CURRICULUM VITAE John F. Donovan

Address Home: 5422 Morning Glory Ct., Columbia MD 21044 (410-997-9450) Office: Dept. of Philosophy, Mt. St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg MD 21727 Phone/Voice Mail (301-447-6122) E-mail: [email protected] fax: (410) 997-9450

Educational History 1980 Ph.D. in Philosophy 1975 M.A. in Philosophy 1968 M.A. in Theology 1966 B.S. in Theology 1964 B.A. in Philosophy 1962 LA. in Classical Languages

Georgetown University Fordham University St. Mary’s Seminary & Univ. St. Mary’s Seminary & Univ. St. Mary’s Seminary College Mater Christi Seminary College

Dissertation Church and State in Hegel’s System Teaching Experience 1989 Mt. St. Mary’s University 1984 – 1988 Georgetown Univ. (full time, non-tenure track) 1980 – 1984 Catholic University (part time) George Washington University (part time) 1974 – 1977 St. Mary’s Seminary College

Courses Taught Mt. St. Mary’s

Sophomore Core, Senior Ethics; Phil. of Knowledge; History of Modern; Freshman Seminar; Non-Western Core; Philosophy of Religion; Morality & Its Metaphysical Foundations, a team-taught course sponsored by the Delaplaine Professorship; 19th Century Continental Philosophy; Leadership and Ethics Component of the Junior Honors Seminar – 5 years; Tutorial on Kant; Tutorial – Epistemology; Tutorial – Philosophy and Religious Experience; Tutorial: Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit; Director: four Honors projects

Georgetown Graduate:

Kant-Hegel, Pro-seminar in Ethical Theory, Heidegger

Undergraduate

Introduction to Philosophy; Ethics; History of Modern II; Plato’s Dialogues; Philosophy in Literature; Phil. of Religion; Social Philosophy; Modern Political Philosophy; Philosophical Foundations of Marxism; 20th Century Marxism

Catholic Univ.:

Introduction to Philosophy

G. Washington:

Introduction to Philosophy’ Hegel Seminar; Logic; Political Philosophy; Phenomenology & Existentialism; History of Existentialism

St. Mary’s Seminary College Introduction to Philosophy, History of Modern Philosophy, Kierkegaard & Nietzsche Seminar; American Pragmatism Publications Books Doing & Don’ting A Workbook in Moral Identity: Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 1994. Papers and Articles: “Merton & the Marxist Perspective” in Liberation Theology and Sociopolitical Transformation Burnaby, B.C.: Institute for the Humanities Press, 1992, pp. 195 - 211. “Merton and Liberation Theology,” in Humanism and Christian Metaphysics in Our Times Proceedings - II Congreso Mundial de Filosofia Christiana: Monterrey, N.L.: Sociedad Catolica Mexicana de Filosofia, 1991, pp. 217 - 231. “Faith and Intellectual Fairness” in Proceedings: Mary Washington College’s Conference on Intolerance and Toleration “The Uses and Abuses of Nietzsche in History,” in Proceedings: Goucher College NANS Conference, Annuals of Scholarship, Summer 1995 “Reconceiving Eden: Reflections on the Future of Catholic Higher Education” in Religion and Academic Culture at Mt. St. Mary’s - Faculty Essays Summer 1996; John Donovan and William Portier, editors. “Truth as Troth: A Portrait of the Full Professor” in Religion and Academic Culture, Volume II - Faculty Essays Summer 1997, William Collinge and John Donovan, editors.

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“Belief at Ebb Tide: Joycean Insights on Transcendence” in Modern Literature and the Moral Imagination - Mt. St. Mary’s Faculty Seminar, Summer 1997 - Robert Ducharme and John Donovan, editors. “Science, Religion, and Their Place in General Education: A Dialogue Between Danny Miles and John Donovan” - in Science and Religion - Mt. St. Mary’s Faculty Seminar, Summer 1998, David Bushman and Danny Miles, editors. “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something...True!” - in Catholic Social Teachings” Faculty Essays - in Summer 1999 - William Collinge, editor “On Letting The Text Be: Its Legitimacy and Its Limits” - in Literature and the Moral Imagination” - Mt. St. Mary’s Faculty Seminar, summer 1999 - Robert Ducharme, editor “Masks Morality and Memory: A Study of Frederick Busch’s The Night Inspector” - in the 2001 Delaplaine Seminar - Robert Ducharme, Director “Reading Jim and Reading Conrad: Moral Vision Within and Without the Novel” – in the 2002 Delaplaine Seminar - Robert Ducharme, Director ”Charles Taylor’s Conception of Agency” – 2004 Delaplaine Seminar – John Donovan, Director “Solution or Resolution? – Reading Buber’s I and Thou “– 2005 Delaplaine Seminar, John Donovan, Director “Two Readings of the Concept of Antinomy” – submitted to Faith and Philosophy, fall 2007. Translations German H-G Gadamer, “A New Epoch in the History of the World begins Here and Now” in Kant Studies ed. Richard Kennington Washington: Catholic Univ. of America Press, 1987, pp. 1 - 14. H-G Gadamer, “The Inverted World” in The Review of Metaphysics Vol. XXVIII, No. 3, Issue No. 111, pp. 401 - 422. S. Simon’s “Teleological Reflection & Causal Determination” in Contemporary German Philosophy. Vol IV Kassel: J. G. OnckenVerlag, 1986, pp. 211-234. Harold Holz’s “Collective Neurosis & German War-Guilt” French Chapter 4 of Schizophrenia by A. DeWaehlans, ed. Wilfried Ver Eecke. Pittsburg: Duquesne Univ. Press, 1986, pp. 163 - 217.

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Reviews: Onora O’Neil, Constructions of Reason: Explorations of Kant’s Practical Philosophy - Review of Metaphysics March 1990, pp. 341 - 343. Terry Pinkard, Hegel’s Dialectic: The Explanation of Possibility, Review of Metaphysics: June 1991, pp. 859 - 861. Tony Smith, The Logic of Man’s Capital: Replies to Hegelian Criticisms - Review of Metaphysics January 1991, pp. 144 - 145. George McCarthy, Man and the Ancients: Classical Ethics. Social Justice, and 19th Century Political Philosophy - Review of Metaphysics June 1992 David A. Harris, The Manifestation of Analogous Being in the Dialectic of the Space-Time Continuum: A Philosophical Study in Freedom - Review of Metaphysics Sept. 1993, pp. 621 - 623. Andrew Shanks, Hegel’s Political Theology - Review of Metaphysics December 1992, pp. 389 390. Georg Lukacs, The Process of Democratization - Review of Metaphysics June 1993, pp. 857 - 859. Robert Muehlmann’s Berkeley’s Ontology - Review of Metaphysics forthcoming Diane Raymond’s Existentialism and the Philosophical Tradition by Facione, Scherer & Attig, Values and Society - APA Newsletter for Teaching Philosophy Spring 1993, pp. 131 - 132. Goicoechea, Luik and Madigan, The Question of Humanism - APA Newsletter for Teaching Philosophy Spring 1992, pp. 132 - 134. John Smith’s America’s Philosophical Vision - APA Newsletter for Teaching Philosophy Fall, 1993 Paul Guyer’s The Cambridge Companion to Kant - APA Newsletter for Teaching Philosophy Spring 1994 John Burbidge’s Hegel on Philosophy and Religion - forthcoming in The Owl of Minerva December 1994.

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Presentations Position Paper: “Teaching Undergraduate Ethics” - to MSM Philosophy Dept. as a model for the Core Ethics Course (1989) “Moral Action & Philosophical Reflection”, A Public Lecture at Towson State University sponsored by the Philosophy Department (1991) “Intercultural Dialogue: The Novel as Nexus” - to the Baltimore Philosophy Club – (Fall 1992) “Christian Morality in a Pluralist World” - 1992 ACPA Convention in St. Louis “Hume in Germany: Philosophy of Religion in the German Enlightenment” - Mt. St. Mary’s lecture to the Philosophy & Theology Departments – (1992) “Teaching the Non-West: The Ouestio de Jure” - Goucher College, (May 1994) - sponsored by the Dean of the College “The Uses & Misuses of Nietzsche in History: A Reflection on Zarathustra’s Apes” - North American Nietzsche Society, (Oct. 1994) “Religion & Intellectual Tolerance” - 1995 ACPA Washington D.C. “Liberation Pedagogy: Using Freire in American Higher Education” - Pedagogy of the Oppressed Conference, Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha, (Feb. 1995) “Catholic Higher Education at the Crossroads” – presentation to the Catholic Theological Society at Catholic University (1997) “Honors at the Mount” – presentation to the Lily Foundation Seminar for Honors Directors (1998) “Mark Schwehn’s Exiles from Eden: An Exposition and Critique – University of Dayton – Modern Epistemology Conference (1999) “Leadership and Ethics – presentation to the Junior Honors Seminar, Mt. St. Mary’s Honors Program (1998 – 2002) “Reading Nietzsche” – presentation to the 2002 Lily Foundation Seminar on Theology & Culture, David McCarthy, Director “The Catholic Chaplaincy: Theory & Practice – 2004 Baylor University Pruitt Seminar: The Schooled Heart “The 20th Century: The Search for Community: - 2004 Delaplaine Faculty Summer Seminar

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“Rerum Novarum: a Catholic Reception of Modernity” – 2004 Lilly Seminar on Social Justice, Samford University “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something…True! The Reception of the Liberal Political Tradition into Catholic Social Teaching” – Lilly Conference on Social Justice at Samford University (2004) Director: 2004 Delaplaine Summer Seminar on the theme ‘Search for Community’ Director: 2005 Delaplaine Summer Seminar on the theme ‘A Search for Community’

Membership in Professional Organizations American Philosophical Association American Catholic Philosophical Association Hegel Society of America International Association of Christian Philosophers Society of the United States North American Nietzsche Society Service and Professional Activities Co-Chair, Lilly Summer Seminar on the Senior Ethics Core Requirement (2006) Chair – Department of Philosophy (2005 - ) Chair – Search Committee for VPAA (2004) Acting Chair – Philosophy (Spring 2004) Director – Honors Program & Chair of Honors Committee (1995 – 2003) Coordinator – Pre-Theology Orientation & Program Review (2000 – present) Member – Committee Evaluating Core Learning: Senior Ethics & Freshman Seminar (1998 – 2001) Chair – FGC (2000) Chair of the Faculty (1999) Vice-Chair of the Faculty (1998) Author – Philosophy Department’s position paper on Pre-Theological Education (2000) Co-Director with William Portier: Lilly Seminar – Religion in the Academy (2000)

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Member - Ethics Panel, Howard County Public School System (1988 – 1997) Co-Leader with John Drummond – Faculty Discussion Group – Charles Taylor’s Sources of the Self 1997 Vice-President/President Elect - Washington Philosophy Club Committee (1996) Chair – Search Committee for Provost (1995) Chair – Catholic Mission Sub-Committee of the Planning Council (1995 –1998) Member - Council on Campus Ministry (1994-96) Chair – FGC (1996) Environmental Committee (1992 - 1996) Chair - Renewal Committee, Freshman Seminar (1994) Chair - Middle States Sub-Committee on Mission Statement (1994) Chair - Graduate Academic Council (1993 - 1995) Member - Evening Program Committee (1992-3) Committee for the Study of Campus Computing (1992-3) Committee for the Celebration of Coed Education (1993) Hearing and Appeals Committee (1990-91) Faculty Moderator: Phi Sigma Tau (1990 – 1994) Presentation: Mount St. Mary’s Freshman Year to Parents & Seniors (1993, 1994) Presentation: Mount St. Mary’s Core to Parents & High School Seniors (Nov. 1992) Presentation: 1992 Review of Freshman Seminar Values Unit Presentation: Freshman Seminar to Visiting High School Guidance Personnel (1993) Presentation: Freshman Seminar Training Program (1992 - 2003) Search Committee - Philosophy Position (1991, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2004) Search Committee - French Position (1991)

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Secretary - Undergraduate Faculty (1990-91) Secretary - Philosophy Department (1989-91)

Awards & Honors 2001 – Invited to give the Distinguished Morison Professor Lecture: “Human Rights in China: The Case of the Falun Gong. 2003 Selected Delaplaine Professor of the Humanities: Research Theme: “The 20th Century: the Search for Community. 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award: Mount Saint Mary’s Honors Program. 2002

Elected to membership in Delta Mu Delta, the International Honor Society in Business and Accounting

2001

Morrison Professorship Lecture to the Faculty: “Human Rights in China: The Case of the Falun Gong”

1994

Selected by vote of the Chairs as the Mount’s representative for the national “Teacher of the Year” Award sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

1990 Presidential Pride Award 1994 Faculty Summer Grant – Research in preparation for Phil. of Religion course 1978

Fellowship - Center for Strategic & International Studies, Washington D.C

1980

Distinction - PhD dissertation

1978

Distinction - Oral Comprehensive

1968

M.A. in Theology - summa cum laude

1966

B.A. in Theology – magna cum laude

1964

B. A. in Philosophy – cum laude

1962

A.A. in Classical Languages - summa cum laude

1962

Thomas Pitt Prize for Greek Studies (A.A. level)

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1962

Kellerman Prize for English Studies (A.A. level)

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