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Department of English and Philosophy
Display Biographical Details
LTC Christopher Mayer
Academy Professor
Contact Information:
Office Location: Lincoln Hall, Room 311
Phone:
845.938.0225
Email:
Christopher.Mayer@usma.edu
Courses
Education
Publications
Scholarly Interests
Courses Taught
Core:
Composition, Advanced Composition, Philosophy
Electives:
Winning the Peace, Topics in Ethics, Political Philosophy
Additional Duties
Course Director, Philosophy 201
Admissions Committee
Co-facilitator, Teaching Practicum
Department Academic Counselor
Department and Academy Assessment Committees
Institutional Effectiveness Committee
Officer Representative, Army Women’s Soccer
Teagle Assessment Scholar
Centre for Strategic Cyberspace and Security Science Advisory Board
B.S., American Politics, USMA
M.P.A., Public Administration, Murray State University
M.A., Philosophy, Virginia Tech
Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Virginia
Article Title(s)
“The Possibility of Character Development.” Teaching Ethics 13, no. 1 (2012): 55-69.
“The Doctrine of Double Effect: Its Relevance to Collateral Damage Cases.” Accountability, Restorative Justice and Reconciliation: Report of a civil society seminar on the review of the report of the UN Secretary General‘s panel of experts on accountability in Sri Lanka and connected papers. Marga Institute. (September 2011): 80-92.
"Nonlethal Weapons and Noncombatant Immunity: Is it Permissible to Target Noncombatants?,"
Journal of Military Ethics
6, no.3 (2007): 221-231.
Book Review(s)
Review of Peggy L. Maki (Editor), Coming to Terms with Student Outcomes Assessment: Faculty and Administrators' Journeys to Integrating Assessment in Their Work and Institutional Culture. Sterling: Stylus Publishing LLC, 2010. Assessment Update 23, no. 5 (2011): 13.
Review of Robert Rotenberg, The Art & Craft of College Teaching: A Guide for New Professors & Graduate Students in The National Teaching and Learning Forum
(2009).
Ethics
Just War Theory
Political Philosophy
Assessment of Student Learning