Curriculum Vitae
Areas of Specialization
Ethics, Philosophy of Religion
Areas of Competence
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Logic, Computer Ethics
Education
- Ph.D. Philosophy, Saint Louis University (in progress)
- M.A. Theological Studies, Asbury Theological Seminary, 2018
- M.A. Religion, Hardin-Simmons University (Logsdon School of Theology), 2012
- B.A. Texas Tech University, Classical Studies and Communication Studies, 2009 (summa cum laude)
Honors and Awards
- Graduate Assistantship, Saint Louis University, 2019–26
- Asbury Seminary Theology Award, May 2018
- Asbury Merit Scholarship, 2014–18
- Logsdon School of Theology Graduate Student Achievement Award, April 13, 2012
- Elementary Hebrew Tov Meʾod Award, April 16, 2010
- Logsdon Graduate Dean’s Scholarship and W. B. Davis Scholarship, 2009–12
Professional Memberships
- Society of Christian Philosophers
- American Philosophical Association
Languages
Ancient Greek (reading proficiency with dictionary)
Work in Progress
“The Phenomenological Value Thesis and the Limits of Welfare Eudaimonism”
Presentations and Comments
“A Lewisian Approach to Eleonore Stump’s Problem of Mourning”
Baptist Association of Philosophy Teachers Biennial Meeting, April 25–27, 2025Comments: Matthew Cashen’s “Angela the Diplomat” (invited)
Illinois Philosophical Association Conference, November 4, 2023Comments: Frederick Choo, “Theism is Incompatible with Moral Error Theory”
Saint Louis University Philosophy Graduate Student Conference, September 9, 2023Comments: Harrison Lee, “Soul-Building Hiddenness: Theodicies and the Principle of Alternate Possibilities”
Saint Louis University Philosophy Graduate Student Conference, October 1, 2021“Inciting Ethics: Entrapment Rhetoric in Amos’s Oracles Against the Nations”
Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature, Abilene, TX, October 1, 2011
Journal and Research Experience
Journal Experience
- Editorial assistant for Ancient Philosophy Today: DIALOGOI (2024–present)
- Editorial assistant for Res Philosophica (2021–23)
- Editorial assistant for Schutzian Research, vol. 13 (2021)
- Production assistant for Faith and Philosophy (2020–22)
Research Experience
RA to Anna Marmodoro for the following publications (2025–present):
- Parmenidean Essentialism (Oxford University Press, forthcoming)
- Matter: A History, Oxford Philosophical Concept Series (Oxford University Press, forthcoming)
- “Failing to Keep Order in One’s Life,” in Oxford Studies in Early Christian Philosophy (Oxford University Press, forthcoming)
RA to Michael Peterson for the following publications (2018–20):
- Religion and the Biosciences: An Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 2021)
- C. S. Lewis and the Christian Worldview (Oxford University Press, 2020)
- Michael Peterson and Raymond VanArragon, eds., Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Religion, Second Edition (Wiley-Blackwell, April 2019)
Teaching Experience
Sole Instructor, Saint Louis University
- PHIL 1700: Ultimate Questions: The Examined Life (Spring 2025)
- PHIL 3050x: Computer Ethics (Spring 2024, Fall 2024)
- PHIL 1700: Ultimate Questions: The Examined Life (Fall 2023)
Sole Instructor, Asbury University
- PHL 200: Introduction to Philosophy (Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020)
Teaching Assistant, Saint Louis University
- PHIL 2050: Ethics (primary Jonathan Jacobs; Spring 2021)
- PHIL 1050: Introduction to Philosophy (primary Scott Ragland; Fall 2020)
Graduate Assistant, Asbury Theological Seminary
- PH600: Suffering, Tragedy, and Christian Faith (primary Michael Peterson; Fall 2019)
- PH615: C. S. Lewis and Christian Faith (primary Michael Peterson; Fall 2019)
- PH501: Philosophy of the Christian Religion (primary Michael Peterson; Fall 2019)
- CH501: Church History 1 (primary Meesaeng Choi; Spring 2017–Fall 2018)
- CH502: Church History 2 (primary Meesaeng Choi; Fall 2016–Fall 2018)
Teaching Assistant, Hardin-Simmons University
- GREK 2402: Elementary Greek 2 (primary Kenneth Lyle; Spring 2012)
- GREK 2401: Elementary Greek 1 (primary Kenneth Lyle; Fall 2011)
Instructor Training
Certificate in University Teaching Skills Program Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning (in progress)
Reinert Center Course: Learning Technologies, March 20–31, 2023
Reinert Center Seminar: Introduction to Online Teaching, February 14–28, 2023
Workshop: Motivating Students, February 8, 2023
Workshop: From Coverage to Learning: Re-envisioning Lecture, November 17, 2023
Reinert Center Course: Course Design, July 11–22, 2022
Workshop: Building Community in Online Classes, April 12, 2022
Teaching Students to Think Critically in Assignments, April 8, 2022
Reinert Center Course: Teaching Philosophy, September 13–24, 2021
Service
Participant, Ultimate Questions Artifact Workshop, Saint Louis University, May 6, 2025
Department representative, Undergraduate Core Re-Engagement Workshop, Saint Louis University, April 11, 2025
Conference committee, Philosophy Graduate Student Association Conference: Philosophies of Time, Motion, and Change, Saint Louis University, October 7–8, 2024
Co-organizer, unofficial logic crash course for incoming Saint Louis University graduate students, Summer 2023 Webpage: https://chrislholland.com/SLU_2023_Summer_Logic/Lemmon.html
Participant, workshop on undergraduate core Ultimate Questions courses, Saint Louis University, May 9, 2023
Conference assistant, “Alienation & the Virtues: Personal, Social, & Spiritual,” Res Philosophica Conference, St. Louis, MO, March 30–31, 2023
Participant, workshop on undergraduate core shared learning outcomes rubric, Saint Louis University, March 6, 2023
Conference Organizer and Webmaster, Philosophy Graduate Student Association Conference: The Problem of Evil, Saint Louis University, October 7–8, 2022
Site archive: https://sites.google.com/slu.edu/2022-phil-grad-conference/Reviewer, Philosophy Graduate Student Association Conference: Virtue and Wisdom, Saint Louis University, October 1–2, 2021