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6. COMMENTS

“Best Traditions Patriotism: Comment on Ben-Porath, Miller, and Wingo,” session on Patriotism and Civic Education sponsored by Association for Philosophy of Education, at American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division), December 2005


Comment on Jorge Garcia, "Racism," conference on "Race: Its Meaning and Significance," Rutgers University, November 1994


Comment on K. Anthony Appiah, Tanner Lecture: "Race, Culture, and Identity", University of California at San Diego, October 1994


Comment on Linda Nicholson, "The Arrogance of Theory," 30th Oberlin Colloquium in Philosophy, April 1991


Comment on Nancy Snow, "Compassion," American Philosophical Association (Central Division), April 1991


OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Visiting Committee member, reviewing Wesleyan University’s Philosophy Department, spring 2008


President, Association for Philosophy of Education, 2006-200? [organization that organizes sessions on philosophy of education at the Eastern Division Meetings of the APA]


Member, Advisory Board of Kenan Institute for Ethics (formerly Kenan Ethics Program), Duke University, 1996-2008


Editorial Board, Theory and Research in Education, 2002-


Member, Program Advisory Committee for Eastern Division of APA, 1996-1999, 2006-2009


Mentor in AERA/IES Post-Doctoral Program on minority achievement, 2001-2005 [Mentee, Dr. Mary Casey, working on issues of race and morality]


“Which Box Should I Check?”: workshop on racial and ethnic identity on the federal census, for students and teachers at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School, sponsored by STARs (students teaching and advocating respect) program, March, 2004


Resource Consultant (occasional) for Facing History and Ourselves (professional development organization for K-12 teachers: critical thinking, antiracist curriculum)


Member, Governing Board of Association for Moral Education, 1998-2002


Member: American Philosophical Association; Association for Moral Education; Philosophy of Education Society; American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy


Member, American Philosophical Association Inclusiveness Committee, 2002-2005


Reviewer for Ethics, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Dialogue, Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, Political Theory, Cambridge University Press, Cornell University Press, Yale Univ. Press, Univ. Press of Kansas, other journals and presses


Member, Cambridge Diversity Committee (monitoring diversity initiatives in Cambridge Public Schools), 1995-1996


Member (1991-1992) Ethics Committee of Elder Care Program of East Boston Neighborhood Health Center

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