THERESA L.

LOPEZ

Department of Philosophy
University of Maryland tlopez@email.arizona.edu
College Park, MD 20742 theresalopez.weebly.com

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Ethics, Moral Psychology, Applied Ethics

AREAS OF COMPETENCE Epistemology, Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy of Race

Philosophy of Cognitive Science

EDUCATION
2006-2013 University of Arizona
Ph.D. Philosophy, minor in Cognitive Science
Dissertation: The Moral Mind: Emotion, Evolution, and the Case for Skepticism
Committee: Mark Timmons (chair), Shaun Nichols, Terry Horgan, Michael Gill

2001-2005 University of Maryland, Baltimore County

B.A. Biological Sciences, Philosophy
Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, General Honors, Honors in Philosophy

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
2017- Presidents Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park

2016-2017 Visiting Instructor

Department of Philosophy, University of Arizona

2013-2016 Chauncey Truax Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor

Department of Philosophy, Hamilton College

PUBLICATIONS
Nichols, S., Kumar, S., Lopez, T., Ayars, A., & Chan, H. (2016). Rational Learners and Moral
Rules. Mind & Language, 31, 5, 530-554.
Nichols, S., Timmons, M., & Lopez, T. (2013). Ethical Conservatism and the Psychology of Moral
Luck. In M. Christen et al. (Eds.), Empirically Informed Ethics: Morality Between Facts and
Norms. Springer.
Lopez, T., Zamzow, J., Gill, M., & Nichols, S. (2009). Side Constraints and the Structure of
Commonsense Ethics. Philosophical Perspectives, 23, 1, 305-319.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Statistical Learning in Language Acquisition: Implications for Moral Psychology and the
Linguistic Analogy
Against the Evolutionary Argument for Moral Skepticism
Psychology and Normative Ethics: the Case of Deontological Morality
Social Structures and Individual Wrongdoing: Toward An Integrative Account of Social Injustice
(with Bryan Chambliss)
How to Naturalize Moral Inquiry
The Actual Disagreement Challenge to Moral Realism: A Rebuttal (with Gregory Robson)

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS

Selected Seminar Participant, National Endowment for the Humanities, Moral Psychology and
Education: Putting the Humanities to Work, Grand Valley State University, $3,300, 2016
Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 2012
University of Arizona Excellence in Social Sciences Dissertation Fellowship (Philosophy
departments sole nominee and awardee), $18,750, 2011-2012
Selected Seminar Participant, Perceptual, Moral, and Religious Skepticism, Purdue University,
$5,000, 2011
Riesen Graduate Prize for Best Paper, Department of Philosophy, University of Arizona, 2011
Best Graduate Student Paper, Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 2011
Cognitive Science Research Fellowship, University of Arizona, Spring 2011, Fall 2009
Senior Book Prize (top senior in philosophy), University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2005

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
How to Naturalize Moral Inquiry
Philosophy Department Colloquium, University of Maryland, College Park 2018
APA Central Division Meeting 2018
Social Structures and Individual Wrongdoing
Bias in Context Conference, University of Utah 2017
Psychology and Normative Ethics: the Case of Deontological Morality
Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress 2016
Does Neuroscience Have Normative Implications?, IIT 2016
Moral Epistemology Workshop, The Prindle Institute for Ethics 2015
Against the Evolutionary Argument for Moral Skepticism
Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress 2014
Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology 2011
Statistical Learning in Language Acquisition: Implications for Moral Psychology
Society for Philosophy and Psychology (poster) 2014
APA Pacific Division Meeting 2010
Reconsidering the Empirical Case for Sentimentalism
Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology 2009

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Arizona
Instructor
Environmental Ethics, Summer 2017 (Online), Fall 2012
Business Ethics, Summer 2017 (Online)
Neuroethics, Spring 2017 (Online)
The Moral Mind, Fall 2016 (Online), Spring 2011
Philosophy and Psychology, Spring 2013
Biomedical Ethics, Summer 2010, Summer 2009
Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking, Fall 2008
Teaching Assistant
Business Ethics, Spring 2017 (Online)
Justice and Virtue, Fall 2016
Issues in Applied Ethics, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Spring 2007
Philosophical Perspectives on the Individual, Spring 2008, Fall 2007
Hamilton College
Biomedical Ethics (Oral Presentation Course), Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Seminar on the Moral Mind, Fall 2015, Fall 2013
Contemporary Moral Issues (Writing Intensive Course), Spring 2015, Fall 2013
Seminar on Evolution and Morality, Fall 2014
Philosophy of Law, Spring 2014

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Mentoring Workshop for Early Career Women in Philosophy, University of Massachusetts-
Amherst, June 2015
June Forum on Social Entrepreneurship in the Liberal Arts, Center for Social Entrepreneurship,
Middlebury College, June 2014

SERVICE
Referee: Philosophical Psychology, Journal of Social Philosophy, Journal of Value Inquiry, Canadian Journal of
Philosophy, Ethical Perspectives, Cognitive Science Society, Canadian Philosophical Association
Editorial Assistant, Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics, Volume 1
New Graduate Student Orientation Leader, Arizona Department of Philosophy: 2009 2012
Conference Assistant, Arizona Workshop in Normative Ethics, 2010
Undergraduate Mentor, Assurance Scholarship Program, University of Arizona, 2009-2010
Graduate Representative, Arizona Department of Philosophy, 2009-2010
Graduate Program Review Committee, Arizona Department of Philosophy, 2008-2009

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Philosophical Association
Society for Philosophy and Psychology
Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum
Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology

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GRADUATE COURSEWORK
(* audited)
Ethics and Value Theory
*Metaethics: Sentimentalism (Mark Timmons), Ancient Philosophy: Platos Moral and Political
Philosophy (Rachana Kamtekar), Moral and Social Evolution (Gerald Gaus), Independent Study:
Ethical Theory (Michael Gill), Metaethics: Moral Epistemology (Mark Timmons), Normative Ethics:
Kant (Mark Timmons), Seminar on Moral Phenomenology (Mark Timmons), Seminar on
Aesthetics (Keith Lehrer)
Cognitive Science and Philosophy of Mind
*Natural Selection: Theory, Data, Models & Critiques (M. Piattelli-Palmarini), Seminar on Moral
Psychology (Shaun Nichols and Mark Timmons), Introduction to Cognitive Science (Shaun
Nichols), Theories of Language Development (LouAnn Gerken), Seminar on Philosophy of Mind:
Free Will (Shaun Nichols), Philosophy and Psychology (Shaun Nichols)
Metaphysics and Epistemology
Seminar on Epistemology (Stewart Cohen), Theory of Knowledge (Terry Horgan), Seminar on
Causation (L.A. Paul), Seminar on Philosophy of Mathematics: Abstract Objects (Shaughan Lavine)
Other
Decision Theory (Terry Horgan), Seminar on Humes Treatise (David Owen), Philosophy of Biology
(Richard Healy and Elizabeth Willott)

REFERENCES
Mark Timmons Terry Horgan
Professor of Philosophy Professor of Philosophy
University of Arizona University of Arizona
mtimmons@u.arizona.edu thorgan@u.arizona.edu

Shaun Nichols Marga Reimer (Teaching Reference)

Professor of Philosophy Associate Professor of Philosophy
University of Arizona University of Arizona
sbn@u.arizona.edu reimer@email.arizona.edu

Robert Simon
Professor of Philosophy
Hamilton College
rsimon@hamilton.edu

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