Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Ripon College
300 Seward Street
Ripon, WI 54971
(920) 748-8377

E-mail: JeffriesP@ripon.edu

Education

• B.A. in Social Sciences, Colorado State University
• M.A.R. in Theological Ethics, Yale Divinity School, Yale University
• M.A.,  Ph. D. in Philosophy, University of Minnesota

Awards, Grants, and Honors

• Who's Who in America, 2007
• Valparaiso Practice Grant. "Practicing Our Faith with Non-Traditional, Pre-Seminary Students."  August 2004 to June 2006 ($10,000 for a two-year program).  University of Dubuque.  Consulted on a $5,000 supplementary grant extension for this project, June 2006.
• Nominated to Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2005
• McElroy Student/Faculty Research Project.  "The Virtues of Passion: Reflections on the Ethics of Emotion."  Iowa College Foundation.  Joint grant for $1,750 with my student, Christoffer Heindel.  2004-2005.  University of Dubuque.
• Teaching of the Bible Grant.  Office of Educational Institutions, Presbyterian Church, USA.  2003-2005 ($10,000 for a two-year program).  University of Dubuque.
• Pew Younger Scholar Graduate Summer Seminar, 1998

Areas of Interest

• Moral philosophy (theory and applied)
• Social and political philosophy
• Philosophy of religion
• Philosophy of education/Faith and higher education

Recent Publications

• "Strategic Practices for Communal Formation and Renewal: Applying Lessons from Academia."  Journal of Supervision and Training in Ministry (26) 2006: pp. 63-76.
• Book Review.  Educating People of Faith: Exploring the History of Jewish and Christian Communities.  John Van Engen (ed.).  Teaching Theology and Religion 9.4 (2006)
• "Reforming MacIntyre: Reflections on a Tradition-based, Ethics-oriented University Transformation."  Analytic Teaching, Spring 2003.

Professional Affiliations

• American Philosophical Association
• Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum
• Society of Christian Philosophers
• American Association of University Professors
• Emerging Scholars Network

Current Courses Taught

• PHL 120  Introduction to Philosophy
• PHL 241  Ethics
• PHL 243  Philosophy and the Environment