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1 KAREN CANDICE CHAN St. Patrick s Seminary & University 320 Middlefield Rd., Office A-306 Menlo Park, CA (650) karen.chan@stpsu.edu EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Academic Dean; St. Patrick s Seminary and University, Menlo Park, CA, August 2016-present Associate Professor of Philosophy; St. Patrick s Seminary and University, Menlo Park, CA, January 2013 present Pre-Theology Program Chair; St. Patrick s Seminary and University, Menlo Park, CA, May 2014-present Interim Assessment Liaison Officer; St. Patrick s Seminary and University, Menlo Park, CA, January 2015-June 2015 Part-time Lecturer; University of San Francisco, Fall 2012 Graduate Student Assistant, University of Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, Fall 2006-Fall 2008, Fall 2009-Spring 2010 EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, NOTRE DAME, IN Ph.D., Philosophy Dissertation: The Conclusion to the Practical Syllogism: A Comparison of the Aristotelian-Thomistic and Contemporary Analytic Traditions Director: David Solomon May 2012 M.A., Philosophy May 2006 UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN FRANCISCO, CA B.A., Philosophy, summa cum laude B.A., English Literature, summa cum laude Senior Thesis: The Connection Between Property and Manners in Jane Austen s Pride and Prejudice Certificate from the St. Ignatius Institute, a Great Books program focusing on the areas of Theology, Philosophy, and Literature BLACKFRIARS HALL, OXFORD UNIVERSITY Junior year study abroad program, with a focus on English Literature, Philosophy, and Theology October 2002-June 2003

2 PUBLICATIONS Fetus as Child: A Suggestion for Pro-Life Vocabulary, Life and Learning XXIII: Proccedings of the Twenty-Third University Faculty for Life Conference, forthcoming. Mothers, Children, and Their Common Good, Engaging the Times: The Witness of Thomism, ed. Joshua Schultz (CUA Press), forthcoming May Challenges to Culturally-Sensitive Care for Elderly Chinese Patients: A First-Generation Chinese-American Perspective, Journal of Clinical Ethics (Winter 2013), pp The Common Good and the Virtuous Political Leader, The Common Good: Chinese and American Perspectives, eds. David Solomon and P.C. Lo (Springer: 2014), pp CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION Organizer and Chair for Society of Christian Philosophers Satellite Session at the 2016 American Catholic Philosophical Association Conference in San Francisco, CA, November 3-6, 2016 Leader for the Archdiocese of San Francisco Department of Catholic Schools Retreat, June 24, 2016 Organizer for 2016 Bay Area St. Thomas Aquinas Association Meeting at St. Patrick s Seminary & University in Menlo Park, CA, June 2, 2016 Member of Program Committee for the 2016 American Catholic Philosophical Association Conference in San Francisco, CA, November 3-6, 2016 Organizer and Chair for Society of Christian Philosophers Satellite Session at the 2015 American Catholic Philosophical Association Conference in Boston, October 8-11, 2015 Catholic Anthropology: Philosophical Foundations, a workshop presentation for high school teachers of the Diocese of Santa Rosa, August 28, Motherhood: Sacrifice or Perfection of Women?, a paper delivered at Male and Female He Created Them, a conference sponsored by California Natural Family Planning Association in San Francisco, August 21-22, Classical Theism, attendance at workshop funded by the Templeton Foundation at the University of St. Thomas, July 29-August 1, 2015 Mothers, Children, and Their Common Good, a paper delivered to the 2015 American Maritain Association Maritain Engagé Conference, held at the University of San Francisco, February 26-28, 2015 Organizer and Chair for Society of Christian Philosophers Satellite Session at the 2014 American Catholic Philosophical Association Conference in Washington, DC, October 9-12, Fides et Ratio Seminar: Vocations, held at St. Patrick s Seminary & University, July 5-12, 2014 Commentator for Intrinsic Aptness and the Embodied Self by Christopher Toner at Virtue, Medicine, and Modern Moral Philosophy: A Conference in Honor of David Solomon, held at the University of Notre Dame, May 26-29, 2014 Member of Organizational Committee of Virtue, Medicine, and Modern Moral Philosophy: A Conference in Honor of David Solomon, held at the University of Notre Dame, May 26-29, 2014

3 Fetus as Child: A Suggestion for Pro-Life Vocabulary, a paper delivered to the 2013 University Faculty for Life Life and Learning Conference, held at the University of San Francisco, May 31-June 1, 2013 Participant in The Third Annual Thomas Aquinas Philosophy Workshop: Free Will & Virtue, Mount Saint Mary College, June 13-16, 2013 Organizer for the 25 th anniversary of the Notre Dame Medical Ethics Conference in 2010, held in Rome The Common Good and the Virtuous Political Leader, a paper delivered to the The Common Good for the 21 st Century: Beyond Individualism and Collectivism A Sino-American Dialogue, sponsored by the Hong Kong Baptist University and the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, October 28-29, Paper to be published in The Common Good: Chinese and American Perspectives in Chair for session The Family, Health Care, and Human Ecology at the 2008 annual Fall Conference entitled The Family: Searching for Fairest Love, sponsored by the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture Participant in the Spring 2008 Behavior, Development, and Institutions interdisciplinary conference sponsored by the Institute for Humane Studies at the University of California, Berkeley Organized, formed the academic content of, and participated as a Resource Person for the 2008 and 2007 Medical Ethics Conferences, co-sponsored by the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture and the Notre Dame Alumni Association and formed the academic content of both conferences Organized the 2007 Ritual Conference, held at the University of Notre Dame, which brought together scholars from Hong Kong, China, Germany, ad the United States to discuss the philosophical significance of ritual in Western and Eastern traditions Chair for the session Western Philosophy in Dialogue with the East at the 2007 annual Fall Conference entitled Dialogue of Cultures, sponsored by the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture Chair for the session Thomistic Challenges to Modernity at the 2006 annual Fall Conference entitled Modernity: Yearning for the Infinite, sponsored by the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture Participant in the Summer 2006 Thomistic Institute at the University of Notre Dame, a conference that brings together scholars who work on the thought of Thomas Aquinas Molinism and the Problem of Evil, paper delivered to the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, January 2006 TEACHING ST. PATRICK S SEMINARY & UNIVERSITY History of Philosophy I/II (Ancient and Medieval) Philosophical Anthropology Metaphysics Philosophy of God Selected Philosopher: Alasdair MacIntyre Logic

4 Philosophical Ethics Philosophy of Nature UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO Ethics: Bio-medical Issues UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Designed the curriculum for each Practicing Medical Ethics course, a one-unit, one-day course introducing students to the field of medical ethics via case studies and selected readings; University of Notre Dame, Fall 2006, Spring and Fall 2007, Spring and Fall 2008 Teaching Assistant for Daniel McInerny in his Living the Virtues course for The Phoenix Institute Summer Seminar at the University of Notre Dame, Summer 2006 Teaching Assistant for David Solomon in his Morality and Modernity course; University of Notre Dame, Spring 2006 Teaching Assistant for David Solomon in his Medical Ethics course; University of Notre Dame, Fall 2005 SERVICE AT ST. PATRICK S SEMINARY & UNIVERSITY Member, Institutional Effectiveness Committee (October 2015-present) Member, Admissions Committee (June present) Interim Accreditation Liaison Officer (Jan 2015-June 2015) Rector s Goals Committee (August 2014-May 2015) Member, Program Review Committee (August 2014-present) Pre-Theology Program Chair (May 2013-present) Member, Department Chairs Committee (May 2013-present) Member, Academic Committee (August 2013-May 2014) Faculty Advisor (January 2013-present) Member, Faculty Assembly (January 2013-present) Member, Faculty Council (January 2013-present) Secretary, Faculty Council (August 2013-present) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Executive Council, American Catholic Philosophical Association, November 2016-November 2019 Member, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, September 2016-present

5 Founding Member, Bay Area St. Thomas Association Board Member, American Catholic Philosophical Association Society of Christian Philosophers Satellite Committee, November 2013-present Member, American Catholic Philosophical Association Executive Committee on Priestly Formation, 2013-present American Catholic Philosophical Association, August 2014 present LANGUAGES Fluency in English and conversational Cantonese Reading and conversational competency in Spanish Conversational Competency in Mandarin Reading Competency in French, Italian, Latin Coursework taken in German

Anne Jeffrey. Curriculum Vitae.

Anne Jeffrey. Curriculum Vitae. Anne Jeffrey Curriculum Vitae HUMB 133 Department of Philosophy University of South Alabama Mobile, AL 36608 Email: ajeffrey@southalabama.edu Web: www.annejeffrey.com Academic Employment 2016- University