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Christina M. Bellon

Expertise and Training | Courses Taught and Developed

Areas of Expertise and Training

PRINCIPAL TEACHING AREAS

  • Ethics
  • Political and Social Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Law
  • Feminist Philosophy

ADDITIONAL AREAS OF TEACHING COMPETENCE

  • Existential and (some) Continental Philosophy
  • Logic
  • History of Ideas (Ethical, Metaphysical, Epistemological)
  • Critical Thinking
  • Interdisciplinary Studies (Gender Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, Law and Justice Studies)
  • Philosophy for Children and Pre-College Philosophy (esp. Middle and High Schools)

PROFESSIONAL TEACHER TRAINING

  • Participation and instruction in Communicating Plus Program, Ripon College (Oct/00-May/02)
  • Participation in Teaching Excellence Program, University of Nevada (Aug/98-May/00).
  • Certification, Graduate Teacher Training Program, University of Colorado (Sept/97).
  • Participation in Graduate Teacher Training Program, University of Colorado (Aug/92-May/98).

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Courses Taught and Developed

Courses Taught California State University, Sacramento

Spring 2006

  • PHIL 002 Introduction to Ethics, 2 Sections
  • PHIL 117 Existentialism
  • PHIL 152 Recent Ethical Theory

Fall 2005

  • PHIL 002 Introduction to Ethics, 2 Sections
  • PHIL 152 Recent Ethical Theory
  • PHIL 192E Environmental Philosophy

Spring 2005

  • PHIL 002 Introduction to Ethics, 2 Sections
  • PHIL 112 History of Ethics (Plato to Mill)
  • PHIL 117 Existentialism

Fall 2004

  • PHIL 002 Introduction to Ethics (Global Ethics), 2 Sections
  • PHIL 122 Political Philosophy (Global Justice)
  • PHIL 123 Philosophy and Feminism *

Spring 2004

  • PHIL 006 Introduction to Philosophy
  • PHIL 112 History of Ethics
  • PHIL 190M Senior Seminar: Philosophy of John Stuart Mill*

Fall 2003

  • PHIL 002 Introduction to Ethics (Eastern and Western Traditions and Applications)
  • PHIL 112 History of Ethics
  • PHIL 155 Philosophy of Law

Spring 2003

  • PHIL 002 Introduction to Ethics (Eastern and Western Traditions and Applications)
  • PHIL 006 Introduction to Philosophy (two sections)
  • PHIL 112 History of Ethics

Fall 2002

  • PHIL 002 Introduction to Ethics (two sections)
  • PHIL 101 Ethics and Social Issues

Courses Taught Ripon College

Spring 2002

  • PHIL 120.01 Multicultural Introduction to Philosophy*
  • PHIL 300.02 Special Topics: Philosophy of Conflict and Peace*
  • PHIL 420 Great Philosophical Classics

Fall 2001

  • PHIL 120.02 Intro:“Being Different: Philosophical Studies in Multiculturalism”*
  • PHIL 175.01 First Year Studies and Introduction to Philosophical Methods
  • PHIL 308.01 Philosophical Logic

Spring 2001

  • PHIL 120.01 Multicultural Introduction to Philosophy*
  • PHIL 300.02 Special Topics: Contemporary Theories of Justice*
  • PHIL 388.00 Guided Readings in Human Nature
  • PHIL 388.01 Guided Readings in Enlightenment Epistemology
  • PHIL 388.02 Guided Readings: The Normative Significance of Utopian Thought II
  • PHIL 420 Great Philosophical Classics

Fall 2000

  • PHIL 120.01, 120.02 Introduction to Philosophy
  • PHIL 300.01 Special Topics: Philosophy of Law*
  • PHIL 388.02 Guided Readings: The Normative Significance of Utopian Thought I

Courses Taught University of Nevada, Reno

Spring 2000

  • PHIL 207 (Special Topic), Introduction to Philosophy of Law*
  • PHIL 494/694 + WOST 450, Feminist Theory
  • PHIL 499 (Directed Studies), Health Care Ethics
  • PHIL 499 (Directed Studies), Philosophy of Law
  • WT 202, Western Traditions: The Enlightenment to Modernity

Fall 1999

  • PHIL 207 (Special Topic), Philosophical Issues in Multiculturalism*
  • PHIL 495/695 Selected Figures: The Political Thought of John Stuart Mill*
  • PHIL 499 (Directed Studies) Natural Rights and Natural Law

Spring 1999

  • PHIL 207 (Special Topic), Introduction to the Philosophy of Law*
  • PHIL 494/694+HDFS 400, Philosophy of Children*
  • PHIL 494/694 + WOST 450, Feminist Theory
  • PHIL 499/699 (Directed Studies), Philosophy of Law

Fall 1998

  • PHIL 207, Introduction to Political Philosophy
  • PHIL 494/694, Theories of Rights*
  • Thesis Supervision Committee Member for M.S. in Environmental and Resource Sciences, 1998-99.
    Title: Farm Animal Issues in Environmental Education: Broadening the Academic Perspective

Courses Taught University of Colorado, Boulder

From 1996-98

  • PHIL 1200, Philosophy and Society: Social Justice
  • PHIL 2200, Major Social Theories
  • PHIL 1000, Introduction to Philosophy
  • PHIL 2290, Philosophy and Women
  • PHIL 1200, Philosophy and Society: Democracy and Liberty

* This course was newly designed either to meet a specific need in the department or to diversify the existing departmental offerings as an experimental/special course.

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Last updated: 08/12/2006