JOHN W. WOELL. CURRENT POSITION ALBION COLLEGE, Albion, Michigan Associate Provost Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies 2012-

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1 JOHN W. WOELL Albion College 611 East Porter Street Albion, MI Phone: (517) Fax: (517) Cell: (336) CURRENT POSITION ALBION COLLEGE, Albion, Michigan Associate Provost Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies PREVIOUS POSITIONS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO, Greensboro, North Carolina Assistant Dean, Lloyd International Honors College GREENSBORO COLLEGE, Greensboro, North Carolina Director, The George Center for Honors Studies Chair, Department of Religion Professor of Philosophy and Religion Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion EDUCATION CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY Ph.D., Religion 2002 M.A., Philosophy 2000 Specialization: Philosophy of Religion and Theology VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY M.A., Religion 1995 VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY B.A., Humanities and Theology 1993 SELECTED LEADERSHIP ROLES PROJECT DEVELOPMENT Assurance System Coordinator, Albion College Work with Reaffirmation Team to develop Quality Initiative for HLC; help develop system for managing evidence file; coordinate access and roles; organize, compile, and edit arguments and documents Career and Internship Center Renovation, Albion College 2013

2 John W. Woell 2 Worked with Career and Internship Center staff, facilities, purchasing, and external agencies on plan for renovation, allocation of space, and development of proposals; implemented communication plan; oversaw technology purchase and implementation Sustainability Theme Year Albion College Developed framework for theme year with committee of faculty and staff; scheduled speakers for Sustainability Speakers Series; managed weekly communications for activities and events Albion Advantage, Albion College Developed new language and programming with President and Provost; liaised with marketing and communications for website launch; wrote weekly success story updates for internal communications New Faculty Orientation, Albion College Create programming for orientation day; convene new faculty for bi-weekly meetings with campus constituencies; maintain communication with new and visiting faculty Faculty Mentoring Program, Albion College Match second-year faculty with senior mentors; convene new faculty and mentors twice per semester to discuss goals and progress; train new faculty and mentors First-Year Experience, Albion College 2013 Developed community service project for opening weekend with faculty, staff, and community constituencies; worked with program coordinator and mentors to create meaningful service and community integration Disciplinary Honors, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Created programming and developed relationships to grow disciplinary honors; built database for student tracking Honors Orientation, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Directed summer and fall orientation and registration efforts; managed student teams for peer advising Strategic Planning, Greensboro College Worked with campus committee on short-term strategies to improve enrollment; developed recruitment and financial aid plans for George Center for Honors Studies; created assessment and reporting tools EXTERNAL GRANTS AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT Humanities Lab, Albion College Developed grant proposal to Mellon Foundation with faculty and administration; plan symposia, workshops, and initial labs; create resources for implementation; supervise initial programming and position descriptions

3 John W. Woell 3 NetVUE Grant, Albion College Led grant initiative from early conversations in February 2013 to receipt of grant in November 2013; responsible for all aspects of planning and writing; assembled implementation team from all administrative divisions; leading implementation New Directions Initiative Campus Liaison, Albion College Facilitate grant applications from faculty; schedule visits from GLCA grant coordinator; monitor grant funded activities AAC&U Bringing Theory to Practice Grant, Albion College 2013 Convened faculty and developed grant proposal to raise awareness regarding net-zero housing; coordinated projects with local Habitat for Humanity Site Visitor Grant, Greensboro College 2011 Wrote successful grant to National Collegiate Honors Council for external review of the George Center for Honors Studies Portz Grant for Program Development, Greensboro College 2010 Wrote successful grant to National Collegiate Honors Council to create community garden to supply vegetables for local food bank SHARED GOVERNANCE Budget, Salaries, and Benefits Committee, Albion College Serve as Provost s designee; review and recommend capital equipment and departmental budget requests; assisted with creation of committee working rules Faculty Development Committee, Albion College Serve as Provost s designee; review and recommend sabbatical applications; review and recommend internal grant requests Assessment Committee, Albion College Serve as Provost s Designee; review and respond to departmental assessment reports; assemble team for Higher Learning Committee Assessment Workshop Institutional Review Board, Albion College Review proposals for research on human subjects Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Albion College Inspect facilities and review proposals for research on animals Faculty Affairs Committee, Greensboro College Chaired committee in ; authored proposal to change policy for first-year faculty pay; co-authored Strategic Planning Proposal for faculty salaries; formed and chaired ad hoc committee on Human Subjects Research; evaluated sabbatical leave applications; supervised revisions to faculty handbook

4 John W. Woell 4 Budget Advisory Committee, Greensboro College Reviewed college budget; established budgetary targets and priorities; altered membership of committee; reviewed processes and procedures for committee Strategic Planning Committee, Greensboro College Reviewed and prioritized strategic planning proposals from all campus constituencies Research and Professional Development Committee, Greensboro College Chaired committee from ; reviewed human subjects research applications; awarded faculty summer grants; managed change in procedures for graduate student thesis proposals George Center for Honors Studies Committee, Greensboro College Helped develop and implement Great Books curriculum; evaluated undergraduate thesis proposals Institutional Assessment Committee, Greensboro College Reviewed processes and procedures for program assessments; evaluated program standing objectives, assessments, and reviews; managed general education assessment SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS Response to Davison s On the Intrinsic Value of Everything Society for Philosophy of Religion, 2014 Peirce, James, and a Pragmatic Philosophy of Religion Continuum/Bloomsbury, 2012 and 2013 Belief and Doubt, Truth and Satisfaction Society for the Philosophy of Religion, 2011 Process and Pragmatism: Response to Hustwit and Hulbert Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, 2010 Truth as Expedient Society for Philosophy of Religion, 2009 Process Theology and the Problem of Evil (with Tom Howe) Religion Compass, (Vol. 3, October 2008) Believing on Insufficient Evidence Greensboro College, Ethics across the Curriculum, 2008 Under-determination and Moral Reasoning Greensboro College, Ethics across the Curriculum, 2006

5 John W. Woell 5 Ambiguity and Truth in The Will to Believe Society for Philosophy of Religion, 2006 Reasons, Reasoning, and the Press: Response to Brian Birch Teaching Ethics (Vol. 6, no. 1, Fall 2005) The Vocation of Peacemaking (with Philip Amerson) Practices for Peacemaking, Pilgrim Press, 2005 Institutional Dementia and Oedipal Blindness: A Pragmatic Response Mid-South Sociology Conference, 2005 The Proliferation of Pragmatisms: A Call for Restraint American Academy of Religion, Annual Meeting, 2003 The Object of Objectivity: The Conditions for Knowledge in Kant and Peirce American Academy of Religion, Western Region, 2001 Pragmatic Metaphysics? Kant and Peirce on Reality and the Fated End of Inquiry American Academy of Religion, Annual Meeting, 2000 WORK IN PROGRESS ARTICLE: Utilitarianism, Pragmatism, and Religion BOOK: Pragmatism and Philosophy of Religion RESEARCH: The Jeffersonian compromise and the public/private distinction in the separation of church and state INTEREST: Design Thinking (supported by New Directions Initiative grant ) INTRODUCTORY COURSES Honors 101: Honors Colloquium Honors 102: Western Ideas II Honors 202: Non-Western Ideas Philosophy 201: Fundamental Questions Philosophy 202: Self and Society FYS 101: Religion and Popular Culture Religion 201: World Religions Religion 210: Christian Theology WGS 201: Introduction to Women s Studies RECENT COURSES TAUGHT UPPER-LEVEL COURSES Honors 206: Arguing about God Honors 206: Skeptics and Skepticisms Religion 360: Contemporary Theology Philosophy 360: Philosophy of Religion Philosophy 368: Women and Philosophy Philosophy 369: Truth Philosophy 310: Dialogues and Dogmas Honors 305: Aesthetics Philosophy 369: American Philosophy AWARDS, GRANTS, AND HONORS GLCA New Directions Initiative Grant

6 John W. Woell 6 Moore Professor Award Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Summer Grant 2008 Nominee, Virginia Clarke Gray Award for Exemplary Teaching 2006, 2007 Bryan Foundation Summer Faculty Research Grant 2007, 2005 George Foundation Summer Faculty Development Grant 2006, 2004 Claremont Graduate University Dissertation Grant Participant, Erasmus Institute Summer Graduate Seminar 2001 Graduate Travel Award 2001 Christ College Scholar 1993 Senior Honors 1993 PROFESSIONAL PARTICIPATION AND DEVELOPMENT Participant, CUR Creative Inquiry in the Arts and Humanities Institute 2014 Facilitator, Design Thinking Executive School 2014 Management Development Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education 2014 Participant, Design Thinkers Bootcamp 2014 Participant, HLC Assessment Workshop 2014 Site Visitor, National Collegiate Honors Council Small Colleges Committee, National Collegiate Honors Council Partners in the Parks Committee, National Collegiate Honors Council AAC&U Network for Academic Renewal 2008 Seminar Leader, Ethics Across the Curriculum, Greensboro College 2006 Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, Greensboro College SERVICE AND INVOLVEMENT Presidential Search Committee Interim Presidential Search Committee 2009 Internal Review Committee Religion Search Committee Honors Thesis Advisor 2003 and 2009 OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CLAREMONT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, Claremont, California Teaching Fellow and Research Assistant HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE, Claremont, California Instructor in Humanities 2002 CLAREMONT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, Claremont, California Lecturer HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE, Claremont, California Teaching Assistant in Humanities UNIVERSITY OF LAVERNE, Laverne, California Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy 2000

7 John W. Woell 7 CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY, Claremont, California Teaching Assistant in Religion 2000 NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE, Traverse City, Michigan Adjunct Instructor of Humanities VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY, Valparaiso, Indiana Teaching Assistant in Christ College 1992 Higher Learning Commission American Academy of Religion Society for the Philosophy of Religion American Philosophical Association Charles S. Peirce Society National Collegiate Honors Council PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS