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Dr. John P. Hittinger, VPAA
 Born outside of Indianapolis, Indiana at Camp Atterbury on February 8, 1952, the son of Francis Russell Hittinger and Anne Pollard; his father was a career Marine officer, who was killed in action in Quang Nam Province, the Republic of South Vietnam on March 9, 1968. John grew up on Marine Bases in Virginia, North Carolina, and Hawaii. John attended Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, Virginia, graduating in 1970. He went to the University of Notre Dame graduating 1974. He attended the Catholic University of America graduate program in philosophy where he completed a Master's Thesis on "Reason and Intellect in Two Texts of Thomas Aquinas," and a doctoral dissertation on “Natural Law in Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding.” He spent one year in the graduate program at the University of Dallas. In 1978 he accepted a faculty position at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. In 1985 accepted a position at the College of St Francis in Joliet, Illinois; he served as chairman of the philosophy and theology department from 1987-1991. In 1994 John accepted a position as the first civilian professor in the philosophy department at the United States Air Force Academy. He held rank of full professor and was awarded civilian of the year honor for 1996-1997. In the Spring of 2001, John was a sabbatical fellow at the Centre for Philosophy and Public Affairs at St. Andrews University, Scotland where he worked on a book on the Morality of Warfare. In July 2001 he accepted the position of Academic Dean/Provost at St. Mary’s College of Ave Maria University in Orchard Lake, Michigan. He worked with the faculty and staff to develop a new Catholic integrated core curriculum. In 2003 he accepted a position at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit Michigan. John has published articles and presented papers on a variety of topics including John Locke, Jacques Maritain, military ethics, liberal education, political philosophy, and the thought of John Paul II. John has published three books, as the co-editor of Liberalism at the Crossroads: An Introduction to Contemporary Liberal Theory and its Critics (Rowman and Littlefield, 1994) and Reassessing the Liberal State: Reading Maritain’s Man and the State, (Catholic University of America Press, 2001). He authored Liberty, Wisdom and Grace: Thomism and Modern Democratic Theory. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Press, 2002. John is married to Molly Mulqueen of Council Bluffs, Iowa; he is the father of four children -- Jack (1986) Ellie (1988) James (1990) and Joseph (1994). |
Vita
Education:
1986
1977
1976
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Ph.D. in Philosophy, awarded with distinction
The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
Dissertation: "Ethics and Natural Law in John Locke's
Essay and Two Treatises."
Interdisciplinary Study of Politics and Philosophy.
The University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
M.A. in Philosophy, magna cum laude
The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
Thesis: "Reason and Intellect in Two Texts of St.Thomas Aquinas"
B.A. in Philosophy, cum laude
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana |
Administrative Positions:
Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit MI
2004-2006 Assessment Officer
St. Mary’s College of Ave Maria University, Orchard Lake, MI
2001-2003 Provost and Academic Dean
College of St. Francis, Joliet, Illinois
1988-1992 Chair, Philosophy and Theology Dept
Teaching Experience:
Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit MI
2003-2006 Professor of Philosophy
St. Mary’s College of Ave Maria University, Orchard Lake, MI
2001-2003 Professor of Philosophy
United States Air Force Academy
1996-2001 Full Professor
1994-1996 Associate Professor
College of St. Francis, Joliet, Illinois
1992-1994 Professor
1987-1992 Associate Professor
1985-1987 Assistant Professor
Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas
1981-1985 Assistant Professor
1978-1981 Instructor
Coppin State College, Baltimore, Maryland
1977-1978 Visiting Lecturer
The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
1975-1976 Teaching Assistant with full duties
Grants and Awards:
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Research Fellow, Centre for Ethics and Public Affairs, University of St Andrews, Scotland |
| 1995-1996 |
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Civilian of the Year, Faculty, US Air Force Academy
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| 1992-1993 |
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Research Associate, University of Notre Dame |
| 1991-1992 |
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Earhart Foundation Grant for Scholarly Writing |
| 1991-1992 |
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Faculty Achievement of Distinction, College of St. Francis |
| 1991-1992 |
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Research Associate, University of Notre Dame |
| 1990-1991 |
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Research Associate, University of Notre Dame |
| 1988-1989 |
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Faculty Achievement of Distinction, College of St. Francis |
| 1987-1988 |
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Lily Foundation Faculty Grant. College of St. Francis |
| 1987 |
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National Endowment for the Humanities Grant. Summer Institute |
Books:
Liberty, Wisdom and Grace: Thomim and Modern Democratic Theory. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Press, 2002.
Reassessing the Liberal State: Reading Maritain’s Man and the State, edited by Timothy Fuller and John P. Hittinger. Washington, D.C. Catholic University of America Press, 2001.
Liberalism at the Crossroads: An Introduction to Contemporary Liberal Theory and its Critics, edited by John P. Hittinger and Christopher Wolfe. New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield, 1994.
Chapters and Articles:
"On Citizen and Conscience: Political Participation in Gaudium Et Spes." In Nationale Und Kulturelle Identitat Im Zeitalter Der Globalisierung, edited by Anton Rauscher. Munich: Soziale Orientierung, 2006.
“St. Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, and a 'Philosophy Consonant with the Word of God'." Seminary Journal 11, no. 1 (2005): 47-55.
"The Democratic Subversion of Political Liberty and Participation." In Exploring the World of Human Practice: Readings in and About the Philosophy of Aurel Kolnai, edited by Zoltan Balaz and Francis Dunlop, 179-82. Budapest/New York: Central European University Press, 2004.
"Cooperation with Evil In the Military Profession." In The Catholic Citizenl: Debating the Issues of Justice, edited by Kenneth D. Whitehead, 165-75. South Bend, Indiana: St Augustine' Press, 2004.
“Maritain and the Reassessment of the Liberal State.” With Timothy Fuller. In Reassessing the Liberal State: Reading Maritain’s Man and the State, edited by John P Hittinger and Timothy Fuller. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America. 2001.
“Fides et ratio: Exorcizing the Ghost of Descartes.” In Thomistic Institute Papers on Fides et Ratio, edited by Timothy Smith, South Bend, In.: St Augustine Press, 2001.
“The Cooperation of Church and State: Maritain’s Argument from the Unity of the Person.” In Reassessing the Liberal State: Reading Maritain’s Man and the State, edited by John P Hittinger and Timothy Fuller. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America. 2001
“Newman, Theology and Crisis of Liberal Education.” Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 11, no. 1/2 (1999): 61-82.
“Jacques Maritain's Thomistic philosophy of rights.” Human Rights: A Freedom Forum (Issue 51) (1999)
“Kolnai and the Metaphysics of Political Conservatism.” Appraisal 2, no. 1 (1998): 26-36.
“Just War and Defense Policy.” In Natural Law and Contemporary Public Policy, edited by David F. Forte, 333-360. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1998.
“The Soldier, Citizen,Scholar.” Paper presented at the Social Values and Military Ethics: Proceedings of the Joint Services Conference on Professional Ethics, Washington D.C. 1995.
“Jacques Maritain and Yves R. Simon's Use of Thomas Aquinas in Their Defense of Liberal Democracy.” In Thomas Aquinas and His Legacy, edited by David M. Gallagher, 149-172. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1994.
“David A. Richards and the Liberalism of the Autonomous Person.” In Liberalism at the Crossroads: An Introduction to Contemporary Liberal Theory and its Critics, edited by John P. Hittinger and Christopher Wolfe. New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield, 1994.
“John Locke.” In Time; A Bibliographic Guide, edited by Samuel L. Macey, 342-344. New York: Garland Press, 1993
“Three Philosophies of Human Rights.” In In Search of a National Morality, edited by William Bentley Ball, 246-258. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1992.
“Why Locke Rejected an Ethics of Virtue and Turned to an Ethic of Utility.” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 64 (1990): 267-276.
“Philosophy and the Quest for Ethical Foundations: An Overview.” In Ethics in Contmemporary Social service: Theory and Practice, edited by Eleanor Hannon Judah, 18-32. Washington, D.C.: Catholic Charities, USA, 1989.
“The Moral Status of the Expert in Contemporary Society.” The World and I, August 1989, 560-585.
“Approaches to Democratic Equality: Maritain, Simon, and Kolnai.” In Freedom in the Modern World, edited by Michael D. Torre, 237-252. Mishawaka, Indiana: American Maritain Association, 1989.
“The Intuition of Being: Metaphysics or Poetry.” In Jacques Maritain: The Man and His Metaphysics, edited by John F.X. Knasas, 71-82. Mishawaka, Indiana: American Maritain Association 1988
Reviews: Jacques Maritain and the French Catholic Intellectuals by Bernard Doering. This World, 1983; The Church, State and Society in the Thought of John Paul II by James Schall. Theological Studies, 1983); Theology of Freedom by John Cooper. Crisis, 1986; Natural Law and the Rights of Man by Jacques Maritain. Crisis, 1987; Understanding Maritain, edited by Deal Hudson. Review of Metaphysics, December (1988); Possum and other receits for the recovery of Southern Being, by Marion Montgomery. This World, 1988; A Path to Metaphysics: Phenomenological, Hermeneutical and Dialogical Studies. Robert Wood American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 1992; John Locke's Two Treatises of Government: New Interpretations. Edward Hapham, ed. The Review of Metaphysics 1993; Idea of Catholic Education by O Brien JIS 2004; A Very Rich Life by Ralph McInerny in Catholic Historical Review 2005; Roman Catholic Political Philosophy by James Schall, in Morality and Markets 2005; The Science before Science by Anthony Rizzi, in Crisis 2005
Academic Presentations: Papers delivered at American Philosophical Association, American Catholic Philosophical Association, American Public Philosophy Institute, the World Congress of Philosophy, American Maritain Association, Thomistic Institute, Institute for Advanced Philosophical Research, Catholic University of America Lecture Series, Midwest Political Science Association, Southwest Political Science Association, Joint Services Conference on Professional Ethics, University College, Dublin, Glasgow University, Aberdeen University, University of St Andrews
Video and On-Line Courses:
Modern Philosophy, 12 lectures, audio-video with syllabus and full study guides, International Catholic University
Political Philosophy, 12 lectures, audio-video with syllabus and full study guides, International Catholic University
Professional Memberships Held: Medieval and Rennaissance Society; American Public Philosophy Institute (officer 1991-2002); American Catholic Philosophical Association (officer 2000-2003); American Philosophical Association; American Maritain Association (Vice-President); American Association of University Professors; Joint Services Conference on Professional Ethics (JSCOPE) |
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