WINSTON CHARLES THOMPSON, PHD University of New Hampshire Department of Education 310 Morrill Hall, 62 College Road Durham, New Hampshire 03824-2601 Mobile: (954) 260-6916 winston.thompson@unh.edu Education: Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City, NY Ph.D. (with distinction), Philosophy and Education, May 2011 Dissertation Title: Towards a Higher Degree of Justice: Considering Fairness and Capability in Higher Educational Access Advisor: Professor David Hansen Ed.M., Higher and Post-Secondary Education (Specialization in International/Comparative Analysis), 2006 M.A., Higher and Post-Secondary Education, 2005 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida B.A., Philosophy, minors in Religion & Sociology, 2004 Research Interests: Philosophy of Education, Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Access and Retention in Higher Education, Justice, Applied Philosophy, Educational Policy University Teaching Experience: Current position: The University of New Hampshire, Assistant Professor of Education, 2012 - Present (Visiting Assistant Professor of Education, 2012-13) Alternative Perspectives on the Nature of Education (EDUC 705/805) Philosophy of Education (EDUC 986) Independent Study Supervision (EDUC 795): - Socratic Justice and the Philosophical Anthropology of Formation Previous Positions: Steinhardt School of Education Culture and Human Development, New York University, Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Education, 2011 2012 Globalization and Education (INTE-GE 2805) Intl. Perspectives on Human Rights Education (INTE-GE 2809) Intl. Approaches to Restorative Justice and Education (INTE-GE 2815) Autonomy, Authority and Anarchism in Education (INTE-UE 12)
Thompson 2 Independent Study Supervision: - Philosophical and Global Studies of Progressive Education - Construction and Contestation of National Myths: Education and Identity Teachers College, Columbia University, Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2011 Critical Perspectives in Philosophy and Education: Justice (A&HF 5190) Hofstra University, Instructor, 2007-2009 Philosophy of Education (FDED 127) Teachers College, Columbia University, Co-Instructor/TA, 2007 Philosophies of Education (A&HF 4090) K-12 Teaching: Instructor, Brooklyn Free School, 2010 Moral Philosophy Logic Publications: On Educational Obligations (Under Review) The Capabilities Approach as a Companion, Rather than a Competitor, to Rawlsian Perspectives on Educational Value and Access (Under Review) Idols, Happiness, and the Pursuit of the Educational Ideal, Philosophy and Education 2013, Cris Mayo (Ed.), (Urbana, IL: Philosophy and Education Society): (2014) (Forthcoming) Balancing the World: Reflective Equilibrium and the Invitation to Openness and Loyalty, Book Symposium on The Teacher and the World: A Study of Cosmopolitanism as Education, by David Hansen in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Forthcoming) What s Left Behind: Three Questions for Meira Levinson, in Review Symposium of Meira Levinson, No Citizen Left Behind (with Duarte, E.; Moses, M.; Sayles-Hannon, S.; Wheeler-Bell, Q.), in Studies in Philosophy and Education 32(4), 2013 Review of What is Education? by Philip W. Jackson, in Journal of Philosophy of Education 46(3), 2012, 493-496 The Ballot or the Blog Post: Creating a Political Self Through, and in Spite of, Social Media, Critical Questions in Education 3(2), 2012, pp. 105-116
Thompson 3 Equal Educational Opportunity: Some Considerations from the Capabilities Approach, in The Capability Approach on Social Order. (Preface by Martha Nussbaum) Niels. Weidtmann, Yanti. Hölzchen, and Bilal. Hawa (Eds.), (Munster; LIT Verlag, 2012): pp. 172-186 Reconsidering Tolerance Education: Should We Recover Tolerance or Replace It with Hospitality? Philosophy and Education 2010, Gert Biesta (Ed.), (Urbana, IL: Philosophy and Education Society): (2011) Review of Power, Protest, and the Public Schools: Jewish and African American Struggles in New York City by Melissa Weiner, in Teachers College Record, Date Published: November 15, 2010 Review of Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Diverse Populations by Shaun R. Harper & Stephen J. Quaye (Eds.), in Teachers College Record, Date Published: January 16, 2009 Conference Presentations: A New Minimum?: Considering Two Thresholds for Educational Access, Philosophy and Education Society Annual Meeting. Portland, Oregon, 2013 Making the Aristotelian Connection: Linking Nussbaum s Capabilities Approach with Rawlsian Views of Education. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, 2013 The Flawed Foundations of Affirmative Action Policies in Higher Education. Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2012 Pushing the Boundaries: Access to Higher Education and the Obligations of Global Justice. Comparative and International Education Society 56th Annual Meeting, San Jaun, Puerto Rico, 2012 Reframing Access to, Instruction in, and Alternatives beyond the University: Formative Justice and Post-Secondary Education. American Educational Research Association, 2012 Conference. Vancouver, British Columbia. 2012 Probing the Relationship between Education and Politics: Justice in the Institution. Middle Atlantic States Philosophy and Education Society Annual Meeting. New York City, New York, 2012 To Whom Do We Owe Access to Higher Education?: A Critique of and Commentary from Rawlsian Perspectives. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Autumn 2011 conference. Vancouver, British Columbia, 2011
Thompson 4 Creating a Political Self Through, and in Spite of, Social Media. Academy for Educational Studies 2011 Critical Questions in Education conference. Kansas City, Missouri, 2011 Reconsidering Ability and Motivation: Relevance and Responsibility in Equal Educational Opportunity. Middle Atlantic States Philosophy and Education Society Annual Meeting. New York City, New York, 2011 Equal Educational Opportunity: Some Considerations from the Capabilities Approach, The Capabilities Approach on Social Order, Forum Scientiarum, Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen, Germany, 2010 Ideal Vs Non-Ideal Theory: How Does this Debate Bear upon Educational Issues? Philosophy and Education Society Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California, 2010 Political Possibilities: Locating the University in Arendt s Educational Thought Graduate Student Conference on Philosophy and Education Annual Conference. Montreal, Quebec, 2009 Access and Higher Education: Towards a Deweyan Democracy Graduate Student Conference on Philosophy and Education. New York City. New York, 2008 "The Eroding Shape of the River: Dewey, Laclau and a Philosophical Perspective on the Changing Face of Affirmative Action in Higher Education". American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. New York City, New York, 2008 Religiosity and Higher Education American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, 2007 Invited Responses Envisioning Education for Civic Engagement, Author Meets Critics Commentary on No Citizen Left Behind, by Meira Levinson. Philosophy and Education Society Annual Meeting. Portland, Oregon, 2013 Idols, Happiness, and the Pursuit of the Educational Ideal Philosophy and Education Society Annual Meeting. Portland, Oregon, 2013 Education, Social Action, and Public Discourse: Rediscovering and Reconceptualizing a Shared Humanity New York University International Education Conference. NYU, New York City, New York, 2012 Reflective Reflexive Equilibrium or Reflective Loyalty and Openness Colloquium Series /Book Launch Commentary on The Teacher and the World: A Study of Cosmopolitanism as Education, by David Hansen. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City, New York, 2011
Thompson 5 Reconsidering Tolerance Education: Should We Recover Tolerance or Replace It with Hospitality? Philosophy and Education Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 2010 Other Presentations Reflections on Rawls Race and Education Orrs Island Philosophy of Education Summer Retreat, Aberdeen-by-the-Sea, Orrs Island, Maine, 2013 What Do We Want From a Theory of Educational Justice? Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City, New York, 2011 Awards: William Heard Kilpatrick Fellow, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York, 2007 TC General Scholarship, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York, 2006 Minority Student Financial Grant, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York, 2005-2008 Professional Membership: Academy for Educational Studies American Educational Research Association Association for the Study of Higher Education Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Middle Atlantic States Philosophy and Education Society Philosophy and Education Society Philosophy and Education Society of Great Britain Service: Scholarly Communications Director: AERA Philosophical Studies in Education SIG (2013-2015) Reviewer: Philosophy and Education 2013 Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Democracy and Education Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Cambridge Journal of Education Reviewer: Philosophy and Education 2010
Thompson 6 Program Committee Member/ Reviewer: Middle Atlantic States Philosophy and Education Society, 2010 University Coordinator: New Hampshire Scholars as Educators Program (NHSEP), UNH Education Department (2013 Present) Coordinator: Global Citizenship & Community Engagement Scholarly Interest Group, UNH Education Department (2013 Present) Member: Doctoral Advising Committee, UNH Education Department (2013- Present) Member: Executive Committee, UNH Education Department (2013-2015) Non-Voting Member: Promotion and Tenure Committee, UNH Education Department (2012-2013) Other Participant: Philosophy and Education Society of Great Britain Summer School on Social Justice and Education, Roehampton University, London England, 2008 Other Employment: Graduate Hall Director, Office of Residential Programs, Columbia University, New York, New York, 2006 2011 Student Groups Advisor, Office of Student Development and Activities, Columbia University, New York, New York, 2005 2007 Special Projects and Skills Extensive interactions with NELS:88 dataset via SPSS and STATA (multivariate regression analysis) Past Research Assistant to Drs. David Hansen and Megan Laverty Academic Advisor and Presenter, Insight Media: 18 th and 19 th Century Educational Philosophers / Progressive Education Documentary, 2008 Author of an annotated bibliography creating a field of study in Political and Social Philosophy in the Philosophy and Education doctoral program, Teachers College, Columbia University References available upon request