JUDITH WAGNER DECEW
OFFICE: Department of Philosophy
Clark University Worcester, MA 01610 508-793-7414,
EDUCATION:
1973 - 1978, PhD and MA in philosophy, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Dissertation: The Problem of Conditional Obligation (Fred Feldman, director)
1966 - 1970, BA in mathematics, minor in philosophy, University of Rochester.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1998 - present, Professor of Philosophy, Clark University. Department Chair, 2003-‘06, ‘07-‘08, ’09-pres.
2006 - 2007, Visiting Full Professor of Philosophy, Wellesley College.
1999 - 2001, Associate Dean of the College, Clark University.
1990 - 1998, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Clark University.
Summers 1990, 1991, Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University.
1987 - 1990, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Clark University.
1978 - 1987, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
1974 - 1977, Teaching Associate, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
1970 - 1973, Teacher of calculus, geometry, Quaboag Regional HS, Warren, MA; tenure 1973.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
National Fellowships:
1993 - 1994, Research Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
1988 - 1989, Research Fellow, Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College/Harvard University.
1987, Accepted as Visiting Researcher, Harvard Law School. Declined.
1984 - 1985, Research Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS).
1980 - 1981, Liberal Arts Fellowship in Law and Philosophy, Harvard Law School.
1977 - 1978, American Association of University Women Fellowship (AAUW).
1966, Bausch and Lomb Prize for excellence in science.
National Positions and Recognition:
2006 - 2009, 1990 - 1993, Elected to the national American Philosophical Association (APA) Committee
on Philosophy of Law.
1997 - 2002, Elected and served as Secretary/Treasurer, American Society for Political
and Legal Philosophy, (ASPLP).
1992 - present, Listed in Who's Who in the East, Who's Who in American Education,
The World Who's Who of Women, Dictionary of International Biography.
1995 - 1996, Nominating Committee Chair; 1992, Program Chair, ASPLP.
University Fellowships and Awards:
1994 - 95, 1996 - 97, 2000 - 01, 2003 - 04, 2007 - 08, Exceptional Merit Awards, Clark University.
1994 - 2009, Higgins School of Humanities Fellowships and Grants (12), Clark University.
1993 - 1994, Clark Hayden Faculty Fellowship for excellence in teaching and research.
1990 - 1991, Higgins School of Humanities Fellowship, Clark University.
1990 - 1991, Faculty Development Fund Award, Clark University.
1989 - 1990, Alice Coonley Higgins Faculty Fellow in Humanities (inaugural award of
named fellowship), Clark University.
1989 - 1990, 1987 - 1988, Faculty Development Fund Awards (2), Clark University.
1983, Old Dominion Research Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
Moral theory, applied ethics, philosophy of law, social and political philosophy.
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:
Books:
The Right to Privacy, advisory editor with Susan E. Gallagher, ed., University of Massachusetts Press, (forthcoming 2011).
Unionization in the Academy: Visions and Realities, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., in the series entitled "Issues in Academic Ethics," Steven Cahn (philosophy, CUNY Graduate Center), general editor, cloth and paperback, April 2003.
In Pursuit of Privacy: Law, Ethics, and the Rise of Technology, Cornell University Press, cloth and paperback, Spring 1997, nominated for the Herbert Jacob Book Prize of the Law and Society Association, March 1998.
Theory and Practice, Nomos XXXVII, original essays on philosophy, law, and political theory, editor with Ian Shapiro (political science, Yale), New York University Press, cloth, May 1995; paperback, December 1996.
Op-ed Essays:
“Is Privacy Being Sacrificed for Sales? YES,” Optimize, January 2005, 21-22.
"Caller ID Infringes On Our Privacy Rights," Vindicator (Youngstown, OH), March 11, 1994; "Caller ID is an Invasion of Privacy," Waterbury Republican (CT), March 6, 1994; "Caller ID is an Invasion of Privacy," Daily Evening Item (Lynn, MA), March 2, 1994; "Coming Soon: Caller ID Invading All Privacy," Red Bluff Daily News (CA), February 26, 1994; "Caller ID is an Invasion of Privacy," Frederick Post (MD), February 26, 1994; "Invasion of Privacy Rights is Just a Phone Call Away," Herald-Sun (Durham, NC), February 24, 1994; "Caller ID Helps Some, But Destroys Privacy," Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN), February 23, 1994; "Caller ID Breaches Privacy Rights," Columbia Missourian, February 22, 1994; "Caller ID is an Invasion of Privacy," Evening Telegram (Superior, WI), February 22, 1994; "Caller ID a Subtle Threat to Privacy," Middlesex News (MA), February 17, 1994.
"Privacy and the Post Office," Chicago Tribune, March 15, 1991; "The U.S. Privacy-invasion Service," San Francisco Examiner, March 12, 1991; "Privacy and the Postal Service," The Atlanta Constitution, March 4, 1991; "Your Privacy is Being Threatened," Philadelphia Inquirer, February 23, 1991.
Refereed Articles and Essays:
* “Codes of Warfare,” Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, 2nd Ed., Ruth Chadwick, ed., Elvesior Press, forthcoming 2010-2011.
* “Introduction” to “The Work of Jeffrie G. Murphy.” Criminal Justice Ethics 27, 2 (2008),29-31; and in The American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Philosophy and Law, 8,1 (2008), 1-2.
* ”Privacy,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Edward N. Zalta (ed.), revised and updated, (2006). URL = http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/privacy/.
TRANSLATION in Farsi by Rahim Nobahar, Ph.D., of Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, published with permission in Law Research Journal 47, (Beheshti University, 2008).
TRANSLATION in Chinese by Charles Wales (Chinese name: Lu Fei) of Qinghai Nationalities University Law School, published with permission in the book series, “Civil and Commercial law Series,” Huixing Liang ed., vol. 35 (China’s Law Press, January 2006).
* “The Philosophical Foundations of Privacy,” Encyclopedia of Privacy, William G. Staples, ed., 2 volumes, Greenwood Press, 2007, 404 – 414.
* “Constitutional Interpretation and Originalism,” American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Philosophy and Law, Theodore Benditt, ed., 4,1 (Fall 2004), 2-7.
* “Free Speech and Offensive Expression,” Social Philosophy and Policy 21, 1 (July 2004), 81 – 103.
* “Privacy and Policy for Genetic Research,” Ethics and Information Technology 6, 1 (2004), 5 - 14.
Reprinted with updates and revisions, Ethics, Computing, and Genomics, Herman Tavani, ed., Jones & Bartlett Publishers (2006), 121-135.
* "Privacy," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, (Spring/Summer 2002 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), (2002). URL = http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2002/entries/privacy/
* "Privacy, the Common Good, and Individual Liberties in the 21st Century: A Dialogue among Scholars," with A. Etzioni, J. Gilliom, P. Regan, D. Sorkin, and H. Strentz, Focus on Law Studies, 15, 2, American Bar Association (2000), 1-11.
* "The Priority of Privacy for Medical Information," Social Philosophy and Policy 17, 2 (2000), 213 - 234.
Reprinted in The Right to Privacy, Ellen F. Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jeffrey Paul, eds., Cambridge University Press (2000), 213 - 234.
* "Alternatives for Protecting Privacy While Respecting Patient Care and Public Health Needs," Ethics and Information Technology 1, 4 (1999), 249 - 255.
* "Discretion: Its Role in Judicial Decision-Making," The Philosophy of Law: An Encyclopedia, Christopher Berry Gray, ed., Garland Publishing Inc., (1999), 214 - 216.
* "Codes of Warfare," Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, vol. 4, Ruth Chadwick, Daniel Callahan, and Peter Singer, eds., Academic Press/Harcourt Brace (1997), 499 - 505.
* "Privacy and Information Technology," Center for the Study of Ethics in Society, vol. 10, no. 2, Western Michigan University (1997), 1 - 50.
Reprinted in Privacy and Data Protection: Theory and Practice, M.J. van den Hoven, ed., Kluwer Academic Publishers (2000).
* "The Combat Exclusion and the Role of Women in the Military," Hypatia 10, 1 (1995),
56 - 73.
Reprinted in Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Sex and Gender," McGraw-Hill, (2000).
Reprinted in Gender and American Law, six volumes, K. Maschke, ed., Garland Publishing, Inc. (1999).
Reprinted in Feminist Ethics and Social Policy, Iris Young and Patrice DiQuinzio, eds., Indiana University Press (1997), 77 - 94.
* "Introduction," with Ian Shapiro, Theory and Practice: Nomos XXXVII, New York University Press (1995), 1 - 15.
* "The Feminist Critique of Privacy," Newsletter on Philosophy and Law and Feminist Philosophy, 94, 2, Rex Martin and Hilde Hein, eds., American Philosophical Association (1995), 42 - 45, 80.
* "Women, Equality, and the Military," in Nagging Questions: Feminist Ethics in Everyday Life, D. Bushnell, ed., Rowman and Littlefield (1995), 123 - 144.
* "Dynamic Negotiation in the Privacy Wars," with Ross E. Mitchell, Technology Review, 97, 8 (1994),
70 - 71.
* "Drug Testing: Balancing Privacy and Public Safety," Hastings Center Report, 24, 2 (1994), 17 - 23.
Reprinted in Readings in General Psychology, Lee Fernandez, ed., Kendall/Hunt Publishing, (June 2000).
Reprinted in STAND! Drugs and Society, 1st ed., Shelley Wilkerson Smith, ed., Coursewise Publishing, Inc., (1999).
Reprinted in Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Drugs and Society, 3rd ed., Raymond Goldberg, ed., Dushkin/McGraw-Hill (1997), 50 - 62.
Reprinted in Social Issues Resources Series: Privacy, volume 5, article 28 (1994), hardcopy and CD-ROM.
* "Critical Legal Studies and Liberalism: Understanding the Similarities and Differences," Philosophical Topics, 18, 1 (1991), 41 - 51.
* "Moral Conflicts and Ethical Relativism," Ethics: International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy, 101, 1 (1990), 27 - 41.
* "Free Speech on Campus," in Morality, Responsibility, and the University: Studies in Academic Ethics, Steven Cahn, ed., Temple University Press (1990), 32 - 55.
* "Threatening Constitutional Protection for Abortion: The Supreme Court's Decision," Radcliffe Quarterly 25, 4 (1989), 6 - 9.
* "Constitutional Privacy, Judicial Interpretation, and Bowers v. Hardwick," Social Theory and Practice 15, 3 (1989), 285 - 303.
Reprinted in Legal Philosophy: Multiple Perspectives, Larry May, Nancy E. Snow, and Angela Bolte, eds., Mayfield Publishing Company (2000), 484 - 493.
* "The Future of Privacy: Assessing the Supreme Court's Antisodomy Decision," Radcliffe Quarterly 25, 1 (1989), 14 - 18.
* "Moral Rights: Conflicts and Valid Claims," Philosophical Studies 54 (1988), 63 - 86.
* "Defending the 'Private' in Constitutional Privacy," Journal of Value Inquiry 21 (1987), 171 - 184.
* "The Scope of Privacy in Law and Ethics," Law and Philosophy 5, 2 (1986), 145 - 173.
Reprinted in The Nature and Process of Law, Patricia Smith, ed., Oxford University Press (1993), 715 - 726.
* "Realities About Legal Realism," Law and Philosophy 4, 3 (1985), 405 - 422.
* "Violent Pornography: Censorship, Morality, and Social Alternatives," Journal of Applied Philosophy 1 (1984), 79 - 94.
Reprinted in Right Conduct, Michael D. Bayles and Kenneth Henley, eds., second edition, Random House (1989), 246 - 256.
* "Brandt's New Defense of Rule Utilitarianism: Ideal Rules and the Motivation to Be Moral," Philosophical Studies 43 (1983), 101 - 116.
* "Conditional Obligation and Counterfactuals," Journal of Philosophical Logic 10 (1981), 55 - 72.
* The Problem of Conditional Obligation, University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 1979.
Journal Editing:
* Newsletter on Philosophy and Law, 92, 2, The American Philosophical Association, editor with Joseph Ellin, (1993), 61 - 73.
* “The Work of Jeffrie G. Murphy,” Criminal Justice Ethics, 27, 2, editor with John Kleinig, (2008), 29-55, and in the APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Law, 8,1, editor with Steven Scalet and Christopher Griffin, (2008), 1-21.
Invited Reviews:
* Personal Autonomy in Society, by Marina Oshana, Social Theory and Practice, 35, 1 (2009), 148-155. forthcoming.
* Information Ethics: Privacy, Property, and Power, ed. by Adam D. Moore, Information Processing and Management, 42 (2006), 854 - 856.
* Why Privacy Isn’t Everything: Feminist Reflections on Personal Accountability, by Anita Allen, Hypatia 21, 1 (2006), 227-231.
* Rights and Reason: Essays in Honor of Carl Wellman, M. Freidman, May, Parsons, Stiff, eds., Ethics 112, 4 (2002), 825 – 827.
* The Authority of Reason, by Jean E. Hampton, The Journal of Value Inquiry 35 (2001), 263 - 267.
* Innocence Lost: An Examination of Inescapable Moral Wrongdoing, by Christopher W. Gowans, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 58, 2 (1998), 487 - 490.
* Autonomy and Rights: The Moral Foundations of Liberalism, by Horacio Spector, Philosophy in Review, 17, 6 (1997), 451 - 453.
* Why You Should: The Pragmatics of Deontic Speech, by James W. Forrester, Nous 27, 4 (1995), 527 - 530.
* Playing By the Rules: A Philosophical Examination of Rule-Based Decision-Making in Law and Life, by Frederick Schauer, Informal Logic 16, 1 (1994), 73 - 76.
* Privacy, Intimacy, and Isolation, by Julie Inness, Ethics 104, 1 (1993), 206 - 207.
* Nobody's Business: The Paradoxes of Privacy, by Alida Brill, Radcliffe Quarterly 79, 1 (1993), 31 - 32.
* Uneasy Access: Privacy for Women in a Free Society, by Anita Allen, The Philosophical Review 101, 3 (1992), 709 - 711.
* The Logic of Liberty by G. B. Madison, Nous 25, 2 (1991), 233 - 238.
* Manhood and Politics: A Feminist Reading in Political Theory, by Wendy Brown, Women's Studies International Forum 13, 3 (1990), 279 - 280.
* Rights and Wrongs: Coercion, Punishment and the State, by David Hoekema, Nous 24, 3 (1990), 494 - 497.
* The Legal Philosophy of H.L.A. Hart: A Critical Appraisal by Michael Martin, The Philosophical Review XCIX, 2 (1990), 283 - 287.
* Rawls and Rights by Rex Martin, Nous 21, 3 (1987), 445 - 448.
* Telling Right From Wrong by Timothy Cooney, Ethics 96, 4 (1986), 890.
* Basic Rights: Subsistence, Affluence, and U.S. Foreign Policy by Henry Shue, and Rights by Theodore Benditt, Law and Philosophy 4, 1 (1985), 125 - 140.
* Abortion: A Case Study in Law and Morals by Fred Frohock, Ethics 92, 2 (1985), 375 - 376.
* "The Soul in the Machine," review of Ethics in an Age of Pervasive Technology, Kranzberg, ed., Technology Review 83, 4 (1981), 16 - 17.
INVITED PROFESSIONAL LECTURES:
“Constitutional Interpretation and Justice Scalia on Originalism,” Wellesley College, April 26, 2007.
"The Private Sphere,” paper presented for panel at a conference, “Rethinking Women and Gender," Clark University, September 17, 2005.
“Reflections on Moore’s Theory of Informational Privacy Rights,” Pacific Division American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, CA, March 28, 2005.
“Women and the Constitution,” Pacific Division American Philosophical Association, Pasadena, CA, March 27, 2004.
“Free Speech and Offensive Expression,” Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State University, April 11, 2003.
“Privacy and Public Policy,” conference on “Privacy, Informed Consent and Genomic Research,” Harvard School of Public Health, March 24, 2003.
"The Importance of Privacy in Scientific Research," Conference on Bioinformatics, Genomics, and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, May 2, 2002.