Environmental University

Shane Epting - abpbbn@r.postjobfree.com

Education

Ph.D. Philosophy (in progress), University of North Texas, expected completion, May 2013

M.A. Philosophy, University of Texas at El Paso, May 2011

B.A. Philosophy, University of North Texas, December 2008

Areas of Specialization

Applied Ethics, Environmental Ethics, Philosophy of the City

Areas of Competence

Ethics, Environmental Justice, Philosophy of Technology, Philosophy of Food

Professional Work

Teaching Fellow, University of North Texas, Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, August 2011

Present

Instructor/Lecturer, University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Philosophy, June 2010 August 2011

Teaching Assistant, University of Texas El Paso, Department of Philosophy, Fall 2009 Spring 2010

Teaching Experience: Ethics (class sizes range from 40 to 250 students), Contemporary Environmental

Issues, Contemporary Moral Issues

Professional Affiliations

Research Fellow in Sustainability Ethics, Center for Science, Technology, Ethics, and Policy, December

2011- Present

Grants and Awards

$1500 Conference Organizing Grant - Center for Environmental Philosophy, The Interdisciplinary Aspects

of Public Health and Environmental Justice, September 2012, University of North Texas. Status: complete.

Outstanding Graduate Student, University of Texas at El Paso, 2011

Publications

Questioning Technology s Role in Environmental Ethics: Weak Anthropocentrism Revisited,

(Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2010).

Invited Presentations

1. Ethical Obligations of Field Philosophy: Interviewing Victims of Environmental Injustice 2. Accounting for

Future Generations and Non-humans in Environmental Justice Field Work, Cottey College, September

2012.

The Purpose of Universities and The Prospects of Resistance in the US: Reflections from the Justice

Stand, Critical Theory In the Twenty First Century: A Conference of Transformative Pedagogies. West

Chester University. November 2011.

U.S. and Mexico's Drug War: Moral Obligations Crossing Political Boundaries, Texas Woman s University,

November 2011.

Environmental Justice and Leadership for the 21st Century: Politics, Education, and Ethics, Bethune-

Cookman University, November 2011.

Sustainability Ethics and the Future of Farming and City Planning: How Much Compromise Is Too Much?

Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife, Texas Master Naturalists Trans-Pecos Meeting on Sustainability,

March 2011.

Incorporating Sustainability into Urban Infrastructures: The Tension between Bio-cultural Aspects and

Environmental Considerations, New Mexico State University Guest Speaker Series, November 2010.

Conference Organization

Conference Chair: The 19th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment, Portland, OR,

June 2013 (in progress).

Workshop Chair: The Interdisciplinary Aspects of Public Health and Environmental Justice III, December

2012, Bethune-Cookman University (in progress).

Conference Chair: The Interdisciplinary Aspects of Public Health and Environmental Justice II, September

2012, University of North Texas.

Workshop Chair: The Interdisciplinary Aspects of Public Health and Environmental Justice, April 2012,

University of Texas at El Paso.

Conferences Presentations

The Scope of Responsibility for Environmental Remediation and Restoration Policy: The Question of

Environmental Justice in Vieques, Puerto Rico, The 18th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the

Environment, June 2012.

Digitizing Darwin in a Democracy: The Problem of Embedded Human Will, Technoevoltion, and Social

Justice, Eight International Technology, Knowledge, and Society Conference, January 2012.

The Identity of the City and the Problem of Globalized Techno-consumerism, International and

Interdisciplinary Conference on Meaning, Culture, and Values, January 2012.

Hawaiian Mythology and the Benefits of an Ecological Noble Lie: Water Resource Management,

Sustainability, and the Curse of the Volcano Goddess Pele, Water Resources and Sustainability on

Tropical Islands. November 2011.

Climate Change and a Changing Economic Climate: Can Environmental Virtue Education Resolve Conflicts

of Economic and Ecological Interests?, Beyond Sustainability: Ecosystems, Education, and Economics -

hosted by the Institute for Florida Studies.

Thinking For An Ocean: The Imperatives of The Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force and the Problems

with Oceanic Sustainability Ethics, The 17th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment,

June 2011.

Incorporating Sustainability into Urban Infrastructures: The Tension between Bio-cultural Aspects and

Environmental Considerations, American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, December

2010.

From the Laboratory to the Courtroom: The Benefits of Viewing Environmental Policy as a Closed System,

The 16th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment, September 2010.

The Tension between Economic Policy and Sustainability: Questions of Justice and Global Climate

Change, The 16th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment, September 2010.

Thinking of the Living Body in Hans Jonas and Merleau-Ponty, with Carl B. Sachs. Southwest Seminar in

Continental Philosophy, May 2010.

New Directions in Phenomenological Architecture: Balancing Environment, Society and Economics, with

Giancarlo Mangone, Geoaesthetics in the Anthropocene Conference - International Association for

Environmental Philosophy, May 2010.

Unexamined Resources are Worth Having: Metaphysics, Ethics, and Sustainability in the Chihuahuan

Desert, North Texas Philosophical Association 43rd Annual Meeting, April 2010.

Socio-eco-logical Responsibility and Land, Earth-Polis-Agua: A Workshop on Desertification in the Tri-City

Region of Las Cruces-Juarez-El Paso, January 2010.

Questioning Technology s Role in Environmental Ethics: Weak Anthropocentrism Revisited, International

Association for Environmental Philosophy 13th Annual Meeting, October 2009 and The 15th International

Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment, July 2009.

References

Jules Simon, Philosophy Department, University of Texas at El Paso, abpbbn@r.postjobfree.com

Trish Glazebrook, University of North Texas Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, abpbbn@r.postjobfree.com

Lori Keleher, Department of Philosophy, New Mexico State University, abpbbn@r.postjobfree.com

Kyle Powys Whyte, Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University, abpbbn@r.postjobfree.com

Mike Landis, U.S. Department of the Interior, abpbbn@r.postjobfree.com

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