V. M. MILLESON Alden March Bioethics Institute Albany Medical College 47 New Scotland Ave., MC 153 Albany, NY 12208 millesv@mail.amc.edu (518) 262-7123 CURRENT APPOINTMENT Albany Medical College, July 2015 - Clinical Ethics Fellow, Alden March Bioethics Institute (July 2015 - ) PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS Arizona State University, August 2006 June 2015 Lincoln Teaching Ethics Postdoctoral Fellow, Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics (August 2014 June 2015) Affiliate Faculty/Instructor, Applied Ethics and the Professions program, School of Life Sciences (August 2014 June 2015) Affiliate Faculty, Biology and Society program, School of Life Sciences (August 2014 June 2015) Adjunct Faculty, Philosophy Department, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies (March 2014 July 2014) Curriculum Developer, Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics (January 2014 March 2014) Graduate Student Teaching Assistant, School of Life Sciences (January 2013 December 2013) Graduate Student Teaching Assistant, Philosophy Department, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies (August 2006 December 2011)
EDUCATION Ph.D. in Philosophy, 2012, Arizona State University Dissertation: Enhancement, Commodification, and Human Flourishing: or The Reason Why Human Enhancement is Wrong is Because it Leads to People Being Treated Like Pots Committee: Joan McGregor (chair), Jason Robert, Peter French M.S. in Biology (emphasis in bioethics), 2014, Arizona State University Thesis: The Theory, Practice and Future of Ethics Education in Science Committee: Jason Robert (chair), Joseph Herkert, Karin Ellison M.A. in Philosophy, 2011, Arizona State University B.A. in Philosophy (with highest distinction), 2006, University of Kansas Honors Essay: Hate Speech and Its Justifiable Restriction Supervisor: Don Marquis AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Bioethics (including Clinical Ethics and Medical Ethics) Ethics Ethics Education Philosophy of Technology Professional/Practical/Applied Ethics AREAS OF COMPETENCE Epistemology/Philosophy of Science Existentialism History of Philosophy Milleson, 2
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Albany Medical College 1. As Small Group Preceptor Health, Care and Society I, Fall 2015 Health, Care and Society II, Fall 2015 Arizona State University 1. As Sole Instructor Introduction to Philosophy, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2014 (online), Summer 2014 (online) Moral Reasoning (graduate-level), Fall 2013 (online), Spring 2015 Practical and Professional Ethics (graduate-level), Fall 2013 (online), Fall 2014 (online) 2. As Co-Teacher Practical and Professional Ethics (graduate-level, co-taught with Jason Robert), Fall 2013 (online) 3. As Innovative Teaching Assistant History and Philosophy of Sustainability (upper division), Spring 2013 4. As Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Bioethics (upper division), Spring 2009, Fall 2011 Existentialism (upper division), Spring 2010 History of Ancient Philosophy, Fall 2008 History of Modern Philosophy, Spring 2007 Introduction to Ethics, Fall 2006, Fall 2010 Introduction to Philosophy, Fall 2009, Spring 2011 UNDERGRADUATE SUPERVISION Honors Thesis Committee Reader for Shaylynn Veeder, The Bioethics of Cell-Free Fetal DNA Testing, Arizona State University, April 2014 Project Advisor for Stephanie Naufel, Nanotechnology, the Brain, and Personal Identity, Arizona State University, August 2008 May 2009 Milleson, 3
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT Developed a core curriculum of online courses, webinars and resources and in-person workshops for the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics Distinguished Teaching Academy, April 2014 June 2015 Assisted in the development of a pre-medical humanities undergraduate program curriculum, April 2014 June 2015 Developed courses for the Applied Ethics and the Professions MA program, August 2013 March 2014 Courses created for the AEP curriculum: o AEP 501: Practical and Professional Ethics (required for major) o AEP 590: Moral Reasoning (required for major) TEACHING DEVELOPMENT Teaching Development Courses, Arizona State University Advanced Scientific Teaching (Kathleen Hill, Spring 2013) College Teaching for Beginners (Dr. Nora Haenn, Spring 2007) Teaching Development Conferences and Boot Camps 16 th International Conference on Ethics Across the Curriculum (Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum, October 2014) Boot Camp for Teaching Online (two-week-long online intensive teaching boot camp facilitated by Marc Van Horne, Jason Denison, Vicki Harman, Chloe Wilson and Deanna Soth, hosted by ASU Online, Arizona State University, February 2014) Teaching Development Workshops (in-person) Using Google Sites, Docs and Forms (led by Amy Pate, Instructional Design and Technology Coordinator, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, December 2014) Active Learning with icourses (led by Amy Pate, Instructional Design and Technology Coordinator, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, November 2014) Active Learning with Concept Maps (led by Amy Pate, Instructional Design and Technology Coordinator, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, October 2014) elearning Demofest (afternoon workshop hosted by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Instructional Design and Technology, Arizona State University, September 2014) ASU Conduct Online Meetings and Office Hours with Adobe Connect 8.1 (led by Paul Stoll, UTO Training, Arizona State University, September 2014) Digital Portfolios Workshop (led by Amy Pate, Instructional Design and Technology Coordinator, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, September 2014) Milleson, 4
Applying the Quality Matters (QM) Rubric (full-day workshop facilitated by Irma Sandercock, Instructional Designer, and Justin Harding, Multimedia Producer, ASU Online, Arizona State University, September 2014) How To Actively Engage Your Students: A Workshop on Active Learning (full-day workshop co-hosted by the School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, March 2014) Participant in CLTE Faculty Book Club (Center for Learning and Teaching Excellence, Arizona State University) Classroom Assessment Techniques (8-Part Workshop Series led by Karen Bossen, Center for Learning and Teaching Excellence, Arizona State University) The Learning Cycle (3-Part Workshop Series led by Karen Bossen, Center for Learning and Teaching Excellence, Arizona State University) Teaching Development Workshops (on-line) Making Grading Easier by Creating Good Rubrics (webinar workshop led by Peter van Leusen, Instructional Design and Technology Coordinator, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Amy Pate, Instructional Design and Technology Coordinator, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, November 2014) How to Integrate Game-Based Learning Into Your Classroom (webinar hosted by PBS LearningMedia, November 2014) Peer Perfection: Peer Reviews, Grading, and Feedback (webinar workshop led by Peter van Leusen, Instructional Design and Technology Coordinator, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, October 2014) Web-Conferencing: Engaging your Online Students in Real Time! (webinar workshop led by Amy Pate, Instructional Design and Technology Coordinator, School of Life Sciences, and Peter van Leusen, Instructional Design and Technology Coordinator, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, September 2014) Brainstorm Blast (webinar workshop led by Amy Pate, Instructional Design and Technology Coordinator, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, August 2014) Game On! (webinar workshop led by Amy Pate, Instructional Design and Technology Coordinator, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, July 2014) Unique Assignments Using Web Apps (webinar workshop led by Amy Pate, Instructional Design and Technology Coordinator, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, July 2014) Student Pulse with Polling (webinar workshop led by Amy Pate, Instructional Design and Technology Coordinator, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, June 2014) Video Variety (webinar workshop led by Amy Pate, Instructional Design and Technology Coordinator, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, June 2014) Milleson, 5
PUBLICATIONS Articles Moral Theory in (Teaching) Professional Ethics: The State of the Debate (in progress) Human Enhancement as Commodification (in progress) Books (as Co-Editor) Frankenstein: A Critical Edition for Scientists and Engineers (proposal under review) Book Chapters Nanotechnology, the Brain and the Future: Ethical considerations. Nanotechnology, the Brain and the Future. (part of the Yearbook of Nanotechnology in Society series, Volume 3). Eds. Sean A. Hays, Jason Scott Robert, Clark A. Miller and Ira Bennett. New York, NY: Springer. 2012. (with Jason Scott Robert and Clark A. Miller) Introduction: Ethics and Anticipatory Governance of Nano-Neurotechnological Convergence. Nanotechnology, the Brain and the Future. (part of the Yearbook of Nanotechnology in Society series, Volume 3). Eds. Sean A. Hays, Jason Scott Robert, Clark A. Miller and Ira Bennett. New York, NY: Springer. 2012. Blogs A Stoic on Pluto, Bioethics Today, Alden March Bioethics Institute, July 2015 News The Science of Cryonics; a Recent Topic of the Bioethics Breakfast Club, Center for Biology and Society News & Events, Arizona State University, November 2014 PRESENTATIONS Turn Your Bioethics Course (or Lesson Module) Into A Game!, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Conference, Houston, TX, (upcoming) October 2015 Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath, Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics Speakeasy Series, Tempe, AZ, May 2015 Ethics Games, Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics Distinguished Teaching Academy in Applied Ethics Workshop Series, Tempe, AZ, April 2015 Ethics Cases and Controversies, Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics Distinguished Teaching Academy in Applied Ethics Workshop Series, Tempe, AZ, March 2015 Ethics is Everywhere, Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics Distinguished Teaching Academy in Applied Ethics Workshop Series, Tempe, AZ, February 2015 Milleson, 6
Ethics in Cryogenics, Bioethics Breakfast Club Breakfast Series, Tempe, AZ, September 2014 Nano, Ethics and the Brain Ethical Implications for the Convergence of Nanotechnology and Neuroscience, Center for Nanotechnology and Society Conference, Tempe, AZ, January 2009 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE, COLLABORATIONS AND INTERNSHIPS Co-Editor/Project Manager for Frankenstein Critical Edition book project, Spring 2015 - Built a database of pedagogical resources on how to teach (applied) ethics to non-philosophy students (e.g. students in science, business, pre-professional programs, etc.), August 2014-June 2015 Piloted and analyzed data on student perceptions of humans and human-nonhuman hybrids (e.g. androids and chimeras) using qualitative research methods, Spring 2012 Worked on team of law students and bioengineering students to analyze legal, scientific, philosophical and moral implications of differently functioning brains, Spring 2011 Bioethics Intern at Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, September 2008 May 2009 Member of Thematic Research Cluster 2 Human Identity, Enhancement and Biology End-to-End Assessment Research Group, Center for Nanotechnology and Society, Arizona State University, August 2008 May 2009 AWARDS AND HONORS Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Arizona State University, Spring 2012 University Graduate Scholar Award, Arizona State University, 2006-2009 Warner Morse Prize in Metaphysics and Epistemology, University of Kansas, 2006 Phi Beta Kappa, University of Kansas, 2005 Nelson Scholar (Humanities Scholarship), University of Kansas, 2005 Brownstein-Young Scholar (Philosophy Scholarship), University of Kansas, 2004 Kansas University Scholar, University of Kansas, 2003 Milleson, 7
SERVICE Volunteer Expert, Ask an Ethicist (part of Ask an Expert), Arizona State University, February 2015-June 2015 SafeZONE Ally, Arizona State University, November 2014-June 2015 Organizer/Host, Bioethics Breakfast Club (monthly bioethics meeting group for faculty and graduate students), Arizona State University, September 2014-May 2015 Lincoln-CLAS Residence Fellow, San Pablo, Arizona State University, January 2015-May 2015 Lincoln-CLAS Residence Fellow, Manzanita Hall, Arizona State University, August 2014-December 2014 Conference Reviewer, Southwest Graduate Conference, Arizona State University, 2011-2012 Director of Philosophy Student Art Display, Arizona State University, 2008-2009 Undergraduate Representative to Philosophy Department, University of Kansas, 2005-2006 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Philosophical Association American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum Milleson, 8