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EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Emphasis in Biological and Behavioral Sciences Spring 2023
Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science
University of California, Irvine
M.A. in Philosophy June 2021
University of California, Irvine
M.A. in Philosophy March 2009
California State University, Los Angeles
B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science June 2005
University of California, Los Angeles
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Gonzalez, Jessica. “Moral Cognition: An Introduction to the Field.” In Ethics and Science, edited by Kristen Monroe. DeGruyter, forthcoming.
Gonzalez, Jessica. "Beyond Care Ethics," Philosophy in Practice 3 (2009): 42-54.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
"Turning the Is-Ought Problem into a How-To Solution"
"An Informed Introspection"
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Taking Philosophy Outside the Classroom: Science, Culture and Philosophy at 13,000 feet,” Presenter, The American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT), Otterbein University, July 2022
“Forming Our Moral Selves: How science can help us live up to the morals we value,” Poster Presenter, Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP), University of Milan, July 2022
“Mauna a Wākea: Experiencing Science and the Indigenous Culture of Hawai‘i,” Presenter, Pacific Association for the Continental Tradition (PACT), University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, September 2016
“The Hawai‘i Community College Online Course Development Program,” Co-Presenter, Hawai‘i Strategic Institute (HSI), March 2015
INVITED TALKS
“Scientific Knowledge and Moral Deliberation,” Philosophy Tea-Time Talk, Occidental College, March 2021
“Experimental Philosophy and Moral Cognition,” Invited Speaker, UCI Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality, UC Irvine, January 2020
PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY
“What the Heck is a Reductio?” Interview for Reductio: Adventures in Ideas Podcast, January 18, 2020
“Ready to Learn,” Guest Writer for Asymptotic Philosophy Blog, September 12, 2019
“Intersections of Science, Philosophy, and Math,” Interview for The Lava Tube Podcast, 2018
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Instructor of Philosophy, Tenure-Track, Orange Coast College 2023 to present
Teaching Assistant, School of Education, UC Irvine Winter 2022
Graduate Teaching Associate, School of Social Sciences, UC Irvine 2021 to 2023
Instructor of Philosophy, Part-Time & Non-Tenure-Track, Occidental College Spring 2021
Teaching Assistant, School of Social Sciences, UC Irvine 2018 to 2023
Instructor of Philosophy, Tenure-Track, Hawai‘i Community College 2013 to 2017
Lecturer of Philosophy, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo 2011 to 2017
Lecturer of Philosophy, Hawai‘i Community College 2010 to 2013
Graduate Assistant, Department of Philosophy, CSU Los Angeles 2006 to 2008
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor of Record
Orange Coast College
PHIL 100: Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 150: Critical Reasoning and Writing
PHIL 165: Theory of Knowledge
University of California, Irvine
LPS 30: Introduction to Symbolic Logic
LPS 29: Critical Reasoning
Occidental College
PHIL 150: Formal Logic
Hawai‘i Community College
PHIL 100: Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 101: Morals and Society
PHIL 110: Introduction to Logic
PHIL 120: Science, Technology and Values
POLS 110: Introduction to Political Science
PSY 213: Statistical Techniques
University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
PHIL 100: Introduction to Western Philosophy
PHIL 209: Reasoning
PHIL 345: Symbolic Logic
PHIL 390: History and Philosophy of Science
Teaching Assistant
University of California, Irvine
POL SCI 138CW: The Politics and Ethics of Difference
EDUC 173: Cognition and Learning in Educational Settings
LPS 29: Critical Reasoning
LPS 30: Introduction to Symbolic Logic
LPS 60: Making of Modern Science
POL SCI 41A: International Relations
PSYCH 120D: Cognitive Development
SOC SCI H1E: The Good Life (Honors Core)
Graduate Assistant
California State University, Los Angeles
PHIL 151: Knowledge and Reality
PHIL 160: Critical Thinking
PHIL 200: Introduction to Comparative Religions
PHIL 385: Measurement of Human Difference
Guest Lectures
“Forming Our Moral Selves,” POL SCI 212B: Ethics Workshop, UC Irvine, April 2022
“Bernard Williams and the Makropulos Case,” PHIL 101: Meaning of Life, CSU Long Beach, April 2022
“Learning from Mauna Kea: What can the dispute over the Thirty-Meter Telescope teach us about the relationship between science and culture?” Model United Nations Program, Laguna Beach High School, May 2021
“Moral Cognition: A Review of the Field,” Guest Lecturer, POL SCI 139: Science & Ethics, UC Irvine, March 2021
“Non-Western Science: Explaining the Natural World in Hawai‘i,” LPS 60: Making Modern Science, UC Irvine, November 2019
GRADUATE COURSEWORK
Biology, Behavior and Genes L. Ross
Cascade Mentoring B. Sarnecka
Cognitive Development Research B. Sarnecka
Current Topics in Cognitive Development N. Chernyak
Empiricism: Locke and Reid J. Schatz
Ethics Naturalized K. Stanford
Evolution of Cognition K. Stanford
Evolution of Signaling B. Skyrms
Foundations of Happiness B. Skyrms & L. Narens
Independent Study: Evolution of Moral Psychology K. Stanford
Independent Study: Moral Cognition K. Stanford
Mathematical Cognition R. Nunez, UCSD
Metalogic J.E. Galebach
Philosophy of Geometry J. Heis
Philosophy of Mathematics, I-III P. Maddy
Plant Intelligence J.B. Manchak
Probability and Determinism J.B. Manchak
Puzzles in Modern Biology S. Frank
Quantum Mechanics J. Barrett
Set Theory S. Walsh
The Social Contract B. Skyrms
Social Dynamics B. Skyrms & L. Narens
Social Hinge Epistemology A. Coliva & A. Boncompagni
Social Psychology P. Ditto
Undecidability and Incompleteness J. Schatz
Wittgenstein, I-III P. Maddy
Writing Workshop, I-III B. Sarnecka
OTHER ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, UC Irvine 2020 to 2023
Graduate Student Researcher, NSF Career Grant
Conducted research under the direction of Dr. Lauren Ross. The NSF Career Grant focuses on scientific explanation and the diversity of causal systems in scientific literature.
Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, UC Irvine Summer 2020
Graduate Student Researcher, Seed Grant
Conducted research under the direction of Dr. Lauren Ross. The Seed Grant focuses on the causal nature of genes and the use of metaphor in genetics explanation.
Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality, UC Irvine 2018 to 2023
Research Mentor, Summer Internship Program
Each summer, high school students and undergraduates participate in research projects on ethical topics. Mentors train the students in quantitative and qualitative research, including surveys, literature reviews, interviews, and interview transcription/analysis/coding.
Research Corporation of the University of Hawai‘i 2016 to 2020
Curriculum Developer, Project STEMulate
This NSF-funded project is run through the Upward Bound program, which offers a college experience to low-income high school students. Curriculum contribution includes an instructor manual for teachers, with lessons and activities in inductive logic, scientific explanation, deductive logic and Boolean algebra.
Hawai‘i Community College Fall 2013
Instructional Designer, Rural Hawai‘i Online Course Development Program, funded by the Department of Labor
This grant-funded project allowed Hawai‘i Community College to offer accelerated online courses in Business Education to members of the island community living in rural areas.
SERVICE
UC Irvine
President, Biology Interest Group, UC Irvine, Fall 2022 to Spring 2023
Co-Facilitator, Académiques Latinx Writing Workshop, UC Irvine, Spring 2022 to Spring 2023
Co-Director, LPS Summer Diversity Program, UC Irvine, Winter 2022 to Summer 2022
Vice President, Biology Interest Group, UC Irvine, Fall 2021 to Spring 2022
Co-Facilitator, First Year Graduate Students Writing Workshop, Department of Philosophy & Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, UC Irvine, Fall 2021 to Spring 2022
Co-Organizer, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Resistance Reading Group, UC Irvine, Fall 2021 to Spring 2022
Co-Facilitator, Writing Workshop, Schools of Humanities and Social Sciences, UC Irvine, Spring 2021 to Spring 2022
Panelist, Thriving in the Academy Graduate Student Program: “Parenting in Graduate School,” UC Irvine, February 2021
Organizer, Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora Reading Group, Humanities Center, UC Irvine, Winter Quarter 2021
Co-Facilitator, The 1619 Project at UCI: “The Black Liberation Movement and Radical Community Education,” October 19, 2020
Co-Organizer, Diverse Perspectives in Philosophy Reading Group, UC Irvine, Summer 2020 to Winter 2021
Professional Community
Reviewer, Synthese
Moderator, Philosophy of Science Association Virtual Poster Forum, January 29, 2021
Panelist, Wonder Philosophy Workshop, September 19, 2021
Co-Organizer, Wonder Philosophy Workshop, funded by the UCI Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science and the UCI Department of Philosophy, September 26-27, 2020
Hawai‘i Community College
Chair, Educational Policy Committee Fall 2016 to Spring 2017
Chair, Screening Committee Fall 2016 to Spring 2017
Accreditation Standard Team Fall 2016 to Spring 2017
College Council Charter Review Task Force Spring 2016
College Effectiveness Review Committee Fall 2015 to Spring 2017
Faculty and Staff Development Committee Fall 2015 to Spring 2017
Screening Committee Summer 2015
Student Success Committee Spring 2015 - Spring 2016
Associate in Arts Liberal Arts Task Force Spring 2014
Ad hoc Distance Education Committee Fall 2013 to Spring 2017
Safety Committee Fall 2013 to Fall 2015
Educational Policy Committee Fall 2013 to Spring 2014
University of Hawai‘i System
Planning Committee, Hawai‘i Student Success Institute (HSSI) 2016 to 2017
Planning Committee, Hawai‘i Strategic Institute (HSI) 2015 to 2016
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Emotional Intelligence Certificate Program, UC Irvine Fall 2022
Advanced Inclusive Mentoring Badge, CSU Long Beach Spring 2022
Cascading Mentorship Certificate, UC Irvine Spring 2021
Public Speaking: Activate to Captivate, UC Irvine Spring 2019
Hawai‘i Great Teachers National Seminar Summer 2016
Wo Learning Champions, Generation X, UH System Fall 2014 to Fall 2015
Online Course Development Program, Hawai‘i Community College Summer 2013
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Diversity and Inclusion Award, LPS, UC Irvine, 2022
Pre-Professor Program Fellowship, CSU Long Beach, 2022
Cascading Mentoring Fellowship, UC Irvine, 2021, 2022
Associate Dean’s Fellowship, UC Irvine, 2019
Graduate Dean’s Recruitment Fellowship, UC Irvine, 2017
Social Science Merit Fellowship, UC Irvine, 2017-2023
Special Recognition in Graduate Studies, CSU Los Angeles, 2007, 2008
James Bright Wilson Scholarship, CSU Los Angeles, 2007
Alfred B Glathe Award, CSU Los Angeles, 2006
OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Graber Scholar, Journal of the International Society of Political Psychology 2018 to 2020
Intern for the Book Review section of the journal. Contribution includes intake review of books, selecting books to be reviewed, inviting scholars to review books in a critical dialogue format or as integrated reviews, editing reviews and composing year-end reports.
Contributor, Philosophy in Practice 2008-2009
Invited by the CSULA philosophy department faculty to contribute to the department’s journal. Contribution included writing a piece to be published, peer review of other submissions, and copy editing.
Secretary, CSULA Philosophy Club 2007-2009
Founding member of the philosophy club. Took minutes, planned social and academic events, organized a book fair, assisted in designing club website and social media pages.
Last updated: June 19, 2023
contact: jgonzalez581@cccd.edu