Travis Dickinson                   

travis-dickinson@uiowa.edu                                 Dept. of Philosophy
www.travis.m.dickinson.googlepages.com                              University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA 52242

Education 

Ph.D. Candidate, Philosophy, University of Iowa (currently enrolled). 

M.A. (w/ highest honors), Philosophy,Biola University (2006). 

M.A. (w/ high honors), Apologetics, Biola University (2003).

B.A., Education, Alaska Bible College (1999)

Area Of Specialization

Epistemology

 Areas Of Interest

Theories of truth; History of Modern Philosophy (esp. Descartes, Berkeley, Hume); Philosophy of religion; Ethics

 Teaching

Kirkwood Community College: 

    • Basic Reasoning (Summer 2008)
    • Judaism, Christianity and Islam (Summer 2008)

University of Iowa: 

    • Philosophy and Human Nature (Spring 2008)
    • Philosophy and the Just Society (Fall 2007)

Scholarly Presentations

·        “Unsafely believing and getting around in fake barn county,” Presented at the Iowa Philosophical Society annual conference (October 20, 2007).

·        Commentator and Session Chair at the University of Iowa Graduate Philosophical Society Conference (April 27-28, 2007).

Academic Awards/Funding

    • University of Iowa Summer Fellowship (Summer 2008)

·        University of Iowa Teaching Assistantship (2007-present).

·        University of Iowa Graduate Fellowship (2006-2007)

·        Biola University Teaching Assistantship (2005-2006)

References

·        David Horner, Professor of Philosophy and Biblical Studies, Biola University

·        R. Douglas Geivett, Professor of Philosophy, Biola University

·        Richard Fumerton, Professor of Philosophy, University of Iowa

·        David Cunning, Professor of Philosophy, University of Iowa