Personal Information

Born: Sturgis, MI (U.S. Citizen)

Spouse: Krist Bender, Webmaster, Data Applications Center, Rice University

Education

Ph. D. (Philosophy), University of Pittsburgh, 1979

Dissertation Title: Aristotle's Theory of Actuality and Potentiality

M.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1976

B.A. (Philosophy and Psychology, double major), Michigan State University,1973

Current Position

Professor of Philosophy (with tenure)

University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-3785

phone: (713) 743-3205

e-mail: CFreeland@uh.edu.

Publications

(Forthcoming 1999) The Naked and the Undead: Evil and the Appeal of Horror

Editor, Feminist Interpretations of Aristotle Penn State Press; March 1998

Philosophy and Film Routledge; 1995, co-edited with Thomas Wartenberg

Author of over two dozen articles, abstracts and reviews on aesthetics, ancient philosophy, and feminist theory.

Employment History

University of Houston, 1986 - present

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1978-86

Visiting faculty member or fellow at Harvard University, University of Pittsburgh, Mount Holyoke College, Hampshire College, Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, Australian National University, Rice University.

Lectures

Numerous invited lectures at universities and conferences in the U.S.A. and elsewhere (England, Wales, Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand, Australia).

Professional Service

National professional service for American Philosophical Association

Program Committees, 1986/1994; Nominating Committee 1994; Committee on Computing and Philosophy (appointed for 1997-1999)

Scholarly referee for eighteen national journals and publishers.

NEH Panelist for Fellowships Program (in Philosophy)

Greek reader/reviewer for Hackett Press

translations of Aristotle's Poetics and Plato's Protagoras & Charmides

Honors and Awards

National Merit Scholar, Honors College Member (1969-73), and Phi Beta Kappa (1972), Michigan State University

Andrew Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh (1973-4); Andrew Mellon Faculty Fellow, Harvard University (1984-5)

ACLS and NEH Travel Grants; University of Houston Enron Teaching Excellence Award ($3000), 1993; Educator of the Year of Houston Area Women's Center 1994

Service Award, College of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communication, 1999

Administrative Experience

Associate Dean, August 1995 - July 1998

Administrator of "City Initiative" weekend program, Newsletter editor, Chair of College committees for computing in the humanities, Film Studies, American Studies; supervise grants administration; supervise graduate admissions.

Director of Women's Studies, University of Houston, 1991-1995

First director, established Board and Friends Group, raised $10,000 in second and third years; organized and supervised active programs of lectures, courses, and community outreach.

Co-Principal Investigator and Co-Director, Texas Seminar on the Core Curriculum

Co-authored $400,000 NEH grant, coordinated programs in Summers 1992 -1995: scheduled speakers and events; compiled performance reports; attended NEH project directors meeting in Washington, D.C.

Teaching Experience

Houston Teachers Institute Seminar "Addressing Evil" (seminar for public school teachers)

Provost's Pedagogy Grant ($5,000), 1997;Teaching excellence award (1993); graduate seminars and undergraduate courses in feminist philosophy, ethics, aesthetics, history of ancient and modern philosophy; experience in diverse formats, from freshman seminars and honors courses to 320-student lecture and televised distance learning courses; team-teaching experience in five courses; thesis committee membership in philosophy, psychology, political science, history, music, art, women's studies, and creative writing.

Arts Experience

• Member, Executive Board of Directors, Houston Center for Photography (1987- 8, 90-91) and Board of Directors, Art Leauge of Houston (1998-9)
• Editor of SPOT, journal of HCP
• Supporting author of two successful NEA grants
• Curator of photography exhibition The Other (1988), Houston Center for Photography
• Curator of film series Fatal Subtraction: Three Decades of Women in Horror, 1960-1990 for Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (1992)
• Background lectures for Houston Ballet Guild and Rice Continuing Education on Dracula for the Houston Ballet, March 1997
• Lecture on Jenny Holzer's "Lustmord" for Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, July 1997
• Frequent speaker on issues in the arts