1996- Full Professor of Philosophy, University of Rhode Island.

1991-1996 Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Rhode Island.

1985-1991 Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Rhode Island.

1993-1995 Affinity Group Faculty, Brown University Medical School.

1994-present Fellow, John Hazen White Center for Ethics and Public Service.

EDUCATION

1985 Brown University Ph.D.

1980 Mount Holyoke College A.B. magna cum laude.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books

Ethical Issues in Home Health Care with Rosalind Ladd and Sheri Smith. Charles Thomas. Forthcoming April 2002.

Ethical Dilemmas in Public Administration. Edited with Alfred Killilea and Michael Vocino. (Praeger) May 1996. 187 pages.

Chapters and Booklets

"Intentionality, Phenomenology and Sensation in Brentano" in The Southern Journal of Philosophy (Spindel Conference Proceedings). Forthcoming 2002.

"Sacrificing Their Future: Religious Freedom and Parental Rights in Medical Decision Making for Children" in Having and Raising Children. Edited by Julia Bartkowiak and Uma Narayan, forthcoming, 1998.

"Making Hard Time Even Harder," in Introduction to Practical Ethics. Edited by Hugh LaFollette. (Blackwell) August 1996. Pages 494-507.

"The Child Witness to Domestic Violence," with Rosalind Ladd and Sheri Smith in Interpersonal Violence, Health and Gender Politics. Edited by Stanley G. French. August 1996, third edition.

"Breaking Down Barriers: Administrative Reform of the Organizational Culture Within a Women's Prison" with Roberta Richman in Ethical Dilemmas in Public Administration. Edited by Pasquerella, Killilea, and Vocino. (Praeger) May 1996. Pages 59-71.

"In the Interest of the Fetus: Mandatory Prenatal Classes in the Workplace" with Rosalind Ladd and Sheri Smith in The Politics of Pregnancy: Policy Dilemmas in The Maternal-Fetal Relationship. Edited by Janna Merrick and Robert H. Blank. (Haworth Press) 1993. Pages 191-201.

"The Right to Die," Study Circles Resource Center Public Talk Series Booklet (Pomfret, Conn.: Topsfield Foundation), 1992-1993. Pages 1-44.

"Are There Reasonable Grounds for War?" with Martha McCoy, Study Circles Resource Center Public Talk Series Booklet (Pomfret, Conn.: Topsfield Foundation), 1992-1993. Pages 1-22. Reprinted in Introduction to Political Science. Edited by Edwin H. Lundberg (New York: American Heritage) 1993.

Refereed Articles

"Confining Choices: Should Prisoners be Allowed to Participate in Experimental Research?" in Theoretical Medicine, Forthcoming 2002.

"Infants, the Dead Donor Rule, and Organ Donation: Should the Rules Be Changed?" with Rosalind Ladd and Sheri Smith in Medicine and Law. Forthcoming 2001 and in Proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Medical Law. Pages 888-892.

"What to Do When the End is Near: Ethical Issues in Home Health Care Nursing"with Rosalind Ladd and Sheri Smith in Public Health Nursing, March/April, 2000.

"Multidisciplinary Teaching About the Death Penalty: A Seminar for First Year Students" with Leo Carroll and Lawrence E. Rothstein in Focus on Law Studies, vol. XII, Spring 1997.

"The Rhode Island Ethics Project: A Proposed Model for Integrating Ethics into "Multidisciplinary Teaching About the Death Penalty: A Seminar for First Year Students" with Leo Carroll and Lawrence E. Rothstein in Focus on Law Studies, vol. XII, Spring 1997.

"The Rhode Island Ethics Project: A Proposed Model for Integrating Ethics into Master of Public Administration Programs" with Alfred Killilea and Michael Vocino, in Teaching Ethics and Values: Program Innovations, Teaching Strategies, and Ethical Issues. Edited by James Bowman (SUNY Press) 1997.

"Ethics for Skeptics in Public Administration" with Alfred Killilea and Michael Vocino, in Spectrum, vol. 68, no. 4 (Fall/1995). Pages 19-27.

"Law, Domestic Violence and the Demands of Justice" with Rosalind Ladd and Sheri Smith, Archives for Legal and Social Philosophy, 1995.

"Liability-driven Ethics: The Impact on Hiring Practices" with Rosalind Ladd and Sheri Smith, Business Ethics Quarterly, Volume 4, Issue 3 (July 1994). Pages 321-333.

Current Research

Department of Energy Ethical, Social and Legal Implications of the Human Genome Project, "An Investigation into the Ethical Principles that Inform the Laws Limiting Genetic Screening in the Workplace" with Lawrence Rothstein (2000-2002) ($292, 843).

Selected Professional Membership and Service

1989-present Day Kimball Hospital Ethics Board. Putnam, CT. 06260.
The committee serves as a sounding board for prospective and retrospective case review and as the Institutional Review Board. My recent service on the committee has included proposing and developing the hospital's mission statement for the 1996 JCAHO review and assisting in the development of patient literature designed to facilitate access to the committee.