Cirriculum Vitae
Margaret G. Holland

         Philosophy and Religion Department
         University of Northern Iowa
         Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0501
         (319) 273-5975

EDUCATION
Ph.D. Philosophy, 1991
Dissertation: "The Quality of Moral Consciousness:
   Ethics in the Writing of Iris Murdoch and Martha Nussbaum"
   (Committee: Carolyn Korsmeyer, Newton Garver, Peter Hare, Richard Hull)
State University of New York at Buffalo
M.A. Philosophy, 1982
B.A. English Literature, 1974
Boston College
Ph.D. Philosophy, 1991

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION
Ethics: Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Contemporary Ethical Theory,
   Moral Psychology

AREAS OF COMPETENCE
History of Philosophy, Philosophy and Literature, Feminist Theory,
   Applied Ethics, Aesthetics, Introductory Logic, Social Philosophy

TEACHING
University of Northern Iowa, Associate Professor, 1998-present,
   Assistant Professor, 1991-98
         History of Philosophy: Ancient
         Ethics
         Aesthetics
         Moral and Social Problems
         Philosophy: Basic Questions
         Humanities I and II
University of Massachusetts at Boston, Lecturer, 1990-91
         Moral and Social Problems
Johns Hopkins University, Center for Talented Youth, Instructor, 1989
         Logic
State University of New York at Buffalo, Instructor, 1986-89
         Ethics
         Introduction to Deductive Logic
         Introduction to Philosophy
         Social and Ethical Values in Medicine
Canisius College, Buffalo, Instructor, 1989
         Ethics

HONORS, AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS
Project Grant, Graduate College, UNI, Spring 2000
Research Grant, College of Humanities and Fine Arts, UNI, Spring 2000
Summer Fellowship, Graduate College, UNI, June 1999
Experiential Learning Grant, Philosophy and Religion Department, UNI, Fall 1998
Research Grant, College of Humanities and Fine Arts, UNI, 1998-99
Research Grant, College of Humanities and Fine Arts, UNI, 1998
Research Grant, College of Humanities and Fine Arts, UNI, 1997-98
Research Grant, Graduate College, UNI, Summer 1997
NEH Travel Grant to attend "Duty, Interest, and Practical Reason: Aristotle, Kant,
   and the Stoics," at the University of Pittsburgh, March 18-20, 1994
NEH Fellow, Summer Institute, "Ethics: Principles or Practices?" UC Santa Cruz,
Summer 1992
Charlotte Newcombe Dissertation Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, 1989-90
Professor George Hourani Scholarship in Ethics, SUNY at Buffalo, 1987

PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, WORK-IN-PROGRESS
Publications
"Touching the Weights: Moral Perception and Attention," International Philosophical
  Quarterly, September 1998, pp. 299-312
"What's Wrong with Telling the Truth? An Analysis of Gossip,"
  American Philosophical Quarterly, April 1996, pp. 197-209
"What's Wrong with Telling the Truth? An Analysis of Gossip," reprinted in Readings
  from the Disciplines: Research Models for Writers, edited by Christine Hult, Allyn
  Bacon, 1997, pp. 142-62
"The Value of Moral Perception," in Inherent and Instrumental Value, edited by John
  Abbarno, University Press of America, forthcoming, 2000
"Moral Attention," Encyclopedia of Ethics, 2nd ed., edited by Lawrence Becker and
  Charlotte Becker, Taylor & Francis, forthcoming, 2000
"Moral Perception," Encyclopedia of Ethics, 2nd ed., edited by Lawrence Becker and
  Charlotte Becker, Taylor & Francis, forthcoming, 2000
"Iris Murdoch," Encyclopedia of Ethics, 2nd ed., edited by Lawrence Becker and
  Charlotte Becker, Taylor & Francis, forthcoming, 2000
"Can Fiction be Philosophy?", Proceedings of the 1998 World Congress of Philosophy,
  forthcoming
Book Reviews
Book review of Moral Imagination and Management Decision Making, by Patricia
  Werhane, Ethics, forthcoming
Book note on Oxford Readings in Philosophy: Virtue Ethics, edited by Roger Crisp and
  Michael Slote, Ethics, April 2000, pp. 653-654
Book review of Iris Murdoch and the Search for Human Goodness, edited by Maria
  Antonaccio and William Schweiker, Ethics, October 1998, pp. 179-81
Book note on Pro-Life and Pro-Choice: Moral Diversity in the Abortion Debate, by
Kathy Rudy, Ethics, April 1998, p. 648
Book note on Moral Voices, Moral Selves: Carol Gilligan and Feminist Moral Theory
  by Susan Hekman, Ethics, October 1996, pp. 186-7
Book note on Good Gossip edited by R. Goodman and A. Ben-Ze'ev, Ethics, April
  1996, pp. 683-4
Book note on Rediscovering the Moral Life by James Gouinlock, Ethics, April 1995,
  p. 681
Presentations
"Can Fiction be Philosophy?" presented at the Twentieth World Congress of
  Philosophy, Boston, August 12, 1998
"Hate as Moral Judgment," presented at the International Association of Women
  Philosophers Conference, Boston University, August 8, 1998
"Moral Perception and Moral Attention," presented at the APA Central Division,
  Pittsburgh, April 25, 1997
"Moral Perception and Attention Distinguished," presented at the Southern Society for
  Philosophy and Psychology Conference, Atlanta, March 27, 1997,
"Community Life and the Ethics of Gossip," invited lecture, Philosophy Department,
"The Value of Moral Perception," presented at the Conference on Value Inquiry,
  D'Youville College, Buffalo, April 18, 1996
"Can Fiction be Philosophy?" presented at the APA Pacific Division, Seattle, April 6,
  1996
"Problems with Gossip," presented to the Philosophy Department, University of
  Michigan, Flint, January 24, 1996
"Problems with Gossip," presented at the Iowa Philosophical Society Meeting,
  University of Iowa, Iowa City, November 11, 1995
"What's Wrong with Telling the Truth?" presented at the Southern Society for
  Philosophy and Psychology Conference, Virginia Beach, April 13, 1995
"Missing the Mark: Moral Failure and Perception," presented at Brock University, St.
  Catherine's, Ontario, February 11, 1994
"Missing the Mark: Moral Failure and Perception," presented to the Philosophy
  Department, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, February 9, 1994
Informal presentation to the Society for Values in Higher Education Study Group on
  Martha Nussbaum, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, August 11, 1991
"Aristotle on the Vulnerability of Character," presented to the Philosophy and
  Religion Department, University of Northern Iowa, March 25, 1991
"Controlling Fortune," presented to the Philosophy Department, American University,
  Washington, D.C., April 5, 1990
"Desire and Deliberation," presented to the Philosophy Department, SUNY Buffalo,
  Buffalo, February 10, 1988


Work-in Progress
What's Wrong with Telling the Truth?
   (a book on morally problematic forms of truth-telling)


SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
Chair, Philosophy Search Committee, Philosophy and Religion Department, UNI, 1999-
   2000
Society for Women in Philosophy Session on Feminist Epistemology, APA,
Boston, December 1999
Memorial Minute for Iris Murdoch, Proceedings and Addresses of the APA, May 1999,
   pp. 212-13
Society for Women in Philosophy, Member, Paper Selection Committee for Eastern APA,
   December 1999
Faculty Representative, Wellness and Recreation Committee, UNI, 1999
Chair, Elie Wiesel Ethics Essay Contest Committee, Philosophy and Religion
   Department, UNI, 1998
Member, Professional Assessment Committee, Philosophy and Religion Department,
1998-present
College Representative, Student Academic Appeals Board, UNI, 1998-present
Member, Philosophy Curriculum Committee, Philosophy and Religion Department,
   UNI, 1991-present
Member, Ethics Committee, Philosophy and Religion Department, UNI, 1991
Student Advisor, Philosophy Majors, Philosophy and Religion Department, UNI, 1991-
present
Member, Philosophy Search Committee, Philosophy and Religion Department, UNI,
   1998-99
Member, Search Committee for two-year philosophy faculty member, 1997-98
Chair and Secretary, Philosophy Curriculum Committee, Philosophy and Religion
   Department, UNI, 1993-97
"Morally Problematic Truth-telling, and Moral Perception," informal presentation to
   the Philosophy Club, University of Northern Iowa, November 14, 1996
Member, Search Committee for Department Head, Philosophy and Religion
   Department, UNI, 1996-97
Chaired session on Justice for Families, 12th International Social Philosophy
   Conference, Colby College, Maine, August 12, 1995
Faculty Colloquium, Philosophy and Religion Department, UNI, March 16, 1995
Faculty Colloquium, Philosophy and Religion Department, UNI, March 30, 1994
Member, Search Committee for religion faculty member, Philosophy and Religion
   Department, UNI, 1993-94
Member, Artists Series Committee, UNI, 1991-93
Pre-publication book manuscript review, Penn State Press, 1992


RELATED ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE AND ACTIVITIES
Philosophy Tutor, Canisius College, 1987
Editorial Assistant, Professor J. Gracia, SUNY Buffalo, 1985
Research Assistant, Professor M. Daly, Boston College, 1976-78, 1982


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

          American Philosophical Association, American Society for Aesthetics, Society for
Ancient Greek Philosophy, Society for Women in Philosophy, Southern Society for
Philosophy and Psychology



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