Steve Bein

Education:

PhD, Philosophy, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Dissertation: “Compassion and Moral Guidance”
Committee: Graham Parkes, Roger T. Ames, Vrinda Dalmiya, Thomas E. Jackson, Hunter McEwan

Kenkyūsei, Ōbirin University
Advisor: Yuasa Yasuo

MA, Philosophy, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Advisor: Steve Odin

BA, Philosophy, Eastern Illinois University
Summa cum laude with honors
Advisor: Gary Aylesworth

Teaching and Research Positions:

Assistant Professor
University of Dayton
2015-

Visiting Senior Lecturer
Texas State University
2014-2015

Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy and History
State University of New York-Geneseo
2011-2013

Professor of Philosophy
Rochester Community and Technical College
2004-2013

Lecturer
Department of Philosophy
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
2002-2003

Teaching Assistant
Philosophy in the Schools Program
Department of Philosophy
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
2000-2003

Research Positions:

Visiting Researcher
Medical Ethics Program
The Mayo Medical School
2010

Kenkyūsei (Graduate Research Student)
Department of Philosophy
Ōbirin University
1999-2000

Research Assistant
Center for Japanese Studies
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
1997-1998

Graduate Assistant
Department of Philosophy
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
1996-1998

Courses taught:

Ethics:
Applied Ethics
Aristotle and Confucius (Senior Seminar)
Bioethics
Environmental Ethics
Ethics
Ethics (Honors)
Medicine and Morality
Morals and Society

Asian Thought:
Aristotle and Confucius (Senior Seminar)
Buddhism
Chinese Philosophy
History of Buddhism
History of Japanese Religions
Introduction to Asian Philosophy
Japanese Philosophy
Samurai History

Other:
Environmental Philosophy
Feminist Philosophy
Introduction to Deductive Logic
Introduction to Philosophy
Philosophical Themes in Science Fiction
Philosophy for Children
Philosophy of Religion
Social/Political Philosophy