Curriculum Vitae (30.05.2015)
Professor
Emeritus,
Department of
Political Science, University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Canada T6G 2H4.
EDUCATION
PhD: University of Toronto, 1978. Supervisors: A. Kontos
and C.B. Macpherson Fields: Political
theory, political behaviour, international relations. Thesis: "Agent‑Individualism: A Critique of the Logic of Liberal Political
Understanding"
Oxford University 1967‑70: doctoral work in
political theory and philosophy (incomplete),.
MA, BA (honours): Queen's University, Ontario, 1962‑67.
PROFESSIONAL
EMPLOYMENT:
Recently
retired after 44 years of service in the Dep’t of Political Science at the University
of Alberta. First
appointed as a visiting assistant professor in 1970.
.
TEACHING AND
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Modern political philosophy: justice, rights,
democratic theory, liberal individualism, analytic political philosophy
The history of
political thought, with concentration on Aristotle and Hobbes.
Problems of
"ethics and politics": eg, terrorism, pornography, multiculturalism
GRANTS, AWARDS AND OTHER
RECOGNITION
University of Alberta Students Union Award for
Leadership in Undergraduate Teaching Excellence (SALUTE), 2007
Cited as “popular professor” in MacLean’s Guide to Canadian
Universities, each year, 2000-2006.
University
of Alberta Students Union Teaching Award, Fall term,
2006
Delta Chi Teaching Excellence Award, 2003.
Endowment Fund for the Future: University Teaching
Research Fund, $1950, 2001-02
Faculty
of Arts Outstanding Teaching Award (University of Alberta), 1998.
University of
Alberta Sabbatical Leave: 1980‑81 (Winter), 1983‑84
(Winter), 1988‑89 (Winter), 1993-94 (Winter), 1996-97 (Winter), 2002-03
(Winter).
Canada
Council Doctoral Fellowships, 1967‑70, 1976‑77.
Province
of Ontario Graduate Fellowship, 1966‑67.
Queen's
University Scholarship in Philosophy, 1965.
Graduate:
The Logic of Political
Enquiry, Early
Modern Political Thought, Hobbes, Aristotle,
Aquinas and The Natural Law Tradition,
Contemporary Marxist Theory,
Topics courses in Contemporary Political Philosophy (Rawls, Rights,
Justice, Multiculturalism, Tolerance).
Undergraduate:
Introduction to Political
Science (100), Modern Political Issues
(103), The History of Political Thought (210),
Ethics and Politics (212), Rights
and Democracy (306), Seminars on specific
political philosophers (Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Marx), Contemporary Political Philosophy, Classical
Islamic Political Philosophy.
B.A. Honours (26)
A. Shandro
(1973), J. Woodard (1974) B. Telford
(1979), M. Coates (1981), L. Carbert (1983), K. Fierlbeck (1985), L.
Myshak (1990),
S. Waterhouse (1990), C. Mays
(1992), D. Muddle (1995), H. Deol (1997), A. Sandhu (1997), E. Colver (2000),
S. Murphy (2001), S Stubbs (2001), Tania Brudler
(2002), Caitlin Crawshaw
(2003),
Jared Abbott (2006), Holly Arnason (2006), Sukaina Hirji (2006), Amy Spady (2006), Heather Chapple
(2007), Chris Emmerling (2007), Meena Gupta (2007), Aleksander
Ksiazkiewicz (2007), Michelle Lennox (2007), Danielle
Taschereau-Mamers (2007), Jacalyn Ambler (2009), Geoffrey Sigalet (2009), Derwin Ryan (2010), Paul Hillier (2010)
M.A. (22)
J. Fletcher (1973); K. Fahey (1973); A. Shandro
(1974); R. Macdonald (1974); D. Baugh (1976); D. Cook (1976); R. Spenceley
(1980); M. Ogrodnick
(1984); J. Murphy (1986); L. Olson (1992); R. Groves (1992); E. Spady
(1996); Sandra Houston (1998, for Royal
Roads University); JoAnn Rosnau (1999); Glen
Graham (1999); Aaron Maltais
(2000); James Rajotte
(continuing); Jay Makarenko (2001); Greg Mcfarlane
(2004); Maria Salcedo (2004), Michael Kulicki (2005), Rachel Stein (2006), Matias DeDovitiis (2006), Berhanu Demeke (2008), Mark
Workman (2010), Nathan Litwin (2010)
Ph.D. Committees (8)
J. Barak (1974); P.R. Blaikie (1976); G.E. Pyrcz
(1979); F. Adam (1979); M. Bradley (1995); T. Enders (1996); T. Kading
(1996); T. Bateman (1999); R. Gagne (2005), Dan Webb (2010), Stephanie Boisard (2012)
Ph.D. Supervisions (4)
D. Nesbitt
(1996); D. Panopalis (2005, posthumous); D. Blythe
(2006), Jay Makarenko (2012).
Book (co‑author):
Democracy,
Rights and Well-Being in Canada, 2nd ed
(Toronto: Harcourt, Brace, 1999) 318
pp. With Tom
Pocklington and Greg Pyrcz as co‑authors. Primary author of chapters
7, 9, 10, 11, and 13, and of the critical commentaries on chapters 4, 6, 8, and
14.
Democracy and
Rights in Canada (Toronto: HBJ, 1991). With Tom Pocklington and
Greg Pyrcz as co‑authors. Primary author of chapters
2, 4, 6, and of the critical commentaries on chapters 5, 7 and 8.
Book (editor):
From Philosophy To
Politics: Essays in Memory of Dimitrios S. Panopalis (Edmonton:
The Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta, 2005), 318
pp.
Refereed
Articles:
"Teaching
Thomas Hobbes: A Review Article," Canadian Journal of Political
Science: 23:3 (September, 1990), 545‑555.
"Hobbes
on Natural Right in Society," Canadian Journal of Political Science
23:1 (March, 1990), 3‑21.
"The Right
of Nature in Leviathan," Canadian Journal of
Philosophy, 18:2 (June, 1988), 257‑270.* This essay was included in
the collection, Hobbes on Law, edited
by Claire Finkelstein (Ashgate: 2005), 211-224.
"Reply: Macpherson Versus
the Text of Leviathan," Canadian Journal of Political Science16:4
(December, 1983), 807‑809.
"C.B.
Macpherson's 'Hobbes': A Critique,"
Canadian Journal of Political Science 16:1 (March, 1983), 61‑80. (Macpherson's extended response to this
critique is published in the December issue of the same journal, pp. 795‑805).
"Of Beasts,
Gods, and Civilized Men: The
Justification of Terrorism and of Counter‑Terrorist Measures," Terrorism: An International Journal 6:1 (1982), 1‑26.
Chapters:
“Liberalism”, in
Janine Brody and Sandra Rein eds,
Critical Concepts (Pearson: 2004), revised for 2007 edition
"Political
Ideologies and Values," in T.C. Pocklington (ed.), Representative
Democracy: An Introduction to Politics
and Government (Toronto: Harcourt,
Brace and Co, 1994). (a
significantly revised version of the chapter in the 1985 Liberal Democracy
text).
"Political
Values and Ideologies," in T.C. Pocklington (ed.), Liberal
Democracy: Problems and Prospects
(Toronto: Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
1985).
"Further
Reflections: Israel vs. The PLO," in Janice G. Stein and David B. Dewitt, eds.,
The Middle East at the Crossroads:
Regional Forces and External Power (Oakville, Ontario: Mosaic Press, 1983).
"Terrorism
and The Defence of Civilized Values," in Janice
G. Stein and David B. Dewitt, eds., The Middle East at the Crossroads: Regional Forces and External Power
(Oakville, Ontario: Mosaic Press,
1983). An article‑length
commentary on this paper, by R. Rudolph, is published in the same volume.
Other Articles:
“Multicultural
Liberalism” in Don Carmichael, ed., From
Philosophy To Politics: Essays in Memory of Dimitrios
S. Panopalis (Edmonton: The Department of Political Science at the
University of Alberta, 2005), pp 9-26.
“The
Formative Evaluation of Teaching in a Political Science Department”, with John Hoddinot and Amy Salyzyn. ( a report submitted
in fulfillment of the University teaching Research
Grant #02-5)
"Introduction",
special issue on "The Intifada: Regional and Canadian Perspectives", Middle
East Focus 11:3 (Winter, 1989), 2‑3.
"The
Constitution Debate: Reflections Upon Right and Legitimacy in Canada," Chitty's Law Journal 29 (September, 1981),
217‑227.
"The Nature
and Causal Status of Relations in the International System," published as Occasional
Paper #6, by The Department of Political Science, University of Alberta,
1977.
"Terrorism: Some Ethical Issues," Chitty's Law Journal 24 (September, 1976), 233‑39.
Edited
Collections:
Guest editor of Middle
East Focus 11:3 (Winter, 1989): special issue on
"The Intifada: Regional and Canadian Perspectives".
Book Reviews:
Alberta Law Review, (1).
Canadian
Journal of Political Science, (10).
Canadian Philosophical
Reviews, (3).
Ethics, (2).
Political Science, (1).
The Edmonton Journal, several reviews, 1973‑75.
CONFERENCE
PAPERS
"The Limits
of Contractarianism," read as an invited paper to the Institute on
Contractarian Moral and Political Philosophy, at the annual meetings of The
Canadian Philosophical Association, June, 1974.
"Teaching
the First Course in Political Theory," panel presentation at the annual
meetings of The Canadian Political Science Association, June, 1974.
"Round‑Up: Implications for Future Theory and
Practice," Conference on Terrorism, The
University of Alberta, March, 1982.
"Terrorism
and The Defence of Civilized Values," read at the annual conference,
Canadian Professors for Peace in The Middle East, York University, May, 1982.
"The Right
of Nature in Leviathan," read at the annual meetings of the
Canadian Political Science Association, June, 1982.
"Problems
of Teaching Medieval Political Theory," panel presentation at the annual
meetings of the Canadian Political Science Association, June, 1984.
"Hobbes and
The Problem of Natural Right," read at the Western Canada meetings of The
Conference for the Study of Political Thought, University of Calgary, October 21, 1984. (A slightly revised version of this paper was read at a staff
colloquium in the Department of Philosophy, University of Alberta, March 5,
1985).
"Freedom of
Expression and Pornography," read at annual meetings of The Atlantic
Provinces Political Studies Association, Acadia University, October
26, 1985. (published
in the conference proceedings).
"Pornography
and the Problem of Freedom of Expression," invited paper read at a
conference on pornography at The University of Calgary, March 13, 1986.
"The Logic
of Individualism in Leviathan", invited paper read at a conference
on The Foundations of Hobbes's Political Thought, York University, August 24‑26,
1987.
"Hobbes
on Natural Right in Society: The Leviathan Account", read at the
annual meetings of The Canadian Political Science Association, Quebec City,
June, 1989.
"Teaching
The Canon in The Light of Recent Feminist Scholarship," panel presentation
at the annual meetings of The Canadian Political Science Association, May
31-June 2, 1992.
"What Kind
of "Right" is Hobbes' "Right of Nature"?" read at the
Western Canada meetings of The Conference for the Study of Political Thought,
University of Saskatchewan, October 23, 1993.
"The Logic
of Hobbesian Natural Right", read to the Department of Philosophy,
University of Alberta, November, 1995, and to the Department of Political
Science in January, 1996.
"Lockean Natural Rights", read at the annual meetings
of The Canadian Political Science Association, Brock University, June, 1996.
“Formative
Evaluation as a Means of Improving the Quality of Teaching and Learning”, with
John Hoddinott and Amy Salyzyn, STLHE (society for teaching and learning in
higher education), McMaster University, June 15, 2002.
“Martha Nussbaum’s
Neo-Stoic Cosmopolitan Citizenship: A Critique, presentated
at the Prairie Region CSPT meetings, Augustana
University, Camrose, October 5th, 2002
OTHER CONFERENCE
PARTICIPATION AND TALKS
Discussant,
"Social Theory and The Language of Politics: The Problem of Tyranny," by David Kettler (Trent), at the joint meetings of the CPSA and the
International Political Science Association, August, 1973.
Discussant,
"Rhetoric and Rationality in Hobbes' Leviathan," by William Mathie (Brock), CPSA agm, June,
1980.
Discussant,
"A Liberal Theory of the Good?" by Patrick Neal (Toronto), CPSA agm, June, 1985.
Discussant,
"Personality and Society in Hobbes' Leviathan," by Ron Replogle (New York University), The
Atlantic Provinces Political Studies Association, Acadia University, October
26, 1985.
Discussant,
"The Culture of Medical Malpractice and the Search for Justice?" by Stephen Lewis
(Saskatchewan) at the Western Canada meetings of CSPT, Calgary, October 16‑17,
1987.
Discussant,
"Autonomy and Justice" by Kai Nielsen (Calgary) at the Alberta
Philosophy Meetings, Kananaskis, April 15‑17,
1988.
Discussant,
papers by R. Vernon and G. Schochet on "Locke
and Toleration", CPSA agm, Victoria, June, 1990.
Discussant, papers
by P. Coulombe and A. Eisenberg on
"Communitarianism and Liberalism", CPSA agm,
Kingston, June, 1991.
Discussant,
"The Common Good: Natural in Content, Natural in Motivation," by
David Braybrooke (Texas) at the Western Canada
meetings of CSPT, Calgary, Oct. 4-5, 1992.
Discussant,
"Some Disquiet About 'Difference'", by Christine Sypnowich
(Queen's) at a conference on "Explorations in Difference: Law, Politics
and Culture" at the University of Alberta, March 19-21, 1992.
Discussant,
papers by I. Makus and P. Vogt on "Hobbes",
CPSA agm, Charlottetown, June, 1992.
Discussant,
papers by S. Engelmann and M. Michie on "The
Scottish Enlightenment", CPSA agm, Ottawa, June,
1993.
Discussant,
"Whatever Happened to "Civil Society?"
by Phil Resnick, CPSA agm, June, 1996.
Discussant,
papers by L. Fisk, Y. Grenier and J. Wright, The
Atlantic Provinces Political Studies Association, Acadia University, October
1996.
Discussant,
paper by Jean Elhstain, Western Canada meetings of
CSPT, University of Saskatchewan, March 20-21, 1998.
Panelist, Roundtable Discussion on Love and
Friendship in Platos Republic, CPSA
agm, Ottawa, June, 1998.
Panelist, Roundtable on The Political Role of
Provincial Associations of University Faculty and Academic Librarians, CPSA agm, Toronto, May 29, 2002.
Discussant,
papers by D. Forbes, D. O’Leary and J. Driscoll on "Multiculturalism and
Citizenship", CPSA agm, Toronto, May 30, 2002.
Discussant,
papers by Barbara Arneil, Caroline Dick, Rita Dhamoon
and Elaine Stavro, CPSA agm, Toronto, 2005.
Chair, Programme Committee, Canadian Political
Science Association, 1985‑86, with responsibility for organizing the
association's annual meeting (Learned Societies) at The University of Manitoba,
1986.
Vice‑Chair, Programme
Committee, Canadian Political Science Association, 1984‑85, organizing
the association's annual meeting at The University of Montreal, 1985.
Political Theory
Convenor, Programme
Committee, Canadian Political Science Association, 1982‑83, with
responsibility for organizing the political theory sessions for the
association's annual meeting at The University of British Columbia, 1983.
Conference co‑chairman
(with W.E. Cooper as principal organizer), Tercentenary Conference on
Hobbes: University of Alberta, June, 1979.
Conference
chairman, Western Canada meetings of The Conference for The Study of Political
Thought, University of Alberta, October, 1985.
Conference
organizer and chairman, "The Intifada One Year Later" sponsored by
Canadian Professors for Peace in The Middle East at The University of Alberta,
October 30, 1988.
Conference
chairman, Western Canada meetings of The Conference for The Study of Political
Thought, University of Alberta, October, 1989.
Conference
chairman, Western Canada meetings of The Conference for The Study of Political
Thought, University of Alberta, October, 1993.
Conference
organizer, Department Conference, Department of Political Science, University
of Alberta, April, 1995.
Participant and commentator,
Symposium on Deliberative Democratic Theory, University of Alberta, November 2nd,
2002.
“Terrorism and the Civilized Defence
of Civilized Values”, invited public lecture at Keyano
College, Fort McMurray, November 4th 2002.
Panel presentation on teaching and research, with
Tom Pocklington and Gary Kachanoski, hosted by the
Students Union, November 14th, 2002 (I think)
Commentary on Tom Keatings paper in the Dept Speaker series, November 27th, 2002.
“How Might We Understand Ourselves Today as Citizens
of the World”? Given in the Dep’t Speaker series, January 23rd,
2003.
"Democracy Today and the
Challenge of Religious-Spiritual Aspiration", at the Chester Ronning Centre, Augustana Campus,
January 19th, 2009.
Lectures
(2) on the strategy of superpower nuclear deterrence, presented by invitation
to the Peace Studies Programme at Acadia University,
October 11‑13, 1989.
"Hobbes on
Natural Right in Society: The Leviathan
Account", read by invitation to the Departments of Political Science and
Philosophy, Dalhousie University, October 13, 1989.
"C.B.
Macpherson's 'Hobbes'," University of Calgary (invited public lecture), February,
1984.
"The
Problem of Terrorism," Red Deer College (Staff symposium), March, 1980.
UNIVERSITY AND
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
University:
AASUA: president
(2001-02), vice-president (2000-01), past-president (2002-03)
AASUA Council, Executive, and teaching
ctte chair, CAFA (confederation of alberta
faculty assns), treasurer,
2001-02
Universities
Co‑Ordinating Council (GFC rep) 1987‑90.
Professional
Examination Board in Dentistry (UCC rep), 1987‑91.
Council
on Student Services (GFC rep), 1987‑88.
Writing
Competence Test Appeals Ctte (alt) 1987‑88.
President's
Committee on Campus Security, 1978‑85.
Faculty:
Committee
on Academic Standing, 1989‑92.
Academic and
Program Advising Ctte (chair) 1986‑89
Three
Year Review Committee, 1988‑89.
Arts
Representative Council, 1979‑81.
Honours
Committee, 1978‑80, 1981‑84.
Honours
Executive Committee, 1981‑83.
Ad
Hoc Committee on Honours Programmes, 1981‑82.
Chair Selection
Committee (Political Science), 1981‑82, 1991-92.
Philosophy
Selection Committee, external member, 1982‑83.
Department:
Associate Chair,
1985‑88, 1992-93.
Honours Advisor,
1978‑80, 1981‑84, 2004-present
Chair,
Graduate Programme Review task force, 1991-92.
PACCR Self‑study
Report Committee, 1983.
Tenure and
Promotion Committee, 1979‑88, 1989-93.
PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES
Canadian
Political Science Association, Programme Committee: Chair, 1985‑86; Vice‑Chair,
1984‑85; Section Head (Political Theory), 1982‑83.
Canadian
Political Science Association Nominating Committee, 1986‑87, 1995-96.
Canadian
Political Science Association - Macpherson Prize committee, 2006
Contributing
Editor, Middle East Focus, 1984‑1990.
Vice‑Chair
(Prairie Region), Canadian Professors for Peace in The
Middle East, 1984‑1990.
University
of Alberta representative, Conference for the Study of Political Thought (CSPT).
Consultant
and assessor for Alberta Education.
Other: Manuscript assessments for the Canadian
Journal of Political Science, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Journal of
Canadian Studies, Journal of Political Research Quarterly, and Middle
East Focus and HSSFC Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme.
SERVICE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Institute of Qualitative Methodology,
University of Alberta: conference presentation, July, 2007, 2008
Northern Albrta
Teacher’s Association: presentation on diversity in the classroom, February,
2007.
Philosophers
Café series, sponsored by University of Alberta (public affairs): presentations
in 2005 (euthanasia) and 2006 (responses to terrorism)
Edmonton Public
Library Board of Trustees: member, 1995-2000; Chair, 1998, 1999.
Invited
presentation to BC Library Trustees Association on library user fees: Vancouver
BC, 1999
“Fee or Free”:
invited presentation to BC Library Assn annual
conference, Kelowna BC,
2000