{"id":2330,"date":"2015-11-12T15:25:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T15:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gpse\/?page_id=2330"},"modified":"2023-09-05T22:07:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T22:07:57","slug":"ferris","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gpse\/students\/ferris\/","title":{"rendered":"David Ferris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gpse\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_2885-e1567111367707.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3564\" src=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gpse\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_2885-e1567111367707.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gpse\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_2885-e1567111367707.jpg 900w, https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gpse\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_2885-e1567111367707-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gpse\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_2885-e1567111367707-768x852.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;padding-left: 30px\"><strong>PhD Candidate<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"javascript:secureDecryptAndNavigate('xhb0CMbLOfMtRQqmnIUkfRMAk2asSyJWot2BCekGYwnw59WkGpFgPJXok0ZniY1gFN334Bznfdog\/PYuBltJtqX1IDFeQEeKyx3qFV0=', '7112d2c422ecf52c09b657689d3cf6dfc0839affbad910f17a66c2f14f262a34')\">david [dot] ferris [at] emory [dot] edu<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><i><\/i><b>AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Social and Political Philosophy<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px\">American Pragmatism<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Democratic Virtue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>AREAS OF COMPETENCE<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Philosophy of Law<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Logic<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Philosophy of Social Science<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Ethics<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px\">History of Philosophy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>EDUCATION<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4>Emory University<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Ph.D. Candidate, Philosophy (ABD)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Dissertation: \u201cA Call to Humility as a Democratic Virtue\u201d &#8212; Committee: John Lysaker, John Stuhr,\u00a0 No\u00eblle McAfee (Michael Sullivan, deceased, former chair)<\/p>\n<h4>New York University<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">M.A., Humanities and Social Thought, 2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Draper Interdisciplinary Master\u2019s Program<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Thesis: \u201cPeirce and the Temporal Core of Pragmatism\u201d &#8212;\u00a0Advisor: Richard Bernstein (Professor of Philosophy, The New School for Social Research)<\/p>\n<h4>Harvard University<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">A.B., Social Studies, 2006 &#8212; High honors in field<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Thesis: \u201cQueer Legal Theory: Toward a Social Theory of Law and Sexuality in Contemporary American Society\u201d &#8212;\u00a0Advisor: Verity Smith<\/p>\n<h3><b>TEACHING<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4>Emory University<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Basic Problems of Philosophy, Fall 2019\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li>&#8220;Ethics of Belief and Politics of Knowledge&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Intro to Philosophy of Law, Spring 2018<\/li>\n<li>Intro to Philosophy of Social Science, Fall 2017<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to Logic, Summer\u00a02017 and Fall 2015<\/li>\n<li>Pragmatism and American Philosophy, Spring 2016<\/li>\n<li>19th &amp; 20th Century Philosophy (Co-Taught with Thomas Flynn), Spring 2015<\/li>\n<li>Intro to Logic (Teaching Assistant for Donald Verene), Fall 2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Arrendale State Prison<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Instructor in <a href=\"http:\/\/candler.emory.edu\/programs-resources\/institutes-initiatives\/certificate-theological-studies.html\">Theological Studies<\/a> program as an Emory Dean&#8217;s Teaching Fellow 2018-19, working with incarcerated women<\/li>\n<li>Taught seminar on \u201cFaith in Democracy\u201d and aided with capstone project course for students pursuing a certificate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Agnes Scott College<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Problems of Philosophy, Fall 2016 (Adjunct)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>University of Maryland, College Park<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>American Political Economy (Teaching Assistant for Gar Alperovitz),\u00a0Spring 2008 &amp; Spring 2009<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>National Humanities Center Virtual Residency, January 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u201cPodcasting the Humanities: Creating Digital Stories for the Public\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Summer Institute in American Philosophy, July 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Traditional Paper:\u00a0&#8220;Recovery and Reconstruction of Humility in the Progressive Era: Lippmann, Addams, Du Bois&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b> <\/b>Summer Institute in American Philosophy, July 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Dissertation-in-Progress Session, \u201cHumility and the Democratic Ethos\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Telos Institute, \u201cReligion And Politics In A Post-Secular World\u201d, February 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Paper Presented, \u201cPragmatism as Democratic Political Theology\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><b>GRANTS &amp; AWARDS<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Emory&#8217;s Dean Teaching Fellowship for Dissertation Completion and Teaching at Arrendale State Prison for Women in Alto, GA<\/li>\n<li>Hirschhorn Award Nominee 2013 &#8212; Outstanding masters thesis written for NYU\u2019s Draper Program<\/li>\n<li>Alexis De Tocqueville Prize 2006 &#8212; Recognizing best thesis written for the Committee on Degrees in Social Studies at Harvard College<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize 2006 &#8212; Recognizing outstanding quality of thesis as a work of undergraduate scholarship at Harvard College<\/li>\n<li>James Gordon Bennett Prize 2006 &#8212;\u00a0Recognizing best essay from Harvard College in English prose on some subject of American governmental, domestic, or foreign policy of contemporaneous interest<\/li>\n<li>Harvard College Research Program 2004 &#8212;\u00a0\u201cDroit \u00e0 la vie priv\u00e9e: Sexual Privacy in the French Legal System\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Harvard College Research Program 2003 &#8212;\u00a0\u201cQueer Jurisprudence: Sexuality and American Constitutional Law\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Helen Miller Clancy Scholarship, recurring 2001-present<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>SERVICE<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Webmaster, Graduate Philosophy Society at Emory 2018-19<\/li>\n<li>Graduate Faculty Representative, Department of Philosophy, Emory University 2017-18<\/li>\n<li>Webmaster, Graduate Philosophy Society at Emory 2016-17<\/li>\n<li>Graduate Faculty Representative, Department of Philosophy, Emory University 2015-16<\/li>\n<li>Co-Treasurer, The Philosophy Forum, Emory University 2014-15<\/li>\n<li>Constitution Committee, The Philosophy Forum, Emory University 2014-15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>OTHER WORK<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Co-Founder of 3B Bed &amp; Breakfast, Brooklyn, NY, 2010 \u2013 2013<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Developed unique business model and equity scheme for cooperatively owned and run bed &amp; breakfast<\/li>\n<li>Renovated space, built kitchen, managed marketing and web site<\/li>\n<li>Put theory of worker ownership to the test as a socialist entrepreneur qua hipster innkeeper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Research Associate, Washington, DC, 2007-2009<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full-time assistant for Gar Alperovitz, professor of political economy at the University of Maryland<\/li>\n<li>Research-writing on community wealth building; trends in public opinion, wealth distribution, environment, health, energy; economic\/intellectual history; contemporary politics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>LANGUAGES<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>French, proficient<\/li>\n<li>German, reading competence<\/li>\n<li>Spanish, elementary study<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1zKI2liAc1IJhh7euFET8tb4qMbGaTzYq\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Full Resume<\/a> as of August 2023 (PDF)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gpse\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_2884-e1567111265255.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3565\" src=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gpse\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_2884-e1567111265255.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gpse\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_2884-e1567111265255.jpg 900w, https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gpse\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_2884-e1567111265255-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gpse\/files\/2019\/08\/IMG_2884-e1567111265255-768x852.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PhD Candidate david [dot] ferris [at] emory [dot] edu AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Social and Political Philosophy American Pragmatism Democratic Virtue AREAS OF COMPETENCE Philosophy of Law Logic Philosophy of Social Science Ethics History of Philosophy EDUCATION Emory University Ph.D. Candidate, Philosophy (ABD) Dissertation: \u201cA Call to Humility as a Democratic Virtue\u201d &#8212; 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