A. INVITED RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
PPE Retreat, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (Germany); Workshop on New Approaches to Social Contract Theory, Chapman University (U.S.); Workshop on Issues in Contemporary Contractualism, ETH Zürich (Switzerland); PPE Research Seminar, Arizona State University (U.S.); New Orleans Political Economy Roundtable, University of New Orleans (U.S.); Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna (Austria); Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy, Chapman University (U.S.); Department of Philosophy, University at Buffalo (U.S.); Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics, Georgetown University (U.S.); Department of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Lowell (U.S.); Department of Philosophy, University of Bayreuth (Germany); Peter Loescher Chair of Business Ethics, Technical University Munich (Germany); Department of Philosophy, University of Hamburg (Germany); Department of Philosophy, University of Groningen (Netherlands); Department of Philosophy, University of Graz (Austria); Alexis de Tocqueville Project in Law, Liberty, and Morality, University of New Orleans (U.S.); Department of Philosophy and Department of Economics, University of Hamburg (Germany); Department of Philosophy and Center for the Philosophy of Freedom, University of Arizona (U.S.); PPE Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (U.S.); Department of Philosophy, University of York (U.K.); Institute of Political Science, TU Darmstadt (Germany); Institute of Philosophy, University of Regensburg (Germany); Department of Philosophy, University of Cape Town (South Africa); Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sabanci University, Istanbul (Turkey); Institute of Philosophy, University of Bayreuth (Germany); Department of Philosophy, Seoul National University (South Korea); Department of Philosophy, University of Alabama at Birmingham (U.S.); Murphy Institute at Tulane University, New Orleans (U.S).
B. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
First European Conference of the PPE Society, London (U.K.); Third Annual Markets & Society Conference, Falls Church (U.S.); Second Annual Markets & Society Conference, Falls Church (U.S.); 92nd APA Pacific Division Meeting, San Diego (U.S.); Second PPE Society Meeting, New Orleans (U.S.); 114th APA Eastern Division Meeting, Savannah (U.S.); First PPE Society Meeting, New Orleans (U.S.); 90th APA Pacific Division Meeting, San Francisco (U.S.); 111th APA Central Division Meeting, Chicago (U.S.); 110th APA Central Division Meeting, New Orleans (U.S.); 12th ISUS Conference, Stern School of Business, New York University (U.S.); Eleventh Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies, University of Pisa (Italy); Conference on Contractarian Moral Theory, York University, Toronto (Canada); 2011 SOPHA Conference, University of Geneva (Switzerland); GAP 7, Institute of Philosophy, University of Bremen (Germany); 10th ISUS Conference, University of California, Berkeley (U.S.); First Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado at Boulder (U.S.); Masterclass in Normative Moral Theory, University of Reading (U.K.); Fourth Conference in Political Philosophy, Centre for Social Philosophy, University of Pavia (Italy); Brave New World Conference, MANCEPT, University of Manchester (U.K.); ENFA-3, Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon (Portugal); First Annual Postgraduate Conference in Philosophy, University College Cork (Ireland); Eighth Annual Graduate Conference in Political Theory, University of Warwick (U.K.).
C. PUBLIC LECTURES, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, AND OUTREACH
Presenter, PPE Talk Series (twice), Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (Germany); Panel moderator, Sixth Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society Meeting, New Orleans (U.S.); Panel discussant, Promotion to Professor Workshop, Provost’s Office, Virginia Tech; Co-moderator of an interview, “America, Race, and Democracy” Series, organized by the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech; Panel discussant, “Political Economy: The Intersection of Economics, Philosophy, and Political Science,” Coffee with the Chair, Department of Economics, Virginia Tech; Panel discussant, “Philosophy Outside of Its Discipline,” Pro-seminar, Department of Philosophy, Virginia Tech; Panel chair, ASPECT Annual Graduate Conference, “Rethinking Otherness in the Age of Neoliberalism,” Virginia Tech; Presenter, ASPECT Books Series, Virginia Tech; Discussant, ASPECT Annual Graduate Conference, “Interdisciplinarity in the Humanities and Social Sciences”; Panel chair, ASPECT Annual Graduate Conference, “Aesthetics, Politics, and Ethics in Fractured Times,” Virginia Tech; Panel discussant, “PPE Programs, the University, and Society: History, Purpose, and Influence,” PPE Society Meeting, New Orleans (U.S.); Public talk, Economics Club, Virginia Tech; Guest speaker, Pre-Tenure Breakfast Meeting, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech; Panel chair, ASPECT Annual Graduate Conference, “Representations of Resistance,” Virginia Tech; Panel discussant, “Navigating the Job Search,” ASPECT Student Association, Virginia Tech; Guest lecture, World Philosophy Day, Public Library; Panel chair, ASPECT Annual Graduate Conference,“Critical Ecologies: Digital Habitats, Material Governance, and Global Inequalities,” Virginia Tech; Public lecture, The Price of Inequality, Public Library; Panel chair, ASPECT Annual Graduate Conference, “Border Crossings: Transnationality, Citizenship, and Identity in Theory and Practice,” Virginia Tech; Guest lecture, “Justice as a Virtue”, Language and Culture Institute, Virginia Tech; Public lecture, “The Significance of Philosophy for the Public,” Public Library; Panel discussant, Second Annual Interdisciplinary Research Symposium, Interdisciplinary Research Honor Society Iota Delta Rho, Virginia Tech; Judge, Mid-Atlantic Regional Ethics Bowl, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (U.S.).
D. ORGANIZATION OF RESEARCH EVENTS
At Virginia Tech, together with colleagues and students, I have organized or overseen more than sixty-five professional guest speaker talks, lectures, panel discussions, conferences, and workshops for faculty, as well as numerous student-centered and extracurricular events. Many of these events have been aimed at creating a vibrant and intellectually engaging PPE community that integrates research and teaching. Here is more information about some of these events:
