Updated: March 2018
Daniel Silvermint
332 Manchester Hall
Office: (860) 486-7928
daniel [dot] silvermint <at> uconn [dot] edu
AOS: Feminist Philosophy, Ethics, Social Philosophy
AOC: Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Disability, Applied Ethics, Moral Psychology
Employment
Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut, 2013-present
Joint appointment: Philosophy & Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Residential Fellow, UConn Humanities Institute, 2016-2017
GRIPP/RGCS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, McGill University, 2012-2013
Education
Ph.D. University of Arizona. Philosophy. 2006-2012
Dissertation: Oppression and Victim Agency
Committee: David Schmidtz (Advisor), Cheshire Calhoun, Thomas Christiano, Michael McKenna
B.A. University of Minnesota. Political Science & Philosophy, double major. 2005
Distinctions: Summa cum Laude, High Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa
Publications
Articles and Chapters
2018. Passing as Privileged. Ergo, 5 (1), 1-43
2018. Resisting for Other Reasons. Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 48 (1), 18-42
2017. Rage and Virtuous Resistance. The Journal of Political Philosophy, 25 (4), 461-486
2013. Resistance and Well-being. The Journal of Political Philosophy, 21 (4), 405-425
Invited Reviews
2014. Carol Hay’s Kantianism, Liberalism, and Feminism: Resisting Oppression. Hypatia Reviews Online
Research Awards
Second Place, 2015 3QD Public Philosophy Prize, for “How We Talk About Passing”
Work in Progress
Invited
Identity Passing. Article for Philosophy Compass
When Men Oppress Themselves. Article for Philosophical Topics
Discussion piece on Kate Manne’s Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny. Symposium in Philosophy & Phenomenological Research
Articles / Monograph (selected)
Costly Bodies in an Ill-fitting World
Mental Illness, and the Diverging ‘Invisible Disability’ and ‘Passing’ Frameworks
‘Fag’ and the Ethics of Repurposed Slurs (with Ralph DiFranco)
Complicit Identities: The Ethics of Looking Out for Yourself
Blogging and Short Work (selected)
2015. “How We Talk About Passing,” Feminist Philosophers blog
2014. “Grad Traps,” Daily Nous
2011. “Ecofeminism and Three Models of Oppression,” section introduction in Environmental Ethics, ed. David Schmidtz and Elizabeth Willott (Oxford University Press). Rewritten as a short contribution for the forthcoming 3rd edition
Presentations
Invited Presentations
TBD. York University. Colloquium. Toronto, CA. Fall 2018.
TBD. Bled Philosophical Conference on Ethics. Bled, Slovenia. June 4-8, 2018
[Cancelled] “Costly Bodies in an Ill-fitting World.” Symposium on Masculinity. APA Eastern. Savannah, GA. January 3-6, 2018
“Passing as Privileged.” Women & Minorities in Philosophy group, St Andrews. St Andrews, Scotland. June 26, 2015
“Passing as Privileged.” University Center for Human Values, Princeton University. April 24, 2015
“Complicity and Well-being.” Society for Analytical Feminism. APA Pacific. Vancouver, Canada. April 1-5, 2015
“Looking Out for Yourself: Victims, Complicity, and Resistance.” Amherst College. Forry and Micken Lecture Series on “The Promise and Problems of Citizenship.” Amherst, MA. March 26, 2015
“Complicity and Victim Well-being.” Kansas State University. Colloquium. Manhattan, KS. October 16-17, 2014
“Resisting for Other Reasons.” Bled Philosophical Conference on Ethics. Bled, Slovenia. June 2-6, 2014
Conference Presentations (selected)
“Should We Understand Mental Illness as an Invisible Disability?” Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress X. Boulder, CO. August 10-13, 2017
“Passing as Privileged.” Midsummer Philosophy Workshop. Edinburgh, Scotland. June 28-30, 2015
“Resisting for Other Reasons.” Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress VII. Boulder, CO. August 7-10, 2014
“Rage and Virtuous Resistance.” CEHUM, University of Minho. Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy. Braga, Portugal. May 15-16, 2014
“Blaming Non-Resisting Victims.” Manchester Centre for Political Theory. Brave New World series. Manchester, United Kingdom. June 27-28, 2011
“Political Virtue in Oppressive Circumstances.” Brown University. Shapiro Graduate Philosophy Conference. Providence, RI. November 6-7, 2009
Local or Workshop Presentations (selected)
“Mental Illness as a ‘Covered’ Identity.” UCHI Fellows Talk. Storrs, CT. February 8, 2017
“Rage and Virtuous Resistance.” Injustice League Workshop on the Duty to Resist Oppression. Commentator: Alison Kerr. Storrs, CT. September 20-21, 2013
“Rage and Virtuous Resistance.” Toronto/Montreal Joint Ethics Workshop. Montreal, Canada. April 11-12, 2013
“Oppression Without Patterns.” Arizona Current Research Workshop. Commentators: Marilyn Friedman and Samantha Brennan. Tucson, AZ. March 2, 2013
Comments
Alex Madva, “Biased Against De-Biasing: On the Role of (Institutionally Sponsored) Self-Transformation in the Struggle Against Prejudice.” Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress VI. Boulder, CO. August 8-11, 2013
Pin-Fei Lu, “Meeting the Demand of Family Justice: Arguing for Rawls’s Consistency.” APA Pacific. Seattle, WA. April 4-7, 2012
Edward Song, “Acceptance, Fairness and Political Obligation.” APA Pacific. San Diego, CA. April 20-23, 2011
Helga Varden’s “The Lockean ‘Enough-and-as-Good’ Proviso – an Internal Critique.” APA Pacific. San Francisco, CA. March 31-April 4, 2010
Clair Morrissey, “Two Arguments from ‘Human Rights Violation’ to ‘Universal Jurisdiction’.” APA Pacific. Vancouver, Canada. April 8-12, 2009
Teaching Recognition and Awards
2018. Nominee, University Teaching Innovation Award
2018. Office of the Provost recognition for excellence and achievement in teaching
2016. Office of the Provost recognition for excellence and achievement in teaching
2014. Office of the Provost recognition for excellence and achievement in teaching
2012. Meritorious Performance as a Graduate Teacher, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences (Arizona)
2011. Julia Annas Graduate Teaching Award, Philosophy Department (Arizona)
Teaching Experience
Professor, University of Connecticut
PHIL 5315: Grad Seminar on Self-regarding Ethics (S19)
PHIL 5314: Grad Seminar on Non-ideal Agency (S16)
PHIL 3218: Feminist Theory (F15, S17, S18, F18)
PHIL 3216: Environmental Ethics (S14, F14, F17)
PHIL 1107H: Philosophy and Gender (F17)
PHIL 1104: Philosophy and Social Ethics (F13)
WGSS 3270: Masculinities (F14, S16, S18, F18)
WGSS 3252: Genders and Sexualities (S19)
WGSS 1105: Gender and Sexuality in Everyday Life (F13, S14, F15)
Postdoctoral Instructor, McGill University
PHIL 334: Ethical Theory (S13)
Graduate Instructor, University of Arizona
PHIL/WS 330: Feminist Philosophy (S12)
PHIL/JS 325: Jewish Philosophy (Su09)
PHIL 323: Environmental Ethics (online: F11)
PHIL 321: Biomedical Ethics (F09)
PHIL 320a: Justice and Freedom (F10)
PHIL 320b: Morality and Freedom (S08)
PHIL 213: Contemporary Moral Problems (online: Su11)
PHIL 111: Introduction to Philosophy (F08)
Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona
PHIL/ECON 205: Ethics and Economics of Wealth Creation (F07, S09)
PHIL 150c: Philosophical Perspectives on Society (S07)
Professional Service
Committees
Member, Philosophy Placement Committee, 2017-present
Member, Philosophy Climate Committee, 2016-present
Member, Philosophy Graduate Committee, 2014-2015
Organizing
Coordinator, Philosophy Brown Bag series, Spring 2017
Organizer, Political Violence Workshop, December 4-6, 2015
Co-organizer, Political/Moral research group, 2014-2016
Co-organizer, Dominating Speech Workshop, November 21-23, 2014
Co-organizer, Injustice League Lecture Series, 2013-2017
Teaching
Faculty Advisor, Graduate Teaching Mentorship Program, UConn philosophy, 2014-present
Facilitator, GTA Teacher Training Program, Arizona philosophy, 2010-2012
GTA Mentor, Arizona philosophy department, 2011-2012
Refereeing and Editing
Referee, Journal of the American Philosophical Association, 2017-present
Referee, Public Affairs Quarterly, 2017-present
Referee, Hypatia, 2016-present
Referee, Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, 2016-present
Referee, Res Philosophica, 2016-present
Referee, Journal of Applied Philosophy, 2015-present
Referee, Oxford University Press, 2014-present
Referee, Ethics, 2014-present
Referee, The Journal of Political Philosophy, 2013-present
Project editor, Social Philosophy and Policy, 2012-present
‘Ecofeminism’ section editor, Environmental Ethics 2nd ed. (Oxford University Press, 2011)
Other
Chair, “Relational Autonomy 10 Years On,” McGill University, September 2012
Chair, “Symposium on Exploitation: Zwolinski, Mayer, and Cohen,” APA Pacific, April 2010
Indexed Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009)
Graduate member, UA philosophy department program review committee, 2008
Graduate representative to the UA philosophy faculty, 2007-2008
Annual presentations to the UA Undergraduate Philosophy Club, 2008-2011
Conducted UA philosophy department’s new graduate orientation, 2007, 2009, and 2010
Selected Grants and Fellowships
Humanities Institute Residential Fellow, University of Connecticut, 2016-2017
Curriculum development for UA’s Online Certificate in Applied Ethics, as part of a grant sponsored by the UA Initiative for the Development of Online Programs, 2010-2011
Summer Research Fellowship, Institute for Humane Studies, 2011
Earhart Fellowship, 2006-2007
Memberships
Society for Analytical Feminism, 2014-present
Public Discourse Project, University of Connecticut, 2014-present
Injustice League research cluster, University of Connecticut, 2013-2017
American Philosophical Association, 2007-present