Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Christian L. Kraatz

Department of Philosophy
425 University Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46202–5140
(317) 274–5344
ckraatz@iupui.edu        

Department Web-Site:
          http://www.iupui.edu/~philosop

Personal Faculty Web-Site:
http://www.iupui.edu/~philosop/ckraatz.htm


Areas of Specialization
Nineteenth Century Continental Philosophy
American Indian Philosophy
 
 Areas of Competence
History of Modern and Contemporary
      Western Philosophy
Theoretical and Applied Ethics
Philosophy of Religion
Logic

Education
Ph.D. in Philosophy – May, 1994.
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Master Of Arts in Philosophy – Dec., 1991.
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
 
Bachelor of Arts – May, 1989.
Ferrum College, Ferrum, VA
Double Major in Philosophy & Psychology

Academic Appointments

  • Full time Senior Lecturer, Philosophy Department
    Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis; Indianapolis, Indiana
    August 2002 to present
  • Full time Visiting Lecturer, Philosophy Department
    Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis; Indianapolis, Indiana
    January 1996 to August 2002
  • Part time Visiting Lecturer, Humanities Department
    Indiana University – Kokomo; Kokomo, Indiana
    June 1993 to June 1997
  • Part time Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy Department
    Ball State University; Muncie, Indiana
    August 1995 to December 1995
  • Part time Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy Department
    DePauw University; Greencastle, Indiana
    January 1995 to May 1995
  • Graduate Instructor, Philosophy Department
    Purdue University; West Lafayette, Indiana
    August 1989 to May 1994


Courses taught at IUPUI

  • P110: Introduction to Philosophy 
    Spring 1996, Fall 1997, Spring 1998, Summer 1999, spring 2000, Fall 2000, Spring 2001, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Summer 2003.
  • P120: Ethics 
    Spring 1996, Fall 1996, Spring 1997, Summer 1997, Summer 1998, Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Fall 1999, Summer 2001, Fall 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2004, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2009.
  • S120: Ethics (Honors)
    Spring 1997.
  • P162: Logic (formerly P262: practical Logic) 
    Spring 1996, Spring 1997, Fall 1997, Spring 1998, Spring 1999, Fall 1999, Summer 2000, Fall 2000, Spring 2002, Summer 2002, Fall 2002, Summer 2003, Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Summer 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Summer 2005, Fall 2005, Summer 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Summer 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Summer 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Summer 2009, Fall 2009.
  • P237: Environmental Ethics
    Spring 2006, Fall 2007, Spring 2009.
  • P281: Philosophy of Religion
    Summer 1996, Summer 2000.
  • P314: Modern Philosophy
    Summer 2001.
  • P317: Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
    Summer 1997, Summer 1999, Spring 2001, Summer 2002, Spring 2005, Spring 2008.
  • P383 – Topics in Philosophy: Religion, Selfhood, and the Unconscious
    Spring 1997, Fall 1998, Spring 2000. 
  • P383 – Topics in Philosophy: American Indian Philosophy
    Spring 2002, Fall 2003, Fall 2005, Fall 2008. 
  • P414 – Philosophy and Culture
    Spring 2007.
  • P488 – Directed Research in Philosophy
    Fall 1996 (Freud), Spring 1998 (Hegel), Spring 2000 (Philosophy of Religion),
    Spring 2001 (Jewish Mysticism), Fall 2001 (Ethics of Kant), Spring 2004 (Hegel),
    Spring 2006 (Environmental Ethics), Summer 2006 (American Indian Law).
  • P590 – Intensive Reading
    Spring 2003 (Tribal Sovereignty), Fall 2007 (Spirituality of Plains Tribes Women).

 

Courses Taught at IU-Kokomo

  • P100: Introduction to Philosophy
    Fall 1993, Summer 1995, Fall 1995 (interactive televised class for UAW-Chrysler).
  • P140: Introduction to Ethics
    Summer 1993, Summer 1994, Fall 1994 (interactive televised class for UAW-Chrysler), Spring 1995, Summer 1995, Fall 1995.
  • P335: Phenomenology and Existentialism
    Spring 1997.

 

Courses Taught at Ball State University

  • P100: Introduction to Philosophy
    Fall 1995 (2 sections)

 

Courses Taught at DePauw University

  • P217: Faith and Reason
    Spring 1995.
  • P307: Topics in Philosophy of Religion
    Spring 1995.

 

Courses Taught at Purdue University

  • P110: Introduction to Philosophy
    Spring 1990 (TA), Summer 1991, Spring 1992, Spring 1994.
  • P111: Ethics
    Spring 1991 (TA), Fall 1991, Fall 1992, Fall 1993.
  • P206: Philosophy of Religion
    Fall 1989 (TA), Fall 1990 (TA).
  • P331: Religions of the West
    Spring 1993.

 

Publications

Books

Contributions to books

  • Introduction to North American Indigenous Traditions
    in Ethics in America: Source Reader, Ed. Lisa Newton.  Third Edition. 
    Upper Sadle River, NJ.: Pearson Prentice Hall, forthcoming.

Articles

  • “An Introduction to Ecofeminism”
    - Axial, Fall 2009.

  • “The Body Modification Paradox”
    - Eating Disorder Education (vol 3) March, 2008.

  • “‘ED’ used to mean ‘Eating Disorder’ – What happened?”
    -     Eating Disorder Education (vol 2) October, 2007.

  • “Immoral Religion: Vine Deloria, Jr. on Christianity”
    - Axial, Spring 2001.

  • “Consequences of Ricoeur’s Time and Narrative with Regard to an Integrated Understanding of the Meaning of Death”
    - Phenomenological Inquiry (Volume 18), October, 1994.


Other Written Work

  • “Turning the Tables: Why Hutson is the Place to go” - Posted on the web-site for
    the Hutson School, February 2006.

  • Submitted affidavit as sworn expert testimony on behalf of (and at the request of) the plaintiff in a Federal Civil Rights lawsuit filed in the state of Wisconsin in December 2004 . The plaintiff in the case alleges discrimination against American Indians in the Osseo-Fairchild public school system. The affidavit explains the racially intimidating environment which proceeds from the use of sports team mascots which depict American Indians.
  • At the request of the United States Forest Service, provided a written evaluation of a permit proposal for the conducting of an American Indian ceremony on federal land in the Hoosier National Forest.  December, 2004.

  • “The Truth about American Indian Mascots” - Posted on the American Indian Cultural Support web-site, February 2002.  http://www.aics.org/mascot/truth.html



Presentations at Professional Conferences

  • “Anorexia and Involuntary Hospitalization: What if the ‘Cure’ is worse than the ‘Illness’?”
    Notre Dame Health and Body Image Conference – Notre Dame, IN – March, 2008.
  • “Eating Dis♂rders and S♀cial Justice”
    - Anderson University Eating Disorders Symposium – Anderson, IN – April, 2007.
  • “Cultural Pathogens and Psychological Carcinogens:
        How Defective Environments Facilitate Disordered Eating”
    - Notre Dame Eating Disorders Conference – Notre Dame, IN – February, 2007.
  • “On the Likelihood and Significance of a Marxist-Indian Dialectic”
    - Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Assoc. - Boston, MA - August, 2002.
  • “Immoral Religion: Vine Deloria, Jr. on Christianity”
    - Mid-South Philosophy Conference - Memphis, TN - February, 2001.
  • “How Kant Subtly Rejects His Own Immortality Postulate”
    - Mid-South Philosophy Conference - Memphis, TN - February, 2000.
  • “The Anti-Ontological Argument”
    - Mid-South Philosophy Conference - Memphis, TN - February, 1998.
  • “The Role of Moral Conviction in Reading Biblical Texts”
    - Graduate Student Colloquium Series at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, November, 1995;
    - Faculty Colloquium Series at Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, IN, October, 1995.
  • “Execution and Consent”
    - Graduate Student Colloquium Series at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
    March, 1995.
  • “Death and Victory Over Death” - American Philosophical Association - Washington, D.C. - December, 1992. 

 

Commentaries at Professional Conferences

  • “Human Freedom and Its Incompatibility with Divine Omniscience”
    by John Shook, Oklahoma State University
    - Mid-South Philosophy Conference - Memphis, TN - February, 2001.

  • “The Dual Conception of Man in the Experience of Obligation in Kant’s Ethics”   
    by Terence Hoyt, Tulane University
    - Mid-South Philosophy Conference - Memphis, TN - February, 2000.

  • “Kierkegaard’s ‘Religious Sociality’: Between the Individual and ‘the Others’”
    by Brian T. Prosser, San Jose State University
    - Mid-South Philosophy Conference - Memphis, TN - March, 1999.

  • “Hegel, Nietzsche, and the Philosophical Legacy of Illusion”
    by Dr. Kipton Jensen, Nazareth College of Rochester
    - Mid-South Philosophy Conference - Memphis, TN - February, 1998.

  • “On the Phenomenological Possibility of Theistic Experience”
    by Kevin Corcoran, Purdue University
    - Indiana Philosophical Association - Greencastle, IN - November, 1994.

 

Teaching (and Teaching-Related) Presentations

  • “The Medicine Wheel”
    - Presented to 8th grade students at the Hutson School,
    Indianapolis, Indiana – October, 2006.
  • “Indigenous Musical Instruments from Around the World”
    - Presented to 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students at the Hutson School,
    Indianapolis, Indiana – September, 2006.
  • “Playing from the heart: American Indian flutes”
    - Presented at the Outdoor Youth Program of the Tourette Syndrome Association,
    Bradford Woods, Indiana – September 2005.
  • “American Indian Flutes and Traditional Stories”
     - Presented to K-8 students, faculty and staff at the Hutson School,
    Indianapolis, Indiana – February 2005.
  • “Making a Voice: Traditional American Indian Flutes”
    - Presented at the Outdoor Youth Program of the Tourette Syndrome Association,
    Bradford Woods, Indiana – September 2004.
  • “Children with Tourette Syndrome: Teaching Strategies”
    - Presented to faculty and staff from the Tippecanoe County School Corporation, Lafayette, Indiana – March, 2003.
  • “Introduction to Philosophy”
     - 9-week course for Advanced Placement students at
    Arsenal Technical High School, Indianapolis, Indiana – Fall 2000.

Other Presentations

  • “Native American Sports Mascots – Why We Should Care”
    - public lecture sponsored by the IUPUI Native American Student Alliance,
    Indianapolis, Indiana – January, 2008.
  • “Eating Disorders Awareness: Politics, Oppression, and Pride”
    - public lecture sponsored by the IUPUI Graduate Student Philosophy Club,
    Indianapolis, Indiana – March, 2006.
  • “Reinventing Tradition – White Shamans/Plastic Medicine Men”
    - panel discussion hosted by the Religious Studies Student Association at IUPUI,
    Indianapolis, Indiana – January, 2006.
  • Invited Guest on WROK Sports-Talk Radio
    to discuss the subject of Indian themed sports team mascots, logos, and nicknames,
    Rockville, Illinois – May, 2004.

 

Teaching-Related Mentoring and Service

  • Member of the Dean’s Advisory Group for American Indian Education at IUPUI,
    2006—.
  • Advisor and Coach, Chess Club of the Hutson School, 2006–2007.
  • Member, Board of Directors, Indiana Chapter of the Tourette Syndrome Association,
    2006—.
  • Co-organizer of eating disorders awareness and information fair,
    hosted at IUPUI, March, 2007.
  • Co-organizer of state-wide conference on American Indian Education,
    hosted at IUPUI, September, 2006; November, 2007.
  • Member and Co-Founder, Indiana Eating Disorders Coalition, 2006—.
  • Faculty Mentor for Two Junior Lecturers, 2002–2007, 2004–present.
  • Youth Leader and Chaperone, Annual Outdoor Youth Program of the Tourette Syndrome Association, Bradford Woods, Indiana, 2001–2005.
  • Faculty coach for IUPUI’s team at the Annual Central States Regional Ethics Bowl,
    1999–2006. 
  • Faculty advisor to IUPUI’s undergraduate Philosophy Club, 1998–2006.
  • Faculty advisor to IUPUI’s undergraduate Chess Club, 2004–2005.
  • President, Indiana Chapter of the Tourette Syndrome Association, 2003.
  • Secretary, Indiana Chapter of the Tourette Syndrome Association, 2002.

 

Other Departmental and University Service

  • Admissions Committee, IUPUI Bioethics MA Program, 2006-2008.
  • Technology Mentor for the Department of Philosophy, 2002–present.
  • Member, “Safe Space” program for IUPUI’s GLBT awareness group Advocate,
    2000–2006.

  • Web-Master/Web-Page Manager for the Philosophy Department, 2000–present.
     
  • Chair, Philosophy Department Primary Committee, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.

  • Member, Philosophy Department Primary Committee, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.

  • Member, Philosophy Department Search Committee, 2001, 2002, 2004.

 

Awards and Grants

  • “Outstanding Distinguished Lecturer”
    Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, 
    School of Liberal Arts,
    Spring 2007.
  • “Trustees Teaching Award”
    Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis,
    Spring 2006.
  • “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers” Seventh Edition,
    Listed with published biography,
    Fall 2002.
  • “Outstanding Club Advisor”
    Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, 
    School of Liberal Arts,
    Spring 2002.
  • “Certificate of Appreciation for Excellence in Teaching”
    Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis,
    Intercollegiate Athletics Department, February, 2005;
    October, 2001; May, 2000; December, 1999; October, 1999;
    October, 1998 (two awards).
  • “Summer Research Grant”
    Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
    Purdue Research Foundation,
    Summer, 1992.
  • “C. P. Minnick Award for Excellence in Religious and Philosophical Studies.” 
    Ferrum College, Ferrum, Virginia,
    Religion/Philosophy Faculty,
    April, 1989.