Lindsay Rettler
Curriculum Vitae

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EMPLOYMENT
2023-present: Assistant Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Wyoming.
2021-present: Block Lead, Themes in Medicine, WWAMI Medical Education Program, University of Wyoming.
2018-2023: Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Wyoming.
2015-2017: Instructor in Philosophy, Baylor University.

EDUCATION
Ph.D.,  Philosophy, Ohio State University, 2015
M.A., Philosophy, Western Michigan University, 2010
B.A., Philosophy, Biola University, 2005

RESEARCH
Areas of Specialization: Epistemology, Moral Psychology, Applied Ethics
Areas of Competence: Bioethics, Medical Ethics, Philosophy of Religion

PUBLICATIONS
  • "Causal Connections between Anorexia Nervosa and Delusions" co-authored with Kyle De Young, 2023 Review of Psychology and Philosophy.
  • "Epistemic Duty and Implicit Bias," in Epistemic Duties: New Arguments, New Angles, eds. Kevin McCain and Scott Stapleford, co-authored with Bradley Rettler, 2020.
  • “In Defense of Doxastic Blame,” 2018, Synthese 195 (5): 2205-2226.
  • "Faith, Belief, and Control," 2018, American Philosophical Quarterly 55 (1): 95-109. 

DISSERTATION 
Title: Making Sense of Doxastic Blame: An Account of Control over Belief
Committee: Declan Smithies (director), Abe Roth, and Timothy Schroeder

Abstract: In my dissertation, I argue that we can be legitimately blamed for our beliefs, even though we do not have the same kind of control over our beliefs that we have over our actions. I first argue that accounts of moral blame for action can be extended to account for doxastic blame. Then I defend the legitimacy of doxastic blame by arguing that we have a form of indirect control over our beliefs via the capacity to actively engage in reflection. Lastly, I argue that, given the relationship between faith and belief, our control over whether we have faith is similar to our control over our beliefs.

TALKS
  • "Epistemic Injustice," UW Advising Conference, August 2023.
  • "A Bioethics Case for Computing Ethics," Guest Speaker in Dr. Robin Hills's "Ethics for the Computing Professional," University of Wyoming, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022.
  • “Doxastic Blame,” Pacific APA, April 2016.
  • “In Defense of Epistemic Blame,” Alabama Philosophical Society, October 2015.
  • “The Ethics of Affluence and Charitable Giving,” Invited Talk, Baylor Undergraduate Philosophy Club, October 2015.
  • ”A Framework for Determining the Aim of Faith,” Invited Talk, The Faith Project: The Value of Faith, Columbia MO, July 2015.
  • “On the Control of Faith and Belief,” Invited Symposium: The Nature of Faith, Pacific APA, April 2015.
  • ”Control, Faith, and Belief," Invited Talk, The Faith Project: The Nature of Faith, Columbia MO, July 2014.
  • “Doxastic Blame and Responsibility,” Distinguished Alumna Talk, Western Michigan University Graduate Philosophy Conference, December 2014.
  • “Reason-Responsiveness and Voluntary Control,” Pacific APA, April 2014.
  • “Reason-Responsiveness and Voluntary Control,” Baylor Philosophy of Religion Conference, Baylor University, April 2014.
  • “Epistemic Control and Responsibility,” Epistemology Brown Bag, Northwestern University, May 2013.
  • “Believing the Speaker,” Notre Dame/Northwestern Epistemology Conference, April 2011.
  • “No Necessary Condition for Self-Deception,” Brown Bag Lecture Series, Department of Philosophy, Western Michigan University, November 2010.

COMMENTS
  • "Comments on Chris Tweedt's 'An Argument for the Perspectival Account of Faith'," Central APA, February 2023.
  • “Comments on Charity Anderson’s ‘Divine Hiddenness: Are Glimpses Enough?’,” The Nature and Value of Faith Conference, January 2016.
  • “Comments on Jon Kvanvig’s Comments ‘Faith, Cognitive and Affective’,” The Nature and Value of Faith Conference, November 2014.
  • “Comments on Greg Antill’s ‘The Ethics of Self-Fulfilling Belief’,” Notre Dame /Northwestern Epistemology Conference, April 2013.
  • “Comments on Todd Stewart’s ‘A Critique of Two Criteria for Epistemically Circular Belief’,” Illinois Philosophical Association, November 2012.

TEACHING
Instructor of Record​​​
  • Symbolic Logic. Fall 2024 (University of Wyoming)
  • Philosophy of Mental Health. Fall 2023, Fall 2021 (University of Wyoming)
  • Bioethics. Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021 (University of Wyoming)
  • Critical Thinking. Spring 2024 (University of Wyoming)
  • Critical Thinking -- at the Wyoming Women's Center. Spring 2023 (University of Wyoming, Pathways from Prison Program)
  • Medical Ethics. Fall 2018 (University of Wyoming)
  • Introduction to Logic. Fall 2016 (Baylor University)
  • Introduction to Ethics: Love and Sex. Spring 2016, Fall 2015 (Baylor University)
  • Contemporary Social and Moral Problems in the U.S. Fall 2013 (Ohio State)
  • Philosophy and Public Affairs. Spring 2010 (2), Fall 2009 (2) (Western Michigan)
  • Critical Reasoning. Fall 2009 (2), Summer 2009 (Western Michigan)
Session Instructor for Medical Education Program
  • Health Equity and Genetics. Fall 2022
  • ​Health Inequities for Infectious Diseases. Spring 2023, Fall 2022
  • Fatal Invention Book Discussion Sessions. Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022
  • Social Identities, Privilege & Intersection. Summer 2023
  • Cancer Disparities. Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
  • Inequities in the Care of People with Diabetes. Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
  • Anti-Fat Bias & Health. Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
  • What is Bioethics? Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
  • Relational Ethics. Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021
  • Narrative Ethics. Spring 2021
  • Complexities in Decision Making Capacity. Spring 2021
  • Cognitive Bias. Spring 2021
  • Foundations of Justice in Healthcare. Spring 2024, Spring 2023
  • Ethics & Chronic Kidney Disease. Fall, 2023, Spring 2023
  • End of Life Ethics. Fall 2024, Spring 2023
  • Virtues & Values. Fall 2024, Spring 2023
  • Ethics Practice & Prep for Clerkships. Fall 2024, Spring 2023 

REFEREE WORK
  • Journal of Philosophy (2022)
  • Philosophical Studies (2022, 2018)
  • Religious Studies (2021)
  • Synthese (2019, 2023)
  • Faith and Philosophy (2018)
  • Philosophical Quarterly (2017)
  • dialectica (2013)

HONORS AND AWARDS
  • Affiliate Assistant Professor, UW Department of Bioethics & Humanities, University of Washington. Spring 2024-present
  • Research Award, Faith Project Summer Seminar, Summer 2015, Summer 2014.
  • Invited Participant, Southern Methodist University Analytic Theology Workshop, Summer 2014, Summer 2013.
  • Invited Participant, St. Thomas Summer Seminar in Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Theology, Summer 2012.
  • Graduate Student Award for Teaching Effectiveness, Philosophy Department, Western Michigan University, Spring 2010. (Awarded to one graduate student in each department.)

TRAINING & CONTINUING EDUCATION
  • Assessment Training, UWyo, Elbogen Center for Teaching and Learning, Aug 28, 2024
  • Restorative Justice Facilitator Training, UWash Medicine Office of Healthcare Equity, Aug 5-7, 2024 
  • Y'all Means All UWyo Safe Zone Training, UWyo Multicultural Affairs, May 6, 2024
  • UWIT Training: Boost Your Brand in Canva, UWyo IT, April 23. 2024
  • Equity Impact Review Tool Workshop, UWash Medicine Office of Healthcare Equity, Aug 8, 2023

SERVICE
  • UWSOM Foundations Phase Committee, Spring 2024-present
  • Assessment Committee, Philosophy & Religious Studies Department, Fall 2024-present
  • New Student Welcoming Committee, Philosophy Department, OSU, 2010-2012.
  • Graduate Student Mentor, WMU, Fall 2009-Spring 2010.
  • Editorial Assistant for Fritz Alhoff, Patrick Lin, and Daniel Moore’s What is Nanotechnology and Why Does it Matter?: From Science to Ethics, published 2010 with Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Conference Organization Committee, Western Michigan University Graduate Philosophy Conference, December 2008 and December 2009.​