Jason D. Grinnell, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor Buckham Hall B223Office: (716) 878-5289
Email: grinnejd@buffalostate.edu
Areas of Specialization: Race and Philosophy, Applied Ethics
Areas of Competence: Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Biology, Social Philosophy, Philosophy of Social Science
Education:
Ph.D. Applied Philosophy Bowling Green State University
Dissertation: Biology, Policy, and the Racial Contract
Committee: M. Bradie, S. Worley, C. Morris, M. Gromko (Professor of Biology)
M.A. Applied Philosophy Bowling Green State University
B.A. History University of Minnesota
Courses Taught at Buffalo State
- PHI 401 Seminar in Race, Biology, and Policy
- PHI 401 Seminar in Reproductive Ethics
- PHI 347 World of Socrates
- PHI 317 Plato and Aristotle
- PHI 301 Justice: Liberty v Equality
- PHI 300/BIO 389 Bioethics (with A. McMillan, Professor of Biology)
- PHI 300/BIO 389 Biology, Values, and Society (with A. McMillan, Professor of Biology)
- PHI 204 Philosophy of Religion
- PHI 202 Philosophy of Human Nature
- PHI 113 Environmental Ethics
- PHI 111 Ethics for Scientists
- PHI 103 Introduction to Logic
- PHI 102 Introduction to Ethics
- PHI 101 Introduction to Philosophy
- HON 309 Western Ideals of Excellence
- HON 301 Values and Ethics in the Professions
- HON 101 What Does It Mean to Be Human? (learning community with HON 102 taught by MAH Director McMillan)
- HON 101 Philosophy and the City
- HON 100 Honors Seminar
- BSC 101 Foundations of Inquiry