Courses Taught

Since 1996, I have taught around 230 face-to-face undergraduate courses of all levels in Philosophy, Religious Studies, and other areas of the Humanities.

Starting in 1999 with v1 of Blackboard, I have over 250 online and/or hybrid courses of all levels in these areas under my belt as well. In addition to Blackboard, I am proficient with Canvas, D2L, and Moodle.

I have a Quality Matters Online Teaching Certification too.

I love to teach, and, in many ways, I live to teach.

And, as those of us who spend plenty of time with students know, teaching informs research, and vice versa.

Institutions where I have taught include:

Saint Louis University as a Grad Student (Adjunct Professor, 1996-2005)

Chair of Philosophy: Fr. Ted Vitali

Southwest Minnesota State University (Assistant Professor, 2005-2006)

Chair of Philosophy: Dr. Steve Kramer

Florida State University (Visiting Assistant Professor, 2006-2007)

Chair of Philosophy: Dr. Piers Rawling

University of Missouri - St. Louis (Adjunct Professor, 1999-2005)

Chair of Philosophy: Dr. Ronald Munson

Fontbonne College (now University, Adjunct Professor, 1999-2005)

Chair of Humanities: Dr. Daryl Wennemann

Harris-Stowe State College (now University, Adjunct Professor, 1996-2005)

Chair of Humanities: Mrs. Theodora Lodato

McKendree College (now University, Adjunct Professor, 1996-2005)

Chair of Humanities: Dr. Duane Olsen

Jefferson College (Adjunct Professor, 1996-2000)

Dean of Humanities: Dr. Carla Wilson

Maryville College (now University, Adjunct Professor, emergency fill in, 2000)

Chair of Humanities: Dr. Andrew Irvine

Lewis and Clark Community College (Adjunct Professor, 2000-2005)

Dean of Humanities: Dr. Nicholas Smith

Southern Illinois Univ. - Edwardsville (Adjunct Professor, emergency, 2002)

Chair of Philosophy: Dr. Robert Ware

Forest Park Community College (Adjunct Professor, 1996-2005)

Chair of Humanities: Dr. Bill Hartmann

Florissant Valley Community College (Adjunct Professor, 1999-2005)

Chair of Humanities: Dr. Carol Berger

St. Charles Community College (Adjunct Professor, 1999-2005)

Chair of Philosophy: Dr. Blanchard DeMerchant

Barton Community College (Adjunct Professor, emergency fill in, 2013)

Chair of Humanities: Ms. Latisha Washington

Maple Woods Community College (Adjunct Professor, 2011-2013)

Chair of Division: Mr. Douglas Fisher

Penn Valley Community College (Adjunct Professor, 2011-2013)

Chair of Division: Dr. Karen Fernandez

University of St. Mary in Leavenworth, KS (Adjunct Professor, 2011-2014)

Chair of Humanities: Dr. Brian Hughes

University of Missouri - Kansas City (Adjunct Professor, 2011-Present)

Chair of Program for Adult College Education: Dr. Reginald Bassa

Webster University - St. Louis (Adjunct Professor, 1999-Present)

Chair of Philosophy: Dr. Britt-Marie Schiller

Webster University - Kansas City (Adjunct Professor, 2011-Present)

Chair of Humanities: Mr. James Meadows

Missouri Western State University (Adjunct Professor, 2015-Present)

Chair of Humanities: Dr. James Okapal

Undergraduate Courses

Email me at robertarp320 [at] gmail.com for a list of undergraduate courses in Philosophy, Religious Studies, and the Humanities that I have taught thus far.

Some courses I have taught once; however, most of them I have taught more than once, and several of them I have taught multiple times. For example, courses called PHIL 240: Leadership Ethics and HUM 200: Introduction to the Humanities: The Great Thinkers, I have taught only once so far; the courses PHILOS 480: Environmental Ethics and PH 410: Metaphysics a few times so far; but PHILOS 210: Introduction to Philosophy, PHL 230: Ethics, and PHIL 100: Critical Thinking, I have taught each upwards of 60 times and counting.

Here are the undergraduate courses I have developed from scratch and been fortunate enough to teach:

PHIL 4930: Teleology (Special Topics)

I developed this course while I was working on a dissertation topic at SLU.

PHILOS 480: Logic, Language, and Media Madness (Selected Topics)

I have taught this fascinating and fun course face-to-face and online.

PHL 486f: Mind and Modernity

I taught this course while I was Assistant Professor of Philosophy at SMSU.

PHL 486s: Descartes and Hobbes: Metaphysics, Mind, and Methodology

Another course I taught while I was Assistant Professor of Philosophy at SMSU.

Graduate Courses

MNGT 5990: Corporate Responsibility and Society (Online)

I co-developed this course with a Business Professor at Webster University.

NU 705: Health Care Policy and Ethics

I co-developed this course with a Nursing Professor at University of St. Mary.

PHI 5908r: Evolutionary Psychology & Creative Problem Solving

I developed and taught this as a reading course to two students in the fall of 2006, while I was a visiting professor of philosophy at FSU.

PHI 5908r: Induction and Probability

I developed and taught this as a reading course to one student in the fall of 2006, while I was a visiting professor of philosophy at FSU.

PHI 5908r: Realism and Antirealism

I developed and taught this as a reading course to three students in the spring of 2007, while I was a visiting professor of philosophy at FSU.

PHI 6455: Philosophy of Biology - Basic Topics

I taught this course while I was Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University (2006-2007). It was helpful in generating ideas for my own book with Alex Rosenberg, Philosophy of Biology: An Anthology.

Religion Courses, Paul VI High School (Fairfax, VA | 1993-1996)

The Existence of God (my own course, offered as an elective to seniors)

Morality (sophomores)

Catholic Social Teaching (juniors)

Old Testament (all freshmen in the school)

New Testament (all freshmen in the school)

The New Catechism of the Catholic Church (sophomores)

Tutoring and SAT & ACT Test Prep Instruction

New Testament Greek (1993, as a course in 2001)

Reading Aquinas' Summa in Latin (2000)

Critical Thinking on the LSAT (2005, 2006, 2012, 2014)

Critical Thinking on the MCAT (2012, 2015)

Kaplan SAT & ACT Test Prep Instructor (2011-2012)