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Alan Tomhave
Dr. Alan Tomhave
Associate Dean
Beeghly College of Liberal Arts, Social Sciences & Educ
DeBartolo Hall 106
phone: (330) 941-3447
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2008
Ph D, Philosophy
University of Missouri
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2007
MA, Philosophy
University of Missouri
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1997
MA, Eastern Classics
St. John's College
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1996
BA, Philosophy
University of Texas
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2022
Watson Merit Award for Chairs
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2021 -
Youngstown State University, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Professor
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2020 - 2021
Youngstown State University, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Associate Professor
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2015 - 2020
Youngstown State University, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Associate Professor
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2009 - 2015
Youngstown State University, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Assistant Professor
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2008 - 2009
Occidental College, Department of Philosophy
Visiting Assistant Professor
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2022 - present
Associate Dean
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2020 - 2022
Department Chairperson
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2016 - 2020
Department Chairperson
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2022
"Fictive Narrative Philosophy as Necessary in the Classroom"
A. Tomhave
Springer International Publishing, p. 213-226 -
2020
"Boycotts and Silencing: A Response to Jeremy V. Davis (2020), ‘Expressive Acts, and Withdrawal of Support"
M. Vopat, A. Tomhave
Business Ethics Journal Review, volume 8, issue 3, p. 14-19
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2020
"Ethics of Boycotts"
M. Vopat, A. Tomhave
Springer International Publishing, p. 1-3 -
2020
"Business of Boycotting"
M. Vopat, A. Tomhave
Springer International Publishing, p. 1-3 -
2020
"Boycotts and Silencing"
A. Tomhave, M. Vopat
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2020
"Boycotting as a Social Movement"
M. Vopat, A. Tomhave
Springer International Publishing, p. 1-3 -
2018
"Business Ethics: The Big Picture"
A. Tomhave, M. Vopat
Broadview Press -
2018
"The Role of Teaching Ethics in Teaching Ethics Across the Curriculum"
M. Vopat, A. Tomhave
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2018
"The Role of Teaching Ethics in Teaching Ethics Across the Curriculum"
A. Tomhave, M. Vopat
Springer International Publishing, p. 107-114 -
2016
"The Business of Boycotting: Having Your Chicken and Eating It Too"
A. Tomhave, M. Vopat
Journal of Business Ethics
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2013
"On the Disconnect Between Business and Professional Ethics"
M. Vopat, A. Tomhave
Teaching Ethics, volume 13, issue 2, p. 93–105
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2011
"Civility as a Condition of Citizenship"
A. Tomhave
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2010
"Cartesian Intuitions, Humean Puzzles, and the Buddhist Conception of the Self"
A. Tomhave
Philosophy East and West, volume 60, issue 4
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2015 - 2019
Editor, Journal Editor
Teaching Ethics (Journal for Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum
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2019 - 2022
Board Member
Montessori School of the Mahoning Valley -
2014 - 2018
Board Member
Montessori School of the Mahoning Valley
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Alan Tomhave is the Associate Dean for the Beeghly College of Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, and Education and Professor of Philosophy. He has been at YSU since 2009. He earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Missouri. His research focuses on applied ethics and political philosophy, with special emphasis on the nature of the state and concepts related to the state (e.g., citizenship). He started the YSU Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl program and was the co-coach for YSU’s 2020 national championship win. He regularly teaches Introduction to Philosophy and Social and Political Philosophy. He has had many students go on to the best graduate and law programs in the country.
Prior to his Ph.D. work, Dr. Tomhave Studied Philosophy at the University of Texas (B.A, 1996) and Eastern Classics at St. John’s College in Santa Fe, NM (M.A., 1997). He also taught English in Korea and Japan for four years.