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