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Jeffrey W. Bulger, Ph.D.
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Education: Ph.D.: Philosophy, AOS: Biomedical Ethics, Clinical Ethics, and Computer Assisted Education, AOC: History of Philosophy, Ethical Theory, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Logic, and philosophy of science, M.A.: Theology: Multiculturalism and Clinical Ethics, B.S.: Geology/Petroleum Engineering. Dr. Bulger’s education, teaching, research and service experiences have made him a broadly educated person in philosophy, humanities, religion, sciences, and online educational computer technology.
Teaching includes: Biomedical Ethics, Ethics, Ethical Theory, Personal Ethics, Business Ethics, Applied Ethics, Environmental Ethics, Social Political Philosophy, History of Philosophy, World Religions, Logic and Philosophy of Science.
Student Ratings of Instructor—SRIs and RateYourProfessor are exemplary.
Mentoring: 50 students competed nationally and presented throughout the country at NCUR. Student recruitment, success, and retention: also exemplary.
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LMS SPECIALIZATION
* Creation, migration and implementation of online/hybrid courses and programs as based on cognitive science and experiential learning principles that have empirically shown the maximization of teaching and learning excellence as made evidenced by student engagement, success, and retention.
* Collaboratively work in the planning, implementation, managing, and evaluation of online programs for the purpose of exemplary online learning and innovative teaching and learning advancement.
* Instructional design and development, program marketing, scheduling, and utilization of distance learning technologies that are appropriate for respective subject areas, and for meeting the needs of a broad and diverse multicultural worldwide population.
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RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1. Published with McGraw-Hill an eight volume monograph text: Moral Philosophy: A Theoretical and Practical Approach to Moral Decision-Making, 1,100 pages, copyright 2015, along with a complementary Canvas/Connect LMS, for on-line DE courses.
2. Published with McGraw-Hill - BioEthics: Online & Hybrid 3 credit course, Blackboard, Canvas, & Connect LMS, 2015
3. Published with McGraw-Hill - Ethic & Values: Online & Hybrid 3 credit course, Blackboard, Canvas, & Connect LMS, 2015
4. RED BOOK: Is The Human Subject Exempt From IRB Purview? - Professional Compliance pdf LMS (Ready for publishing)
5. GREEN BOOK: Am I Engaged in Human Subject Research According To CFR? - Profession Compliance pdf LMS (Ready for publishing)
6. BLUE BOOK: Do I Need to Get Informed Consent According to CFR? - Professional Compliance pdf LMS (Ready for publishing)
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ACADEMIC SPECIALIZATION AND COMPETENCE
Specialization: Bioethics, Value-Theory, Professional Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Personal ethics, Informed Consent, Institutional Review Board—IRB, and Federal Regulations for Research On Human Subjects.
Competence: Philosophy of Science, Logic, History of Philosophy, Business Ethics, and Environmental Ethics.
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ACADEMIC EDUCATION
Ph.D. Philosophy—concentration in Medical Ethics, University of Tennessee—Knoxville
Dissertation: Informed Consent And Rawls’s “Political” Theory Of Justice, and designed, created and implemented an online Mac/PC LMS named Dr.Ethics for Research on Human Subjects—IRB. Committee: Glenn C. Graber—Chair, Richard E. Aquila, George G. Brenkert, and Charles H. Reynolds.
M.A. Theology: Multiculturalism in the Health-Care System: Western Seminary—Portland
B.S. Geology / Petroleum Engineering, University of North Dakota—Grand Forks
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BUSINESS POSITIONS
Plato’s Press - Director
1. Designed, created, and implemented an online and hybrid BioEthics course, (Published McGraw-Hill, 2015)
2. Designed, created, and implemented an online and hybrid Ethics & Values course, (Published McGraw-Hill, 2015) Designed, created, and implemented online pdf LMS
3. Authored 8 volume monograph, MORAL PHILOSOPHY: A Theoretical and Practical Approach to Moral Decision-Making, 1,100 pp., Published McGraw-Hill, 2015
4. Designed, created, and implemented online pdf LMS RED BOOK: Is The Human Subject Exempt From IRB Purview? - Professional Compliance LMS (Ready for publishing)
5. Designed, created, and implemented online pdf LMS GREEN BOOK: Am I Engaged in Human Subject Research According To CFR? - Professional Compliance LMS (Ready for publishing)
6. Designed, created, and implemented online pdf LMS BLUE BOOK: Do I Need to Get Informed Consent According to CFR? - Professional Compliance LMS (Ready for publishing)
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ACADEMIC POSITIONS
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
I. Director for Bioethics and Humanities & [Professor], Medical Humanities Innovation & Humanities (MEIH), Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science—North Chicago
1. Biomedical Ethics - Core - M1
2. Biomedical Ethics - Sophomore Elective - M2
3. Biomedical Ethics - Senior Elective - M4
II. Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor, Utah Valley University—Orem
4. Biomedical Ethics
5. Moral Philosophy
6. Ethics and Values
7. Ethics & Values Hybrid Course
8. Mill’s Utilitarianism and Liberty
9. Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals
10. Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
11. Modern and Contemporary Philosophy
12. Business Ethics
13. Introduction to Philosophy
14. World Religions
15. Astronomy (Designed, created, and implemented an online and hybrid Astronomy course using Front Page for LMS)
16. Independent Study
III. Lecturer, California State University—Chico
17. Biomedical Ethics
18. Critical Thinking—Logic
19. Personal Values
20. Science and Modern Culture
IV. Assistant Professor, Stetson University—DeLand, FL
21. Bioethics
22. Symbolic Logic—(taught in the classroom and with computers)
23. Philosophy of Science
24. Varieties of Ethical Theory
25. Applied Ethics
26. Environmental Ethics
27. Independent Study in Ethics
V. Teaching Associate, University of Tennessee—Knoxville
28. Introduction to Philosophy 1010, (epistemology, philosophy of mind, justice)
29. Introduction to Philosophy 1020, (metaphysics, god, ethics, justice)
30. University Studies & Microbiology, (HIV)
VI. Adjunct Faculty, Pellissippi State College—Knoxville
31. Introduction to Philosophy
32. Business Ethics
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SABBATICAL AND FACULTY FELLOWSHIP AWARDS
1. Faculty Fellowship, Utah Valley University
2. Sabbatical Leave, Utah Valley University
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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I. STUDENT RESEARCH MENTORING - 50
26th National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) at University of Wisconsin
1. Sasha Wakefield: Morality vs. Immorality of Animal Drug Testing
7th Annual Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research UCUR, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
1. Michael M. Washburn: Biting the Hand That Feeds You: Why Economic and Political Aggression Towards Organized Labor Is Unethical and Damages The Economy
25th National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) at Ithaca College, New York
1. Autumn Lilly-Harari: Veganism, Principlism and the National School Lunch Program.
2. Karleigh Ellsworth: From Ana and Mia With Love: The Effects of Pro-Anorexia and Pro-Bulimia Websites.
24th National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) at The University of Montana, Missoula
1. Amanda Putman: No Exercised Autonomy on Food Choices
2. Christopher Nelson: Food Fads
3. Pat Runyan: Colony Collapse Disorder: The Extinction of the Honeybee and its Implications on Mankind
23rd Annual NCUR meeting University of Wisconsin, La Cross, Wisconsin
1. Arthur VanValkenburg: Threatening Treatment
2. Chad Howz: Principles Gone to Pot
3. Charles Broadbent: What’s in Your Plastics? A Principlist Approach to Bisphenol A
4. James Fuqua: The Mapped Human Genome: Pandora’s Box?
5. Kyle Bowler: Patient Assisted Suicide
6. Zackary Weber: Insurance Providers versus The Patient: The Violation of the Biomedical Ethical Principles Protecting the Patient.
3rd Annual Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research UCUR, Hosted by Westminster College, Salt Lake City
1. Caitlin Anderson: Caution: This Paper Is Composed Primarily Of Soy; An Ethical Look At The Use of The Soybean In America
2. LeAnne Tolley: Lights, Cam Action: A Foundation for Physicians of Finesse
3. Craig L. Bounous: Principlism Applied to the Military’s Responsibility of Care
4. Chad Howse: Marijuana and Morality
5. C. Steven Broadbent: What’s in Your Plastics? A Principlist Approach to Bisphenol A
22nd Annual NCUR meeting Salisbury University in Salisbury, Maryland
1. Whitney May: Circumcision In Today’s Society
2. Miguel Arturo Saldana: Socialized Medicine: Healthcare For All
3. Richard Cook: Animal Testing and Principlism in BioMedical Ethics
4. Craig Bounous: Principlism Applied To The Military’s Responsibility Of Care
2nd Annual Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research UCUR, co-hosted by BYU and UVU at Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah
1. UCUR Whitney May: Circumcision in Today’s Society
Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah, (Each student received a $100 stipend)
1. J. Eric Gentile: Clinton v Obama v McCain on Healthcare Issues from a Principlistic Approach
2. Mitchel Martin: Circumcision is Wacked, Keep His Manhood Intact
3. Chad Howze: Marijuana and Morality
4. James B. Fuqua: The Mapped Human Genome: Pandora’s Box?
5. Seth Wright: Healthcare: A Duty to All?
6. Jake Spencer: Is it okay to smoke with young children in the car?
7. Sylvia Bentley: Gene Therapy: Capitalism or just classism
8. Adam K. Gibbons: Surrogate Decision Making
21st National Conference on Undergraduate Research NCUR, Dominican University of California
1. Austin Miller: The Historical Oath
19th National Conference on Undergraduate Research NCUR, Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
1. Lyndee Litchfield: Doctrine of Right in the War with Iraq
2. Arron Medford: The Philosophy of sales from a Kantian Perspective
3. Arron Medford: Circumcision
4. Damon MacArthur: Kantian Ethics and the Morality of Terrorism
5. Jeffrey Barth: The Democratic Liberty of Iraq
6. Jake Pead: Immanuel Kant and Global Warming Measures
7. Samuel Harrison: Immanuel Kant & The Destruction of Theocratic Governments
8. Trevor W. Hill: Land Acquisition and Ownership in Restricted area of Mexico
9. Ryan Albrecht: Liberation for the oppressed
10. Ryan Albrecht: Women and Social Reform in Boston
18th National Conference on Undergraduate Research NCUR, Lafayette, Easton, PA
1. Jared Sumsion: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2. Ray E. Webb: Aquinas Supports The Weed
3. Rebeka Dewey: The Right to Die: Six Criticisms Against the Creation of Living Wills
17th National Conference on Undergraduate Research NCUR, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
1. Sam Taylor: Ticking Bombs and Truth Serums: Ethics and Interrogation at Guantanamo Bay
2. Spencer Gale: NOTA HHS HRSA OSP DoT OAB URREA UNOS OPTN: The Transplant Organization And How It Works For The Patient
3. Swen Swenson: The Truth About Therapeutic Cloning
4. Julie Johnson: Elective Fetal Tissue Research
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II. PUBLICATIONS
1. Moral Philosophy: A Theoretical and Practical Approach to Moral Decision-Making, (1100 pp. original monograph work) combined with Canvas course that includes original videos, 50 quizzes, 7 exams, 1,000 question test bank, weekly assessments, discussions, etc., McGraw-Hill, 2015
2. An Approach Towards Applying Principlism, Ethics & Medicine
Principlism, Teaching Ethics, Volume 8, Number 1
3. Medical Marijuana Analyzed Using Principlism: Teaching Ethics, Volume 8, Number 1
4. Five entries in The Encyclopedic Dictionary on Globalization, published in both English and Russian. The Encyclopedia has won the “Book of the Year” award for the 16th Moscow International Book Exhibition and Fair. Presented the award at the International Book Fair in Frankfurt.
Entries included:
a. Altruism: Altruistic and Psychological,
b. Egoism: Ethical and Psychological,
c. Determinism: Hard, Soft, and Indeterminism,
d. Utilitarianism: Act, and Rule,
e. Moral Universalizability: Kant and Mill
5. Applied Ethics: An Oxymoron, published in the Russian Philosophical Journal, Volume 3, (ISBN 1606-6251)
6. Applied Ethics: A Categorical Mistake, Ethics Across The Curriculum Proceedings
7. A Model Of Human Decision Making, The Russian Philosophical Society
8. The Synergistic Coherent Model of Human Decision Making, Academy’s Journal, Encyclia
9. Assisted Suicide and the Fourteenth Amendment, Joint Bioethics Committee, Bioethics Bulletin
10. Autonomy In a Liberal Society, American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Philosophy and Medicine
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III. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
1. Medical Grand Rounds, Justice: Political Ideologies and Healthcare Allocation Policies, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
2. Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. Lack of Knowledge in Philosophy Departments: Is it Professional Negligence?, unable to attend because of funding.
3. Invited to present paper at the Russian Philosophical Congress, Nijni Novgorod, Russia, unable to attend because of funding.
4. Faculty Fellowship Keynote Address: Honeybee Democracy, Utah Valley University
5. The Ethics of Food Production, Utah Valley University
6. Food Systems: A Significant Threat, Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society (AFHVS), Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
7. Food Systems: Principlism, Philosophy Department, Utah Valley University
8. Pegasus Exists and Incommensurable Beliefs, Philosophy Department, Utah Valley University
9. Living Wills and Durable Power of Attorney, Bioethics Committee for Timpanogos Hospital, Orem
10. Mathematics as Intersubjective Agreements and the Impossibility of Transcending Human Subjectivity, Mathematics Department, Utah Valley University
11. Justice, Bioethics Committee for Timpanogos Hospital, Orem
12. Medicinal Use of Marijuana, Utah Valley University
13. Stem Cell Research, Utah Valley University
14. Beneficence and Nonmaleficence, Bioethics Committee for Timpanogos Hospital, Orem
15. Autonomy, Bioethics Committee for Timpanogos Hospital, Orem
16. History/Evolution of Biomedical Ethics, Bioethics Committee for Timpanogos Hospital
17. The Political Spectrum and the Bush Administration, Philosophy and the Ethics of Business: Education, Theory and Practice, Moscow, International University Kuntsevo Campus
18. Social Political Philosophy and the Health-Care Industry, Community Nursing Services, Orem
19. Civil Law and the Fetus, Third Annual Medical Ethics Symposium: Moral Dimensions of Reproductive Choices, Utah Valley University
20. Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals, Philosophy Colloquium, UVU
21. Morality As Natural Selection, Philosophy Colloquium, UVU
22. How We Teach Philosophy In the United States, President of the Russian Philosophical Society, Moscow
23. John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism, President of the Russian Philosophical Society, Moscow
24. Applied Ethics: An Oxymoron, President of the Russian Philosophical Society, Moscow
25. Kant’s Metaphysics of Moral, President of the Russian Philosophical Society, Moscow
26. A Darwinian Left, UVU Bookgroup
27. Philosophical View of Russia From an American Point of View, President of the Russian Philosophical Society, Moscow
28. American Philosophers, President of the Russian Philosophical Society, Moscow
29. Teaching Philosophy in America, President of the Russian Philosophical Society, Moscow
30. John Rawls’s Political Liberalism, Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters, BYU, Provo, Utah
31. Humanity Teaching Philosophy, Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, MA
32. A Model Of Human Decision Making, The Russian Philosophical Society, St. Petersburg, Russia
33. The Synergistic Coherent Model of Human Decision Making, Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters, Weber State University—Ogden
34. Aids and Ethics, Utah Valley University
35. Affirmative Action: Pros and Cons, Center For Applied and Professional Ethics—CAPE, California State University—Chico
36. Dr. Ethics™: Computer Assisted Medical Ethics, Florida Philosophical Association, University of Florida, Gainsville
37. John Dewy, University of Tennessee—Knoxville
38. Rawls’s Political Liberalism, University of Tennessee—Knoxville, September
39. Abortion and Fetal Tissue Research, University of Tennessee—Knoxville
40. Dr. Ethics™: Computer Assisted Medical Ethics, Workshop, Annual Convention, Society for Health and Human Values, St. Louis, MO, October
41. Dr. Ethics™: Computer Assisted Medical Ethics, University of Tennessee—Knoxville
42. Diagnostic Testing: The Example of HIV, University of Tennessee—Knoxville
43. Sexual Activity At Lakeshore, Lakeshore Mental Health Institute, Knoxville, TN
44. AIDS Testing at Lakeshore?, Lakeshore Mental Health Institute, Knoxville, TN
45. Tobacco and Treatment, Lakeshore Mental Health Institute, July, Knoxville, TN
46. Drugs and the Patient, Lakeshore Mental Health Institute, June, Knoxville, TN
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IV. COMMITTEES
1. Admissions Committee, Rosalind Franklin University
2. Professionalism Committee, Rosalind Franklin University
3. Institutional Review Board—IRB, Rosalind Franklin University
4. Institutional Review Board—IRB, Utah Valley University
5. Faculty Senator, Utah Valley University
6. Kirk Englehardt Business Ethics Award Committee, Utah Valley University
7. Faculty Senator, Utah Valley University
8. Bioethicist, Bioethics Committee for Timpanogos Hospital, Orem
9. Bioethics Education, Bioethics Committee for Timpanogos Hospital, Orem
10. Faculty Advisor for the Student BioEthics Journal Beneficence, Utah Valley University
11. Institutional Review Board, Utah Valley University
12. Assessment Committee, Utah Valley University
13. Search Committee, Philosophy Faculty, Utah Valley University
14. Academic Outcomes Committee, Utah Valley University
15. Academic Merit Committee, Utah Valley University
16. Chairman of the Ad-Hoc Merit Committee, Utah Valley University
17. Academic Standards Committee, Utah Valley University
18. Search Committee, Philosophy Faculty, Utah Valley University
19. Search Committee, Philosophy Secretary, Utah Valley University
20. Search Committee, Learning Enrichment Faculty, Utah Valley University
21. Department Representative—UVU Strategic Development Planning Committee, Utah Valley University
22. Merit Point Committee, Utah Valley University
23. Community Service Committee, Utah Valley University
24. UVU Substance Abuse Task Force, Utah Valley University
25. Bioethicist, Center of Applied and Professional Ethics—CAPE, California State University
26. Chair, Educational Subcommittee, Enloe Joint Bioethics Committee, Chico, CA
27. Bioethicist, Ethics Committee, Feather River Hospital, Paradise, CA
28. Bioethicist, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, California State University
29. Research Associate, Center For Applied & Professional Ethics—CAPE, University of Tennessee—Knoxville
30. Member—Graduate Student Representative, Medical Ethics Committee, University of Tennessee—Knoxville
31. Chair, Program Committee for AIME/SPE (Society Of Petroleum Engineers), University of North Dakota
32. Vice-Chair, Student Policy Committee, University of North Dakota—Grand Forks
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VI. TEACHING AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
1. Nominated by Chair for “Faculty Excellence Award,” Utah Valley University
2. Faculty Fellowship, Utah Valley University
3. Sabbatical Leave, Utah Valley University
4.Nominated for Utah Valley University Teacher of the Year Award
5. Recognition for having High Student Evaluations, Utah Valley University
6. Outstanding Teacher Award Nominee, University of Tennessee—Knoxville
7. Outstanding Teacher Award Nominee, University of Tennessee—Knoxville
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V. EDITOR AND FACULTY ADVISOR
1. Faculty Advisor for the Ski N’ Shred club
2. Faculty Advisor for the D.J. Productions club
3. Faculty Advisor for Beneficence: The Journal for Bioethical Inquiry
4. Editor, Bioethics Newsletter, Chico Community Hospitals, Chico, CA
5. Editor and Co-creator of the Student Bulletin, Society of Health and Human Values
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VII. GRANTS
1. $1000 translation money from Utah Russia for the Encyclopedic Dictionary on Globalization
2. Primary Investigator, Create and Develop an Ethics and Values Internet Course, $7,700
3. Primary Investigator, Create and Develop an Astronomy Internet Course, $7,700, UVU
4. Primary Investigator, Devised a medical ethics expert-system for both Macintosh and IBM platforms, $18,000 tripartite funding:
5. The University of Tennessee Research and Development Fund, $6,000,
6. The University of Tennessee College of Liberal Arts, $6,000, and
7. The University of Tennessee Department of Philosophy, $6,000
8. Software grants, $14,000, Apple, Bill Bright Industries, Silicon Beach and Nextpert
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SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH
1. ASTRONOMY: The Cosmic Journey, Computer Distance Learning Course
2. InterActive Software™, Creator and marketer of DrEthics™—philosophical expert-system for both Macintosh and IBM platforms
3. MudTech, Research and Development—drilling fluid and petroleum engineering industry, Portland, OR
4. Venture Innovations, Research and Development—drilling fluid and petroleum engineering industry, Houston, TX
5. Dresser Industries, Field Engineer—logging oil wells, Cody, WY
6. Geotechnical Engineering Corporation—drilling, sampling and logging soil formations, Minneapolis, MN