BERTHA ALVAREZ MANNINEN, PH.D.
CURRICULUM VITAE
ADDRESS
Arizona State University
New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
P.O. Box 37100; Mail Code: 2151
Phoenix, AZ 85069-7100
Phone: (602) 543-3433
Fax: (602) 543-6004
Email:
EDUCATION
2006 Purdue University, Ph.D., Philosophy
Dissertation: “When does a human being gain a moral right to life?: An ethical and metaphysical study of abortion and embryonic stem cell research.”
2001 University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, M.A., Philosophy
Thesis: “A theistic defense of why God allows natural evils.”
1999 Florida International University, B.A., Philosophy and English Literature
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION AND COMPETENCE
AOS: Applied Ethics (esp. Biomedical Ethics) and Normative Ethics
AOC: Philosophy of Religion, Ancient Philosophy, and Social and Political Philosophy
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
4/2012 – present Associate Professor of Philosophy
Arizona State University
New College of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Division of Humanities, Arts, & Cultural Studies
8/2006- 4/2012 Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Arizona State University
New College of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Division of Humanities, Arts, & Cultural Studies
8/2004 – 7/2006 Adjunct Professor of Philosophy
Kirkwood Community College
Department of Philosophy
1/2003 – 7/2004 Instructor of Philosophy
Purdue University
Department of Philosophy
8/2003 – 5/2004 Teaching Assistant of Philosophy
Purdue University
Department of Philosophy
5/2002 – 8/2002 Adjunct Professor of Philosophy
Miami Dade Community College
Department of Humanities
8/1999 – 5/2001 Teaching Assistant of Philosophy
University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
Department of Philosophy
PUBLICATIONS
● BOOKS
Pro-Life, Pro-Choice: Shared Values in the Abortion Debate. 2014. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press.
● ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS
“The Value of Choice and the Choice to Value: Expanding the Discussion about Fetal Life within Pro-choice Advocacy.” 2013. Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 28.3: 663-683.
“Yes, the Baby Should Live: A Pro-choice Response to Giubilini and Minerva.” 2013. Journal of Medical Ethics, 39.5: 330-335. Available at: http://jme.bmj.com/content/39/5/330.full
“The Problem of Evil and Humans’ Relationship with God in Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life.” 2013. Journal of Religion and Film, 17.1.
Available at: http://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol17/iss1/34
“Cloning and Individuality: Why Kass and Callahan are Wrong (but Maybe a Little Right).” 2012. Monash Bioethics Review, 30.1: 65-88.
“Beyond Abortion: The Implications of Human Life Amendments.” 2012. Journal of Social Philosophy, 43.2: 140-160.
“Rethinking Roe v. Wade: Defending the Abortion Right in the Face of Contemporary Opposition.” 2010. American Journal of Bioethics, 10.12: 33-36.
“Defending my ‘Rethinking’ of Roe.” 2010. American Journal of Bioethics, 10.12: W3-W5.
“Defining Death: An Intersection of Bioethics and Metaphysics.” 2009. Reviews in the Neurosciences, 20. 3-4: 283 – 292.
“The Metaphysical Foundations of Reproductive Ethics.” 2009. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 26.2: 190-204.
“Revisiting Justified Non-voluntary Euthanasia.” 2008. American Journal of Bioethics, 8.11: 33-35.
“Are Human Embryos Kantian Persons?: Kantian Considerations in Favor of Stem Cell Research.” 2008. Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 3:4. Available at: http://www.peh-med.com/content/3/1/4
“Pleading Men and Virtuous Women: Considering the Role of the Father in the Abortion Debate.” 2007. International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 21.1: 1-24.
“Revisiting the argument of fetal potential.” May 2007. Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 2:17. Available at: http://www.pehmed.com/content/2/1/7
» Article Reprinted In: John P. Lizza (editor), Potentiality. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2014: 191- 221.
“Respecting Embryos within Stem Cell Research: Seeking Harmony.” 2007. Metaphilosophy, 38.2-3: 226–244.
» Article Reprinted In: Lori Gruen, Laura Grabel, and Peter Singer (editors), Stem Cell Research: The Ethical Issues Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2007: 86-104.
“A Case for Justified Non-voluntary Active Euthanasia: Exploring the Ethics of the Groningen Protocol.” 2006. Journal of Medical Ethics, 32.11: 643-651.
“Medicating the Mind: A Kantian Analysis of Overprescribing Psychoactive Drugs.” 2006. Journal of Medical Ethics, 32.2: 100-105.
“How the Problem of Evil Poses an Obstacle to the Belief in God.” 1998. Dialogue: Journal of Phi Sigma Tau – International Honor Society in Philosophy, 41.1: 20-25.
● INVITED REFEREED ARTICLES
“A Kantian Defense of Abortion Rights with Respect for Intrauterine Life.” 2014. Diametros, 39: 70-92.
http://www.diametros.iphils.uj.edu.pl/ojs/index.php/diametros/article/download/565/718
“A Metaphysical and Ethical Defense of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research.” 2012. Ethics in Biology, Engineering, and Medicine, 3.4: 209-225.
“Cloning.” 2010. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Available at: http://www.iep.utm.edu/cloning/
“Human Identity and Bioethics.” 2009. Journal of Value Inquiry, 43.4: 537-546.
● ARTICLES IN REFEREED BOOKS
“Stem-Cell Research Utilizing Embryonic Tissue Should Not Be Conducted.” Arthur Caplan and Robert Arp (editors). Contemporary Debates in Bioethics, Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 2014: 248-260.
“Pro-choice Philosopher has Baby: Reflections on Fetal Life.” Sheila Lintott (editor), Motherhood, Philosophy for Everyone: The Birth of Wisdom, Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011: 41-51.
“Can Whiskers Have More than Nine Lives? Feline and Human Cloning.” Steven D. Hales (editor), What Philosophy Can Tell You About Your Cat, Chicago: Open Court Press, 2008: 191-204.
“Why There is No Either/Or in Works of Love: A Kantian Defense of Kierkegaardian (Christian) Unconditional Love.” Norman Wirzba and Bruce Ellis Benson (editors), Transforming Philosophy and Religion: Love’s Wisdom, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2008: 84-102.
● NONREFEREED ARTICLES
“What Did Octomom Do Wrong?: Exploring the Ethics of Fertility Treatments. Fall 2012. APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Medicine, 12.1: 11- 14 (invited article).
“Why Fetal Potential Matters.” Fall 2011. APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Medicine, 11.1: 11-13 (invited article).
● BOOK REVIEWS
What’s Good on TV: Understanding Ethics through Television. 2011. Jamie Carlin Watson and Robert Arp (editors). Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell. In Metapsychology Online, posted on May 22, 2012.
Available at: http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=6518&cn=135
Confessions of the Other Mother: Non-biological Lesbian Moms Tell All. 2006.Harlyn Aizley (editor). Boston: Beacon Press. In Metapsychology Online Review, posted on May 22, 2007.
Available at: http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=3640
The Stem Cell Controversy: Debating the Issues, 2nd Edition, 2006, Michael Ruse and Christopher A. Pynes (editors). New York: Prometheus Books. In Metapsychology Online Review, posted on April 10, 2007.
Available at: http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=3590
Invited Appraisal: Judith A. Boss, 2006, Ethics for Life. 3rd edition. New York: McGraw Hill Publishing, review completed July 15, 2006.
Should Parents be Licensed? Debating the Issues. 2004. Peg Tittle (editor). Amherst: Prometheus Books. In The Journal of Value Inquiry, 39. 2005: 531-535.
The Fountain of Youth: Cultural, Scientific, and Ethical Perspectives on a Biomedical Goal, 2004, Stephen G. Post and Robert H. Binstock (editors.). London: Oxford University Press. In Metapsychology Online Review, posted on September 23, 2005.
Available at: http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=2830
CONFERENCE PAPERS
● MAIN SPEAKER
“A Philosophical Analysis of the Phenomenology of Child Abuse.” Central States Philosophical Association. Northwestern University. Evanston, IL. October 11, 2014.
“Reflections on Attending College – From a Professor Who Wasn’t Supposed to Attend College.” SOPHIA (The Society of Philosophers in America) Annual Symposium: Should Everyone Go to College? University of Mississippi. Oxford, MS. November 1, 2013. (Invited speaker).
“Virtue Ethics, Sex, and Reality TV: If Aristotle Had Watched Snooki.” Reality Gendervision: A Conference on Sexuality and Gender on Reality TV. Indiana University. Bloomington, IN. April 27, 2013.
“Abortion and Civil Discourse.” American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting. Atlanta, GA. December 28, 2012 (Invited panel speaker).
“Religious Superficiality and the Problem of Evil in Malick’s Tree of Life.” Faith and Reason Institute’s conference on Faith, Film, and Philosophy. Gonzaga University. Spokane, WA. October 5-6, 2012.
“Glenn Beck vs. W.K. Clifford: Philosophy and the Ethics of Belief.” American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting. Washington, D.C. December 28, 2011 (Invited panel speaker).
“The Pro-Life Pro-Choicer: Battling the False Dichotomy.” Hope College’s Philosophy Speaker Series. Holland, MI. November 8, 2011 (Invited speaker).
“Why Fetal Potential Matters.” American Philosophical Association 2011 Central Division Meeting. Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN. March 31, 2011. (Invited panel speaker).
“What Did Octomom Do Wrong?: Exploring the Ethics of Fertility Treatments.” American Philosophical Association 2011 Central Division Meeting. Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN. March 31, 2011.
“Abortion and Disability” (a work-in-progress presentation). SOPHIA (The Society of Philosophers in America) Annual Symposium: Disability, Civic Responsibility, and Community Friendship. University of Mississippi. Oxford, MS. February 26, 2011. (Invited speaker).
“Cloning and the Challenges of Uniqueness.” 62nd Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference. Willamette University. Salem, OR. October 1. 2010.
“What did ‘Octomom’ Do Wrong?: Exploring the ethics of fertility treatments.” Central States Philosophical Association 2010 Annual Meeting. Detroit, MI. September 23, 2010.
“Cloning, Genetic Duplication, and the Compromise of Identity: Why Kass and Callahan are Wrong (but maybe a little right).” Genetics and Ethics in the 21st Century. University of Colorado Denver: Center for Bioethics and Humanities. Estes Park, CO. July 23, 2010.
“The Pro-Life Pro-Choicer: Battling the False Dichotomy.” 61st Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference. Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR. October 24, 2009.
“A New Mother’s Reflections on Abortion.” Philosophical Inquiry into Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Mothering Conference. University of Oregon. Eugene, OR. May 15, 2009.
“Rethinking Roe v. Wade: Why the Reproductive Autonomy Argument Fails.” Mississippi Philosophical Association Medical Ethics Conference. University of Mississippi Medical Center. Jackson, MS. November 21, 2008.
“In Defense of Fetal Viability.” Central States Philosophical Association 2008 Annual Meeting. Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN. September 26, 2008.
“Religion and Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Seeking harmony through healing.” Invited speaker at The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix. August 24, 2008.
“The Definition of Death and Questions of Personal Identity: The Intersection of Bioethics and Metaphysics.” 5th International Symposium of the Definition of Death Network. Plaza America Convention Center. Varadero, Cuba. May 22, 2008.
“Metaphysics as Applied Philosophy: The Metaphysical Foundations of Bioethics.”
Society for Applied Philosophy Annual National Conference 2007.
Princeton Theological Seminary. Princeton, NJ. October 13, 2007.
“Pleading Men and Virtuous Women: Considering the Role of the Father in the Abortion Debate.”
Society for Applied Philosophy Annual International Conference 2007. University of Birmingham Conference Park. Birmingham, UK. July 1, 2007.
“The Human Embryo as Neighbor: A Christian Argument in favor of Embryonic Stem Cell Research.”
Society of Christian Philosophers 2007 Eastern Regional Meeting. Columbia
International University. Columbia, SC. April 21, 2007.
“Confessions of a Reluctant Carnivore: A Qualified Defense of Meat-Eating.”
The American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting of the
Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals. New York, NY. December 28,
2005.
“A Case for Justified Nonvoluntary Euthanasia: Exploring the Ethics of the
Groningen Protocol.”
Iowa Philosophical Association 2005 Annual Meeting. Simpson College.
Indianola, IA. November 5, 2005.
“Why There is no Either/Or in Works of Love: A Kantian Defense of Kierkegaardian (Christian) Unconditional Love.”
The Wisdom of Love Conference - The Society for Continental Philosophers and Theologians. Wheaton College. Wheaton, IL. March 18, 2005.
“How to Practice Kierkegaardian Unconditional Love.”
Philosophy as a Way of Life Conference. University of Liverpool. Liverpool,
UK. November 11, 2004.
“Why Physicians Should Consider Voluntary Active Euthanasia as a Moral Option.”
The Role of Health Care Providers in America 2004 Ethics Conference. Oklahoma State University. Tulsa, OK. March 13, 2004.
“Against an Irrationalist Interpretation: Exploring Johannes Climacus’ (Kierkegaard’s) Religious Philosophy.” Identifications Conference: Faith, Theory, and Identity Making. Purdue University. West Lafayette, IN. February 6, 2004.
● COMMENTATOR
On Jennifer Kling’s “Becoming Virtuous” A How-To Guide.” 61st Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference. Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR. October
24, 2009.
On Kurt Liebegott’s “Why the Responsibility Objection to Thomson’s Abortion Argument Must Fail.” The American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting. Chicago, IL. April 17, 2008.
On Samantha Brennan’s “The Intrinsic Goods of Childhood.” Society for Applied Philosophy Annual International Conference 2007. University of Birmingham Conference Park. Birmingham, UK. June 30, 2007.
On Garrett Merriam’s “Virtue, Vice, and Vivisection.”
The American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals. Washington, DC. December 27, 2006.
On Dr. Maria Merritt’s “Other-oriented Attention and Meta-cognitive Qwareness.”“Virtue Ethics and Moral Psychology: The Situationsim Debate” The Williams Institute of Ethics and Values at the University of Denver. Denver, CO. October 8, 2005.
ACADEMIC AWARDS/HONORS/GRANTS
ASU Founder’s Day Award
Faculty Achievement in Teaching, 2014.
ASU Book Subvention Award
Center for Critical Inquiry and Cultural Studies, 2014.
Award: $1,000 (for book expenses)
Arizona State University Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activities Grant
Project Title: A Philosophical Analysis of the Phenomenology of Child Abuse
Award: $4,000 (summer salary support).
Award Date: Summer 2013.
ASU New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
Outstanding Teacher of the Year (Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty), 2011-2012.
Arizona Humanities Council
Project Title: Abortion and Conscience: A Conference on the Ethical Dimensions of
Abortion.
Award: $900.
Award Date: Fall 2009 (conference took place March 22, 2010).
Arizona State University Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activities Grant
Project Title: Rethinking Roe v. Wade (presented at conference, published in
American Journal of Bioethics).
Award : $5,000 (summer salary support).
Award Date: Summer 2008.
Arizona State University Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activities Grant
Project Title: Are Human Embryos Kantian Persons? (published in Philosophy,
Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 2008).
Award : $4,000 (summer salary support).
Award Date: Summer 2007.
Purdue University Research Foundation Dissertation Grant
Project Title: When Does a Human Being Gain a Moral Right to Life?: A Metaphysical
and Ethical Study of Abortion and Embryonic Stem Cell Research (dissertation).
Award : Two years of salary support.
Award Date: Fall 2004 – Summer 2006.
Purdue University International Travel Stipend Award
Project Title: How to Practice Kierkegaardian Unconditional Love (paper presented at
University of Liverpool, 2004)
Award : $2,000.
Award Date: Fall 2004.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Advanced Opportunity Fellowship
Project Title: A Theistic Exploration of the Problem of Natural Evils (thesis).
Award: One year of salary support.
Award Date: Fall 2000 – Spring 2001.
Florida International University Outstanding Service to the Department of
Philosophy
Award Date: Spring 1999.
TEACHING
● COURSES TAUGHT
Introduction to Philosophy Moral Dilemmas
Introduction to Ethics Applied Ethics
Introduction to Asian Religions Medical Ethics
Basic Reasoning Biomedical Ethics
Critical Thinking Business Ethics
Philosophy of Religion Philosophy and Film
The Human Event: Intersection of Philosophy and Literature
● MENTORSHIP
Spring 2014 – Marya Sabir Honors Enrichment Contract
Project Title: Legalized Abortion: The Moral and Ethical Justification
Spring 2014 – Brandon Olson Honors Enrichment Contract
Project Title: Out With the Old, In With The New: A Refutation of God’s Alleged Incompatible Properties.
Summer 2013 – Kawika Nunenkamp Independent Study on Applied Metaphysics
Spring 2013 – Hobart Wingard Independent Study on Applied Metaphysics
Spring 2013 - Matthew Avelar Honors Enrichment Contract
Project Title: The Ethics of What We Eat.
Spring 2013 - Stephen Pagan Honors Enrichment Contract
Project Title: Racism, Sexism, and Structural Inequalities
Spring 2013 - Amanda Perreault Masters Thesis, Committee Member
Project Title: Children’s Fairy Tales: An Exploration into Disney and Grimm Versions of “Snow White” and “Rapunzel.”
Spring 2013 - Lora Mason Barrett Honors College Thesis, Chair
Project Title: Animal Rights and the Duty to Spay/Neuter
Spring 2013 - Victoria Alcazar Barrett Honors College Thesis, 2nd Reader
Project Title: What Science Fiction Can Teach Us About Utopia
Spring 2012 - Sasha Billbe Barrett Honors College Thesis, Chair
Project Title: Literature as a Moral Educator: If Aristotle Had Read Twilight.