Last updated on 4/21/2024

Adam C. Smith
Curriculum Vitae
(he/him/his) University of Utah
Philosophy Ph.D. Candidate Philosophy Department
University of Utah 215 South Central Campus Drive
Email: [email protected] Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building, 4th Floor
Website: https://adamcsmithphilosophy.weebly.com Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA

Education
University of Utah Ph.D. Philosophy – in progress 2020-2025
Dissertation
Defended: expected Spring 2025
Title: “Issues in Emergency & Disaster Management: Justice, Science Policy, & Public Health”
Committee: Dr. Cynthia Stark (supervisor), Dr. Erin Beeghly, Dr. Melinda Fagan, Dr. Jim Tabery, Dr.
Leslie Francis, and Dr. Eric Kennedy (York University, Disaster & Emergency Management)

Comprehensive Exam Paper

Defended: March 2nd, 2022
Title: “Emergency Management & Justice: The State’s Obligation to Emergency Mitigation and
Preparedness”
Reviewers: Dr. Cindy Stark (supervisor) and Dr. Erin Beeghly

Northern Illinois University M.A. Philosophy 2018-2020

Iowa State University B.S. Genetics and Philosophy (double major) 2013-2017

Research & Teaching

Areas of Specialization (AOS)

Social & Political Philosophy Emergency & Disaster Management; Health(care); Feminist
Political Philosophy; Public Reason
Philosophy of Science Values in Science; Feminist Philosophy of Science; Policy

Areas of Competence (AOC)

Philosophy of Medicine Concepts of Health & Disease
Epistemology Feminist Epistemology; Social Epistemology
Bioethics Gene-editing Technologies; Health(care) Justice
Philosophy of Disability
Philosophy of Biology and Genetics Genetic Causation
History & Science of Genetics and Eugenics

Teaching Competences
Philosophy of Race: Science of Race and Racism, Ethics, Intro to Philosophy, Philosophy of
Cognitive Science, and More!

Publications
1. Smith, Adam C. & Downes, Stephen M. (2023). Shallow versus deep genetic causes
(commentary). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46: e201.

2. Santana, Carlos, Smith, Adam C., Petrozzo, Kathryn, & Halm, Derek. (2023). The
Irrationality of Stand Your Ground: Game Theory on Self-Defense. Moral Philosophy and
Politics, 10(2): 387-404.
Under Review: Topic – Emergency & Disaster Management Justice
Under Review: Topic – Concepts of Health & Healthcare Justice
Soon to Be Under Review: Topic – GWAS, Genetic Causation, & Inductive Risk (w/ Hannah Allen)

Employment
University of Utah
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Philosophy Department 2020-Present
Research Assistant to Leslie Francis for APA Task Force Summer 2023
on Contingent Faculty

Northern Illinois University

Graduate Assistant, Founder’s Memorial Library 2018-2020
Student-Athlete Academic Support Services Tutor 2018-2020

Iowa State University

Genetics Research Assistant 2014-2017
Philosophy Grading Assistant Spring 2016
Academic Success Center Tutor 2014-2015

Teaching
Instructor
University of Utah, Department of Philosophy
Fall 2024 Justice & International Affairs: PHIL 3730
Emergencies & Disasters
Summer 2024* Bioethics PHIL 3520
Spring 2024 Science & Society: PHIL 3310
Values, Objectivity, Policy, and Public Trust
Fall 2023 Bioethics PHIL 3520

Spring 2023 Bioethics PHIL 3520

Co-Instructor
University of Utah, Department of Philosophy
Summer 2023* Science & Society: PHIL 3310 Co-Instructor: Ryan Michael
Values in Science, Aesthetics, and Genetics
Summer 2022* Science & Society: PHIL 3310 Co-Instructor: Bennett Knox
Values in Science, Psychiatry, and Genetics

Teaching Assistant
University of Utah, Department of Philosophy
Fall 2022 Intro to Philosophy: PHIL 1001 Dr. Thi Nguyen
Ethical Dilemmas
Spring 2022 Science & Society: PHIL 3310 Dr. Carlos Santana
Science and Racial
and Social Justice
Fall 2021 Philosophy of PHIL 3440 Dr. Natalia Washington
Cognitive Science
Spring 2021** Philosophy of Race PHIL 3870 Dr. Jim Tabery
* = taught online, asynchronously
** = taught online, synchronously

Service
President, Philosophy Graduate Student Committee 2024-2025
Department of Philosophy, University of Utah
- The senior graduate representative for the philosophy graduate student committee.
Attended all faculty meetings, ran all graduate student committee meetings, and advocated
for graduate student interests.

ISHPSSB Student Advisory Committee 2023-2025

ISHPSSB (International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology)

Librarian 2022-Present
Department of Philosophy, University of Utah
- Lead the effort to update the department’s library, with primary goals of diversifying book
selection and adding visual representations of philosophers from under-represented groups.

MAP Librarian 2022-Present

Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) Chapter, University of Utah
- MAP representative for all philosophy department library matters.

Member of Student Advisory Committee August & September 2023

Department of Philosophy, University of Utah
- Was one of three graduate students on the student advisory committee for the promotion of
Dr. Natalia Washington and Dr. Jonah Schupbach.

RA for the APA Contingent Faculty Task Force Summer 2023

American Philosophical Association (APA)
- Assisted the group in research into best practices for those with contingent faculty
positions.

Co-Organizer for MSU/UofU Engaged Philosophy Graduate Symposium Spring 2022

Department of Philosophy, University of Utah
- An online conference on February 3rd, 2023 for graduate students from the University of
Utah and Michigan State University philosophy departments to present work on engaged
philosophy.

Conference Submission Referee

Northern Illinois University’s 13th Annual Graduate Student Conference Nov. 8th-9th, 2019
Northern Illinois University’s 12th Annual Graduate Student Conference Nov. 9th-10th, 2018

Awards
ESRR Humanities/Arts Endowment Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation 2021-2024
Fellowship [$5,000 per year]

University of Utah
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Philosophy Department 2020-Present

Northern Illinois University

Graduate Assistantship, Founder’s Memorial Library 2018-2020

Iowa State University

Fung Summer Internship for Undergraduate Genetics Research [$3,500] 2014
Conferences
Presentations
1. “Politically Legitimate Values in Science Policy Advising: A Feminist Public Reason View”
Revitalizing Science and Values
The Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh April 6th-7th, 2024

2. “Politically Legitimate Values in Science Policy Advising: A Feminist Public Reason View”
Boston University Philosophy Graduate Conference
Boston University March 29th-30th, 2024

3. “Politically Legitimate Values in Science Policy Advising: A Feminist Public Reason View”
2nd Annual Duke/UNC Graduate Student Workshop
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill March 2nd, 2024

4. “Politically Legitimate Values in Science Policy Advising: A Feminist Public Reason View”
Science, etc.: Explanation, Technology, and Communication Grad Student Conference
University of Washington Oct. 19th-20th, 2023

5. “GWAS, Genetic Causation Claims, & Inductive Risk” w/ Hannah Allen

ISHPSSB 2023 (International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology)
University of Toronto / Online July 10th-14th, 2023

6. “Healthcare without ‘Health’”

Tanner Graduate Works in Progress Series
University of Utah Feb. 17th, 2023

7. “Emergency Management & Justice”

Building Back Better: Opportunities and Risks Graduate Conference
Carleton University / Online Nov. 17th-19th, 2022

8. “GWAS, Genetic Causation Claims, & Inductive Risk” w/ Hannah Allen

A Triple Helix: Metaphor, Society, and the Science of Evolution
A Hybrid Workshop in Memory of Richard Lewontin
UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico) / Online Oct. 3rd-7th, 2022

9. “Emergency Management & Justice”

Tanner Graduate Works in Progress Series
University of Utah Dec. 3rd, 2021

10. “Emergency Management & Justice”

Georgia Philosophical Society Conference
Online Dec. 2nd-3rd, 2021

11. “Biological Individuals in a Process Ontology: An Objection to Process Monism”

ISHPSSB 2021 (International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology)
Online July 13th-15th,19th-20th, 2021
Posters
1. “Healthcare without ‘Health’: A Justice-focused Approach to Universal Healthcare”
Central APA 2023 / *Did not attend due to weather*
Denver, CO February 22nd-25th, 2023

2. “A Pluralist Ontology of Biological Practice: Substances, Processes, and Individuals, oh my!”

28th Biennial Philosophy of Science Association (PSA) Conference
University of Pittsburgh Nov. 10th-13th, 2022

Commenter
 1. On Laura Soter’s “The Mislocation of Moral Responsibility for Implicit Bias”
Northern Illinois University’s 13th Annual Graduate Student Conference
Northern Illinois University Nov. 9th, 2019

Public Philosophy
Northern Illinois University
Chairperson of Youth Prison Volunteer Program 2018-2020

Works in Progress
Politically Legitimate Values in Science Policy Advising: A Feminist Public Reason View

Standpoint Theory & Science Policy: Indigenous Peoples & Wildfire Management

The Concept of Health & Public Health Emergency Preparedness

The Ontology of Biological Practice: A Pluralist Account

Membership

• American Philosophical Association (APA), 2022-present

• Philosophy of Science Association (PSA), 2022-present
• International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB),
2022-present

Reading Groups & Lab Groups

University of Utah
Philosophy of Science 2021-Present
Philosophy of Biology Lab 2020-2022
Science and Ethics 2020-2021

Northern Illinois University

Phillip Kitcher on Science & Democracy Summer 2020

References
Dr. Cynthia Stark Dr. Carlos Santana
University of Utah University of Pennsylvania
Philosophy – Professor Philosophy – Associate Professor
801-581-7618 Phone # TBD
[email protected] [email protected]

Dr. Steve Downes Dr. Jason Hanna

University of Utah Northern Illinois University
Philosophy – Professor Philosophy – Chair & Associate Professor
801-581-6094 815-753-0333 (dept. #)
[email protected] [email protected]

Teaching References
Dr. Cynthia Stark Dr. Jim Tabery
University of Utah University of Utah
Philosophy – Professor Philosophy – Professor
801-581-7618 801-581-8362
[email protected] [email protected]