CURRICULUM VITA

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Washington University (1995)

Dissertation: 

At the Heart of the World: Merleau-Ponty and the Existential Phenomenology

of  Embodied Coping  

Directed by J. Claude Evans and Andy Clark

M.A., Philosophy, Saint Louis University 

Thesis: 

Telos and Necessity in Aristotle's Biology

Directed by Richard J. Blackwell

B.S., Biology/Philosophy, Saint Louis University

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Phenomenology, Contemporary Continental Philosophy, Philosophical Psychology

AREAS OF COMPETENCE

Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, History of Philosophy (Ancient, Modern), Epistemology, Critical Thinking, Contemplative Philosophy, Buddhist studies

TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1999-present   Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Webster University, Webster Groves,                               Missouri

1997-1998      Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

1995-1997      Lecturer, Department of Philosophical Studies,                                                                       Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois 

1993-1995       Psychiatric Interviewer and Analyst, Department of                                                                           Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri: Cohort tracing and data analysis for a 20 year follow-up study of The Vietnam Drug User Returns (1972-1974), an epidemiologic study of substance use and abuse among returning Vietnam veterans, initiated by the White House Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention. (R.K.Price, Ph.D., Principal Investigator).

1993                Instructor (part time), Department of Philosophy, St. Louis University, St.                           Louis,Missouri

1990-1992       Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Philosophy, Washington                                  University, St. Louis, Missouri

1984-1987       Instructor, Department of Philosophy, St Louis University, St Louis, Missouri

1982-1984       Instructor, Department of Theological Studies, Chaminade College PreparatorySchool, St Louis, Missouri

NON-TEACHING, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2016-             Individual Mindfulness Meditation Instruction for Psychotherapy clients

2005                Facilitator, Open Strategic Planning Dialogues for the Dean and faculty of Webster University School of Business and Technology      

 

2005                Facilitator, “Going to the Next Level,” A series of strategic planning conversations with St Louis Sheet Metalon developing Green Roof Blocks products for St. Louis and regional markets

2004-2010       Founding Partner, L.I.F.E. Leadership Connections, LLCa consulting firm that creates customized leadership development programs for leaders in the business and non-profit sectors, emphasizing the arts and humanities and experiential learning (lifeleadershipconnections.com)

2004                 Presenter/Facilitator, “Using Open Dialogue in the classroom,” Freshman Seminar Workshop, Webster University    

2003-present   Designer and Facilitator of Webster University Ethics Roundtablefor the College of Arts and Sciences, creating opportunities for conversations among The Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, donors, alumnae, faculty and staff

2003               Facilitator and Analyst, “The Ethics and Theology of Health Care: A Conversation,” Criterion Consultingand the United Methodist Church General Board for Pensions, Chicago, Illinois

2002-2004       Faculty (part-time), Executive Leadership Development Course, Boeing Leadership Center, St. Louis, MO .Designed and facilitated the weekly, “Philosopher’s Dialogue” for the 30 day Senior Executive leadership program 

2001 –2003     Consultant (part-time), Criterion Consulting Inc.,Haddam, CT 

1999-present   Instructor, OasisSt Louis (continuing Education programs for Senior citizens)

1999-present   Designer and Facilitator, Philosophical CaféDialogue programs in area retirement communities

1998-present   Philosophical Counselor (Uses philosophical methods and conceptual to help clients understand and resolve personal, existential and ethical problems)

1998-2007       Founder and Facilitator, St. Louis Philosophical Café

 1987-1989      Accessions Clerk for the Collins Collection, St Louis University Library

1978-1982       Jesuit Scholastic

TRAINING/CERTIFICATION

2001                APPA Primary Certification for Philosophical Counseling 

COURSES TAUGHT

Ethics

Business Ethics

Biomedical Ethics

Visions of Fulfillment: Philosophy and the Good Life

Contemporary Moral Problems

Existentialism

Inside the Mind: Consciousness, Self and Identity in Contemporary Philosophy of Mind

Philosophy of Mind and Epistemology

Philosophical Classics: Ancient Greek and Hellenistic Philosophy

Philosophical Classics: Modern European Philosophy

Philosophy of Religion

Philosophies of God

Present Moral Problems

Introduction to Philosophy

Historical Introduction to Philosophy 

Introduction to Logic

Informal Logic

Critical Thinking

 PUBLICATIONS

 Price, R.K., Shea, B.M., Murray, K.S., & Hilditch, D.J. "Culture, Stratification and Social Psychiatry." Chapter 1 in Price, R.K., Shea, B.M., & Mookherjee, H.N. (Eds.) Social          Psychiatry Across Cultures: Studies from North America, Asia, Europe and Africa Social Psychiatry Across Cultures.New York: Plenum Press, 1995.

Price, R.K., Murray, K.S., & Hilditch, D.J. "Cross-cultural Perspectives in Social Psychiatry."       Chapter 12 in Social Psychiatry Across Cultures.

PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS

“In Pursuit of Happiness,” Mindfest program, April 9, 2015

“Stoicism as Philosophical Therapy,”  Mindfest program Oct 10, 2014

“You be the Jury: the Insanity Plea and our Courts,”  Panel Discussion, sponsored by the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Instituteand the American Civil Liberties Union, February, 2003

“The Ethics of Dialogue and the Dialogue of Ethics,” Workshop, Annual Conference of the Gateway Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, December, 2002 

“Cleansing Vision, Liberating Doubt: How Philosophy Can Change Your Life” Talk presented at the Emerson Chapel, March, 2002

“Making Sense of Horrendous Evil: Jewish Theodicies of the Holocaust,” Talk given at Temple Beth Israel, St. Louis MO. YomHashoah, May, 2000

“Toward a Philosophy of Expressive Coping,” Colloquium, Clark College, Dubuque, Iowa, May 8, 1998   

“Thinking Machines?” Paper Presented at LeMoyne College, Syracuse NY Feb 5, 1996

"At the Heart of the World: Merleau-Ponty's Ecological Theory of Perception," Colloquium,           Department of Philosophy, Washington University, St Louis MO, September, 1995

"Habits, Productivity and Improvisation in Everyday Action: Merleau-Ponty and Embodied            Models of Cognition," Philosophy/Neuroscience/Psychology Work-In-Progress Seminar, Department of Philosophy, Washington University, September, 1994.

“Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perceptionand Cutting-Edge Cognitive Science,”                   Presentation made to Merleau-Ponty Seminar, Department of Philosophical Studies,

Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, April 1994. 

Price, R.K., Copeland, R., & Hilditch, D.J. "Vietnam Drug Users Two Decades Later: A                Report on Mortality." Paper presented to 1994 World Congress of Sociology,                        International Sociological Association, Mental Health Working Group, Session on "Mental Health and Substance Use and Abuse,"  Frankfurt, Germany, June 1993.  

 AWARDS/HONORS

Nominated for a Kemper Outstanding Teacher Award, 2004, 2009

Hans Reichenbach Prize, Washington University, 1993

Dissertation Fellowship, Washington University, Spring 1993

Teaching Assistantship, Washington University, 1990-1992

University Fellowship, Washington University, 1989-1990

MEMBERSHIPS

American Philosophical Practitioner Association

American Philosophical Association

 OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Ethics Center Board, Webster University, 2005-2006

Chair's Advisor/Assistant, Washington University, 1992-1993

Colloquium Committee, Washington University, 1990-1992