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Sharon Kaye, PhD

Professor - Philosophy

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eMail

skaye@jcu.edu

Phone Number

216-397-4769

Location

B-Wing B11

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Education History 

Ph.D Philosophy: University of Toronto, 1993-1997

Her dissertation was titled William of Ockham’s Theory of Conscience.

M.A Philosophy: University of Toronto, 1992-1993

B.A. Philosophy: University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1989-1992

Courses Taught

Philosophy of Education, Philosophy and Her Neighbors, Philosophy and Identity, 

Philosophy and Pop Culture 

Current Projects

Sufficiently Vague, A Young Adult Philosophical Novel and Guidebook (Royal Fireworks, forthcoming 2020)

(Editor) Philosophical Issues: Take a Stand, A Critical Thinking Textbook for Teens (Prufrock Press, forthcoming 2020)

Selected Publications

The Transparent Eyeball, A Young Adult Philosophical Novel and Guidebook (Royal Fireworks, 2019)

Emile, or On Education, A Young Adult Philosophical Novel and Guidebook, published under the pseudonym “Stuart Fuller” (Silk Label Books, 2019)

The Philosophy Trilogy, Three Teen Novels, with Companion, publlished under the pseudonym “Hyacinth Russell” (Silk Label Books, 2018) Proof, Nihilist Games, The Escape Room

“Dr. Seuss and Aristotle on the Most Important Friendship of All,” Dr. Seuss and Philosophy: Additional Hunches in Bunches (Rowman and Littlefield, 2018): 83-96

“My Long Lost Lover the Antichrist,” The Devil and Philosophy (Open Court 2014). 

“Thought Experiment as an Interdisciplinary Pedagogy,” Filosofiska Notiser, vol. 5, no. 1, (2018): 3-17.

“Kaj je narobe z otroško-otroško spolnostjo? (The Problem with Child-Child Sex)” Apokalipsa (Nov.-Dec. 2016): 87-100

Grants, Awards, and Honors

John Carroll University Summer Research Grant, 2019

John Carroll University New Core Course Development Grant, 2017

John Carroll University New Core Course Development Grant, 2015

Burton D. Morgan Course Development Grant, 2015