Alexandra Perry
Assistant Professor of Leadership and Ethics
McDonough Center for Leadership
Marietta College
C.V.
Dr. Alexandra K. Perry
Curriculum Vitae
Home Address
802 40th Street, Vienna WV 26105
Work Address
McDonough Center for Leadership
Marietta College
215 5th Street
Marietta, OH 45750
W: C: (201) 970-1010
Email: akp004@marietta.edu
EDUCATION
2012 Ed.D. Montclair State University: Pedagogy and Philosophy
Dissertation: The Problem of Moral Statements in Historical Writing: The U.S.- Japan Conflict during World War II
2008 M.Ed. Montclair State University: Education, Concentration in Philosophy for Children
2006 B.A. William Paterson University: Philosophy, Psychology and Cognitive Science (magna cum laude, and with honors)
AREA OF SPECIALIZATION
Leadership, Biomedical Ethics, Philosophy of History and Social Science, Corporate Social Responsibility
AREAS OF COMPETENCY:
Contemporary Japanese Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, 19th Century Philosophy, Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Psychiatry and Psychology,
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2013-Present Assistant Professor of Ethics and Leadership. Marietta College McDonough Center for Leadership Studies.
2013-Present General Editor, Studies in Theoretical & Applied Ethics book series, published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing (with Chris Herrera)
2012-2013 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Ethics. Drew University Department of Philosophy.
2011-Present Affiliate Faculty, Montclair State University Center for Autism and Early
Childhood Mental Health
2010-2013 Full-Time Lecturer, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Bergen Community College
2010-Present Managing Editor, Theoretical & Applied Ethics, published by the University of Nebraska Press. Chris Herrera, editor.
2009-Present Assistant Director, Society for Moral Inquiry
2009-Present Adjunct Professor, Montclair State University, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
2008-2013 Adjunct Professor, William Paterson University, Department of Philosophy; Liberal Studies Program; University Honors College
2008-Present Adjunct Professor, Bergen Community College, Department of Philosophy
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Books
2014 New Perspectives in Japanese Bioethics (With C.D. Herrera)
2013 Ethics and Neurodiversity. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press. (With C.D. Herrera).
2013 The Moral Philosophy of Bernard Williams. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press. (With C.D. Herrera).
(Under Review) Neuropluralism
(Under Review) Paper Cranes and Mushroom Clouds: The Function of Ethics in the Writing and Telling of the U.S.-Japan Conflict and Leadership During WWII
(In Development) Civic Engagement: Exploring the Connections Between Community Learning, Service, Leadership, and the Classroom
Refereed Journal Articles
2014 Leadership, Mental Health Ethics, and Biopolitics: The Case of Autism. Journal of Ethics and Mental Health Vol. 9.
2012 Clinical Equipoise: Ethical and Epistemological Considerations. Journal of Clinical Trials.
2012 Autism Beyond Pediatrics: Why Bioethicists Ought to Rethink Consent in Light of Chronicity and Genetic Identity. Bioethics 26(5), pp. 236-241.
2011 Neuropluralism. Journal of Ethics and Mental Health Vol. 6, pp. 1-5.
Book Chapters
2014 Semei Rinri. In New Perspectives in Japanese Bioethics. Perry and Herrera, eds. Cambridge Scholars Press
2013 Noise and Metonymic Thinking in the Philosophy of Arthur
Schopenhauer: Some Benefits of Retrospective Psychiatric Diagnosis in Ethics and Neurodiversity. Herrera and Perry, eds. Cambridge Scholars Press.
2011 “Competing Definitions of Hope in Obama’s Education Marketplace: Media Representation of School Reform, Equality, and Social Justice. (with Goldstein R., and Chesky, N.). In The Phenomenon of Obama and the Agenda for Education: Can Hope Audaciously Trump Neoliberalism? Ed. by Paul Carr and Brad Porfillio, pp. 73-93.
Encyclopedia and Dictionary Entries
“Annis Stockton Boudinet” in Dictionary of Early American Philosophers, (2011).
“Thomas Branagan” in Dictionary of Early American Philosophers (2011).
“Salmon Portland Chase” in Dictionary of Early American Philosophers (2011).
“Charles Crawford” in Dictionary of Early American Philosophers (2011).
“Beriah Greene” in Dictionary of Early American Philosophers (2011).
“Charles Sumner” in Dictionary of Early American Philosophers (2011).
“Lucretia Coffin Mott” in Dictionary of Early American Philosophers (2011).
“Abbey Kelley Foster” in Dictionary of Early American Philosophers (2011).
“Margaret Mercer” in Dictionary of Early American Philosophers (2011).
“Elizabeth Grame Fergusson” in Dictionary of Early American Philosophers (2011).
Conference Proceedings
Perry, A. (2008). Frameworks of Mind and Education. Proceedings of the Society for the Philosophical Study of Education.
Manuscripts in Submission
The Ethics of Terminal Illness in Childhood: Pediatric Resuscitation in Public Schools. Submitted to The Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics
Autistic Metonymical Use in the Philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer. Submitted to Medical Humanities.
Ethics & The Limits of History: Artifacts of Evil and the Imperative to Preserve. Submitted to History and Theory
Clinical Equipoise as Epistemic Problem. Submitted to Journal of Medicine and Philosophy.
Philosophy of History and Chinese Motif: Themes from Leibniz’s Views on Moral
Progress
Hiroshima at the Smithsonian: Ethics, Contested History, and Bernard Williams’s Relativism of Distance
Other Publications
(2011) Interview with Jonathan D. Moreno on The Body Politic. Theoretical & Applied Ethics Vol. 1, No. 2., pp. 18-22.
(2010). Conversation with the Author: Colin McGinn. Theoretical & Applied Ethics Vol. 1, No. 1., pp. 6-10.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Dissertation Research Award, Harvard Graduate School of Education Library Historical Textbook Special Collections. 2011.
Graduate Student Research Award. Hokkaido University Conference on Applied Ethics and Philosophy, Sapporo Japan. 2010.
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
The Online Professor Program, Bergen Community College. Online Teaching Certification.
Philosophy and the Two-Year College: Funded by the American Philosophical Association, 2012.
Ethics and Mental Health Project funded by Bergen Community College CIRD. 2011
Undergraduate Ethics Writing Workshops: Funded by the American Philosophical Association. 2010
Philosophy and Education Archive Project. Funded by the American Philosophical Association. Primary Investigator, Dr. Maughn Gregory, 2008.
Grant from the Victoria Foundation. Dr. Maughn Gregory, primary investigator, 2008.
INVITED TALKS
Critical Thinking and Leadership. Keynote Presentation at Leadership Newark Convention, October 14th, 2009.
Philosophy and the Community of Inquiry: Ethical Education Through Dialogue and Inquiry. Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Annual Meeting. March 5th-8th, 2009.
Philosophy for Children and the Classroom Community of Inquiry. Pi Lambda Theta National Conference, July 16-20, 2007.
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY
Conference Organization
Ethics and Mental Health Symposium. Marietta College, April 2014.
Re-conceptualizing Mental "Illness": The View from Enactive Philosophy and Cognitive Science. Symposium at the Annual convention of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB). Exeter University, Exeter UK, April 2-5th 2013.
New Jersey Regional Philosophical Association Conference. Keynote Speaker: Joshua Knobe. November 10th 2012.
Ethics@MSU: 3rd Annual Ethics Conference at Montclair State University, April 2012.
Social, Political, and Ethical Perspectives on Autism Conference, April 28th, 2012.
Best Practices Conference: Innovation and Creativity in the Community College Classroom, February 21, 2012.
Ethics@MSU: Ethics Conference at Montclair State University, May 8, 2010.
Justice… Since Plato Conference, Montclair State University, October 2010.
Papers Presented
Hiroshima at the Smithsonian. Conference on the Inclusive Museum, August 2014
Leadership, Mental Health Ethics, and the Politics of Genetic Identity: The Case of Autism. American Philosophical Association, April 2014.
Advocacy and Leadership in Community College Philosophy Programs: Credentialing, Curriculum, and Faculty support. American Philosophical Association, April 2014.
How to Obtain a Philosophy Position at the Two-Year College. American Philosophical Association-Central Division. February 2014.
Modern Day Civil Rights Movements (With Jamie Moshin). Civil Rights Week Presentation. Marietta College.
Advocacy and Leadership in Community College Philosophy Programs: Credentialing, Curriculum, and Faculty support. American Philosophical Association- Central Division, February 2013.
Ethics & The Limits of History: Artifacts of Evil and the Imperative to Preserve. New Jersey Regional Philosophical Association Conference, November 10th, 2012.
The Ethics of Consent and Parental Prerogative in Autism Treatment. Northwest Philosophy Conference, November 4-6, 2011.
Making Eye Contact with Autism. Felician Ethics Conference, May 1st, 2011.
Competing Definitions of Hope in Obama’s Education Marketplace. American Educational Research Association, April 6-10, 2011.
The Obama Education Marketplace. American Education Studies Association Conference, October 24-27, 2010.
Clinical Equipoise as Epistemic Problem. Hokkaido University Center for Applied Ethics and Philosophy, Sapporo, Japan. (grant received for graduate student paper), November 4-6, 2010.
Drawing from Models of Consciousness to Inform Ethical Inquiry. New Jersey Regional Philosophical Association Conference, November 10th, 2009.
The Problem of Qualia and Questions of Philosophical Application, Implication, and Obligation. Montclair State University Department of Philosophy Faculty Research Colloquium, October 30th, 2009.
Critical Thinking and Leadership. Keynote Presentation at Leadership Newark Convention, October 14th, 2009.
Neurophilosophy: Using Neuroscientific Models to Inform Educational Practices. Department of Educational Foundations Faculty Colloquium, May 5th, 2009.
Philosophy and Secondary School Curriculum. Dept. Of Educational Foundations Faculty Colloquium, Montclair State University, December 15th, 2008.
Philosophy in Secondary School. Annual Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, December 27-30, 2008.
Plasticity and Modularism: The Resolution of A Seeming Paradox, a New Evolutionary Turn and Educational Implications. Conference of the SPSE, November 8-10, 2007.
The Role of Logic in Teacher Education. Annual Meeting of the American Philosophical Association-Central Division, April 2007.
Neural Plasticity and Brain Damage: Implications and Evidence in Linguistic Capabilities and Categorical Learning. Annual Meeting of the University Honors College, William Paterson University, April 2006.
Sessions Chaired
Death and Disability: Two Problems for the Event-based Account of Harm. Symposium on the Philosophy of Disability. American Philosophical Association- Pacific Division Meeting, March 27th-30th, 2013.
Joseph Raz and the Normative Requirement of Means-Ends Rationality. American Philosophical Association-Pacific Division Meeting, April 4-8, 2012.
Application and Practical Benefit of Philosophy. New Jersey Regional Philosophical Association Conference, November 6th, 2010.
Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children. Annual Meeting of the American Philosophical Association-Eastern Division, December 27-30, 2008.
Philosophy for Who? Philosophy for Children: Philosophical Practice and Education of the Young. William Paterson University Philosophy Colloquium, November 1, 2006.
Discussant
Response to Justin Caouette’s “Toward an Environmental Virtue Ethic.” Northwest Philosophy Conference, November 2011.
Response to David Benfield’s “Gods as non-Existents.” New Jersey Regional Philosophical Association Conference, November 6th, 2010.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
(Instructor of Record for all courses listed)
Marietta College
Foundations of Leadership
Theories and Models of Leadership
Organizational Leadership
Global Leadership
Ethics and Leadership
Asian Philosophy
Drew University
Ethics (CE Component)
William Paterson University
Introduction to Philosophy
Introduction to Philosophy for Nursing Students (emphasis: Medical/Research Ethics) (CE Component)
Liberal Studies Colloquium: Philosophy and Mental Health (CE Component)
Liberal Studies Colloquium: Autism, Ethics, and Social Justice (CE Component)
Liberal Studies Senior Capstone (Thesis advisement)
Bergen Community College
Contemporary Moral Issues
Introduction to Philosophy
Logic
Asian Philosophy
Philosophy of Religion
Ethical Theory
Social and Political Philosophy Honors
Montclair State University
Asian Philosophy
Ethics
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2008-2012 Graduate Assistant, Department of Philosophy, Montclair State
University
2007-2008 Research Assistant on Spencer Foundation Grant, Department of
Educational Foundations, Montclair State University
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
2007-2009 Coordinator, Project THISTLE, Montclair State University.
2007-2009 Philosophy Instructor, Gifted and Talented Program, Montclair State University
2004-2005 Aide, William Paterson University Disability Services
EDITORIAL WORK
2013-Present General Editor, Studies in Theoretical & Applied Ethics book series, published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing (with Chris Herrera)
2010-Present Managing Editor, Theoretical &Applied Ethics. Published by the University of Nebraska Press. Editor, Chris Herrera.
2013 Guest Editor, Journal of Clinical Trials Special Issue on Ethics in Clinical Studies
2008 Copy-Editor: A Life Teaching Thinking: an Autobiography, Matthew Lipman.
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
Managing Editor, Theoretical & Applied Ethics
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Clinical Trials
Reviewer for the Following Journals: Bioethics, Canadian Medical Association Journal, and Autism
2012-Present American Philosophical Association (APA) Committee on Philosophy at Two-Year Colleges, Committee Member.
2011 Society for Moral Inquiry application for Formal Affiliation with the American Philosophical Association.
2009-Present Assistant Director, Society for Moral Inquiry.
2008 Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children application for Formal Affiliation with the American Philosophical Association.
DEPARTMENT AND COLLEGE SERVICE
2014-Present Coordinator, McDonough Case Study Group
2014-2015 RTP Committee, Marietta College
2014 Corporate Social Responsibility Working Group. Marietta College. 2014
2013-Present Foundations of Excellence- Diversity Dimension Committee, Marietta College.
2009-2013 Departmental Assessment Coordinator, Bergen Community College
2010-2012 Curriculum Committee, Bergen Community College
2009-Present Organizer, Philosophy and World Monthly Lecture Series at Montclair State University.
2010-Present Roundtable at the Meadowlands Monthly Lecture Series at Bergen Community College.
2010-Present English Basic Skills and General Education Paired Faculty, Bergen Community College.
2009-Present Honors College Faculty, William Paterson University.
2010-Present Honors College Faculty, Bergen Community College.
2009 The Online Professor Program, Bergen Community College. Online Teaching Certification.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
2009-2011 Court Appointed Special Advocate, Bergen County Justice System
2009-Present Ridgewood New Jersey Board of Education Curriculum Coordinator
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
International Leadership Association
American Philosophical Association
American Educational Studies Association
Society for the Philosophical Study of Education
American Educational Research Association
Pi Lambda Theta, Honors Society in Education
Phi Sigma Tau, Honors Society in Philosophy
William Paterson University Honors College (Cognitive Science) 2004-2006.
William Paterson University Philosophy Club 2005-2006
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Chris Herrera
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Editor, Theoretical & Applied Ethics
Montclair State University
Pete Mandik
Professor and Chair, Philosophy
William Paterson University
Jaime Grinberg
Professor, Educational Foundations
Montclair State University
Benjamin Vilhauer
Associate Professor, Philosophy
City College of New York
Dorothy Rogers
Associate Professor and Chair, Philosophy
Montclair State University