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J us t i n Donhauser Bowling Green State University Department of Philosophy / 314 Shatzel Hall / Bowling Green, Ohio 43403
Email:
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Environmental Ethics; Applied Philosophy of Science & Tech.; Metaphysics
AOC
Ethics; History of Empiricism; Early Modern; Meaning of Life
SELECT APPOINTMENTS V 2017 ‐ present Junior Faculty/Graduate Faculty: Department of Philosophy Bowling Green State University 2017 ‐ 2018
Rotman Institute of Philosophy Postdoctoral Associate University of Western Ontario
2016 ‐ 2017
Rotman Institute of Philosophy Postdoctoral Fellow University of Western Ontario
2014 ‐ 2016
Service‐learning Faculty Teaching Fellow State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo State
2009 ‐ 2015
National Science Foundation (NSF) Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE‐IGERT) PhD Fellow University at Buffalo
2008 ‐ 2009
Research Assistant to Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education University at Buffalo
EDUCATION______________________________________________________________________ 2015 PhD in Philosophy: University at Buffalo Dissertation: “A Philosophy of Theoretical Ecology for Environmental Policy” Co‐advisors: Kenneth Shockley and Neil Williams 2009 ‐ 2015
Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange‐Integrative Graduate Education & Research Traineeship (ERIE‐IGERT): University at Buffalo
2008
MA in Philosophy: University at Buffalo
2006
BA (Summa Cum Laude) in Philosophy : SUNY Buffalo State Honors advisors: David Hunter and Kimberly Blessing
2002‐ 2003
Philosophy & Religious Studies Major: SUNY Oneonta
Advisor: Neil Williams
PUBLICATIONS V PEER‐REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES 22. (in press) Informative Ecological Models without Ecological Forces Synthese
Published “Online First”2018: DOI 10.1007/s11229‐018‐1859‐8
21. (in press) Ecological Historicity and Novelty in the Anthropocene Environmental Values w/ E. Desjardins & G. Barker “Online First” 2017: www.whpress.co.uk/EV/EVpapers.html 20. (in press) Knowledge Transfer in Theoretical Ecology: Implications for Incommensurability, Voluntarism, and Pluralism Studies in History & Philosophy of Science, Knowledge Transfer S.I. w/ J. Shaw Published “Online First”2018: DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2018.06.011 19. (2018)
Dawning of the Ethics of Environmental Robots Science & Engineering Ethics
24(6), 1777‐1800. w/ A. van Wynsberghe
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Justin Donhauser PEER REVIEW JOURNAL ARTICLES CONT. 18. (2018) The Dangers of Replacing ‘Adaptation to Change’ with ‘Resilience’ Ethics, Policy, & Environment 21(1), 34‐8. 17. (2018) 16. (2017) 15. (2017)
How New Climate Science and Policy Can Help Climate Refugees Journal of Ethical Urban Living 1(2), 1‐21. Invisible Disagreement: an Inverted Qualia Argument for Realism Philosophical Studies 174(3), 593‐606. Differentiating and Defusing Theoretical Ecology’s Criticisms: a rejoinder to Sagoff’s reply to Donhauser 2016 Studies in History & Philosophy of Biological & Biomedical Sciences 63, 70‐79.
14. (2017)
The value of weather event science for pending UN climate policy decisions Ethics, Policy, & Environment 20(3), 263–278.
13. (2016)
Making Ecological Values Make Sense: toward more operationalizable ecological legislation Ethics & the Environment Vol. 21(2): 1‐25.
12. (2016) 11. (2014)
Theoretical Ecology as Etiological from the Start Studies in History & Philosophy of Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Vol. 60: 67‐76. How Theoretical Analyses in Ecology Can Enable Environmental Problem‐ solving Ethics & the Environment, Vol. 19(2): 91‐116.
CHAPTERS/OTHER 10. (2019) Endangered Species and Intrinsic Value: A Virtue‐Centered Approach Humanimalia: A Journal of Human/Animal Interface Studies, 10(2). 9. (forthcom.) Climate refugees: realizing justice through existing institutions
in A Research Agenda for Climate Justice Harris (ed.)
8. (forthcom.)The Urgency of Environmental Robotics and its Ethics Raddington Report w/ A. van Wynsberghe 7. (forthcom.) Imaging Human(e)ness: How dangerous could robots be? in Philosophy and Black Mirror, Blackwell: w/ Scott Midson 6. (forthcom.) Novel Ecosystems: Addressing the “Anything Goes” Worry (French trans.) in Penser la protection de l'environnement à partir de l'écologie, P. Huneman and G. Lecointre eds., Éditions Matériologiques. w/ E. Desjardins and G. Barker 5. (forthcom.) Unwriting the Myth(s) of Multilevel Selection in The historical & conceptual place of multi‐level selection within evolutionary theory Jeller (ed.) 4. (2014) Grey Matters: Personal Identity in the Fringe Universe(s) in The Philosophy of J. J. Abrams, Kentucky University Press: 14‐42. w/ A.P. Taylor 3. (2012) If Walter White is breaking bad, maybe we are too in ‘Breaking Bad’ and Philosophy, Open Court: 113‐123. 2. (2012) Implications of implication Bulletin of Symbolic Logic, 18: 147‐148. w/ John Corcoran 1. (2007) Fade to Black: Absurdity, Suicide, and the Downward Spiral in Metallica and Philosophy,
Blackwell: 148‐159. w/ K. Blessing
UNDER REVIEW AND IN REVISION 3.Models are Metaphysics 2.The Ethics of Robot Organisms 1.The Multilevel Selectionist’s Mistake
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JOURNAL AND PUBLISHER SERVICE X EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER 2017‐ present Studies in History & Philosophy of Biological & Biomedical Sciences REFEREE Publishers: Oxford University Press Journals:
Biology & Philosophy; Climate & Development; Environmental Values; Euro. J. for Philosophy of Science; Studies in Hist. & Phil. of Bio. & Biomed. Sciences
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS X July 2018 ‐ Junior Faculty / Graduate Faculty: Philosophy (Bowling Green State) June 2009 ‐ Aug. 2017 Lecturer/ Service‐learning Faculty Fellow: Philosophy (Buffalo State) Jan. 2017 ‐ Aug. 2017 Adjunct Lecturer: Humanities (D’Youville College) Aug. 2011 ‐ June 2012 Assistant Instructor: Philosophy (University at Buffalo) Aug. 2008 ‐ May 2009 Adjunct Lecturer: Philosophy (Niagara University) Summer 2008
Graduate Assistant: Academic Development Services (University at Buffalo)
Aug. 2005 ‐ May 2006 Teaching Assistant: Philosophy & Religious Studies (Buffalo State)
TEACHING (in order by dates taught) V GRADUATE COURSES (x 2) Health Care Ethics: Spring 2017; Emerging Issues in Urban Sustainability: Fall 2016 UNDERGRADUATE COURSES (x 55) Robot Ethics: Fall 2018; Philosophy of Applied Science: Fall 2018; Logic/Critical‐thinking: Spring 2019 (2 secs.), Fall 2018 (triple section), Summ. 2017, Wint. 2017, Summ. 2016, Wint. 2016, Summ. 2015, Wint. 2015; Environmental Ethics: Fall 2018; Intro. to Philosophy: Fall 2018 (2 secs.), Spring 2016 (2 secs.), Fall 2015 (2 secs.), Fall 2014 (2 secs.), Summ. 2014, Spring 2014 (2 secs.), Fall 2013 (2 secs.), Summ. 2013, Spring 2013 (2 secs.), Summ. 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summ. 2009, Spring 2009 (2 secs.); Social Justice and Sustainability: Spr. 2016 (community‐engaged service‐learning) Sustainability Practicum (service‐learning): Spring 2016; Students for Sustainability (community‐engaged service‐learning): Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014; Philosophy of Natural Science: Fall 2015, Fall 2014; Ethics (survey): Spring 2015 (2 secs.), Fall 2013, Fall 2012 (2 secs.), Fall 2008 (2 secs.); Philosophy of Social Science: Spring 2015, Spring 2014; Meaning of Life: Spring 2013, Fall 2012; Debates in Ecological Restoration: Spring 2011 THESIS/PROJECT SUPERVISION V Term(s) Student(s) Level Project Fall 2015 Spring 2015 Spring 2015 Spring 2015 Fall 2013
Sara Panzica Ashley Coleman Ant. Maldonado Jess Lauer & Jocelyn Richter Sophie Herman
UG UG UG MA UG
“Karma Project” (Yoga in Jail/Rehab) Sustainability Awareness Assessment Urban Youth Outreach Campus ‘Clean‐up’ Assessment Refugee resettl. in EPA “impact zones”
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SERVICE V 2018‐present Chair: Professional Activities Committee: BGSU Department of Philosophy 2018‐present Personnel Committee: BGSU Department of Philosophy 2018‐present Conference Committee: BGSU Department of Philosophy 2018‐present Undergraduate Committee: BGSU Department of Philosophy 2018‐present Contributing Transcriber: “transcribing the David Lewis letters” project (Manchester) Feb. 2019 Heskett Award Competition Faculty Judge: BGSU Department of Philosophy *Jan. 2018 Session Chair: Laws of Nature session (main program): APA Eastern Division Meeting Rotman Institute of Philosophy Steering Committee 2017‐2018 Nov. 2017 Session Chair: “Immigration” Panel: Ethics and Political, Social and Legal Annual
May 2017
Conference (U. Michigan)
Session Chair: “Models and Simulation” Panel: Canadian Society for History & Philosophy of Science: Congress 2017 (Ryerson University) Session Chair: Great Lakes Philosophy Conference (Siena Heights University)
March 2017 Jan. 2017 Session Chair: International Society for Environmental Ethics (2 sessions): American
2015‐2016 April 2015
Philosophical Association 2017 Eastern Division Meeting (Baltimore)
Faculty Supervisor: Ethics Bowl / Philosophy Club: Buffalo State Faculty Supervisor: Students for Sustainability & NYPIRG 2015 Earth Day Campus Clean‐up and 2015 Arbor Day & Sustainability Festival: Buffalo State
Dec. 2014 Nov. 2014 Aug. 2012 March 2012
Faculty Supervisor: 2014 Holiday Refugee Relief Food & Clothing Drive: Buffalo State Faculty Supervisor: 2014 Veterans Day Campus Clean‐up: Buffalo State Teaching Leader: Target Your Teaching Conference: University at Buffalo Support: Buffalo Workshop on Ethics and Adaptation: University at Buffalo
SELECT GRANTS AND AWARDS X 2016 2015‐2016 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (Buffalo State) 2015
Western New York Service‐Learning Coalition (WNYSLC) Faculty Fellow
2011 ‐ 2012 Humanities Institute Special Fellow’s stipend $4K (University at Buffalo) 2009 ‐ 2011 Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange‐Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (ERIE‐IGERT) Fellowship
$62K: National Science Foundation (NSF) endowed (University at Buffalo)
2010
Romanell Award for Best Dissertation Research in Philosophical Naturalism
Philosophy Department (University at Buffalo)
PRESENTATIONS V SELECT REFEREED TALKS March 2019 Four Other Ways of Doing Public Philosophy of Science
Mid‐South Philosophy of Science 2019 Conference: University of Kentucky
Oct. 2018
Ecologically‐Integrated Robots: Re‐Orienting Enviro. Values
4th conference of Socially Relevant Philosophy of/in Science and Engineering (Guelph)
Sept. 2018
Can two people hear completely different sounds and, in fact, confirm that they heard the same exact sound? Mind and Brain Annual Conference (U. Michigan)
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Justin Donhauser REFFEREED TALKS CONT. June 2018 Potential Hidden Dangers of Biomimicking Robots w/ Barker & Desjardins
*Jan. 2018
Canadian Philosophical Association (CPA) Annual Congress 2018 (Montreal)
Environmental Robot Ethics? American Philosophical Association (APA) Eastern Division 2018 (Savannah) *Unable to attend session due to airport closures; will post talk on APA blog
Nov. 2018
The Special Problem of Climate Refugees
Ethics and Political, Social and Legal Annual Conference (U. Michigan)
May 2017
Informative Ecological Models without General Ecological Forces Canadian Society
for History & Philosophy of Science: Congress 2017 (Ryerson University)
April 2017
What Theoretical Ecology Reveals about Knowledge Transfer Scientific Knowledge Under
Pluralism: Center for Philosophy of Science (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
Mar. 2017
Facilitating Adaptations to Climate Change Great Lakes Philosophy Conference (Siena
Heights University)
Jan. 2017
Adapting to Climate Change in the City: On Building Facilitative Institutions
American Philosophical Association (APA) Eastern Division (Baltimore)
June 2016
Making Ecological Value Make Sense Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP)
Biennial Conference (Rowan University)
Jan. 2016 Dec. 2013
The value of weather event attribution for adaptation decision‐making and the UNFCCC Policy Framework going forward APA Eastern Division (Washington, DC) General Ecosystems Theory is Not Too General and Theoretical to Inform Decision Making for Public Policy APA Eastern Division (Baltimore) *Sept. 2013 Conference for Sustainability IGERTs 3 (C4SI3): Portland State University
*Accepted with full funding—unable to attend due to flooding
June 2013
One Way to Use an Ecosystem Theory for Environmental
Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP) Biennial Conference: Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science (IHPST): University of Toronto
Policy Decision‐making
June 2012
Getting Real about Ecosystem Restoration w/ Robert Earle & Kenneth Shockley
Military‐to‐Wildlife Refuges Ecological Restoration Workshop: Colorado College
June 2012
Connecting the Abstract and the Actual: Lessons from Modeling DNA and Endangered Owls The Wise Scientist: Inst. for History & Philosophy of Science: University of Toronto
INVITED / OTHER
Feb. 2019 Nov. 2015 Nov. 2014 Feb. 2014 Oct. 2013
Biomimicking Robots: Ethical and Ecological Concerns Biology Department Colloquia: Bowling Green State University A New Inverted Spectrum Argument for Scientific Realism Philosophy Faculty Colloquia Philosophical ‘Navigating,’ ‘Cartographing,’ and ‘Pathfinding’: Three ways of doing applied philosophy Faculty Colloquia: Buffalo State Defusing Criticisms of Ecology for Public Policy ERIE‐IGERT Colloquium How Aristotle’s Metaphysics Can Help Us Avoid Ecological Catastrophes
Philosophy & Humanities Faculty Colloquia: Buffalo State
Dec. 2011
An Uninteresting Theory of ‘Emergence’ with Bad Examples from Chem. 101
Department of Philosophy Lunchtime Talks: University at Buffalo
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SELECT INVITED PRESENTATIONS CONT. Nov. 2011 ‘Emergence’ is Innocent: an Uninteresting Unifying Theory Philosophy & Humanities
Faculty Colloquia at Buffalo State
Sept. 2011
Evolution of the Machias Gravel Mine Phytoremediation Barrier Plan w/ C. Bronner, S.
Macintosh, and D. Stewart: ERIE‐IGERT Colloquium: University at Buffalo
April 2011
Reduction Failure and the Demands of Dispositional Explanation Department of
Philosophy Lunchtime Talks: University at Buffalo
March 2011 What are ‘ecosystems’? Why don’t ecologists know? Debates in Ecosystem Restoration Public Lecture Series: Buffalo State Aug. 2010 Are all ecosystems reducible? Annual ERIE‐IGERT Symposium: University at Buffalo Feb. 2010 Adaptive Ecosystems Management: on Pluralism ERIE‐IGERT Colloquium: Univ. at Buffalo
WORKS IN PROGRESS V JOURNAL‐LENGTH 6. A Bioenvironmental Theory of What’s Driving the Rise in Autism Spectrum Disorder 5. The Ecological Consequences of Biomimicking and Proxy Robots w/ E. Desjardins and G. Barker 4. Thermal Kinds in Biology w/ G. Barker, B. J. Sinclair, and others 3. The Special Problem of Climate Refugees 2. Ecological ‘groups,’ ‘networks,’ and ‘systems’ 1. Philosophical ‘Navigation,’ ‘Cartography,’ and ‘Pathfinding’: Applied Philosophy Approaches BOOKS (X3) 3. Robot Ethics Guide Book 2. Assailing the Anthropocene (ed. collection) 1. Philosophy through Science Fiction (ed. collection) SELECT PROFESSIONAL TRAINING V July 2018 Black Swamp Project: Integrating the Humanities & Sustainability at BGSU [NEH Grant] Faculty Training Workshop: Bowling Green State University May 2015 WNYSLC Service‐Learning Faculty Fellows Program 2015 ‐ 2016 (certification earned): Niagara University March 2015 Service‐Learning Workshop for Faculty: Buffalo State June 2013 May 2013 Aug. 2011
Science, Policy, Values: Exploring the Nexus: SPSP workshop: University of Toronto Leveraging Environmental Monitoring ‐ Producing Credible Data (U.S. EPA region 2) Target your Teaching: training workshop (certificate earned)
University at Buffalo; Teaching and Learning Center
Oct. 2010 June 2010
Humanities Responsible Conduct of Research Course (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative certificate earned) Engineering for Ecosystem Restoration : University at Buffalo
Module 1 (June 7‐8): Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) for Stream Hyporheic Exchange; Workshop 1 (6/ 9‐11): River Processes, Geomorphology and Channel Processes; Workshop 2 (6/14‐16): Bioengineering to Enhance Function of Riparian Areas; Module 2 (6/17‐18): Water Quality and Flow Sensing (using YSI tech.); Workshop 3 (6/21‐23): Great Lakes Watershed Ecology; Module 3 (6/24‐25): Modeling for Ecological Problem‐Solving
May 2010
2010 Case Studies in Science Summer Workshop: National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science at the University at Buffalo (certificate earned)
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MEMBERSHIPS / AFFILIATIONS V American Philosophical Association ‐ BIPED Working Group (U. Western Ontario) ‐ Canadian Philosophical Association ‐ Canadian Society for History & Philosophy of Science ‐ Geoethical Climate Change Partnership (Western) ‐ Ethics & Public Affairs Institute ‐ International Society for Environmental Ethics ‐ International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science ‐ Partnership for the Public Good ‐ Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice ‐ Black Swamp Project (BGSU) CONTACT REFERENCES V RESEARCH Neil E. Williams Gillian Barker Kenneth Shockley Chair & Associate Professor of Assistant Professor Holmes Rolston Chair in Philosophy Rotman Institute of Philosophy Environmental Ethics University at Buffalo University of Western Ontario Colorado State University
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Eric Desjardins Associate Professor Rotman Institute of Philosophy University of Western Ontario
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Aimee van Wynsberghe Foundation for Responsible Robotics / Assistant Professor Delft University of Technology
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TEACHING Kimberly Blessing Professor of Philosophy SUNY Buffalo State
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Jason Grinnell Chair & Associate Professor of Philosophy SUNY Buffalo State
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