Curriculum Vitae

JUDITH BARAD

Academic Education

AA.   Oakton Community College, 1978                                                 B.A.  Loyola University of Chicago, 1980, "magna cum laude", Philosophy M.A.  Northwestern University, Evanston, 1982, Philosophy                   Ph.D. Northwestern University, Evanston, 1984, Philosophy

Teaching and Administrative Appointments

Indiana State University, Full Professor, 1994-present
Indiana State University, Professor of Women’s Studies, 2001-present
Indiana State University, Acting Chair, Fall 1993-Spring 1994
Indiana State University, Chairperson, 1994-December 2002

Areas of Specialization

Ethics, Thomistic Philosophy (St. Thomas Aquinas), Medieval Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion

Areas of Competency
Ancient Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Metaphysics, Theory of Knowledge

Academic Awards

The John B. Lavezzorio Scholarship (Loyola), 1978-1980                     Nominee for the Danforth Fellowship (Loyola), 1979                            Northwestern Scholarship, 1980                                                       National Endowment for the Humanities Grant: Summer Institute at the University of Notre Dame, 1985
Indiana State University Summer Research Grant, “Aquinas on the Role of Emotion in the Moral Judgment,” 1988
“Excellence in Education” award from the Blue Key National Honor Fraternity, April 1996
Individual Faculty Development Grant, Indiana State University, May 1996
Proposal Incentive Fund Award, 1996
Instructional Development Grant, Indiana State University, Spring 2003          Nominated as Outstanding Faculty Member, Spring 2006

Consent: The Means to an Active Faith According to St Thomas Aquinas. New York: Peter Lang Publishing Company, 1992.

The Ethics of Star Trek. New York, New York: Harper Collins, December 2000. This book was also published by Longanesi & C. Milan, Italy in 2003.

“Aquinas on Faith and the Consent/Assent Distinction,” Journal of the History of Philosophy, July 1986 (see abstract in The Review of Metaphysics, September 1986), pp. 311-321.

“Aquinas’s Assent/Consent Distinction and the Problem of Akrasia,” The New Scholasticism, Vol. LXII, No. 1, Winter 1988 (see abstract in The Review of Metaphysics; March 1988), pp. 98-111.

“The Possibility of Settling the Issue of Animal Suffering on Rational Grounds,” Between the Species, Vol. 4, No. 4, Fall 1988, pp. 251-254.

“Aquinas on the Role of Emotion in Moral Judgment and Activity,” The Thomist July 1991, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 397-403.

“Stewardship: Whose Creation Is It Anyway?” Between the Species, Vol. 7, No. 2, Spring 1991, pp. 102-109.

"The Dog in the Lifeboat Revisited," Between the Species, Vol. 8, No. 2, Spring 1992, pp. 114-117.

"Are Animals Our Spare Parts?” Etica & Animali, Vol. 5, No. 1-2, Spring/Autumn 1992, pp. 71-72.

“Aquinas and Evolution: A Compatible Duo,” Medievalia, No. 13, April 1993, pp. 1-11.

“Tension in Aquinas’ Accounts Between the Ethical and Ontological Status of Animals,” In Greek and Medieval Studies In Honor of Leo Sweeney, S. 3., edited by William J. Carroll and John J. Furlong. New York: Peter Lang Publishing Company, 1994.

“The Ontology of Animal Rights,” in Future of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, edited by Roger Dahood. Brepolls: Turnhout, BelgIum, 1998, pp. 29-42.

“Aquinas on the Role of Anger in Social Reform,” in Logos, Winter 2000, Volume 3, 1, pp. 124-144.

“Aquinas's Account of Anger Applied to the Animal Liberation Front,” in Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Lantern Books, 2003.

"The Aspiring Jedi's Handbook of Virtue" in Star Wars and Philosophy,edited -by Jason Eberl and Kevin Decker. Open Court: Chicago, Illinois, 2005, pp. 57-68.

"Values My Way" in Living a Life of Value, edited by Jason Merchey. Values of the Wise Press, California, 2006, pp. 31-41.

"Sartre and Blade Runner: The Boundaries of Humanity" in Philosophy and Neo-Noir, edited by Mark Conard. University Press of Kentucky, Ky., December 2006, pp. 21-34.

"The Ethical Underpinnings of Kundun" in Philosophy and the Films of Martin Scorsese, edited by Mark Conard. University Press of Kentucky, Ky., May 2007, pp. 211-229.

"Stewart and Socrates: Speaking Truth to Power" in The Daily Show and Philosophy, edited by Jason Holt. Blackwell, 2007, pp. 69-80.

"The Understanding and Experience of Compassion: Aquinas and the Dalai Lama" in Buddhist Christian Studies, edited by Francis Tiso, Vol. 27, 2007, pp. 11-29.

"Respecting Animals: St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Francis of Assisi," in The Ark,  No. 210, Autumn, 2008, pp. 5-9.

"Cats in the Afterlife: Beyond Their Nine Lives" in What Philosophy Can Tell You About Your Cat," edited by Steven Hales. Open Court, 2008, pp. 173-190.

“The Consent/Assent Distinction According to St. Thomas Aquinas,” The Society of Christian Philosophers meeting at Western Kentucky University, March 29, 1985.

Commentator for the paper "Tocqueville on Religion and Modernity: Making Catholicism Safe for Liberal Democracy” by Dr. Cindy Hinckley at the 11th Political Studies Conference on Religion and Politics at Eastern Illinois University, April 17, 1987.

“Aquinas Inconsistency on the Nature and Treatment of Animals,” Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals and the American Philosophical Association at Washington, D.C., December 29, 1988.

“Aquinas on the Role of Emotion in Moral Judgment,” Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy and the American Philosophical Association at Chicago, Illinois, April 27-30, 1989.

“Whose Creation is it Anyway?” Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals and the American Philosophical Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 26, 1990.

Chairperson for a paper entitled "Is Mercy Unjust?" at the American Philosophical Association Central Division meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, April 28, 1990.

“The Dog in the Lifeboat Revisited,” American Philosophical Association at San Francisco, California, March 28, 1991.

“Aquinas on the Role of Emotion in Moral Judgment and Activity,” The Ninth International Congress of Medieval Philosophy, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, August 19, 1992.

“Aquinas and Evolution: A Compatible Duo,” Patristic, Mediaeval, and Renaissance Studies Congress, Villanova, Pennsylvania, September 25, 1992.

“The Criterion for Personal Identity Swinburne Ignored,” Indiana Philosophical Association in a joint meeting with the Kentucky Philosophical Association, Louisville, Kentucky, November 7, 1992.

“Aquinas and Evolution: A Compatible Duo,” Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy session at the American Philosophical Association Central Division meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 21-24, 1993.

“Forbearance and/or Privilege in Respect to Animals,” Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals session at the American Philosophical Association Central Division meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 23, 1993.

"Aquinas on the Ontology of Animal Rights," Texas Medieval Association, San Antonio, Texas, September 9-12, 1993.

"Aquinas on the Ontology of Animal Rights," The Central States Philosophical Association, The University of Missouri-Rolla, October 15-16, 1993.

“Aquinas on the Ontology of Animal Rights,” Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, February 17-19, 1996.

“Actuarial Equity and the Human Genome Project,” Mid-South Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis, February 23-24, 1996.

"Actuarial Equity and the Human Genome Project," Midwestern Regional Meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers, Loras College, Western Michigan University, March 7-9,1996.

"Aquinas and the Role of Anger in Social Reform,” International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 8, 1998.

"Aquinas and the Role of Anger in Social Reform," Dayton Medieval Colloquium, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, April 11-13, 1999.

(Invited) "A Trek into Plato's Cave," Illinois Chapter of MENSA, July 28, 2001

“The Ethics of Care, Animal Rights, and Extrinsic Teleology,” Feminist Ethics and Social Theory, Clearwater Beach, Florida, October 7, 2001.

(Invited) "A Trek into Plato's Cave," Midwest Regional Chapter of MENSA, October 26, 2001.

"Resolving Ethical Dilemmas: The Leader Within," workshop for Ethics Advisors, Boeing Corporation, Los Angeles, California, March 20, 2002. The ten ethical principles I discussed in this workshop are listed on Boeing's internal website.

(Invited) "Business Ethics Lessons Learned from Star Trek," Ethics Program Lecture Series 'Ethics and Popular Culture' of Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, September 30, 2002.

"Virginia Held and the Mother Paradigm," Society for the Study of Women Philosophers at the American Philosophical Association meeting, Eastern Division on December 29, 2003 in Washington, D.C.

(Invited) Chairperson paper entitled "Interpreting the Post-Historical Museum: The Fate of High Art in an Era of Mass Culture," for Philosophy and the Interpretation of Popular Culture, Buffalo, N.Y., April 2, 2004.

(Invited) "Beam Me Up to the Philosophy Deck: The Philosophical Enterprise", jointly sponsored by the Philosophy Department and the Department of Space Studies, and funded in part by a grant from the North Dakota Humanities Council. The University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, March 2-4, 2006.

State and Local Public Lectures and Conferences

“The Economic Pastoral of the American Catholic Bishops,” Faculty and Clergy Luncheon Series at Indiana State University, February 26, 1986.

“Moral Weakness:  Aquinas’ Consent/Assent Distinction,” Arts and Sciences Seminar on “Issues and Ideas” at Indiana State University, March 3, 1986.

Panel discussion participant on “Abortion” at the United Ministries Center, Indiana State University, Spring 1986.

“Aquinas’ Inconsistency on the Nature and Treatment of Animals,” Indiana Philosophical Association, Kokomo, Indiana, November 1, 1986.

“Religion and Animal Suffering,” Faculty Clergy Luncheon Series at Indiana State University, November 5, 1986.

“The Animal Rights Movement:  Its Concerns and Justification,” Arts and Sciences Seminar on “Issues and Ideas” at Indiana State University, April 6, 1987.

“A Funny Thing Happened on My Way Through the Summa:  University Encounters with St. Thomas Aquinas,” for “Always on Friday” at Indiana State University, March 9, 1990.

(Invited) “Religion and Animal Rights” at Centenary United Methodist Church, November 11, 1990.

(Invited)  “Dissection” at West Vigo Middle School as part of the Partners in    Education Program, April 19, 1993.

Panel participant in the “Critical Thinking Conference,” Indiana State University, March 1997.

Led focused discussion on “Our Inhumanity” for the Spring Diversity Celebration, Indiana State University, March 26, 1997.

Chaired a session for the Pan African Conference, Indiana State University, April 11, 1997.

“What Would Aquinas Think?  The Ethics of Star Trek,” for “Always on Friday” at Indiana State University, November 17, 2000.

“Feminism and Animal Rights” for the Faculty Research Panel for the Sex and Gender in Higher Education Colloquium at Indiana State University, March 21, 2001.

“Trading Places:  Gender in the ISU Workplace,” The Department of Sociology and Women’s Studies at Indiana State University, October 30, 2001.

Panel discussion on Global Feminism, Indiana State University, March 27, 2002.

“The Intersection of the Ethics of Care and Faith,” Indiana State University, Terre Haute, March 29, 2002.

“Why Should Health Care Professionals and Scientists be Concerned with Ethics?”  for The Ethics of Health Care, Research and Practice at the Landsbaum Center for Health Education, March 18, 2004.

“The Role of the Mother as a Model for Ethical Conduct” for Feminism in the 21st Century: Looking to the Past and Toward the Future, Finding Common Ground,” Indiana State University, March 22, 2004.

“The Importance of Medical Ethics: Concerns and Controversies,” for the Dewey Institute of Lifelong Learning, Indiana State University, April 14, 2004.

(Invited) “The Insufficiency of Compliance and Rousing the Leader Within” for the Society of Financial Service Professionals, Indianapolis, May 26, 2004.

“Beam Me Up to the Philosophy Deck: The Philosophical Enterprise,” for Indiana State University’s English Dept. series, “Always on Friday,” Sept. 29, 2006.

(Invited) “The Leader Within:  Enterprising Ethics,” for Starbase Indy,             Indianapolis, In.  November 23, 2007.

“The Wabash Valley Floods,” for the Alternative Spring Break planning committee and the hope Crisis Response Network, Indiana State University, August 28, 2008

Workshop Presentations

“Promoting Critical Thinking in Our Students,” Indiana State University, Indiana State University, July 11-13, 2000.

(Invited)  Ethically Go Where No Trainer has Gone Before,” Association of Pet Dog Trainers 8^th Annual Educational Conference and Trade Show, Ellenville, New York, September 29, 2001.

(Invited)  “Resolving Ethical Dilemmas:  The Leader Within,” workshop for Ethics Advisors, Boeing, Corporation, Los Angeles, California, March 20, 2002. The ten ethical principles I discussed in this workshop are listed on Boeing’s internal website.

Conferences Organized

The International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, meeting in conjunction with the American Philosophical Association, Los Angeles, California, March 30, 1990, Organizer and chairperson for one of the sessions.

Philosophy in Action:  Ethics and Professional Decision-Making,” Conference Organizer, Indiana State University, March 24, 1995.

Philosophy in Action: “The   Ethics of Genetic Testing” Academic, Insurance and Health-Care Perspectives” Conference Organizer, Indiana State University, March 14-15, 1996

Philosophy in Action “Critical Thinking: A Missing Component in Education?” Indiana State University, March 21, 1997

Philosophy in Action “Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide,” Conference co-organizer, Indiana State University, March 26 1999

Philosophy in Action, “Feminism: Ethical and Political Issues,” Conference co-organizer, Indiana State University, March 17, 2000.

Philosophy in Action “Religious Experience: East and West, Conference co-   organizer, Indiana State University,  March 2002.

The Ethics of Health Care, Research, and Practice, Conference co-organizer, Landsbaum Center for Health Education, Terre Haute, In., March 18, 2004.

Contemporary Ethics Issues in Health Care, Research, and Practice, Chairperson of the Planning Committee, Landsbaum Center for Health Education, Terre Haute, In. April 6-8, 2005.

“Compassion toward Enemies” at The Center for the Study of Health, Religion And Spirituality workshop, April 4, 2008

Membership in Associations

American Catholic Philosophical Association                                   American Philosophical Association                                             International Thomas Aquinas Society                                                 Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy                               Indiana Philosophical Association                                                           The International Society for Neoplatonic Studies

Thesis Committees

Dale Hoover’s Master’s thesis committee, 1989-1991

University Committee for the Visit of Father Andrew Greeley, Spring 1987 Faculty Council, 1987-1988; 1993-1995                                                    Ad Hoc Pre-Seminary Curriculum Committee, October 1987              Graduate Women’s Support Network Advisory Committee, Fall 1989     Faculty Women’s Club:  Treasurer, 1990-1991, Secretary, 1991-1992 Curriculum and Academic Affairs Committee, Secretary, 1990-1991      Human Relations Committee, 1990-1991                                      Chairperson Search Committee, Chair, Spring 1993; Spring 1994 Undergraduate Advisor, Spring 1993 - Fall 1997                             Partnership on Statewide Education:  Philosophy 2000, Liaison, Spring 1993 Liberal Studies 101 committee member, 1996-1997                              Search Committee for Acting Associate Dean for Budget and Personnel, December 1996                                                                              Convener of committee to evaluate the Clinical Psychology Program, 1997 University Speakers subcommittee member for the visit of Dr. Krauss, February 1998                                                                              Educational Excellence Awards Selection Committee, Spring 2000 Administrative Affairs Committee, 2000-2001                                       Faculty Affairs Committee, 2003-2004                                                Faculty Council, 2004-2005                                                     Undergraduate Advisor, Fall 2006-present                                           Faculty Council, 2008-2009

Teaching Experience

Lower level courses: Introduction to Logic, Introduction to Philosophy, Introduction to Ethics, Philosophy and Star Trek,

Upper level courses:  Literature and Philosophy, Ethics and Animals,

Philosophy of Religion, Ancient Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Modern

Philosophy, Eastern Philosophy, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Seminar on Augustine and Aquinas, French Philosophy

Courses Developed

Philosophy and Star Trek                                                             Philosophical Issues in Science Fiction                                             Eastern Philosophy                                                                        Ecofeminism                                                                                  Philosophy and Literature                                                        Environmental Ethics                                                                           Ethics and Animals

Community Service

I raised $300,000 to build and open Harmony Haven, West Central Indiana’s first no-kill shelter for stray dogs and cats.  As President of the organization for five years and its co-founder, I formed a 250 member organization devoted to this effort, wrote newsletters, organized fund raising, performed public relations services, forged a good relationship with the local traditional shelter, and spoke before many community organizations and elementary schools about responsible pet care. 

As a professed member of the Secular Franciscan Order (November 2008), I participate in serving meals at the Lighthouse Mission as well as doing other community service as needed.