Thaddeus J. Kozinski, Ph.D.

586 Cross StLander, WY 82520

socratespelican@gmail.com 307-220-5520Curriculum Vitae as of December 2015

EDUCATION

The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.PH.D. PHILOSOPHY. Dissertation Defense, March 14, 2007. With Distinction. No Corrections.Dissertation: John Rawls, Jacques Maritain, and Alasdair MacIntyre on the Possibility of an Overlapping Political Consensus. Director: V. Bradley Lewis, Ph.D.

St. John’s College Graduate Institute, Annapolis, Maryland (1996-1998) MASTER OF LIBERAL ARTS, May 1998

Course work in philosophy, Latin, Greek, politics, theology, mathematics, science, and literature.

Villanova University, Villanova, PA (1991-1995) BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, COMPREHENSIVE SCIENCE, December, 1995 DOUBLE MINOR IN MATHEMATICS AND THEOLOGY Science course work in biology, chemistry, physics, and astronomy.

PROFESSORIAL EXPERIENCE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY, HUMANITIES, AND THEOLOGY Wyoming Catholic College, Lander, WY (since 2008) Courses: Sophomore Philosophy: Philosophy of Nature

Junior Philosophy (two courses): Ethics; Philosophy of ManSenior Philosophy (two courses): Politics; Metaphysics Senior Theology: Spiritual Theology Freshman Theology: Old Testament (fall, 2013)Freshman and Sophomore Humanities: Ancient Greek and Roman Literature, Philosophy, and HistorySenior Humanities (three courses): American Culture; Early Modern; Modern/Postmodern Freshman Trivium: Aristotle’s OrganonChair of Philosophy Committee, since 2012. Academic Council, 2014-2015.

ACADEMIC DEAN, LECTURER IN PHILOSOPHY Campion College, Old Toongabbie, NSW, Australia (2013-2014)

FELLOW, The Adler-Aquinas Institute, since 2012.

INSTRUCTOR, Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (2001, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013) Courses Taught at the College Level: Philosophy, Ethics.

TEACHER, Great Books Academy Online (2011-2014)

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy, Ontario (2007-2008)

Courses Taught: Medieval Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Ethics, Logic, Modern Philosophy.

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY, Christendom College, Front Royal, VA (2001) Courses Taught: History of Medieval Philosophy.

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ASSISTANT HEADMASTER, TEACHER: The Montfort Academy, Katonah, NY (2002-2005)

DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM: Created and implemented an entire four-year, high school, liberal arts curriculum and schedule. Created lecture series entitled Disputatio.

DIRECTOR OF STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT: Interviewed prospective teachers and students, recruited students and teachers, organized open houses.

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS: Networking, marketing, and website management.

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

LINGUISTIC EDITOR, Studia Gilsoniana, since 2012CONTENT DIRECTOR, POLITICS, Ethika Politika (2012-2014)

SPECIALIZATION

Platonic/Aristotelian/Thomistic political theory, ethics, and philosophy of man; political theology; modern political theory; virtue ethics; ethical and political thought of John Rawls, Alasdair MacIntyre and Jacques Maritain

COMPETENCE

Platonic/Aristotelian/Thomistic metaphysics; Aristotelian philosophy of nature; Ancient and medieval literature, history, and philosophy; postmodern ethical and political thought; philosophy of culture; Catholic social teaching; moral theology; history of ancient, medieval and early modern philosophy; early modern philosophy; Aristotelian logic;

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

MacIntyrean analysis of political culture of liberal democracies; the relation of comprehensive doctrines (religious and philosophical) to politics; political theology; postmodern political philosophy and theology (the Radical Orthodoxy movement); Charles Taylor; René Girard.

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS

Liberalism vs. the Logos. Angelico Press. Submitted, June, 2015 (under consideration).

The Political Problem of Religious Pluralism: And Why Philosophers Can’t Solve it. With a Foreword by Fr. James V. Schall. Lexington Books, July, 2010. Paperback, December, 2012.

PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES AND ESSAYS

“Rene Girard and Modernity’s Apocalypse.” In The Blueprint: Reflections, Debates and Propositions for a New Catholic Social Action Plan. Forthcoming, 2016.

“Modernity’s Soteriology.” In Proceedings from Transcending Dualisms Conference, May, 2014. JPII Institute for Marriage and Family. Forthcoming, May, 2015.

“Catholic Education and the Cult of Theistic Evolution.” The Imaginative Conservative. June, 2015.

“Charlie Hebdo, 911, and the Satanic Sacred.” In We are not Charlie Hebdo. Edited by Kevin Barrett. Khadir Press. April, 2015.

- 3 -“Apeiron.” New Catholic Encyclopedia. Edited by Dr. Robert Fastiggi. 2013.

“The Relative Absoluteness of Truth.” Ethika Politika. February, 2013.

“A New Christendom: Can Christianity Breathe Life into Modernity?” ABC Religion and Ethics. November, 2012.

“Why the Christian College and Christian Philosopher Need Each Other.” Front Porch Republic. October, 2012.

“Jacques Maritain, HHS, and the Failure of American Pluralism.” Ethika Politika. October, 2012.

“Can there be Statesmen?” Anamnesis: A Journal for the Study of Tradition, Place, and ‘Things Divine.’ October, 2012.

“Mirari Vos.” Catholic Encyclopedia of Social Thought. Edited by Richard Myers. Fall 2012.

“Religious Pluralism.” Catholic Encyclopedia of Social Thought. Edited by Richard Myers. Fall 2012.

“The End of Modernity.” First Things “On the Square.” June, 2012.

“William Cavanaugh, Radical Orthodoxy, and the Myth of the State.” Modern Age. Winter, 2012.

“Caritas in Veritate: A Postmodern Encyclical.” In “Symposium on Caritas in Veritate.” Catholic Social Science Review. Fall 2011.

“Turning to an Empty Subject: A Reponse to R.J. Snell's God, Religion, and the New Natural Law.” Anamnesis: A Journal for the Study of Tradition, Place, and ‘Things Divine.’ August, 2011.

What’s Good? Wherefore Ought?” Public Discourse. May 11, 2011.

“The Good, the Right, and Theology.” Anamnesis: A Journal for the Study of Tradition, Place, and ‘Things Divine.’ March 16, 2011.

“Modernity: Disease and Cure.” Second Spring. Vol. 14, Spring, 2011.

“Why Modern, Liberal, Pluralist, Secularist Democracies Cannot Educate Themselves.” Lehrman American Studies Center. Modern Age. Spring, 2010.

“Sertillanges’ The Intellectual Life.” Lehrman American Studies Center. October, 2010. “The Good Philosopher and the Good Liberal Arts College.” Lehrman American Studies Center. September, 2009.

“Becoming Children of Modernity.” Modern Age. Vol. 51, No.2, Spring, 2009.

“Relativism: Preambula Fidei?” Faith and Reason. Fall, 2009.

“Sophistry on the Right.” Social Justice Review. Vol. 100, No. 7-8, July-August, 2009.

“Must Secular Rights Fail?” The Immanent Frame.

“We’re All Traditionalists Now: The Priority of Praxis over Theoria in the Culture War.” Life and Learning. Vol. XVII, 2007.

“Alasdair MacIntyre’s Political Liberalism.” The Political Science Reviewer. Volume XXXVI, 2007.

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“Alasdair MacIntyre vs. Pragmatic Liberalism.” Telos. Vol. 143, 2008.REVIEWS

Stratford Caldecott. The Radiance of Being: Dimensions of Cosmis Christianity. Tacoma, WA: Angelico Press. 2013. Forthcoming in The Thomist, 2015.

Scott Cowdell. Rene Girard and Secular Modernity. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2013. Forthcoming in The Thomist, 2015.

Ryan N.S. Topping. Rebuilding Catholic Culture. Sophia Institute Press, 2013. Forthcoming in St. Austin Review.

Glenn W. Olsen. On the Road to Emmaus: The Catholic Dialogue with America & Modernity. CUA Press, 2012. Forthcoming in Anamnesis.

J. Budziszewki. What We Can’t Not Know: A Guide. Ignatius Press, 2011. Forthcoming in StAR.

Charles Taylor. Dilemmas and Connections: Selected Essays. Harvard University Press, 2011. Reviewed in Review of Metaphysics. Forthcoming, 2013.

Glenn W. Olsen, The Turn to Transcendence. CUA Press, 2010. Reviewed in St. Austin Review. January/February, 2013.

Kurt Pritzl, O.P., Ed. Truth: Studies of a Robust Presence. CUA Press, 2009. Reviewed in The Review of Metaphysics. Spring 2011.

Nicholas Wolterstorff, Justice: Rights and Wrongs. Princeton University Press. 2008. Reviewed in Catholic Social Science Review. Vol XV, 2010.

“After Philosophy.” Alasdair MacIntyre, God, Philosophy, Universities: A Selective History of the Catholic Philosophical Tradition. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009. Reviewed in Modern Age. Fall, 2010.

Tracey Rowland, Ratzinger’s Faith: The Theology of Pope Benedict XVI. Oxford University Press, 2008. Reviewed in Catholic Social Science Review. Vol XIV, 2009.

Sarjit A. Sidhu, Rawls, Political Philosophy, and Religion (unpublished thesis). Reviewed for Mr. Sidhu’s application for doctoral studies at the University of Oxford.

“Edith Stein: Phenomenology Baptized.” Alasdair MacInrye, Edith Stein: A Philosophical Prologue: 1913-1922. Reviewed in The Catholic Social Science Review. Volume XII, 2007.

James Schall, Schall on Chesterton. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2002). Reviewed in The Review of Metaphysics. Vol. 55, No.2, 2001.

Daniel McInerny (Ed.), The Common Things: Essays on Thomism and Education (Washington, D.C: Catholic University of America Press for American Maritain Association, 1999), reviewed in The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 54, No. 4, June 2001.

John Kekes, A Case for Conservatism by John Kekes (Cornell: Cornell University Press, 2001), reviewed in The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 54, No. 1, Sept., 2000.

Randall Paine, The Universe and Mr. Chesterton (La Salle: IL, Open Court, 1999), reviewed in The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 54, No.3, March 2001.

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Peter A. Redpath, Cartesian Nightmare: An Introduction to Transcendental Sophistry (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1997), reviewed in The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 52, No. 4, June 1999.

PRESENTATIONS/CONFERENCES/AWARDS

“Modernity: It’s not What You Think.” Presented at Wyoming Catholic College for the Intercollegiate Institute Studies Lecture Series, October 23, 2015.

“The Confessional State is not an Option.” Presented at All Saints Church, Minneapolis, MN, October 3, 2015.

“There’s No Such Thing as Free Speech, and it’s a Sacred Thing Too.” Presented at International Society for MacIntyrean Enquiry, St. Louis University, July 23, 2015.

“Modernity’s Soteriology.” Presented at Transcending Dualisms in Theological Anthropology, John Paul II Institute, Melbourne, May 8, 2014.

Pray, Don’t Worry, Be Happy.” Presented at Campion College, Toongabbie, March 4, 2014.

“What Good are the Liberal Arts? A Defense of Uselessness.” Presented at King’s College, Bristol, Tennessee, September 30, 2013.

Fides et Ratio Seminar: Church Fathers and Doctors. St. Thomas More College, Merrimack, NH, May 19-25, 2012.

“Scapegoating: Then and Now” and “The End of Modernity.” Presented at annual meeting of the Ciceronian Society, University of Virginia, March 29-April 1.

Radical Emancipation: Confronting the Challenge of Secularism. Session Chair: “Joy, Antidote for the Sadness in Secularism.” Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, Notre Dame, IN, Nov. 10-12, 2011.

Fides et Ratio Seminar: 20th and 21st Century Catholic Intellectual Tradition. Wyoming Catholic College, Summer, 2011.

Aristotle on Meaning and Truth. National Endowment for the Humanities summer seminar for scholars and professors, San Diego State University, June 21-July 16, 2010.

“Why the Good Christian Philosopher and the Good Christian University Need Each Other.” Presented at the Inaugural North American International Étienne Gilson Society Congress, Loyola University, Baltimore, MD, Oct. 1-3, 2009.

“Are We All Cavemen? Looking at Ourselves Through the Eyes of Plato.” Presented at Wyoming Catholic College for its Sharing the Wisdom lecture series, February 17, 2009.

“Alasdair MacIntyre and Tradition-Constituted Theological Rationality.” Presented at 2007 annual meeting of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists, St. John’s University, New York, Oct. 26-27, 2007.

“Why Political Philosophy Must Fail.” Presented (by proxy) at the International Symposium “Pluralism, Politics and God: Considering Rational Theism in the Public Sphere?” McGill University, Montreal,September 13-15, 2007.

Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Miller Summer Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder. Awarded a scholarship to participate in seminars and workshops on the principles of the American Founding, July 30-August 11, 2007.

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“We are all Traditionalists Now.” Presented at the 2007 University Faculty for Life Conference, Villanova University, June 1-3, 2007.

“The Catholic School in the Pluralist Polis.” Presented at the 2005 Annual National Meeting of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH, Oct. 28-29, 2005.

“Jacques Maritain’s Democratic Faith: Heretical or Orthodox?” Presented at 2002 annual meeting of the American Maritain Association, Princeton University, October 17-20.

“How to Unlock Locke, Catch Fish, and Settle the Just Bounds of Church and State.” Presented as a selected participant for a two-week summer seminar on religion in the public square at the Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto, June 19, 2002.

“At the Limits of Politics.” Presented at the University of Toronto annual philosophy conference, “The Legitimate State,” May, 2002.

“Letting the Things Speak for Themselves: Aristotle on Endoxic Dialectic.” Presented at Catholic University for “A Symposium on Ancient Philosophy,” April 7, 2000, and at Villanova, March, 2000.

Essay Contest Winner, Lord Acton Institute (1997), “A Nation in Religious Denial.”

George Washington Fellows Program in Religion and Public Life, Discovery Institute. Studying under Dr. John West, I examined the historical relationship of religion and civil society, Seattle, WA, 1996.

Institute for Humane Studies, Lord Acton Institute, Philadelphia Society, Wanderer Forum. Attended various conferences on full scholarships, 1996-1999.

St. Paisius Missionary School, Forestville, California. An academic program of over one-hundred hours of course work in philosophy and theology, summer, 1995.

“Chance or the Dance,” Cambridge, England. Earned three credits for independent research on the relationship between natural science and theology, summer, 1994

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Fellowship of Catholic Scholars (present)International Socirty of MacIntyrean Enquiry (present)Adler-Aquinas Institute Council of Fellows (present)International Étienne Gilson Society (present)American Catholic Philosophical Association (present) American Philosophical Association (past)Society of Catholic Social Scientists (past)American Maritain Association (past)

Highlands Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought (past) National Association of Scholars (past)