CURRICULUM VITAE
Barry F. Vaughan
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Mesa Community College
1833 W. Southern
Mesa, AZ 85202
480-461-7620
barry.vaughan@mesacc.edu
www.mesacc.edu
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
- History of Ancient Philosophy
- Philosophy of Religion
AREAS OF COMPETENCE:
- Ethics
- Epistemology
- Metaphysics
- Critical Thinking
- Comparative Religions
EDUCATION:
- Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Oklahoma, 1999
- M.A., Religion, Baylor University, 1990
- M.A., Philosophy, Baylor University, 1988
- B.A., Religion, Oklahoma Baptist University, 1986
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Oklahoma Baptist University - Instructor of Philosophy
- Introduction to Analytical Thinking
- Departmental Colloquium - Critical Writing
St. Gregory's College - Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy
- Introduction to Logic
- Introduction to Philosophy
Rose State College - Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy
- Introduction to Philosophy
The University of Oklahoma - Graduate Assistant
Instructor with full responsibility:
- Introduction to Logic
- Introduction to Philosophy
- Introduction to Ethics
Assistant:
- Introduction to Philosophy (H. Benson)
Mesa Community College - Professor of Philosophy
- Introduction to Philosophy (Phi 101)
- Introduction to Logic (Phi 103)
- Introduction to Ethics (Phi 105)
- History of Ancient Philosophy (Phi 201)
- Introduction to Bio-medical Ethics (Phi 213)
- Introduction Philosophy of Religion (Phi 244)
- Religion in Ireland: Neolithic to Early Medieval (Rel 250)
DISSERTATION:
- Title: "The Unity of Virtue Revisited: A Solution to a Socratic Enigma"
- Director: Hugh Benson
- Abstract
ACADEMIC RECOGNITION AND AWARDS:
- Gaskin Baptist History Award - (OBU) 1986
- Jent Philosophy Award - (OBU) 1986
- Graduate College fee waiver award for academic excellence 1993-1996
- Nominated for Kenneth R. Merrill Graduate Teaching Award - (OU) 1995
- Kenneth R. Merrill Graduate Teaching Award - (OU) 1996
- The University of Oklahoma Provost's Dissertation Award for Excellence in Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities - (OU) 1999
- Innovation of the Year Award - (League for Innovation in the Community College) 2003-2004
COMMITTEE WORK/SERVICE:
- Distance Learning Committee 1996-2001 - MCC
- Teaching Learning and Technology Roundtable 1997-1999 - MCC
- Fencing Club (Faculty Advisor/Coach) 1997-2000 - MCC
- Faculty Senate (Senator At-Large) 2000-2001 - MCC
- Security and Parking/Safety Committee 2001-2002 - MCC
- Faculty Senate Staffing Committee 2001-2003 - MCC
- Faculty Senate President-elect 2001-2002 - MCC
- Innovative Projects Committee 2001-2002 - MCC
- Faculty Association Executive Council 2001-2010 - Maricopa Community College District
- Faculty Recruitment Commission 2002-2003 - Maricopa Community College District
- Faculty Senate President 2002-2003 - MCC
- Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Hiring - 2004 - Maricopa Community College District
- Mesa Community College Leadership Council 2002-2003 - MCC
- Mesa Community College Continuous Improvement Committee 2002-2003 - MCC
- Information Technology Advisory Council 2002-2003 - MCC
- Faculty Senate (Senator, Zone 3) 2003-2004 - MCC
- Study Abroad Ireland Director 2003-Present - MCC
- Study Abroad Outcomes Assessment Committee 2004 - MCC
- Electronic Resources Policy Review Comittee 2004-2005 - Maricopa Community College District
- Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Self-Study, Criterion 4 Tri-Chair 2003-2005 - MCC
- Faculty of Color Recruitment Committee 2005 - Maricopa Community College District
- Faculty Association Meet and Confer Representative 2006-2007 - Maricopa Community College District
- Faculty Association Meet and Confer Representative 2007-2008 - Maricopa Community College District
- Faculty Association President-Elect 2007-2008 - Maricopa Community College District
- Faculty Professional Growth Policy Review Committee 2007-2008 - Maricopa Community College District
- Education Abroad Policy Review Committee 2006-2009 - Maricopa Community College District
- Faculty Association President 2008-2009 - Maricopa Community College District
- Maricopa Colleges Faculty Foundation, Board of Directors - 2007-Present
- 21st Century Maricopa: IT Organization, Planning, and Governance 2010-2011 - Maricopa Community College District
- Study Abroad Directors’ Committee 2011-Present - MCC
- Maricopa Colleges Faculty Foundation, Board President - 2015-Present
- Maricopa Colleges Artificial Intelligence Task Force (non-instructional uses) 2023-2024
PRESENTATIONS and PUBLICATIONS:
- "On Academic Freedom and the Marketplace of Ideas: A Short Paper Outlining the Theory and Practice of Academic Freedom,"
Phoenix College, Phoenix, Arizona; Arizona Issues Forum, Sponsored by The Center for Civic Participation and The Maricopa Community Colleges,
May 3, 2007
- "Syncratism and Religious Identity in Ireland: Reflections on Art, Iconography, Architecture, and the Future Identity of Ireland,"
Phoenix Irish Cultural Center, Phoenix, Arizona; A presentation in conjunction with the International Joyce Exhibit, February 12, 2005
- "Some Preliminary Arguments Favoring Cloning," Mesa Community College Center for Global Tollerance and
Engagement, public lecture series, February 2004
- "Mishaps of a Philosophical Journey," The University of Oklahoma FOCAS week, February 2004
- "On Just War: A Consideration of American Foreign Policy Toward Iraq," Mesa Community College Center for Global Tollerance and
Engagement public lecture series, February 2003
- "Ethics in Foreign Policy," Mesa Communicy College New Fronteer's "Coffee with a Professsor" public lecture series, November 2002
- "Science and Moral Philosophy in the Twenty-First Century," College of Science Seminar Series, Grand Canyon University,
December, 2000
- "The Maricopa Redemption," An address to the Maricopa Community College District All-Faculty Convocation,
January, 2000
- "A Response to Brickhouse and Smith's 'Socrates and the Unity of the Virtues',"
The Sixteenth Annual Workshop in Ancient Philosophy, Fall 1993
- "The Transition from the Sacramental to the Ordinal View of Baptism in Baptist
Historical Documents," The Oklahoma Baptist Chronicle, 29 (Autumn 1986): 40-59
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
- The American Philosophical Association
- The American Association of University Professors
- The Maricopa Community Colleges Faculty Association
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