Curriculum Vitae (30.05.2015)

 

Don Carmichael

 

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. 

 

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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.

 

 

COURSES TAUGHT

 

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.

 

 

SUPERVISIONS

 

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).

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

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.

 

 

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

 

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.

 

 

INVITED LECTURES

 

"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 Teaching (chair), 1998-2001

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