Sander H. Lee, Ph.D.

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Office: Philosophy, Parker Hall 301, Keene State College, 229 Main St., Keene, NH 03405-1402, (603) 358-2777 (o), (603) 358-2773 (Fax).
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EDUCATION:

The George Washington University,1973, B.A., Double Major: Philosophy and Psychology,
Universitat Wien-Sommer Hochschule, 1974, Diploma in German Studies,
Georgetown University, 1976, M.A. in Philosophy
Georgetown University, 1978, Ph. D. in Philosophy

POST-DOCTORAL STUDIES:

1) National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College Teachers, directed by Marjorie Grene, The University of California at Berkeley, Summer 1979;
(2) British Studies Program in Philosophy and Criminal Justice, Institute of Anglo-American Studies, London, England, Summer, 1981;
(3) Seminars in Discussion of Soviet-American Relations, held in Moscow, Rostov, and Kazan, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Summer 1982.

 

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION:

Does Moral Freedom Imply Anarchism?: A discussion of moral obligation and its relationship to governmental authority.

Committee Chairman: Dr. Henry Babcock Veatch.

ACADEMIC HONOR:


Keene State College Faculty Award for Distinction in Research and Scholarship (2006)

 

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:

Ethics and Applied Ethics, Film and Video Aesthetics, Holocaust Studies, Metaphysics, Phenomenology and Existentialism,  Philosophy of Communication, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of the World's Religions.

AREAS OF COMPETENCE:

Contemporary Analytic Philosophy, Contemporary Continental Philosophy, Epistemology, Logic, Modern Philosophy, Nineteenth-Century Philosophy,

Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of the Social Sciences.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Fall 1986-Present: Professor, Philosophy, Keene State College, Keene, NH;
Promoted to Full Professor, 4/17/92, Tenured, 8/27/90;
Spring 1980-86: Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Howard University, Washington, D.C.;
Information on adjunct teaching experience prior to Spring 1980 is available upon request.


PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:


Editorial Activities:
cEditor in charge of an issue of Film and Philosophy on Woody Allen, Special Edition 2000;
Editor in charge of a special issue The Journal of Value Inquiry on Philosophy and Film. Volume 29, No. 4, December 1995;
Consulting Editor, Philosophy and Film, July 1993-Present;
Consulting Editor, The Journal of Value Inquiry, October 1993-Present;
Associate Editor in charge of book review department for The Journal of Value Inquiry, July 1990-October 1993;

Offices held in Professional Societies:
President of the Northern New England Philosophy Association, 2002-2003;

President of the Society for the Philosophic Study of the Contemporary Visual Arts, 1989-1999;
President and International Coordinator for the Conference of Philosophical Societies, 1996-1999; Vice President of the Conference of Philosophical Societies, December 1999-2001;
cInternational Coordinator for the sessions of the Conference of Philosophical Societies and The Society for the Philosophic Study of the Contemporary Visual Arts held in conjunction with World Congress of Philosophy sponsored by the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie (FISP) in Boston, MA, August 10-16, 1998. I also served as a member of the American Organizing Committee of the World Congress of Philosophy.
cPresident of the The International Society for Value Inquiry, August 1988-August 1993;
cInternational Coordinator for the sessions of the Society for the Philosophic Study of the Contemporary Visual Arts and the Conference of Philosophical Societies held in conjunction with the meetings of the World Congress of Philosophy in Boston, MA, USA, August 10-16, 1998.
International Coordinator for the sessions of the International Society for Value Inquiry held in conjunction with the meetings of the World Congress of Philosophy in Helsinki, Finland and Moscow, Russia, August 14-28, 1993. This activity was funded by a grant from the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation given in support of my professional activities during my sabbatical leave in the spring and summer of 1993;

Information on additional past professional activity is available upon request.

PRESENTATIONS, MEETINGS, AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED:

I gave a presentation on "Anguish, God, and Existentialism in the Films of Woody Allen" at the Burnt Norton Summer Forum held at Apple Hill in Nelson, NH on August 28.

I gave a presentation on Hannah Arendt at the Lessons & Legacies Conference held on the campus of Northwestern University in Chicago, IL, October 30-November 2, 2008. This conference is sponsored by the Holocaust Educational Foundation.

I taught two sessions as part of a week-long Summer Institute on the Holocaust on the campus of Keene State College, July 9-15, 2008. Funding will be provided by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.

I presented a paper titled "Donald and Bugs Fight Hitler: Opposing Philosophical Themes in World War II Propaganda Cartoons" at the meetings of the Eastern Communication Association held in Pittsburgh, PA, May 2-3, 2008.

I participated in a panel on Buddhism and Ethics at the KSC Symposium on Buddhism, March 8, 20008.

I presented “Madison’s Justifications of Participatory Democracy” on Wednesday, November 7 as part of Keene State College’s 2007 Citizenship Symposium. On Thursday, November 8, I served as a member of a panel on “Animation as Political and Social Constructions.”

I taught two sessions as part of a week-long Summer Institute on the Holocaust on the campus of Keene State College, July 9-15, 2008. Funding will be provided by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.

I traveled to formerly important centers of Jewish culture and to the locations of several concentration and death camps in Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, May 24-June 12, 2007. This activity is supported by a KSC Faculty Development Pool grant.

I presented a paper titled “Faith and Reason in the TV Show Lost” at the meetings of the Society for the Philosophical Study of the Contemporary Visual Arts held in conjunction with the annual meetings of the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association, Chicago, April 18-21. I also chaired a session.

I presented a paper titled “Allied Intelligence and the Holocaust: Ethical Implications” as part of the Rivier College Humanities Series on April 4, Rivier College, Nashua, NH.

I participated in a panel on Survivor Testimony with Therese Seibert and Paul Vincent at the 37th Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, Cleveland, OH, March 9-13, 2007.

I participated in the international scholarly workshop on Intelligence and the Holocaust, scheduled for July 31 to August 11, 2006, at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

I taught two sessions as part of a week-long Summer Institute on the Holocaust on the campus of Keene State College, July 9-15, 2006. Funding was provided by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.

I led a discussion of philosophy and popular culture as an invited speaker to Professor Tony Stavely’s course PSYC 495 Psychology & Popular Culture on the campus of Keene State College, May 31, 2006.

I participated in the Integrative Studies workshop on Thinking and Writing first semester courses on the campus of Keene State College, May 22-26, 2006. Funding was provided by the Davis Foundation.

I served as Keynote Speaker to the Interdisciplinary Conference on Philosophy and Religious Studies held on the campus of the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, April 7-8, 2006. I spoke on ethical issues related to the Holocaust.

I participated in a panel discussion of research methods for Professor Kirsten Isgro’s course COMM 376 Communication Theories on the campus of Keene State College, September 14, 2005.

I led a discussion of euthanasia as an invited speaker to Professor Beatriz Torres’ course COMM 490 Health Communication on the campus of Keene State College, July 5, 2005.

I presented “Rights, Morality, and Faith in the Light of the Holocaust” at the annual meetings of the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, CA, March 24, 2005.

I presented “Hitchcock’s Heideggerean Breakdown” at the annual meetings of the Society for the Philosophical Study of the Contemporary Visual Arts held in conjunction with the Pacific Division meetings of the American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, CA, March 24, 2005.

I participated in the Lessons & Legacies Conference at Brown University, Providence, RI, November 4-7, 2004. This conference is sponsored by the Holocaust Educational Foundation.

I taught two sessions as part of a week-long Summer Institute on the Holocaust on the campus of Keene State College, July 11-16, 2004. Funding will be provided by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.

I led a discussion of  Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha at the Fitzwilliam Public Library, February 9, 2004. Funding was provided by the New Hampshire Council for the Humanities as part of their “What Is New Hampshire Reading” series.

I presented “Rights, Morality, and Faith in the Light of the Holocaust” at the annual meetings of the Northern New England Philosophy Association, Keene State College, September 20, 2003.

 I was a Fellow of the Eighth Annual Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization, Northwestern University, June 22-July 3, 2003.

 I presented “Some Philosophical Reflections on Issues of Justice in War Crimes Trials,” presented a paper titled "Issues of Justice in War Crime Trials" at a conference in Washington D.C. on "Historical Justice in International Perspective" sponsored by the German Historical Institute and the Woodrow Wilson International Center, March 26-29, 2003.

 I facilitated a session on "Sustaining Engaged Classroom Discussion" as part of the “Just Desserts” discussion series sponsored by the KSC Faculty Resource Center, February 7, 2003.

I presented "Scapegoating, the Holocaust, and McCarthyism in Billy Wilder's Stalag 17," at the meetings of American Society of Aesthetics, Miami, FL, October 30-November 2, 2002.
I presented "The Films of Woody Allen: A Philosophical Approach," at Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation, Bethlehem, NH, August 6, 2002. Funding was provided by the New Hampshire Humanities Council;
I taught two sessions as part of a week-long Summer Institute on the Holocaust on the campus of Keene State College, July 7-12, 2002. Funding was provided by the New Hampshire Humanities Council;
I presented "Moral Relativism and Despair in Graham Greene's The Ministry of Fear," at the meetings of The Northern New England Philosophical Association, Clark University, Worcester, MA, October 19, 2001.
I presented "Moral Relativism and Despair in Graham Greene's The Ministry of Fear," at a Third Tuesday Discussion Session on the campus of Keene State College, November 13, 2001.
I led a discussion of Concepts of the "Just War" as part of the Teachers' Institute on Vietnam and the American War on the campus of Keene State College, July 17, 2001. Funding was provided by the Freeman Foundation.
I presented "Philosophical and Cultural Themes in The Fugitive," at the meetings of The Popular Culture Association, Philadephia, PA, April 11-14, 2001. I also chaired a session.
I led a discussion of Rex Stout's The Doorbell Rang at the Peterborough Public Library, April 1, 2001. Funding was provided by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.
I presented the annual Howard Jefferson Lecture in Philosophy at Clark University, Worcester, MA, March 24, 2001.
I presented "Notions of the Selflessness in Sartrean Existentialism and Theravadin Buddhism" to the Multicultural Committee Luncheon on the campus of Keene State College, November 29, 2000.
I presented "Woody Allen's Angst: Philosophical & Psychological Reflections" at Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH, April 3, 2000. Funding was provided by the Psychology and Philosophy Departments of Plymouth State College;
I taught a College of Life-Long Learning course on Eastern Religion on the campus of Keene State College, March 3-April 28, 2000;
Information on activities prior to March 2000 is available upon request.

SERVICE TO KEENE STATE COLLEGE AND THE KEENE COMMUNITY:

Administrative Committee and Advising Activities at Keene State College:
Co-Chair, Ethics Integrated Studies Roundtable, 2007-Present;

Co-Coordinator, Holocaust Studies Program, 2007-08;

Chair, Communication, Journalism, Philosophy Department, 2001-2002, Spring 2005; Spring 2010
Chair, Communication, Journalism, Philosophy DPEC Committees;
Member, Communication, Journalism, Philosophy DPEC Committees;
Member, Holocaust Studies Council, Fall 2000-Present;
Member, Academic Technology Committee, 2000-present;
Chair, General Education Task Force, 1996-1998;
Information on activities prior to 1996 is available upon request.

GRANTS, PROGRAMS, AND HONORS:
My program on "The Films of Woody Allen: A Philosophical Approach" appears in the Humanities Resource Center Catalog of the New Hampshire Humanities Council.
Project Humanist for "From Novel to Film," a monthly series presented during the fall of 1999 at the Keene Public Library. Funding was provided by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.
I received a Faculty Development Grant for 1998-99 to support my activities with the World Congress of Philosophy.
Information on additional grants, programs, and honors prior to 1998 is available upon request.

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