Curriculum Vitae
Jason Farr
EXPERIENCE
Georgetown University | July 2022 - Present
Assistant Teaching Professor, Ethics Lab
Georgetown University | Aug 2021 - July 2022
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ethics Lab
EDUCATION
Georgetown University | Aug 2015 - Aug 2021
Ph.D. in Philosophy
Northern Illinois University | Aug 2012-May 2015
M.A. in Philosophy
University of Virginia | Aug 2006-May 2009
B.A. in Political Philosophy, Policy, and Law
DISSERTATION
Metaethics is Social: Broadening Social Themes in Expressivism and Kantian Constructivism
Committee Chair: Margaret Little
Committee Members: Mark Murphy and Mark Lance
PUBLICATIONS
Lisa Singh, Agorista Polyzou, Yanchen Wang, and Jason Farr, “Social Media
Data – Our Ethical Conundrum,” IEEP Data Engineering Bulletin, Special
Issue on Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Fairness and Artificial Intelligence
Systems, Accepted and Forthcoming.
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Fritz Fellowship - Georgetown University | 2020
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Awarded an interdisciplinary fellowship under Ethics Lab and the Computer Science department at Georgetown University to study the ethics of conducting social media research with machine-learning algorithms.
Rafelson Essay Prize - Northern Illinois University | 2015
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Awarded to one philosophy graduate student per year for outstanding achievement in philosophical essay writing.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Georgetown University
Instructor of Record
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PHIL135: Intro to Tech, Ethics, and Society | Spring 2022
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PHIL110: Social Media and Democracy | Fall 2021
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PHIL109: Ethics of AI | Spring 2021, Fall 2022
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PHIL105: Bioethics | Fall 2020
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PHIL148: Meta-Ethics | Spring 2020
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PHIL124: Environmental Ethics | Fall 2019
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PHIL010: Introduction to Ethics | Summer 2018, 2016
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PHIL020: Introduction to Philosophy | Summer 2017
Teaching Assistant
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PHIL099: Political and Social Thought, Madison Powers | Spring 2018
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PHIL099: Political and Social Thought, Terry Pinkard | Fall 2017
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PHIL010: Introduction to Philosophy, Judith Lichtenberg | Spring 2017
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PHIL020: Introduction to Philosophy, James Mattingly | Fall 2016
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PHIL010 (Grader only): Introduction to Ethics, James Olsen | Spring 2016
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PHIL 010: Introduction to Ethics, Nancy Sherman | Fall 2015
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
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“A Social Account of the Game of Assertion,”
Gateway Graduate Conference: Philosophy in a Social World | 2019
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Comments on Yarran Hominh’s “Oppressive Social Practices and the Explanation of Individual Action”
Georgetown University MAP Conference: Understanding Oppression | 2018
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“Quasi-Realism and Objectivity”
Northern Illinois university, Rafelson Colloquium | 2015
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“Courses of Action and Consequences”
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Graduate Philosophy Conference | 2014
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Comments on Tatyana Kostochka’s “Just Another Epistemic Goal: The Value of Truth and the Disengaged Standpoint”
Northern Illinois University, 7th Annual Northern Graduate Conference | 2013
ACADEMIC SERVICE
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Conference Presentation Chair, American Philosophical Association | 2021
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Organization Committee, Georgetown MAP Conference: Understanding Oppression | 2018
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Volunteer, Central Division Meeting, American Philosophical Association | 2014
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Organizer, 7th Annual Northern Graduate Conference in Philosophy | 2013
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Philosophy Graduate Student Advisory Council, Northern Illinois University | 2013
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Facilitator, Northern Illinois University Bold Futures Workshops | 2015
GRADUATE COURSES TAKEN
Georgetown University
Spring 2020
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Special Topics in Bioethics (Audit)
Spring 2017
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Hegel
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Nicomachean Ethics
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Pragmatics and Social Reality
Fall 2016
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Kant
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Rawls
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Ethics Proseminar
Spring 2016
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Intermediate Logic (Meta-Logic)
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Social Epistemology
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Metaphysics Proseminar
Fall 2015
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Epistemology Proseminar
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Aristotle’s Biology
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Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein
Northern Illinois University
Spring 2015
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Global Justice (Audit)
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Metaphysics (Audit)
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Paradoxes (Audit)
Fall 2014
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Disagreement
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Ethical Theory: Paternalism (Audit)
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Metaphysics: What are you (Audit)
Spring 2014
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Philosophy of Logic: Truth
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Free Will
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Political Philosophy (Audit)
Fall 2013
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Directed Readings: Climate Change and Moral Philosophy
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Consequentialism
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Philosophy of Mind: Physicalism
Spring 2013
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Truth Conditional Pragmatics
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Practical Reasoning
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20th Century Analytic Philosophy
Fall 2012
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Intermediate Logic
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Advanced Ethical Theory
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Epistemology
University of Virginia
Fall 2011
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Capitalism and Human Good
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Thomas Reid
OTHER WORK & SERVICE EXPERIENCE
Nature Camp Foundation
Board of Directors, Member At-Large (service) | 2018 - present
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Attend and participate in bi-annual budget meetings and give input on matters from scholarships to diversification to meal and salary budgeting.
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Strategize on format and execution of Foundation events, including service weekinds, fall hikes, member reunions, etc.
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Nominate members for and aid in development of Nature Camp Inc. board of directors.
Nature Camp, Inc.
Instructor / Counselor | 2006-2011 (Assistant Director in 2011)
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Designed and taught two-week courses for 6th through 12th grade students.
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Courses taught include:
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Introduction to Environmental Ethics
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Dendrology: Plant Communities & Migration in the Southern Appalachians
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Introduction to Botany
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Energy and Waste Systems in the United States
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Environmental Effects of Agriculture
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Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Il
Graduate Assistant, Internship Office for Humanities Majors | August 2012-May 2015
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Counsel one-on-one with students looking for internships.
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Present short lectures on internship opportunities in various classes.
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Edit and review student résumés and cover letters.
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Design and maintain website for College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Internship Offices.
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Manage marketing, including social media, brochures and fliers.
Relayfoods.com
(An Online grocery service geared toward local foods and sustainability)
Personal Assistant to COO and President, Charlottesville, Va | August 2011-February 2012
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Managed President’s schedule and company-related expenditures.
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Wrote and edited emails for President.
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Coordinated meetings and interviews for President and CEO.
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Redesigned and implemented website search queries, product trees, and product categorization for thousands of online products.
Team Leader, Richmond, Va | August 2010-August 2011
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Managed team of 10 in daily operations of relayfoods.com Richmond.
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Oversaw transportation of goods from farms and stores to fulfillment center, sorting of products, and distribution to sites around the city.
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Helped design methods and procedures for operations associates.
Operations Associate, Charlottesville, Va | January 2010-August 2010
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Transported goods from farms and stores to fulfillment center and then out to sites around the city.
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Sorted incoming products into outgoing customer bins.
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Helped design and implement sorting and transportation processes for relayfoods.com.
MISCELANEOUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike | Feb 2012-Jul 2012
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Planned and executed a 2,180 mile solo hike from Georgia to Maine.