2011 - Present | Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of the Pacific ‐ College of the Pacific | |
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Present | Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of the Pacific | |
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July 2014 - June 2016 | Assistant Provost of Student Academic Support & Retention, University of the Pacific | |
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April 2012 - July 2014 | Assistant Provost of Academic Affairs, University of the Pacific | |
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2004 - 2012 | Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences and Director of General Education, University of the Pacific | |
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2002 - 2011 | Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of the Pacific ‐ College of the Pacific | |
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2002 - 2006 | Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of the Pacific | |
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1999 - 2002 | Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of the Pacific ‐ College of the Pacific | |
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1992 - 1999 | Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Xavier University | |
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1991 - 1992 | Associate in Philosophy, University of California - San Diego | |
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1989 | Lecturer, Department of Philsophy, University of Redlands | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
philosophy, philosophy of sports, philosophy of religion, history of philosophy, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, ancient philosophy, medieval philosophy, modern philosophy, metaphysics, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, David Hume, Karl Marx, Existentialism, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and Friedrich Hayek
Honors and Awards
- 2009 Received ‘Star of Pacific’ award from Office of Student Life for excellence in providing best possible first year experience
- 2007 Podesto Award for Excellence in Student Life, Mentoring, and Counseling (the highest award in the Division of Student Life)
- 2007 Election to Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
- 1998 Cincinnati Editors Association, First Place in Publications Competition for article in Xavier Magazine, “Death with Dignity”
- 1996 Voted best teacher by Xavier freshman class in Office of Freshman Programs survey
- 1995 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute, “Modernity and Its Discontents,” San Diego, California
- 1994 Voted best teacher by Xavier freshman class in Office of Freshman Programs survey
- 1989 Humanities Summer Fellowship, Department of Philosophy, UC San Diego (Goethe- Institut, West Germany)
- 1984 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Basketball), University of Redlands
- 1984 University of Redlands nominee for Rhodes Scholarship
- 1983 Phi Beta Kappa, University of Redlands
Courses
- PHIL 11 Introduction to Philosophy
- PHIL 21 Moral Problems
- PHIL 53 History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
- PHIL 55 History of Modern Philosophy
- PHIL 124 Philosophy of Religion
- PHIL 127 Philosophy of Sport
- PACS 3 What is an Ethical Life?
1992 | Ph.D., Philosophy, University of California - San Diego | |
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1984 | B.A., Double major: Philosophy & Psychology, University of Redlands | |
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M.A., Philosophy, University of California - San Diego | ||
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Links
Contact Information
Phone: 209.946.2673
Office: WPC 207
Email:
Books and Book Chapters (4)
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Presentations (24)
Presentations and lectures given by Dr. Lou Matz.