Sarah E. Roberts-Cady

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies

Fort Lewis College

1000 Rim Drive

Durango, CO 81301

(970) 247-7002 roberts_s@fortlewis.edu

EDUCATION

PhD, Purdue University, May 2000

BA, Linfield College, May 1994

TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Assistant Professor (2000-2006) Associate Professor (2006-present), Fort Lewis College

Courses: Moral Philosophy, Philosophies of Feminism, Introduction to Philosophy, Logic, Modern Foundations of Philosophy, Nineteenth Century Philosophy, 19^th& 20^th Century Philosophy, Environmental Ethics, Ethics and Biotechnology, Ethics and Technology in Medicine, Disability and Discrimination, Distributive Justice

Instructor (full responsibility), Purdue University (1996-1999)

Courses: Historical Survey of the Concept of Justice, Introduction to Ethics, Introduction to Philosophy, Critical Thinking

Teaching Assistant, Purdue University (1994-1999)

Courses: God After Postmodernity (graduate course), Environmental Ethics, Biomedical Ethics, Introduction to Ethics, Introduction to Philosophy

Research Assistant, Purdue University (1997-1998)

Paul B. Thompson, Brewer Chair in Applied Ethics

ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

“Against Retributive Justifications of the Death Penalty,” Journal of Social Philosophy, forthcoming.

“The Role of Critical Thinking in Academic Dishonesty Policies.” International Journal for Educational Integrity. (December 2008) Vol 4, No 2, 60-66.

“Rethinking Justice with Levinas” to be published in Essays on Levinas and Law: A Mosaic, edited by Desmond Manderson, Palgrave Macmillan Publishing, forthcoming February 2009 (this is a revision and republication of the article previously published in Philosophy in the Contemporary World)

“Justice and Forgiveness” Philosophy Today. (Fall 2003) Vol 47, No 3. 293-304.

“Rethinking Justice: Levinas and Asymmetrical Responsibility.” Philosophy in the Contemporary World (Spring 2000) Vol 7, No 10. 5-12.

“The Kankakee Wetlands: A Case Study in Ethics and Public Policy” Politics and the Life Sciences (Sept 1999) Vol 19, No 2. 113-117.

BOOK REVIEWS PUBLISHED

Book review: Profits Pending: How Life Patents Represent the Biggest Swindle of the 21^st Century. Matthew Albright. The American Journal of Bioethics, July-August 2005, volume 5, issue 4.

Book review: Ethical Issues in Biotechnology. Richard Sherlock and John Morrey, eds. Politics in the Life Sciences. September 2003, 22: 2.

WORKS UNDER REVIEW

“Conflict of Interest in Industry-Sponsored Clinical Research,” currently under review

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

“Against Retributive Justifications of the Death Penalty: Exploring the Implications of Kant’s Principle of Equality” presented at the 16^th annual meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Feb 22-25, 2007 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

“Taking Ethics Seriously at a Liberal Arts College: Three Strategies for Addressing Academic Integrity.” Faculty Seminar presentation at Fort Lewis College, November 13, 2007. (An earlier version of the paper listed above in publications)

“Dying in America” co-presented with Daniel Johnson, MD, to hospital staff at Mercy Medical Center and to community members at Fort Lewis College on May 27, 2003, as a part of a series entitled “Dilemmas in Healthcare,” sponsored by the Colorado Endowment for the Humanities.

“Levinas, Asymmetrical Responsibility and Justice” presented at the conference Face to Face with the Real World: Contemporary Applications of Levinas. North Canton, Ohio, March 1999. (A version of the paper listed above in publications)

“The Kankakee Wetlands Case as a Value Dispute” presented at the annual conference for Agriculture Food, and Human Values. San Francisco, California, June 1998. (A version of the paper listed above in publications)

INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE

Co-Chair of the Presidential Task Force on Family-Responsive Employment Policies, summer 2007-present

Member, Faculty Commission on the Status of Women, 2008-present

Institutional Review Board at Fort Lewis College, January 2003- -present

Grievance Committee, 2006-present

Personnel committee member for political science and philosophy department, history department, Modern Languages, and the library 2008-2009

Chair, Philosophy Search Committee, 2007-2008

General Education Council, Spring 2001-Spring 2003, January 2004-May 2007, Winter 2008

Senator, Faculty Senate, January 2004-May 2006

AHSS personnel committee, 2006-2007, 2007-2008

Faculty Advisor, student Philosophy Club at Fort Lewis College, Fall 2000-Winter 2006

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Committee Member, Ethics Committee and IRB, Mercy Regional Medical Center, Fall 2000-present

Moderator, International Kierkegaard Forum in Augusta, Georgia, March 1-3, 2001.

Referee, Environmental Ethics journal (2002-2003) and Radical Philosophy Review (2006)

AWARDS/HONORS

Fort Lewis College CommencementSpeaker, May 2009

Fort Lewis College Faculty Development in Teaching Grant 2008, 2009

Fort Lewis College Faculty Development Grant, 2003, 2004

Purdue Research Foundation Summer Grant, 1999

Purdue University Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Teaching, 1999

School of Liberal Arts Dean’s Nominee for the National Teaching Academy, 1998

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

The American Philosophical Association

The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics