation of the Office of National and International

Scholarships and Fellowships, housed within EKU Honors, and serves as its

inaugural Coordinator. Trained by the National Association of Fellowships Advisors

(NAFA). Reports to the Director of the Honors Program. Responsible for assisting

students with the deliberation and application process. Offers individual advising

assistance to all EKU students in determining appropriate scholarships and

fellowships to pursue, coordinating application materials, selecting recommenders,

preparing personal statements, developing project proposals or proposed programs of

study, and interviewing. Record: 1 Mitchell Scholarship, 1 Fulbright English

Teaching Assistantship, 1 Humanity in Action Fellowship + 1 Alternate, 1 Phi Kappa

Phi Fellowship, 2 Gilman Scholarships + 1 Alternate, 1 Salzburg Global Citizenship

Alliance Internship, 1 Goldwater Scholarship Honorable Mention.

4) Coordinator, Chautauqua Lecture Series, Eastern Kentucky University, May 2010-

December 2014

Reported to the Dean of University Programs. Responsible for creating, directing,

and hosting EKU’s university-wide annual lecture series, marketing the program, and

managing the budget. Brought to EKU numerous internationally renowned speakers

and performers from a wide variety of disciplines and professions, including Kenneth

Lee Adelman, Catherine Clinton, Richard Dawkins, Michael Eric Dyson, Eric Foner,

Robert George, Temple Grandin, Brian Greene, Tyrone Hayes, Geri Jewell, Yul

Kwon, Tori McClure, N. Gregory Mankiw, Eric Metaxas, Richard Muller, R. Carlos

Nakai, Martha Nussbaum, Arnold Rampersad, Michael S. Roth, Tali Sharot, Peter

Singer, Ben Sollee, and Kenji Yoshino. Continually attracted an enthusiastic and

diverse town-and-gown audience, including more than 2,235 and 2,100 people for

Richard Dawkins and Temple Grandin, respectively, until this day the largest and the

second largest audiences in the 17-year history of our program. Annual series

included a national juried art exhibition on the series theme. Founded the

interdisciplinary Chautauqua Journal (http://encompass.eku.edu/tcj/), assembled the

editorial team, solicited and oversaw the review of submissions for the first two

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volumes, and continues to serve as one of the two Editors-in-Chief. Raised more than

$100,000 from 94 other units (both academic and non-academic) for the Chautauqua

Lecture Series. Collaborated with off-campus non-profit organizations such as the

Kentucky Humanities Council and the Japan/America Society of Kentucky on

Chautauqua events.

HONORS-RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

HON Administration

1) Associate Director, Honors Program, Eastern Kentucky University, 2013-present

2) Coordinator, National and International Scholarships and Fellowships, Eastern Kentucky

University, 2013-present

HON Teaching and Mentoring 1) Affiliated Faculty, Honors Program, Eastern Kentucky University, 2007-present (Team-

Teaching Interdisciplinary Courses “Honors Humanities I” and “Honors Humanities II”)

2) Faculty Mentor for 3 Honors Thesis Projects and 69 Honors Conference Presentations

(23 NCHC, 19 Southern Regional, 27 Kentucky Honors Roundtable)

HON Research 1) Russell Carpenter, Rachel Lachut, A. Minh Nguyen, and Jessica Vaught, “How Do I

Know?: Using Metacognition within the Honors Program,” National Collegiate Honors

Council Conference, Seattle, WA, October 12-16, 2016, General Session.

2) A. Minh Nguyen, “Transformation through Study Abroad: Critical Thinking and World

Citizenship,” in Preparing Tomorrow’s Global Leaders: Honors International

Education, ed. Mary Kay Mulvaney and Kim Klein (Lincoln, NE: National Collegiate

Honors Council, 2013), pp. 21-43.

HON Institutional Service 1) Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship Nominee Selection Committee, 2017-present (Chair, 2017-

present)

2) President-Elect of the EKU Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, 2016-present

3) Executive Board of the EKU Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, 2016-present

4) University Academic Planning and Assessment Committee, 2016-present

5) International Site Visit Evaluation Team, Mahidol University International College,

Bangkok, Thailand, and Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, March 20-28,

2016

6) Rhodes / Marshall / Mitchell / Gates Cambridge Scholarship Institutional Representative,

2015-present

7) Search Committee for the Dean of the Honors College, 2015-2016

8) Truman / Goldwater / Gilman Scholarship Institutional Representative, 2014-present

9) Fulbright / Critical Language Scholarship Program Adviser, 2013-present

10) Council on Academic Affairs, 2013-present (CAA Strategic Academic Excellence

Workgroup, 2015)

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11) Honors Strategic Planning and Assessment Committee, 2013-present (Chair, 2013-

present)

12) Global Citizenship Program Grant and Trailblazer Grant Selection Committee, 2013-

present

13) Search Committee for the Program Coordinator of the Honors Program, 2013

14) Search Committee for the Administrative Assistant of the Honors Program, 2013

15) Honors Admission Committee, 2010, 2013-present

16) Honors Advisory Committee, 2007-2010, 2013-present

17) Faculty Advisor to Alpha Lambda Delta (National Honor Society for First-Year

Students), 2012-present

18) Search Committee for the Director of International Education, 2011-2012

19) Search Committee for the Study Abroad Program Coordinator, 2009

20) Honors Program Assessment Team, 2008-2010

21) Honors Program Intramural Soccer Team, 2007-2012

22) Coach of the Quick Recall Team, 2006-2008

23) Honors Program Living-Learning Investor, 2006-2008

HON Service to the Profession 1) Associate Editor, The Kentucky Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship, 2015-present

2) International Education Committee, National Collegiate Honors Council, 2008-present

3) Diversity Issues Committee, National Collegiate Honors Council, 2008-present

(Committee Charge Review Subcommittee, Co-Chair, 2016-present)

4) Judge for the National Collegiate Honors Council Poster Award Competition, 2011,

2012, 2013, 2014, 2016

5) Conference Organizer and Program Chair, Kentucky Honors Roundtable Conference,

Eastern Kentucky University, 2015

6) Critical Language Scholarship Program Selection Panel, American Councils for

International Education, 2014, 2015

7) Co-Moderator, Forum on Diversity, National Collegiate Honors Council Conference,

2013, 2015

HON Recognition 1) Selected to Participate in the NCHC Professional Development Workshop, University of

Iowa, May 1-2, 2017 (All Expenses Covered by the National Collegiate Honors Council)

2) Induction into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 2016

3) Salzburg Global Seminar Fellow, Global Citizenship Program 71 (“Education for Global


4) EKU Top Mentor, Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors, Eastern

Kentucky University, 2014

5) Induction into Alpha Lambda Delta (National Honor Society for First-Year Students),

2013

6) Induction into the Golden Key International Honor Society, 2010

7) Keynote Address, “Gratitude and Commitment,” Golden Key International Honor

Society Induction Ceremony, Eastern Kentucky University, November 30, 2010

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TEACHING AT EKU

Course Prefix and Number Course Title Times Taught

PHI 100 Practical Reasoning 3 sections

PHI 110 Beginning Philosophy 38 sections

PHI 110W Beginning Philosophy

(Writing-Intensive)

4 sections

PHI C110

Beginning Philosophy

(Distance-Learning)

rolling enrollment

2006-2010

PHI 130 Beginning Ethics 4 sections

PHI 240 Philosophy of Religion 3 sections

PHI 333 Recent Analytic Philosophy 1 section

PHI 340 Philosophy of Science 1 section

PHI 340W Philosophy of Science

(Writing-Intensive)

2 sections

PHI 350 Metaphysics 4 sections

PHI 352 Theory of Knowledge 7 sections

PHI 390 Contemporary Political

Philosophy

1 section

PHI 432 Philosophy of Art 1 section

PHI 490

20th Century Philosophy

(Independent Study)

1 section

PHI 499 Philosophy Senior Thesis 5 completed theses

REL 495

Philosophy of Mind & Spirit

(Independent Study)

1 section

HON 205 Honors Humanities I 4 sections

HON 205W Honors Humanities I

(Writing-Intensive)

2 sections

HON 306 Honors Humanities II 4 sections

HON 306W Honors Humanities II

(Writing-Intensive)

2 sections

HON 420 Honors Thesis Project 3 completed theses

Evaluation of Teaching at EKU The Department of Philosophy and Religion uses its own systematic student opinion

questionnaire. The first and most important question asks the students to rate the

instructor’s overall performance as a teacher on a scale of 0-4, with 4 being the best. For

my entire tenure at EKU (2003-present), I received an average instructor rating of 3.8

compared to the Department’s average instructor rating of 3.6. This is equivalent to an

average instructor rating of 4.8 on a 1-5 point scale employed by the IDEA Student

Ratings of Instruction System. According to Institutional Summary, Eastern Kentucky

University, Spring 2016, released by the IDEA Center on June 6, 2016, the average

instructor rating for the whole IDEA System is 4.2 (p. 3) and the average instructor rating

for EKU is 4.3, with institutional norms based on courses rated in the previous five years

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(p. 4). My rating of 4.8 has been validated by the Department’s second systematic

method of evaluating instruction, which includes multiple peer classroom observations

and peer assessments of teaching portfolios.

TEACHING PRIOR TO EMPLOYMENT AT EKU

1) University of Louisville (2002-2003): Philosophy of Language; Moral Discourse and

Practice; Introduction to Philosophy; Critical Thinking; Topics in Philosophy of Mind

2) Georgia State University (2001-2002): Great Questions of Philosophy; Critical Thinking

3) Rutgers University (2000-2001): Current Moral and Social Issues; Logic, Reasoning, and

Persuasion

4) Stevens Institute of Technology (2000-2001): Social and Political Philosophy; Eastern

Philosophy

5) Hofstra University (2000-2001): Introduction to Ethics

6) William Paterson University (2001): Introduction to Philosophy

7) Fairleigh Dickinson University (2001): Introduction to Logic

8) College of New Jersey (2000): Basic Philosophical Issues

9) Raritan Valley Community College (2000): Introduction to Philosophy

10) Columbia University (1993-1994, 1995-1997): Introduction to Formal Logic; Elementary

Logic

PUBLISHED WORKS

Edited Books

1) A. Minh Nguyen, ed., New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics: Philosophy, Politics, Culture,

Literature, and the Arts (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, forthcoming in 2017).

Contributions by Stephen Addiss, David Bell, Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, Richard

Bullen, Allen Carlson, Robert E. Carter, David E. Cooper, Cheryl Crowley,

Timothy Unverzagt Goddard, Carol Steinberg Gould, Mikiko Hirayama, Matthew

Larking, Peter Leech, James McRae, John C. Maraldo, Mara Miller, Hiroshi Nara,

A. Minh Nguyen, Steve Odin, Graham Parkes, C. Michael Rich, J. Thomas

Rimer, Yuriko Saito, Roy Starrs, Akiko Takenaka, Meera Viswanathan, Jason M.

Wirth, Koji Yamasaki, and Michiko Yusa.

“… a book that no student of Japanese aesthetics, whether beginning or advanced,

should be without.”—Philip Alperson, Temple University; “I know of no other

book that covers the subject so completely.”—Donald Keene, Columbia

University; “… the book is a must-have for anyone seeking to better understand

this intriguing and elegant domain.”—Kristin Surak, University of London; “A

perfect text for reading in and for teaching from.”—Alan Tansman, University of

California, Berkeley; see appendix of this CV for more endorsements.

Edited Journal Issues 2) A. Minh Nguyen et al., ed., Chautauqua Journal, Vol. 2: Living with Others

(forthcoming in 2017).

Contributions by Michael W. Austin, Bernadette Barton, John P. Bowes,

Catherine Clinton, Carolyn R. Dupont, William E. Ellis, Dorothy L. Espelage,

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Charles Bracelen Flood, Eric Foner, Donna Freitas, Carole Garrison, John

Lackey, Eric Metaxas, Mark E. Neely, Jr., Derek Nikitas, Doris Pierce, Arnold

Rampersad, Mark Rowlands, Anne Shordike, Matthew P. Winslow, and Bob

Zellner.

3) A. Minh Nguyen et al., ed., Chautauqua Journal, Vol. 1: Nature’s Humans (2016), URL

= <http://encompass.eku.edu/tcj/>.

Contributions by Jonathan Balcombe, Bill Bodish, Katie Brooks, Harry Brown,

Cynthia Chang, Graciela Chichilnisky, Lee Alan Dugatkin, Robert George, Julie

Hensley, Chris Jackson, Erik Liddell, Lisa B. Markowitz, Laura L. Newhart,

Phuong Phan, Matthew Pianalto, Janet Powell, Esther E. Randall, Peter Singer,

Justin E. H. Smith, Young Smith, Dorothy Moseley Sutton, Trinh T. Minh-Ha,

Frank X Walker, and Carol Kaesuk Yoon.

Refereed Journal Articles 4) A. Minh Nguyen, “What Good Is Self-Knowledge?” Journal of Philosophical Research,

Vol. 40 (2015): 137-154.

5) A. Minh Nguyen, “Study Abroad’s Contribution to Critical Thinking and World

Citizenship,” Think: Philosophy for Everyone, Vol. 11, No. 31 (2012): 27-40.

6) A. Minh Nguyen, “Against Cognitive Segregation: An Inseparable Connection between

Creativity and Criticality,” The Reasoner, Vol. 5, No. 11 (2011): 183-185.

7) A. Minh Nguyen, “The Authority of Expressive Self-Ascriptions,” Dialogue: Canadian

Philosophical Review, Vol. 47, No. 1 (2008): 103-136.

8) A. Minh Nguyen, “Davidson on First-Person Authority,” Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol.

38, No. 4 (2004): 457-472.

Winner of the 2002 Rockefeller Essay Prize from the American Philosophical

Association.

9) A. Minh Nguyen, “Self-Knowledge, Other Minds, and the Theoreticity of the Mental,”

Southwest Philosophy Review, Vol. 19, No. 2 (2003): 31-38.

10) A. Minh Nguyen, “Blindsight and Unconsciousness,” Evolution and Cognition, Vol. 8,

No. 2 (2002): 156-163.

11) A. Minh Nguyen, “A Critique of Dretske’s Conception of State Consciousness,” Journal

of Philosophical Research, Vol. 26 (2001): 187-206.

12) A. Minh Nguyen, “Why There Is No Such Thing as First-Person Authority,” Southwest

Philosophy Review, Vol. 16, No. 2 (2000): 165-189.

13) A. Minh Nguyen, “On a Searlean Objection to Rosenthal’s Theory of State

Consciousness,” Journal of Philosophical Research, Vol. 25 (2000): 83-100.

Non-Refereed Journal Articles 14) A. Minh Nguyen, “Report on ‘Japanese Aesthetics,’” APA [American Philosophical

Association] Newsletter on Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies,

Vol. 12, No. 1 (2012): 1-6.

15) A. Minh Nguyen, “Teaching Chinese Philosophy: A Survey of the Field,” APA

Newsletter on Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies, Vol. 11, No. 1

(2011): 1-46.

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16) A. Minh Nguyen and Josef Velazquez, “Report on ‘The Philosophy of Mahatma

Gandhi,’” APA Newsletter on Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies,

Vol. 10, No. 2 (2011): 13-16.

17) A. Minh Nguyen, “Report on ‘Teaching Chinese Philosophy: Challenges and Promises,’”

APA Newsletter on Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies, Vol. 9,

No. 2 (2010): 3-7.

Refereed Chapters in Books 18) A. Minh Nguyen, “Introducing the Essays,” in New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics:

Philosophy, Politics, Culture, Literature, and the Arts, ed. A. Minh Nguyen (Lanham,

MD: Lexington Books, forthcoming in 2017).

19) A. Minh Nguyen, “Transformation through Study Abroad: Critical Thinking and World

Citizenship,” in Preparing Tomorrow’s Global Leaders: Honors International

Education, ed. Mary Kay Mulvaney and Kim Klein (Lincoln, NE: National Collegiate

Honors Council, 2013), pp. 21-43.

20) A. Minh Nguyen, “Barça’s Treble or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the

Heat,” in Soccer and Philosophy: Beautiful Thoughts on the Beautiful Game, ed. Ted

Richards (Chicago, IL: Open Court Publishing, 2010), pp. 265-277.

Refereed Proceedings 21) A. Minh Nguyen, “Self-Ascriptions as Self-Expressions: An Explanation of First-Person

Authority?” in Northwest Topics: Proceedings of the 56th Annual Northwest Conference

on Philosophy, ed. W. Russ Payne (Bellevue, WA: Bellevue Community College Press,

2007), pp. 83-96.

Refereed Published Creative Works 22) Nhi Huynh and A. Minh Nguyen, “First Confession,” Kenyon Review: International

Journal of Literature, Culture and the Arts, Vol. 34, No. 2 (2012): 79-97.

Feature of the Week for the Kenyon Review Weekend Reads Series, September

13, 2013.

Book Reviews 23) A. Minh Nguyen, Review of A Survey of Metaphysics by E. J. Lowe, Teaching

Philosophy, Vol. 29, No. 4 (2006): 384-387.

Refereed Extended Abstracts 24) A. Minh Nguyen, “Mental Self-Ascriptions as Commissive Speech Acts?” in

Consciousness Research Abstracts: Toward a Science of Consciousness, Tucson 2004

(Thorverton, UK: Imprint Academic, 2004), p. 34.

25) A. Minh Nguyen, “What Good Is Self-Knowledge?” in Consciousness Research

Abstracts: Toward a Science of Consciousness, Tucson 2002 (Thorverton, UK: Imprint

Academic, 2002), p. 52.

26) A. Minh Nguyen, “The Rejection of First-Person Authority,” in Consciousness Research

Abstracts: Toward a Science of Consciousness, Tucson 2000 (Thorverton, UK: Imprint

Academic, 2000), p. 64.

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REFEREED PRESENTATIONS 1) Russell Carpenter, Rachel Lachut, A. Minh Nguyen, and Jessica Vaught, “How Do I

Know?: Using Metacognition within the Honors Program,” National Collegiate Honors

Council Conference, Seattle, WA, October 2016.

2) A. Minh Nguyen, “Not One Less: Why the Humanities Matter to Education for Global

Citizenship,” Dialogue on Race and Education in the 21st Century, Berea College, Berea,

KY, April 2016.

3) A. Minh Nguyen, Jonathan Michelon, Nicholas Nervo, and Arnold Radman, “The Role

of the Humanities in Education for Global Citizenship,” 3rd Annual Tarrant County

College Global Citizenship Conference: Think Globally, Practice Locally, Tarrant

County College, Fort Worth, TX, October 2015.

4) Manyul Im and A. Minh Nguyen, “The Dao of Teaching Chinese Philosophy: Lessons

from a Survey,” Joint Meeting of the Indiana Philosophical Association and the Kentucky

Philosophical Association, Owensboro Community and Technical College, Owensboro,

KY, April 2015.


from a Survey,” Kentucky Philosophical Association Summer Philosophy Workshop,

Centre College, Danville, KY, July 2013.


from a Survey,” 9th Annual Midwest Conference on Chinese Thought, University of

Dayton and Wright State University, Dayton, OH, May 2013.

7) A. Minh Nguyen, “The Importance of Self-Knowledge,” Annual Meeting of the Kentucky

Philosophical Association, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY, March 2013.

8) A. Minh Nguyen, “The Importance of Self-Knowledge,” 44th Annual Meeting of the

Tennessee Philosophical Association, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, November

2012.

9) A. Minh Nguyen and Michele Gore, “Transformation through Study Abroad: Critical

Thinking and World Citizenship,” 1st Statewide Study Abroad Symposium, Western

Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, March 2012.

10) A. Minh Nguyen, “The Challenges of Teaching Chinese Philosophy: Strategies for

Overcoming and Transforming the Barriers,” American Association of Philosophy

Teachers’ 1st Midwest Workshop on Teaching and Learning in Philosophy, Ball State

University, Muncie, IN, March 2011.

11) A. Minh Nguyen, “The Challenges of Teaching Chinese Philosophy: Strategies for

Overcoming and Transforming the Barriers,” American Association of Philosophy

Teachers’ 18th International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, Coastal

Carolina University, Conway/Myrtle Beach, SC, July/August 2010.

12) A. Minh Nguyen, “Self-Ascriptions as Self-Expressions: Jacobsen on First-Person

Authority,” Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO,

October 2005.

13) A. Minh Nguyen, “Self-Ascriptions as Self-Expressions: Jacobsen on First-Person

Authority,” Annual Meeting of the Central States Philosophical Association, Lexington,

KY, October 2005.

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14) A. Minh Nguyen, “Self-Ascriptions as Self-Expressions: An Explanation of First-Person

Authority?” Fall Meeting of the Kentucky Philosophical Association, Kentucky State

University, Frankfurt, KY, November 2004.


Authority?” 56th Annual Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Bellevue Community

College, Bellevue, WA, October 2004.

16) A. Minh Nguyen, “Mental Self-Ascriptions as Commissive Speech Acts?” Toward a

Science of Consciousness, Tucson 2004 Conference, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ,

April 2004.

17) A. Minh Nguyen, “First-Person Authority and Moore’s Paradox,” Midsouth Philosophy

Conference, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, February 2004.

18) A. Minh Nguyen, “The Importance of Self-Knowledge,” 35th Annual Meeting of the

Tennessee Philosophical Association, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN,

October/November 2003.


95th Annual Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta,

GA, April 2003.

20) A. Minh Nguyen, “Davidson on First-Person Authority,” 77th Annual Meeting of the

American Philosophical Association Pacific Division, San Francisco, CA, March 2003.

21) A. Minh Nguyen, “On the Nature of Psychological Self-Knowledge,” 33rd Annual

Meeting of the Tennessee Philosophical Association, Vanderbilt University, November

2002.

22) A. Minh Nguyen, “How to Solve the Problems of Self-Knowledge and Other Minds,”

54th Annual Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Lewis & Clark College, October 2002.

23) A. Minh Nguyen, “Blindsight and Unconsciousness,” 1st Annual International

Conference on Unconscious Cognition and Evolution, New England Institute for

Cognitive Science and Evolutionary Psychology, University of New England, August

2002.

24) A. Minh Nguyen, “Toward a Non-Observational Model of Self-Knowledge,” New Jersey

Regional Philosophical Association Spring Meeting, Monmouth University, April 2002.

25) A. Minh Nguyen, “What Good Is Self-Knowledge?” Toward a Science of Consciousness,

Tucson 2002 Conference, University of Arizona, April 2002.

26) A. Minh Nguyen, “Blindsight and Unconsciousness,” Georgia Philosophical Society

Spring Meeting, University of Georgia, April 2002.

27) A. Minh Nguyen, “What Good Is Self-Knowledge?” Midsouth Philosophy Conference,

University of Memphis, February 2002.

28) A. Minh Nguyen, “What Good Is Self-Knowledge?” New Jersey Regional Philosophical

Association Fall Meeting, Felician College, November 2001.

29) A. Minh Nguyen (in absentia), “The Importance of Self-Knowledge,” Alabama

Philosophical Society Conference, Orange Beach, AL, October 2001.

30) A. Minh Nguyen, “Davidson’s Four Explanations of First-Person Authority,” Mountain-

Plains Philosophy Conference, United States Air Force Academy, October 2001.

31) A. Minh Nguyen, “Blindsight and Unconsciousness,” 5th Conference of the Association

for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, Duke University, May 2001.

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32) A. Minh Nguyen, “Davidson on First-Person Authority,” New Jersey Regional

Philosophical Association Spring Meeting, Montclair State University, April 2001.

33) A. Minh Nguyen, “Davidson’s Four Explanations of First-Person Authority,” American

Catholic Philosophical Association Metropolitan Roundtable of Philosophy, St. Francis

College, April 2001.

34) A. Minh Nguyen, “Blindsight and Unconsciousness,” 25th Annual Spring Colloquium on

Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem, Towson University, March 2001.

35) A. Minh Nguyen, “Blindsight Implies Unconscious Experience,” New Jersey Regional

Philosophical Association Fall Meeting, Felician College, November 2000.

36) A. Minh Nguyen, “The Rejection of First-Person Authority,” Toward a Science of

Consciousness, Tucson 2000 Conference, University of Arizona, April 2000.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

1) A. Minh Nguyen, “The Land I Lost: A Vietnamese Refugee Story,” Asia in Focus

Speaker Series, Center for Asian Democracy, University of Louisville, Louisville KY,

April 2017.

2) Mary DeLetter, Jeremy Mulholland, and A. Minh Nguyen, “Metacognition Teaching

Strategies: Assessment and Future Plans,” Bluegrass Higher Education Consortium

Academic Leadership Academy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, April 2016.

3) A. Minh Nguyen, “The Humanities Moment,” Fall Meeting of the Kentucky Humanities

Council’s Board of Directors, Prestonsburg, KY, December 2014.

4) A. Minh Nguyen, “Against Cognitive Segregation: An Inseparable Connection between

Creativity and Criticality,” Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)’s 5th Birthday Celebration,

Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, February 2012.

5) Bill Farmer, Mustapha Jourdini, Kim Naugle, and A. Minh Nguyen, “Some Critical

Issues and Challenges in Diversity,” Eastern Kentucky University’s 10th Annual Diversity

Conference “Diversity in Education: Building Bridges for Understanding and Action,”

Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, April 2011.

6) A. Minh Nguyen, Comments on Kevin Busch’s “The Scope of Caring,” Kentucky

Philosophical Association Spring Meeting, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY,

April 2011.


Authority?” Philosophy and Religion Department Colloquium, Eastern Kentucky

University, Richmond, KY, March 2005.

8) A. Minh Nguyen, Comments on David Ohreen’s “Why Folk Psychology Is Not

Universal,” 56th Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference, Bellevue Community

College, Bellevue, WA, October 2004.

9) A. Minh Nguyen, Comments on Brian Ribeiro’s “What Should a Radical Skeptic Think

about His Hand?” 35th Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Philosophical Association,

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, October/November 2003.


Philosophy Department Colloquium, College of Staten Island/CUNY, April 2003.

11) A. Minh Nguyen, “Davidson on First-Person Authority,” Philosophy Department

Colloquium, Northern Illinois University, March 2003.

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Philosophy Department Colloquium, Georgia State University, November 2002.


Philosophy Department Colloquium, University of Louisville, October 2002.

14) A. Minh Nguyen, “Toward a Non-Observational Model of Self-Knowledge,” Philosophy

Department Colloquium, University of Kentucky, September 2002.

15) A. Minh Nguyen, “Interpretation and First-Person Authority,” Philosophy Department

Colloquium, Georgia State University, September 2001.

16) A. Minh Nguyen, Comments on Anton Alterman’s “Nonsense in Context,” New Jersey

Regional Philosophical Association Fall Meeting, Felician College, November 2000.

17) A. Minh Nguyen, Comments on York Gunther’s “Embodied Content,” 52nd Annual

Northwest Conference on Philosophy, Pacific University, November 2000.

STUDENT SUPERVISION

Supervised Independent Studies 1) Jeffery McNeil, Philosophy of Mind and Spirit, Fall 2006

2) Skyler Parks and Michael Watkins, 20th Century Philosophy, Spring 2005

Philosophy Senior Theses

3) Lane Holbrook, “A Comparative Analysis of Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn,” Fall 2011-

Spring 2013

4) Dana Fritz, “The Baptism of Dasein,” Fall 2009-Fall 2010

5) Charles Kilburn, “A Critical Evaluation of Plantinga’s Reformed Epistemology,” Fall

2009-Spring 2010

6) Mike Hensley, “A Critique and Partial Defense of Isaiah Berlin’s ‘Two Concepts of

Liberty’,” Fall 2006-Spring 2007

7) Jason Martin, “Turing, Searle, and Artificial Intelligence: An Exploration of the Chinese

Room Thought Experiment,” Fall 2005-Spring 2006

Honors Thesis Projects

8) Dana Fritz, “The Baptism of Dasein,” Fall 2009-Fall 2010

9) Charles Kilburn, “A Critical Evaluation of Plantinga’s Reformed Epistemology,” Fall

2009-Spring 2010

10) (Supervised with Abraham Velez) Andrew Gaydos, “A Biblical Defense of the Official

Roman Catholic Doctrine on Violence,” Fall 2007-Spring 2008

Scholarly Publications

11) Lane Holbrook, “Of Bombs and Grails, or, Hold on Loosely, but Don’t Let Go,”

Proceedings of the Southeast Philosophy Congress, Vol. 4 (2011): 93-97.

Winner of the 2010 Thinking and Communicating Across the Curriculum

(TCAC) Student Spotlight Award.

12) Dana Fritz, “Angst, Shame, Knowledge: The Baptism of Dasein,” Proceedings of the

Southeast Philosophy Congress, Vol. 4 (2011): 75-82.

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13) Steven Burdette, “Scrutinizing Scruton: Is Film an Art Form?” Proceedings of the

Southeast Philosophy Congress, Vol. 3 (2010): 28-30.

14) Dana Fritz, “The Heat Is On: Dante’s Inferno vs. Tolstoy’s Expressionism,” Proceedings

of the Southeast Philosophy Congress, Vol. 3 (2010): 52-54.

Conference Presentations

15) Miranda Massey and Hannah Theissen, “Occupational Differences in Play between

Monolingual and Bilingual Children in Kentucky,” 15th Annual University Presentation

Showcase, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, April 15, 2017.

16) Megan Hurley, “The Role of the Mirror Neuron System on Antisocial Personality

Disorder,” 15th Annual University Presentation Showcase, Eastern Kentucky University,

Richmond, KY, April 15, 2017.

17) (Supervised with Becca Morrison) Amanda Bowman, “Cultivating Character through

Curriculum: A Service Project,” 15th Annual University Presentation Showcase, Eastern

Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, April 15, 2017.

18) Jessica Carlotti, “The Journey of Homeschooling Special Needs Children,” 15th Annual

University Presentation Showcase, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, April

15, 2017.

19) Miranda Massey and Hannah Theissen, “Occupational Differences in Play between

Monolingual and Bilingual Children in Kentucky,” Southern Regional Honors Council

Conference, Asheville, NC, March 30-April 1, 2017.

20) Katie Clark and Simon Mikulcik, “Understanding Diverse Learning Styles in Honors

Mathematics,” Southern Regional Honors Council Conference, Asheville, NC, March

30-April 1, 2017.

21) Katie Clark and Emily Rose, “Diversity in Honors Classes: Photographed and

Performed,” Southern Regional Honors Council Conference, Asheville, NC, March 30-

April 1, 2017.

22) Megan Hurley, “The Role of the Mirror Neuron System on Antisocial Personality

Disorder,” Southern Regional Honors Council Conference, Asheville, NC, March 30-

April 1, 2017.

23) (Supervised with Becca Morrison) Amanda Bowman, “Not Your Mother’s Service

Project: Character Education in the Modern School System,” Southern Regional Honors

Council Conference, Asheville, NC, March 30-April 1, 2017.

24) Jessica Carlotti, “The Journey of Homeschooling Special Needs Children,” Kentucky

Honors Roundtable Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, February 24-

25, 2017.

25) Katie Clark and Simon Mikulcik, “Understanding Diverse Learning Styles in Honors

Mathematics,” Kentucky Honors Roundtable Conference, University of Kentucky,

Lexington, KY, February 24-25, 2017.

26) Madison Harris, “Protecting Our Assets: The Economics of Human Trafficking,”

National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Seattle, WA, October 12-16, 2016.

27) (Supervised with Katie Patton) Michael Mettey and Nathaniel Schattner, “Knowing Your

Honors Community and Yourself: What Attracts Students to Honors Living-Learning

Communities?” National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Seattle, WA, October

12-16, 2016.

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28) (Supervised with Russell Carpenter) Russell Carpenter, Rachel Lachut, A. Minh Nguyen,

and Jessica Vaught, “How Do I Know?: Using Metacognition within the Honors

Program,” National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Seattle, WA, October 12-16,

2016.

29) (Supervised with Gene Kleppinger) Abriel Newberry and Bruce Northington,

“Opportunities for Self-Discovery: Exploring Diversity Connections,” National

Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Seattle, WA, October 12-16, 2016.

30) (Supervised with Gene Kleppinger) Jamie Hope Witherall, “Know Yourself and Your

Body: Can We Control Candida Overgrowth?” National Collegiate Honors Council

Conference, Seattle, WA, October 12-16, 2016.


Kentucky Honors Roundtable Conference, Murray State University, Murray, KY,

September 30-October 1, 2016.

32) (Supervised with Katie Patton) Michael Mettey and Nathaniel Schattner, “Knowing Your

Honors Community and Yourself: What Attracts Students to Honors Living-Learning

Communities?,” Kentucky Honors Roundtable Conference, Murray State University,

Murray, KY, September 30-October 1, 2016.

33) (Supervised with Russell Carpenter) Russell Carpenter, Rachel Lachut, A. Minh Nguyen,

and Jessica Vaught, “How Do I Know?: Using Metacognition within the Honors

Program,” Kentucky Honors Roundtable Conference, Murray State University, Murray,

KY, September 30-October 1, 2016.

34) (Supervised with Gene Kleppinger) Abriel Newberry and Bruce Northington,

“Opportunities for Self-Discovery: Exploring Diversity Connections,” Kentucky Honors

Roundtable Conference, Murray State University, Murray, KY, September 30-October 1,

2016.


Southern Regional Honors Council Conference, Orlando, FL, March 31-April 2, 2016.

36) (Supervised with Katie Patton) Michael Mettey and Nathaniel Schattner, “The Collegiate

Sorting Hat: Why Do Honors Students Choose to Live in Honors Communities?”

Kentucky Honors Roundtable Conference, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY,

February 26-27, 2016.

37) (Supervised with Gene Kleppinger) Rachel Blades and Andi Fields, “Augmentative and

Alternative Communication: Transcending the Borders of Education, Life, and

Communication,” National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Chicago, IL,

November 11-15, 2015.

38) Morgan Wood, “Collegiate Contributions: A Content Analysis of NCHC Student Posters

from 2008 to 2013,” National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Chicago, IL,

November 11-15, 2015.

39) (Supervised with Lisa Bosley) Nathaniel Schattner, “Ascension of the Armies: The

Impact of Ballooning during the Civil War,” National Collegiate Honors Council

Conference, Chicago, IL, November 11-15, 2015.

40) (Supervised with Frank O’Connor) Nathaniel Schattner, “Narrowing Skies: How

Consolidation Has Affected the U.S. Airline Industry,” National Collegiate Honors

Council Conference, Chicago, IL, November 11-15, 2015.

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41) Shayna Clark, “WHIP into Shape: An Exploration of Wellness/Health Incentive

Programs for College Students,” National Collegiate Honors Council Conference,

Chicago, IL, November 11-15, 2015.


from 2008 to 2013,” Kentucky Honors Roundtable Conference, Eastern Kentucky

University, Richmond, KY, September 25-26, 2015.


Impact of Ballooning during the Civil War,” Kentucky Honors Roundtable Conference,

Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, September 25-26, 2015.


from 2008 to 2013,” 14th Annual Undergraduate Presentation Showcase, Eastern

Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, April 17, 2015.


Impact of Ballooning during the Civil War,” 14th Annual Undergraduate Presentation


46) Jacob Blair, “The Challenge of Establishing a Federal Shield Law,” 14th Annual

Undergraduate Presentation Showcase, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY,

April 17, 2015.

47) Halle Graham, Hannah March, and Vivian Nguyen, “Climbing to Freedom: A Look at

Modern-Day Abolitionist Efforts in America,” 14th Annual Undergraduate Presentation


48) (Supervised with Matthew Winslow) Naomi Sigler, “Thrill of the Climb: Pro-Pot or No-

Pot? A Study of the Views and Usage of Marijuana in an Honors Community,” 14th

Annual Undergraduate Presentation Showcase, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond,

KY, April 17, 2015.

49) (Supervised with Gene Kleppinger) Rachel Blades and Andi Fields, “Augmentative and

Alternative Communication: Transcending the Borders of Education, Life, and

Communication,” Southern Regional Honors Council Conference, Greenville, SC, March

19-21, 2015.


from 2008 to 2013,” Southern Regional Honors Council Conference, Greenville, SC,

March 19-21, 2015.


Impact of Ballooning during the Civil War,” Southern Regional Honors Council

Conference, Greenville, SC, March 19-21, 2015.

52) Jamie Witherall, “Undergraduate Education Abroad: Transcending Your Boundaries by

Transcending Your Borders,” Southern Regional Honors Council Conference,

Greenville, SC, March 19-21, 2015.

53) (Supervised with Gene Kleppinger) Jessa Hay, “Treatment Plans for

Adrenoleukodystrophy, a Rare Genetic Disease: Is Lorenzo’s Oil the Answer?” Southern

Regional Honors Council Conference, Greenville, SC, March 19-21, 2015.


from 2008 to 2013,” Kentucky Honors Roundtable Conference, Kentucky State

University, Frankfort, KY, February 27-28, 2015.

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Impact of Ballooning during the Civil War,” Kentucky Honors Roundtable Conference,

Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY, February 27-28, 2015.

56) (Supervised with Gene Kleppinger) Jessa Hay, “Treatment Plans for

Adrenoleukodystrophy, a Rare Genetic Disease: Is Lorenzo’s Oil the Answer?” Kentucky

Honors Roundtable Conference, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY, February 27-

28, 2015.

57) (Supervised with George Landon) Simon Mikulcik, “Overcoming Daily Challenges with

Embedded Scripting Languages,” 14th Annual Posters-at-the-Capitol, Frankfort, KY,

February 19, 2015.


Modern-Day Abolitionist Efforts in America,” 14th Annual Posters-at-the-Capitol,

Frankfort, KY, February 19, 2015.


Embedded Scripting Languages,” National Collegiate Honors Council Conference,

Denver, CO, November 5-9, 2014.

60) Jacob Blair, “The Challenge of Establishing a Federal Shield Law,” National Collegiate

Honors Council Conference, Denver, CO, November 5-9, 2014.


Modern-Day Abolitionist Efforts in America,” National Collegiate Honors Council

Conference, Denver, CO, November 5-9, 2014.

62) Jessica Dove, “Medical Issues with Auto Accidents Solved,” National Collegiate Honors

Council Conference, Denver, CO, November 5-9, 2014.

63) (Supervised with Matthew Winslow) Naomi Sigler, “Thrill of the Climb: Pro-Pot or No-

Pot? A Study of the Views and Usage of Marijuana in an Honors Community,” National

Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Denver, CO, November 5-9, 2014.


Embedded Scripting Languages,” Kentucky Honors Roundtable Conference, Western

Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, September 26-27, 2014.

65) Jacob Blair, “The Challenge of Establishing a Federal Shield Law,” Kentucky Honors

Roundtable Conference, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, September

26-27, 2014.

66) Morgan Wood, “Collegiate Contributions: A Content Analysis of NCHC Student

Presentations from 2008 to 2013,” Kentucky Honors Roundtable Conference, Western

Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, September 26-27, 2014.


Modern-Day Abolitionist Efforts in America,” Kentucky Honors Roundtable Conference,

Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, September 26-27, 2014.

68) Jacob Blair, “Social Media and the News,” 13th Annual Undergraduate Presentation


69) Jessica Dove, “Medical Issues with Auto Accidents Solved,” 13th Annual Undergraduate

Presentation Showcase, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, April 18, 2014.

70) Andi Fields, “In Vitro Fertilization: Scientific Advancement or Ethical Dilemma?” 13th

Annual Undergraduate Presentation Showcase, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond,

KY, April 18, 2014.

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71) Jacob Blair, “Social Media and the News,” Southern Regional Honors Council

Conference, Savannah, GA, March 27-29, 2014.

72) Jessica Dove, “Medical Issues with Auto Accidents Solved,” Southern Regional Honors

Council Conference, Savannah, GA, March 27-29, 2014.

73) Andi Fields, “In Vitro Fertilization: Scientific Advancement or Ethical Dilemma?”

Southern Regional Honors Council Conference, Savannah, GA, March 27-29, 2014.

74) Simon Mikulcik, “Software, Socrates, and Math,” Southern Regional Honors Council

Conference, Savannah, GA, March 27-29, 2014.

75) Jessica Dove, “Medical Alert Sticker and ID Card,” Kentucky Honors Roundtable

Conference, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY, February 21-22, 2014.

76) Simon Mikulcik, “Software, Socrates, and Math,” Kentucky Honors Roundtable


77) Gabriel Fernandes and Bong Han Lee, “International Students in Honors Programs: A

Critical Transformation,” National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, New Orleans,

LA, November 6-10, 2013.

78) (Supervised with Patrick Puckett) Taylor Dantes, Kelly McGowan, Katherine Redmond,

and Rachel Thorley, “Developing Leadership in Honors Through Service,” National

Collegiate Honors Council Conference, New Orleans, LA, November 6-10, 2013.

79) Gabriel Fernandes and Bong Han Lee, “International Students in Honors Programs: A

Critical Transformation,” Kentucky Honors Roundtable Conference, Northern Kentucky

University, Newport, KY, October 4-5, 2013.

80) (Supervised with Patrick Puckett) Taylor Dantes, Kelly McGowan, Katherine Redmond,

and Rachel Thorley, “Developing Leadership in Honors Through Service,” Kentucky

Honors Roundtable Conference, Northern Kentucky University, Newport, KY, October

4-5, 2013.

81) (Supervised with Bruce MacLaren) Jacob Blair, “EKU Honors Program and the

Chautauqua Lecture Series: A Symbiotic Relationship,” 12th Annual Undergraduate

Presentation Showcase, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, April 19, 2013.

82) (Supervised with Bruce MacLaren) Jacob Blair, “Honors Involvement in the Chautauqua

Lecture Series,” Southern Regional Honors Council Conference, Louisville, KY, April 4-

6, 2013.

83) Ian Hopkins and Yakov Kandathil, “Walmart’s Foray into Asian Markets: Is It

Working?” National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Boston, MA, November 14-

18, 2012.

84) Yakov Kandathil and Hannah Zimmerman, “The Euro and Its Discontent,” National

Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Boston, MA, November 14-18, 2012.


Working?” Kentucky Honors Roundtable Conference, Murray State University, Murray,

KY, October 26-27, 2012.

86) Yakov Kandathil and Hannah Zimmerman, “The Euro and Its Discontent,” Kentucky

Honors Roundtable Conference, Murray State University, Murray, KY, October 26-27,

2012.


Working?” 11th Annual Undergraduate Presentation Showcase, Eastern Kentucky

University, Richmond, KY, April 13, 2012.

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Working?” Southern Regional Honors Council Conference, Tampa, FL, March 30-April

1, 2012.


Working?” Kentucky Honors Roundtable Conference, University of Louisville,

Louisville, KY, February 24-25, 2012.

90) (Supervised with Mustapha Jourdini) Yakov Kandathil and Hannah Zimmerman,

“International Recruitment and Honors Programs,” National Collegiate Honors Council

Conference, Phoenix, AZ, October 19-23, 2011.

91) (Supervised with Mustapha Jourdini) Yakov Kandathil and Hannah Zimmerman,

“International Recruitment and Honors Programs,” Kentucky Honors Roundtable

Conference, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, September 30-October 1,

2011.

92) Dana Fritz, “Angst, Shame, Knowledge: The Baptism of Dasein,” 35th Annual Midsouth

Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, March 4-

5, 2011.

93) Lane Holbrook, “Of Bombs and Grails, or, Hold on Loosely, but Don’t Let Go,” 4th

Annual Southeast Philosophy Congress, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA,

February 18-19, 2011.

94) Dana Fritz, “Angst, Shame, Knowledge: The Baptism of Dasein,” 4th Annual Southeast

Philosophy Congress, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA, February 18-19, 2011.

95) Dana Fritz, “Angst, Shame, Knowledge,” 10th Annual Steven Humphrey Student

Philosophy Colloquium, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, November 12, 2010.

96) (Supervised with Greg Engstrom) Dana Fritz, Courtney Jackson, Julieann Price, and

Madeline Ruhl, “The Transformative Power of Jazz: Turning Oppression into Freedom,”

National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Kansas City, MO, October 20-24, 2010.

97) Dana Fritz, “Angst, Shame, Knowledge,” 5th Annual Undergraduate Philosophy

Conference at SIUE, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL,

October 15-16, 2010.

98) Charles Kilburn, “Belief in God as Properly Basic,” Southern Regional Honors Council

Conference, Greenville, SC, March 25-27, 2010.

99) Dana Fritz, “The Baptism of Dasein,” Southern Regional Honors Council Conference,

Greenville, SC, March 25-27, 2010.

100) Charles Kilburn, “Belief in God as Properly Basic,” Kentucky Honors Roundtable


101) Dana Fritz, “The Heat Is On: Dante’s Inferno vs. Tolstoy’s Expressionism,” 3rd

Annual Southeast Philosophy Congress, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA,

February 12-13, 2010.

102) Steven Burdette, “Scrutinizing Scruton: Is Film an Art Form?” 3rd Annual

Southeast Philosophy Congress, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA, February 12-13,

2010.

103) (Supervised with Rob Sica) Cynthia Chang, Dana Fritz, and Jesse Orloff,

“Poverty and Human Rights in the Global City,” National Collegiate Honors Council

Conference, Washington, DC, October 28-November 1, 2009.

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104) (Supervised with Bonnie Gray, Mustapha Jourdini, and Mixon Ware) Saemi An,

Anna Bermudez, William Helton, Jacinda Jacquemin, and Fotina Lefta, “Crossing

International Frontiers: EKU Honors Scholars’ Perspectives,” National Collegiate

Honors Council Conference, San Antonio, TX, October 22-26, 2008.



International Frontiers: EKU Honors Scholars’ Perspectives,” Kentucky Honors

Roundtable Conference, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, September 26-27,

2008.



International Frontiers: EKU Honors Scholars’ Perspectives,” Kentucky Honors

Roundtable Conference, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, February 28-

March 1, 2008.

INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE

To Eastern Kentucky University

1) Institutional Diversity Steering Committee, 2017-present

2) Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship Nominee Selection Committee, 2017-present (Chair, 2017-

present)

3) President-Elect of the EKU Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, 2016-present

4) Executive Board of the EKU Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, 2016-present

5) University Academic Planning and Assessment Committee, 2016-present

6) African and African-American Studies Advisory Board, 2016-present

7) Chairs Association, 2015-present

8) Asian Studies Advisory Committee, 2015-present (Chair, 2015-present)

9) Asian Studies Strategic Planning Committee, 2015-present (Chair, 2015-present)

10) Institutional Distinction Strategic Implementation Committee, 2015-present

11) University Pre-Health Advisory Committee, 2015-present

12) Rhodes / Marshall / Mitchell / Gates Cambridge Scholarship Institutional Representative,

2015-present

13) Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Chautauqua Journal, 2014-present

14) Faculty Advisor to Alpha Phi Omega (National Coeducational Service Organization),

2014-present

15) Faculty Advisor to Students for Life, 2014-present

16) Truman / Goldwater / Gilman Scholarship Institutional Representative, 2014-present

17) Fulbright / Critical Language Scholarship Program Adviser, 2013-present

18) Council on Academic Affairs, 2013-present (CAA Strategic Academic Excellence

Workgroup, 2015)

19) Honors Strategic Planning and Assessment Committee, 2013-present (Chair, 2013-

present)

20) Global Citizenship Program Grant and Trailblazer Grant Selection Committee, 2013-

present

21) Honors Admission Committee, 2010, 2013-present

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22) Honors Advisory Committee, 2007-2010, 2013-present

23) University Diversity Committee, 2012-present (Event Planning Subcommittee, 2017-

present)

24) Faculty Advisor to Alpha Lambda Delta (National Honor Society for First-Year

Students), 2012-present

25) International Site Visit Evaluation Team, Mahidol University International College,

Bangkok, Thailand, and Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, March 20-28,

2016

26) Institutional Diversity and Inclusion Planning Committee, 2015-2016

27) Search Committee for the Dean of the Honors College, 2015-2016

28) Drafting Committee of the Civility and Respect in the Workplace Policy, 2015-2016

29) Strategic Planning Student Success Committee, 2015-2016

30) International Area Studies Task Force, 2015-2016

31) Year of Russian Language, Culture, and Politics Planning Committee, 2015-2016

32) Asian Studies Liaison to the Library, 2015-2016

33) Asian Studies Planning Committee, 2014 (Coordinator, 2014)

34) Faculty Advisor to the International Student Association, 2013-2014

35) Search Committee for the Program Coordinator of the Honors Program, 2013

36) Search Committee for the Administrative Assistant of the Honors Program, 2013

37) ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Awareness and Accessibility Committee, 2011-

2014

38) Search Committee for the Director of International Education, 2011-2012

39) Search Committee for the Dean of University Programs, 2011

40) Search Committee for the Director of Student Life, 2011

41) Contributor to the Academic Orientation Textbook, Explore, Evaluate, Expand, Express:

Academic Success and the EKU Experience, 2011

42) Assisted with Administering the Campus Climate Survey, November 16, 2011

43) QE (Quality Enhancement) Coach, 2010-2012

44) University Programs Strategic Planning Subgroup, 2010

45) Organizer of the Panel “What Good Is Globalization?” January 26, 2010

46) Multicultural Advisory Council, 2009-2016

47) First Amendment Celebration Committee, 2009-2014

48) University Libraries Institutional Repository Task Force, 2009-2010

49) Search Committee for the Study Abroad Program Coordinator, 2009

50) Reader for Celebrating Black History: The African-American Read-In, February 4, 2008;

February 7, 2011; February 13, 2013; February 12, 2015

51) Critical Thinking Assessment Team, 2008-2010, 2013

52) Honors Program Assessment Team, 2008-2010

53) Chautauqua Lecture Series Committee, 2007-2015 (Chair, 2010-2015)

54) Honors Program Intramural Soccer Team, 2007-2012

55) Library Committee, 2007-2010

56) Faculty of Mathematics and Science Summer Academy for Advanced High School

Students, 2007-2008

57) Coach of the Quick Recall Team, 2006-2008

58) Honors Program Living-Learning Investor, 2006-2008

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59) Planning Group for the Society, Technology, and Values Theme for General Education,

2005-2006

60) Volunteer for Move-In Day, 2004-2007, 2013-2016

61) International Education Committee, 2004-2007, 2009-2012 (Chair, 2005-2007, 2009-

2010)

62) Faculty Senate, 2004-2010

63) Faculty Mentor in the PLUS/Mentoring Program, 2004-2007

64) Weekend Host Family for EKU-EELI Summer Students from Daegu Haany University in

South Korea, July 9-11, 2004

To the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences 1) Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2016-present (Chair, 2016-present)

2) Strategic Planning and Budget Committee, 2016-present (Alternate)

To the College of Arts and Sciences 3) Student Awards Workgroup, 2014-2015

4) Curriculum Committee, 2010-2012

5) Junior Faculty Mentor, 2009-2012

6) Academic Integrity Committee, 2007-2010 (Chaired 4 Committee Hearings)

7) Research Awards Committee, 2003-2005

To the Department of Philosophy and Religion

1) Academic Practices Committee, 2003-2006, 2015-present

2) Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2008-present

3) Non-Tenured Evaluation Committee, 2008-present

4) Minor in Applied Ethics Curriculum Planning Committee, 2014

5) General Education Curriculum Reapproval Proposal Coordinator for Beginning

Philosophy: PHI 110, Philosophy of Religion: PHI 240, and Philosophy of Science: PHI

340, 2010

6) General Education Assessment/Course Coordinator for PHI 240, 2009

7) Department Liaison to the Library, 2006-2013

8) General Education Assessment/Course Coordinator for PHI 110, PHI 110W, PHI 340,

and PHI 340W, 2005-2013

9) General Education Curriculum Proposal Coordinator for PHI 110, PHI 110W, PHI 340,

and PHI 340W, 2005-2009

10) Eastern Thought Search Committee, 2005-2006

11) Department Representative at Major Expos and Spotlights, 2003-2013

12) Ethics Search Committee, 2003-2004, 2007-2008, 2008-2009

13) Faculty Co-Advisor to the Philosophy Club, 2003-2006

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION

1) Associate Editor, The Kentucky Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship, 2015-present

2) Editorial Advisory Board of De Gruyter/Versita’s Open Access Publishing Program in

Philosophy, 2012-present

3) EKU Liaison to the Kentucky Philosophical Association, 2009-present

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4) International Education Committee, National Collegiate Honors Council, 2008-present

5) Diversity Issues Committee, National Collegiate Honors Council, 2008-present

(Committee Charge Review Subcommittee, Co-Chair, 2016-present)

6) Judge for the Future Business Leaders of America Public Speaking Competition, Eastern

Kentucky University, March 9, 2017

7) Reviewer of Papers for Kentucky Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, 2015,

2016, 2017

8) Judge for the National Collegiate Honors Council Poster Award Competition, 2011,

2012, 2013, 2014, 2016

9) Conference Organizer and Program Chair, Kentucky Honors Roundtable Conference,

Eastern Kentucky University, 2015

10) Conference Organizer and Program Chair, Asian Studies in the Contemporary World

Conference, Eastern Kentucky University, 2015

11) Book Proposal Reviewer for Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015

12) Critical Language Scholarship Program Selection Panel, American Councils for

International Education, 2014, 2015

13) Co-Moderator, Forum on Diversity, National Collegiate Honors Council Conference,

2013, 2015

14) Conference Organizer and Program Chair, Kentucky Philosophical Association

Biannual Meeting, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012

15) Session Organizer and Chair, “Japanese Aesthetics,” Annual Meeting of the American

Philosophical Association Eastern Division, 2011

16) Manuscript Reviewer for Oxford University Press, 2011

17) Manuscript Reviewer for McGraw-Hill Publishers, 2011

18) Manuscript Reviewer for BVT Publishing, 2011

19) Manuscript Reviewer for Philosophy Study, 2011

20) Kentucky Philosophical Association, President, 2010-2012

21) Kentucky Philosophical Association, Vice President, 2010

22) Session Organizer, “The Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi,” Annual Meeting of the

American Philosophical Association Eastern Division, 2010

23) Committee on International Cooperation, American Philosophical Association, 2009-

2012

24) Session Organizer and Chair, “Teaching Chinese Philosophy: Challenges and Promises,”

Annual Meeting of the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division, 2009

25) Session Organizer, “Australian Contributions to 20th-Century Analytic Metaphysics,”

Annual Meeting of the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division, 2009

26) Session Chair, Annual Meeting of the American Philosophical Association Central

Division, 2009

27) Committee on the Status of Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies,

American Philosophical Association, 2008-2011

28) Session Chair, Annual Meeting of the American Philosophical Association Central

Division, 2008

29) Manuscript Reviewer for Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2005

30) Session Chair, Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, 2005

31) Session Chair, Annual Meeting of the Central States Philosophical Association, 2005

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32) Session Chair, Internalism and Externalism in Semantics and Epistemology Conference,

2005

33) Session Chair, Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference, 2004

34) Manuscript Reviewer for Longman Publishers, 2003

35) Publishing Project Consultant for Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003

PROFESSIONALLY RELATED COMMUNITY SERVICE

1) Volunteer for the Special Olympics Kentucky State Summer Games, June 2, 2012; June

1, 2013; June 7, 2014; June 5, 2015; June 4, 2016

2) Kentucky Humanities Council’s Board of Directors (and Its Development Committee,

Grants Committee, Nominating and Bylaws Committee, and Planning and Evaluation

Committee), 2010-2016

3) Judge for the Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame, Kentucky Commission on Human

Rights, 2012

4) Judge for the Model Laboratory School Science Fair Competition, February 10-11, 2011;

February 9-10, 2012

5) Saint Mark Catholic School Board (and Its Finance Committee and Strategic Planning

Committee), 2007-2012

6) Group Piano Student Recital, St. Andrews Retirement Community, Richmond, KY,

December 6, 2010

7) Judge for the 5th Annual Kentucky Science and Engineering Fair, Eastern Kentucky

University, March 31, 2007

8) Assisted Nhi Huynh in Creating a Public Mural Depicting Natural and Racial Harmony,

Kirksville Elementary School, Richmond, KY, 2005-2006

9) Volunteer for the Native American Culture Festival, Richmond Powwow Association,

Richmond, KY, September 24, 2004

HONORS AND AWARDS 1) Selected to Participate in the NCHC Professional Development Workshop, University of

Iowa, May 1-2, 2017 (All Expenses Covered by the National Collegiate Honors Council)

2) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service and Leadership Award, Eastern Kentucky

University, 2017

3) Fellow of Eastern Kentucky University’s Faculty Leadership Institute, 2017

4) Induction into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 2016

5) Fellow of the Bluegrass Higher Education Consortium Academic Leadership Academy,

2016

6) Eastern Kentucky University President’s Research and Scholarship Fund (PRSF) Travel

Grant, 2016

7) Bluegrass State Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence Faculty

Research and Professional Development Grant, 2015, 2016

8) Eastern Kentucky University Faculty Development Grant, Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Fall

2005, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012,

Fall 2016

9) Eastern Kentucky University Information Technology Grant, 2012-2013, 2014-2015,

2015-2016, 2016-2017

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10) Eastern Kentucky University Diversity Professional Development Grant, 2015

11) Salzburg Global Seminar Fellow, Global Citizenship Program 71 (“Education for Global


12) Faculty Marshal for the College of Arts and Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University, 2015

13) Bluegrass State Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence Course

Development Grant, 2014

14) EKU Top Mentor, Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors, Eastern


15) Induction into Alpha Phi Omega (National Coeducational Service Organization), 2014

16) Short Story “First Confession” Selected as Feature of the Week for the Kenyon Review

Weekend Reads Series, September 13, 2013

17) Keynote Address, “Building Leadership: Embracing Cultural Values and Inclusion,” A

Celebration of the Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, Blue Grass Army Depot,

Richmond, KY, May 16, 2013

18) Induction into Alpha Lambda Delta (National Honor Society for First-Year Students),

2013

19) Nominee for a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipend, Eastern


20) Nominee for a Critical Thinking Teacher of the Year Award, Eastern Kentucky

University, 2012

21) Eastern Kentucky University Graduate School Research Travel Grant, Fall 2010, Fall

2012

22) Induction into the Golden Key International Honor Society, 2010


Society Induction Ceremony, Eastern Kentucky University, November 30, 2010

24) Eastern Kentucky University LEAF (Learning Environment for Academia’s Future)

Fellowship, 2009-2010

25) American Philosophical Association Community Service Learning Grant, 2003

26) American Philosophical Association Rockefeller Essay Prize, 2002

27) Columbia University Faculty Fellowship, 1991-1992; Mellon Summer Research

Fellowship, 1992; President’s Fellowship, 1992-1997; Charles Frankel Memorial

Fellowship, 1996-1997

OTHER ACTIVITIES/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Interviews and Media Appearances

1) “President Trump’s Executive Order on Terrorism, Immigration, and Refugees,” Eastern

Standard, WEKU-FM Radio, 9 February 2017, URL =

<http://weku.fm/post/immigration-kentucky-eastern-standard>.

2) “Refugees in the U.S.,” Eastern Standard, WEKU-FM Radio, 10 December 2015, URL

= <http://weku.fm/post/refugees-us-eastern-standard>.

3) “Leaving Vietnam: Minh’s Story,” The Eastern Progress, 26 February 2015: 1, 4, URL

= <http://www.easternprogress.com/2015/02/26/leaving-vietnam-minhs-story/>.

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4) “Power of Maroon: Leadership Spotlight,” EKU Update: A Newsletter for Eastern

Kentucky University Faculty & Staff, Vol. 13, No. 10 (2012), URL =

<http://www.prm.eku.edu/Update/?issue=172&department=0&article=2397>.

Popular Lectures

1) “Persistence,” Late Night with Honors, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY,

September 15, 2014; September 15, 2015; September 15, 2016.

2) “Transition from Honors Program to Honors College,” Honors Program Faculty

Workshop, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, May 19, 2015.

3) (With Laurie Carter, George Gallien, Ivonne Gonzalez, Aziza Morris, Omar Salinas, and

Socorro Zaragoza) “Let’s Talk about Race,” Global Café Series, Eastern Kentucky

University, Richmond, KY, January 27, 2015.

4) “The Culture of Life,” EKU Students for Life Meeting, Eastern Kentucky University,

Richmond, KY, January 22, 2015.

5) Keynote Address, “Building Leadership: Embracing Cultural Values and Inclusion,” A

Celebration of the Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, Blue Grass Army Depot,

Richmond, KY, May 16, 2013.

6) (With Nhi Huynh) “Leaving Vietnam: Journey from the Fall,” Unitarian Universalist

Fellowship of Madison County, KY, January 8, 2012.

7) (With MyraBeth Bundy, Gill Hunter, Jackie Jay, John Lowry, and Marcel Robles)

“Reflections on Assessment for Writing Intensive Courses,” Thinking and

Communicating Across the Curriculum (TCAC) Talking Event, Eastern Kentucky

University, Richmond, KY, May 5, 2011.


Society Induction Ceremony, Eastern Kentucky University, November 30, 2010.

9) “Realism, Pacifism, and Just War Theory,” EKU Students for Life Meeting, Catholic

Newman Center, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, April 26, 2010.

10) “The Foundations of Ethics and Its Applications to Science and Technology: Humans,

Animals, and the Environment,” Mathematics and Science Summer Academy for

Advanced High School Students, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, June 6,

2008.

11) “Identity and Change,” Mathematics and Science Summer Academy for Advanced High

School Students, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, June 7, 2007.

12) “The Foundations of Ethics,” Mathematics and Science Summer Academy for Advanced

High School Students, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, June 5, 2007.

13) (With Nhi Huynh) “What Is Vietnam?” St. Mark School, Richmond, KY, November 3,

2006.

14) “Animal Consciousness,” EKU Philosophy Club Meeting, Eastern Kentucky University,

Richmond, KY, April 21, 2005.

Guest Lectures

1) “The Land I Lost: A Vietnamese Refugee Story,” Dr. Alice Jones’s Course

“Environmental Geography,” Eastern Kentucky University, April 7, 2017.

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2) “Leaving Vietnam: Journey from the Fall,” Profs. Linda Bozeman’s and Tara Stevens’s

Course “English-to-ASL Interpreting II,” Eastern Kentucky University, October 28,

2015.

3) (With Nhi Huynh) “On Being Asian-American,” Dr. Mixon Ware’s Seminar on Diversity

Awareness for Professional Practice, Eastern Kentucky University, April 19, 2007; April

2, 2008; April 10, 2014.

4) “Fakes and Forgeries,” Drs. Laura Newhart’s and Jaleh Rezaie’s Graduate Seminar on

Research Ethics, Eastern Kentucky University, February 29, 2012.

5) “Facing Reality: Perception and the External World,” Dr. Laura Newhart’s

Interdisciplinary Course “EKU after People,” Eastern Kentucky University, April 1,

2010.

6) “Functionalism, the Turing Test, and the Chinese Room Thought Experiment,” Dr. Ka-

Wing Wong’s Graduate Seminar on Artificial Intelligence, Eastern Kentucky University,

October 24, 2006.

Discussion and Debate Moderator

1) Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, EKU Asian Film Series, April 27, 2016

2) Stephen Chow’s Kung Fu Hustle, EKU Asian Film Series, April 26, 2016

3) Zhang Yimou’s Hero, EKU Asian Film Series, April 21, 2016

4) Wilson Yip’s Ip Man, EKU Asian Film Series, April 20, 2016

5) Zhang Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers, EKU Asian Film Series, April 19, 2016

6) Mira Nair’s Salaam Bombay!, EKU Asian Film Series, May 7, 2015

7) Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation, EKU Asian Film Series, March 26, 2015

8) Chen Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine, EKU Asian Film Series, March 5, 2015

9) Akira Kurosawa’s Ran, EKU Asian Film Series, February 5, 2015

10) Graham Parkes’s “Japanese Aesthetics,” Crabbe Library Article Discussion Series, April

27, 2012

11) Timothy Wilson’s “Know Thyself?” Crabbe Library Article Discussion Series, December

9, 2011

12) Martha Nussbaum’s “Veiled Threats?” and “Beyond the Veil: A Response,” Crabbe

Library Article Discussion Series, April 29, 2011

13) Brian Orend’s “War,” Crabbe Library Article Discussion Series, December 3, 2010

14) Thaddeus Metz’s “The Meaning of Life,” Crabbe Library Article Discussion Series,

April 9, 2010

15) Patricia Cohen’s “Professor Is a Label That Leans to the Left” and Jere Surber’s “Well,

Naturally We’re Liberal,” Crabbe Library Article Discussion Series, March 19, 2010

16) Theodore Gracyk’s “Searching for the ‘Popular’ and the ‘Art’ of Popular Art,” Crabbe

Library Article Discussion Series, October 2, 2009

17) Aaron Smuts’s “Art and Negative Affect,” Crabbe Library Article Discussion Series,

September 4, 2009

18) Timothy Wilson’s and Yoav Bar-Anan’s “The Unseen Mind,” Crabbe Library Article

Discussion Series, April 24, 2009

19) Akira Kurosawa’s Ran, Crabbe Library Film Discussion Series, April 21, 2009

20) Thomas Pogge’s “World Poverty and Human Rights” and “Poverty Is a Violation of

Human Rights,” Crabbe Library Article Discussion Series, January 23, 2009

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21) Thomas Nagel’s “Public Education and Intelligent Design,” Crabbe Library Article

Discussion Series, November 21, 2008

22) Daniel Dennett’s The Magic of Consciousness, Crabbe Library Film Discussion Series,

October 27, 2008

23) Noam Chomsky’s “Language and Mind,” Crabbe Library Article Discussion Series,

September 12, 2008

24) Joshua Knobe’s “What Is Experimental Philosophy?” and Kwame Anthony Appiah’s

“The New Philosophy,” Crabbe Library Article Discussion Series, February 8, 2008

25) Trần Hàm’s Journey from the Fall, Crabbe Library International Film Series, February 5,

2008

26) Introduction and Chapter 1, “The Shattered Mirror,” of Kwame Anthony Appiah’s

Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers, Crabbe Library Book Discussion

Series, September 7, 2007

27) Nguyễn Võ Nghiêm Minh’s Buffalo Boy, Crabbe Library International Film Series,

August 22, 2007

28) Trần Anh Hùng’s Cyclo, Crabbe Library International Film Series, June 6, 2007

29) Andrew Lau’s and Alan Mak’s Infernal Affairs, Crabbe Library International Film Series,

May 23, 2007

30) Preface and Chapter 1, “A Deeply Religious Non-Believer,” of Richard Dawkins’s The

God Delusion, Crabbe Library Book Discussion Series, January 26, 2007

31) Trinh T. Minh-Ha’s Night Passage, Crabbe Library International Film Series, September

12, 2006

32) EKU Philosophy Club Debate on Same-Sex Marriage, October 27, 2004

33) Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard and the Nature of Self-Deception, EKU Philosophy

Club, February 27, 2004

University-Level Service Prior to Employment at EKU

1) Faculty Observer of the Student Government Association Elections, University of

Louisville, 2003

2) Faculty Advisor to the Vietnamese Student Association, University of Louisville, 2002-

2003

Department-Level Service Prior to Employment at EKU 1) Organizer and Coordinator of the Reading Group on Moral Discourse and Practice,

University of Louisville, 2003

2) M.A. Program in Philosophy Development Committee, University of Louisville, 2002-

2003

3) Philosophy Curriculum Committee, University of Louisville, 2002-2003

4) Philosophy Faculty Mentor to Undergraduate Students, University of Louisville, 2002-

2003

5) Co-Instructor of 2 Philosophy Paper Writing Workshops, University of Louisville, 2002

6) Reviewer of Papers for the 2nd Annual Steven Humphrey Philosophy Student

Colloquium, University of Louisville, 2002

Professionally Related Community Service Prior to Employment at EKU

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1) Volunteer Staff Member of Boat People SOS, Inc., Louisville, KY, 2003

2) Volunteer Staff Member of Asian American Consulting Services, Inc., Plainfield, NJ,

1997-1998

3) Volunteer Tutor in the Bronx High School Tutorial Program, New York, NY, 1992-1995

4) Volunteer Vietnamese Interpreter for the Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights, New

York, NY, 1989-1990

Organizational Affiliations

1) Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 2016-present

2) Association for Asian Studies, 2015-present

3) Japan/America Society of Kentucky, 2015-present

4) Southeast Regional Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, 2015-2016

5) National Collegiate Honors Council, 2013-present

6) National Association of Fellowships Advisors, 2013-present

7) Kentucky Academy of Science, 2010-present

8) Kentucky Philosophical Association, 2002-present

9) American Philosophical Association, 1996-present

10) Tennessee Philosophical Association, 2002-2004

11) Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 2002-2003

12) Georgia Philosophical Society, 2001-2002

13) New Jersey Regional Philosophical Association, 2000-2002

Languages 1) Vietnamese: native fluency

2) French: reading proficiency

3) German: reading proficiency

REFERENCES

1) Dr. Michael Benson

President


(859) 622-2101

[email protected]

2) Dr. David Coleman

Director of the Honors Program


(859) 622-1403

[email protected]

3) Dr. Bonnie Gray

Founding Director Emerita of the Honors Program (1988-2008)


(859) 623-0140

[email protected]

4) Dr. Erik Liddell

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Honors Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor of Humanities, and Chautauqua Lecture

Series Coordinator


(859) 622-2267

[email protected]

5) Dr. Aaron Thompson Interim President

Kentucky State University

(502) 597-6260

[email protected]

6) Dr. Sherwood Thompson Professor of Educational Leadership and Former Interim Chief Diversity Officer and

Special Assistant to the President (2015-2016)


(859) 622-2970

[email protected]

7) Dr. Janna Vice Senior Vice President for Academics and Provost


(859) 622-8812

[email protected]

8) Dr. Sara Zeigler Interim Dean of the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences


(859) 622-2222

[email protected]

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APPENDIX

Book Endorsements

“A. Minh Nguyen’s New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics is an important, comprehensive, and

fascinating collection. Beginning with historical and systematic overviews of the philosophical

tenets of Japanese aesthetics and treatments of central themes in Japanese art and aesthetics, this

is a book of enormous scope, including discussions of traditional art forms such as the tea

ceremony, calligraphy, haiku, Nō drama, pottery, and the martial arts, quotidian activities such as

gift wrapping, flower arranging, cooking, etiquette, and gardening, and contemporary

movements in Japanese literature, film, and the visual arts. This is a book that no student of

Japanese aesthetics, whether beginning or advanced, should be without.”

—Philip Alperson, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Temple University; Editor, The Journal of

Aesthetics and Art Criticism (1993-2003)

“A. Minh Nguyen’s New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics is a kaleidoscope of twenty-seven new

contributions on the unrelenting pursuit of elegance across Japanese culture that have been

written specifically for this volume by nothing less than a cadre of the world’s most

distinguished Japanologists. As it is turned in the hand of the reader, it reveals from a

bottomless array of angles the different strategies this always unique and yet porous culture has

deployed to enchant the human experience, aspiring as it does to transform the ordinary into the

extraordinary and the mundane into the sublime.”

—Roger T. Ames, Chair Professor in the Humanities, Peking University; Editor, Philosophy

East and West: A Quarterly of Comparative Philosophy (1987-2016)

“A. Minh Nguyen’s New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics is a most impressive collection. This

volume provides important information to all who study Japanese aesthetics. I know of no

other book that covers the subject so completely.”

—Donald Keene, University Professor Emeritus and Shincho Professor Emeritus of Japanese

Literature, Columbia University; Author, A History of Japanese Literature

“A. Minh Nguyen has put together an important volume that gives us, in one place, the tools

to understand the knotty subject of Japanese aesthetics. The most notable scholars address

these questions from various perspectives: some of them walk us through the history of

aesthetics in Japan, others explicate the broad issues and ramifications of these ideas, while

others take us deep into particular artists, genres, and works. This is an impressive achievement

of long-lived value.”

—Doug Slaymaker, Professor of Japanese, University of Kentucky; Translator, Hideo

Furukawa’s Horses, Horses, in the End the Light Remains Pure: A Tale That Begins with

Fukushima

“Japanese aesthetics, famous throughout the world, is more often revered and celebrated than

meticulously analyzed. New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics goes beyond surface pleasures to

uncover the relations and tensions that shape aesthetic worlds in Japan. Encyclopedic in

breadth, the book is a must-have for anyone seeking to better understand this intriguing

and elegant domain.”

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—Kristin Surak, Associate Professor of Japanese Politics, School of Oriental and African

Studies, University of London; Author, Making Tea, Making Japan: Cultural Nationalism in

Practice

“A trove of treasures for thinking across the history of Japanese artistic practice and

aesthetic thought, ranging from literature and the visual arts to philosophy, politics, and the

aesthetics of daily life, this is a compendious work that will return many readers and

introduce many more to the most vital topics and motifs of the Japanese cultural tradition

with fresh insights and lucid clarifications of complex matters. A perfect text for reading in

and for teaching from.”

—Alan Tansman, Louis B. Agassiz Chair in Japanese and Director of the Doreen B. Townsend

Center for the Humanities, University of California, Berkeley; Author, The Aesthetics of

Japanese Fascism

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