Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
Ph.D. in “Humanity and Thought in History,” Department of History and Philosophy
New York University, New York, New York
M.A. in “Humanities and Social Thought”
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
B.A. in History and Psychology
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Philosophy of History, History of Philosophy, Pragmatism, Iberian Philosophy, Continental Philosophy
RECENT TEACHING
California State University Sacramento, Sacramento, California | 2017-current Adjunct Lecturer in Philosophy
Courses taught: Critical Thinking, Ethics, History of Philosophy, History of Ethics, and Existentialism
Cosumnes River College, Sacramento, California | 2017-current
Adjunct Assistant Professor in Humanities and Philosophy
Courses taught: Introduction to Humanities, American Humanities, Modern Humanities, and Introduction to Philosophy
Yuba College, Yuba City, California | 2015-2017
Adjunct Part-Time Professor in Philosophy
Courses taught: Critical Thinking, Introduction to Philosophy, World Religions, and Ethics
PUBLICATIONS
Book: A Pragmatist Philosophy of History
Review of my book in The Pluralist by Piers H.G. Stephens:
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on José Ortega y Gasset
"Who Was Jane Addams?"
"What is Pragmatism?"
"Hell is Other People": Sartre's Famous Quote Explained."
"Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?"
"Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman"
Book Review on Pragmatic Perspectives: Constructivism Beyond Truth and Realism in Philosophy in Review
“La miseria y esplendor de las traducciones de José Ortega y Gasset en inglés: una historia de su desarrollo y recepción en Estados Unidos.” (“The Misery and Splendor of English Translations of José Ortega y Gasset: A History of Their Development and Reception in the United States.”) In Estados Unidos/España: Diálogos Filosóficos, edited by Esmeralda Balaguer García and Carlos X. Ardavín Trabanco, 343-361. Valencia: Nexofía, 2020.
- “What is philosophy, what is a philosopher, and what does it mean to do philosophy?” Dance of Reason (blog), January, 2020.
- “José Ortega y Gasset: Una perspectiva pragmatista de la historia.” (“José Ortega y Gasset: A Pragmatist Perspective on History.”) Revista de Estudios Orteguianos Number 40, May (2020): 77-85.
“Pragmatism for History and History for Pragmatism: An Indispensable Dialogue for the Humanities.” Contemporary Pragmatism Volume 17, Issue 2-3 (2020): 103-123.
“Jaspers and Ortega on the Historicity of Being Human.” Existenz 14/1 (2019): 28-34.
- “Ortega’s Pragmatist Perspectivism: On the Problem of Relativism.” Journal of the Philosophy of History Volume 13, Issue 3 (2019): 384-402.
“F.C.S. Schiller’s Pragmatist Philosophy of History.” Contemporary Pragmatism Volume 14, Number 4 (2017): 1-32.
“La Teoría Pragmatista de la Historia en José Ortega y Gasset.” (“José Ortega y Gasset’s Pragmatist Theory of History.”) In Meditaciones Orteguianas, edited by Esmeralda Balaguer García and Carlos X. Ardavín Trabanco, 225-253. Valencia: Nexofía, 2018.
“The Past is Never Really Gone and Done With: A Case for the Pragmatist Philosophy of History,” Dance of Reason (blog), October, 2018.
"Anti-Dualism in History and Nature." Journal of the Philosophy of History Volume 4 (2010):44-64.
"Un posible diálogo historicista entre William James y José Ortega y Gasset." ("A Possible Historicist Dialogue between William James and José Ortega y Gasset.") La Torre del Virrey número 14 (2013): 17-20.
"What is an Author?" Philosophy Now Volume 60 (March/April 2007): 22-25.
“Discovering the Equator: The Politics of Travel Writing.” South American Explorer Number 79 (2005): 12-15.
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY, ADDITIONAL TRAINING, SKILLS, AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- Presenter, APA Eastern Meeting, January 2021: "A Pragmatist Philosophy of History in William James"
- Program Chair, 2020-2021, Karl Jaspers Sociey of North America, www.karljaspers.us
- Chair, Fifth International Conference on Higher Education Advances, 2019
Chaired a session at the Fifth International Conference on Higher Education Advances in the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Valencia, Spain, June, 2019.
- Presenter, Athens Institute for Education and Research, 2019
Presented the paper “Pragmatism for History and History for Pragmatism: An Indispensable Dialogue for the Humanities” at the 14th Annual International Conference on Philosophy in Athens, Greece in May, 2019.
- Presenter, Fundación José Ortega y Gasset y Gregorio Marañon, 2019
Presented the paper “La teoría pragmatista de la historia en José Ortega y Gasset” at the II Encuentro Internacional de jóvenes investigadores sobre Ortega y Gasset in Madrid, Spain in June, 2019.
- Program Chair and Presenter, the Karl Jaspers Society of North America, 2018-2019
Organized the two February 2019 sessions in Denver in conjunction with the APA meeting. First session: “Humankind as Historical Beings: Karl Jaspers and José Ortega y Gasset.” Second session: author-meets-critic on Dmitri Nikulin’s book The Concept of History. All sessions posted on Youtube. Presented the paper: “Two Philosophers Born in 1883: Jaspers and Ortega on the Historicity of Being Human.”
- Chair, Karl Jaspers Society of North America, 2018
Session One on “Truth, Communication, and Free Speech – Jaspers and the University,” of the Karl Jaspers Society of North America, in conjunction with the 2018 Pacific meeting of the APA, February.
- Summer Faculty Diversity Pipeline Program at California State University, Sacramento, 2018
- Richard Rorty Fellowship, University of Alcalá, Spain, 2009
- Fluent in Spanish.
- Member of the American Philosophical Association, the William James Society, The John Dewey Society, the Karl Jaspers Society of North America, and the Centre for Philosophical Studies of History at the University of Oulu.
- Served on the HEAd Committee for the Polytechnic University of Valencia, 2016
Here is part of the Karl Jaspers Society of North America at the 2019 APA Meeting in Denver:
