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Dr. Stanlick's research and teaching interests include ethics and social philosophy (esp. the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes, the philosophy of friendship, supererogation, and academic dishonesty), and history of philosophy with particular emphasis on American philosophy. She is the PI on UCF's grant project from the Association of American Colleges and Universities, "Core Commitments: Educating Students for Personal and Social Responsibility," PI on a 2007 College of Arts and Humanities Research Award, director of the Department of Philosophy's participation as a pilot project in the Quality Enhancement Plan for Information Fluency, and participant in other grant projects with UCF's Quality Enhancement Plan for Information Fluency. She has published two books in American philosophy (2004) with her co-author, Bruce Silver of the University of South Florida. They are Philosophy in America: Primary Readings, Volume I and Philosophy in America: Interpretive Essays, Volume II. Volume I is an anthology of American philosophy from Jonathan Edwards to Virginia Held. Volume II is a collection of critical and interpretive essays by Silver and Stanlick on the history, development and problems of American philosophy. These books are published by Pearson/Prentice-Hall. She has published articles in an anthology in the Philosophy of Education, in the Journal of Social Philosophy, in Teaching Philosophy, The Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, the International Journal of Politics and Ethics and in Hypatia as well as having presented numerous papers at professional meetings. She has published and/or presented papers on academic integrity, Hobbes and international sovereignty, supererogatory actions, the status of women in Hobbesian political theory, building academic communities, collaborative teaching methods, and the concept of representation in Hobbesian political philosophy. She is currently finishing a paper on the morality of forgiveness.

Dr. Stanlick has taught philosophy for more than a quarter century (whoa! That makes a person feel antediluvian), most of which have been at UCF (from '87-'95, then from '99 to the present). She also taught at the University of South Florida (1981-1995) and the University of North Florida (1995-1999). Her degrees in Philosophy (BA, 1981; MA, 1983; and Ph.D., 1995) are all earned from the University of South Florida in Tampa.

Dr. Stanlick and Dr. Michael Strawser are the editors of the Florida Philosophical Review: Journal of the Florida Philosophical Association, a publication of the University of Central Florida Department of Philosophy. Dr. Stanlick is faculty advisor for the UCF Philosophy Club (2002- ) and has held positions as Member at Large of the Florida Philosophical Association (2001, 2004) and Treasurer of the Eastern Division of the Society for Women in Philosophy (1996-2000). She has served on numerous conference paper selection committees, served as advisor to the Philosophy Club for three years at the University of North Florida and was the organizer of three Graduate and Undergraduate Philosophy Conferences at the University of North Florida in 1996, 1997 and 1998. She is also the web-master for the University of Central Florida Department of Philosophy and teaches the Office of Student Conduct Academic Integrity Seminar. She is recipient of the following: TIP (Teaching Incentive Program) Award, the College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award, and University of Central Florida Teaching with Technology Award.

Dr. Stanlick's academic passions are UCF, research, and teaching. Her personal passions are her family and cats.

Education

• Ph.D. in Philosophy from University of South Florida (1995)
• M.A. in Philosophy from University of South Florida (1983)

Research Interests

• Ethics
• Social Philosophy
• Academic Ethics
• History of Modern and American Philosophy

Awards

• CAH Oustanding Achievement Award (2008)
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (2006)
• Teaching Inentive Program (2005)
• Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (2004)
• Teaching with Technology (2004)

Spring 2010 Courses

Department of Philosophy • College of Arts & Humanities at the University of Central Florida
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