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
- Johnson County Community College (Adjunct Professor, 2011-Present)
- Chair of Philosophy: Dr. Dennis Arjo
- 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)