February 2008
David L. Rouse
Professor of Philosophy
The University of Virginia's College at Wise
Wise VA 24293
Office Phone: (276) 376-4577
Home Phone: (276) 328-9325
E-mail: dlr9g@uvawise.edu

EDUCATION

• B. A. (Philosophy), University of Kentucky, 1968.
• M. Div. (Systematic Theology), Lexington Theological Seminary, 1971. (Thesis: Language, Ontology and Church)
• M. A., Ph. D. (Philosophy), Vanderbilt University, 1973, 1974. (Dissertation: The Form and Content Of Social Life: An Examination of Marx's Materialism)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• The University of Virginia's College at Wise (Formerly Clinch Valley College), 1983-present.
• University of San Francisco, College of Professional Studies, 1981-1983.
• California State College, Bakersfield, 1974-1982.
• Vanderbilt University, 1972-1973.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Coordinator of Appalachian Studies, University of Virginia’s College at Wise, 2003-present.
• Honors Program Director, University of Virginia's College at Wise, 1987-91.
• Director of Freshman Advising Program, University of Virginia's College at Wise, 1990-91.

PUBLICATIONS

• Entries on "Classification" and "Organism." American Philosophy:An Encyclopedia. John Lachs and Robert b. Talisse, editors. Routledge, 2007.
• "Natural Resources and Environment of Appalachia," with L. Sue Greer-Pitt. A Handbook to Appalachia, Grace Toney Edwards, JoAnn Aust Asbury, Ricky L. Cox, editors. University of Tennessee Press, 2006.
• “Race, Gender, and the Poverty Line: Black Women in Clinchco,” with Mary Darcy O’Quinn. The Women of Appalachia Conference Proceedings. Zanesville: Ohio University, 2004.
• Review of William R. Haycraft, Yellow Steel: The Story of the Earthmoving Equipment Industry. Journal of Appalachian Studies, vol. 9, no. 7 (Fall 2003).
• Review of John Alexander Williams, Appalachia: A History. The Smithfield Review, vol. 7, 2003.
• "Review of Cornel West, Keeping Faith: Philosophy and Race in America," Radical Philosophy Review of Books, no. 14 (1996).
• "Wastes Seek Wasted Lands," The Newsletter of the Coalition for Jobs and the Environment vol. 7,no. 5, (January/February, 1997).
• "Review of Tom Rockmore, Irrationalism: Lukács and the Marxist View of Reason, Radical Philosophy Review of Books, no. 10 (1994).
• "Review of Cornel West, The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought", Radical Philosophy Review of Books, no. 7 (1993).
• "NEXA Dissemination at California State College, Bakersfield," in Beyond Two Cultures: Proceedings Of The NEXA/CSUC Dissemination Conference, David Meridith and Michael Gregory, eds. San Francisco: San Francisco State University, 1981.
• "Mediation And Rights In Hocking," in The Doctrine of Interpretation: Building Community Out Of Conflict, J. A. Kegley, ed. Hayward: California State University, 1979.
• "Tax Revolt: Consumership Rather Than Citizenship," U. S. A. Today, January, 1979.
• "Marx's Materialist Concept of Democracy," Philosophy Research Archives, II, 1 (1976).
• "Doing Things With God," Lexington Theological Seminary Quarterly, April, 1971.

ADDRESSES

• “Natural Resources and the Environment,” Appalachian Teachers Network Conference, Radford University, Oct. 30, 2004.
• “Politics of Coal,” The Coal Summit, sponsored by Appalachian Voices, Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, and Citizens Coal Council, June 22, 2002.
• “There Is A Law: The Clean Water Act and the Appalachian Coalfields,” Eastern Kentucky University Earth Day Lecture, April 17, 2002.
• "What Appalachian Communities Need To Be Politically Effective Today: A Roundtable on Richard Couto's Making Democracy Work Better," Appalachian Studies Conference, Knoxville TN, March 25, 2000.
• "Miners, Markets, and Multinationals: A Regional/Global Dialectic," Appalachian Studies Conference, Abington VA, March 21, 1999.
• "Derelict Landscapes: The Taxing Experience of Wise County VA," with Darlene Wilson, Appalachian Studies Conference, Boone NC, March 1998.
• "Multiple Forms of Capitals," panel on Critical Regionalism and Globalization, Appalachian Studies Conference, Ft. Mitchell KY, March 16. 1997.
• "Contested Exchange as a Model for Understanding Resistance and Quiescence," Appalachian Studies Conference, Unicoi State Park, Helen GA, March 31, 1996.
• "Philosophy, Prophesy and Race in America: The Developing Thought of Cornel West." Clinch Valley College Faculty Colloquium, February 21, 1996.
• "Land Use Ethics and Regional Studies," presented to the Society for Philosophy and Georgraphy, Central Division, American Philosophical Association, April 28, 1995.
• "Land Use Ethics in Appalachia," presented to Appalachian Studies Conference, Morgantown WVA, March 18, 1995, and the Clinch Valley College Faculty Colloquium, November 11, 1994.
• "Land Use Ethics and Coal Combustion By-Products," presented to the Appalachian Symposium of the Waste Policy Institute, VPI & SU, Blacksburg VA, August 15, 1994.
• "The University, Research, and Conflict of Interests: The Case of the Powell River Project," presented to the Sludge Symposium, co-sponsored by the West Virginia Environmental Training Center and the West Virginia University Extension, July 7, 1992.
• "The Commons and Corporatism," presented to the Southern Appalachian Roundtable, Clinch Valley College, June 6, 1992.
• "Law as Rhetoric: Moving Beyond Dworkin," presented at Vanderbilt University, October, 1988.
• "Law as Interpretation: An Examination of Dworkin's Law's Empire", presented to the Clinch Valley College Faculty Colloquium, September, 1988.
• "Philosophy and Rhetoric," Presented to the Clinch Valley College Faculty Colloquium, December, 1987.
• "Due Process, Privacy and Personal Autonomy," presented at the Wise County, Virginia, Courthouse as part of the Constitutional Biencentennial, sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, Oct. 8, 1987.
• "Can The Mind Be Modeled By a Computer Program?" delivered at Emory and Henry College, Jan. 16, 1986.
• "The Beginnings Of LOGO And Its Potential For Instruction In The Primary Grades," presented to the Southwest Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics, April, 1985.
• "Rights And The Public Forum," presented to the Clinch Valley College Faculty Colloquium, February, 1985, and the Eastern Division, American Philosophical Association, December, 1982.
• "Minds, Machines, and Languages," presented to the Clinch Valley College Faculty Colloquium, October, 1984.
• "LOGO In The Humanities And Science Classroom," presented to the Southwest Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics, April 1984.
• "Moral and Ethical Issues in Cancer Care," presented to the Kern County, California, Unit, American Cancer Society, January, 1982.
• "Sexual Deviancy and Homosexuality," a panel discussion on KERO-TV, Bakerfield, California, January, 1979.
• "Human Rights Today," a panel discussion on KERO-TV, Bakersfield, California, January, 1978.
• "The Recombinant DNA Debate," presented as part of the Academic Village Lecture Series, California State College, Bakersfield, October, 1978.
• "Mediation and Rights in Hocking: A Reply to MacKinnon and Mayers," presented to the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association, 1977.

GRANTS

• Summer Research Grant, awarded by the Faculty Development Committee, Clinch Valley College, 1994.
• Computer Based Writing Laboratory, with Richard Peake, Ronald Heise and Emmet Low. Awarded by the Council of Higher Education, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1986.
• Integrated Computer Use for Teaching the Writing Process , with Julia Heise, for the Norton City Schools. Awarded by the Department of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1986.
• Computer Assisted Instruction for Introductory Logic. Awarded by the Facutly Development Committee, Clinch Valley College of the University of Virginia, 1986.
• California State College, Bakersfield, Campus Director, Dissemination Project of the Science-Humanities Convergence Project, San Francisco State University. Funded by the Mellon Foundation, 1978-1980.
• Computer Simulations for the Teaching of Ethics. Awarded through the California State University Affirmative Action Faculty Development Program, 1979-80.
• Research in Process Philosophy, with J. A. Kegley. Awarded by the Faculty Grants Committee and funded by the Foundation, California State College, Bakersfield, 1977.

AWARDS

• Grassroots Movement For Environmental Justice Honor Roll and Hall of Fame, Citizens Clearinghouse For Hazardous Wastes, 1993.
• Excellence in Advising, 1988-89. Clinch Valley College.
• Outstanding Teacher, 1977-1978. Awarded by the Educational Opportunity Program students, California State College, Bakersfield.
• Franklin J. Matchette Teaching Award. Presented in the Department of Philosophy to a third-year graduate student in recognition of exceptional skill in and devotion to the teaching of undergraduates. Vanderbilt University, 1974.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• American Philosophical Association
• Virginia Philosophical Association
• Hegel Society of America
• Radical Philosophy Association
• Society for Philosophy and Technology
• Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy
• International Society for Environmental Ethics
• Society for Philosophy and Geography
• Appalachian Studies Association
• American Association of University Professors

TEACHING

Logic, History of Philosophy, Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Theories of Knowledge, Art & Culture, Philosophy of History, Black Philosophy, Appalachian History.