Russ Jacobs

Chair/Professor

Philosophy

College of Arts & Sciences

Contact: Garvey Fine Arts Center
Rm 233A

1700 SW College Ave
Topeka, KS 66621-1117
785-670-1545
russ.jacobs@washburn.edu

Degrees & Certifications: Midland Lutheran College, Bachelor of Arts; University of Texas at Austin, Doctor of Philosophy

Academic History

Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Washburn University, 1975-Present
Research Assistantship, Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, Summer 1974 (Biomedical Ethics, Philosophy of Medicine)

Teaching

Scholarly Interests/Activities: Professor Jacobs' current research interests are primarily in ethical theory (especially the relevance of evolutionary theory to moral philosophy), environmental ethics (especially the ethics of global climate change), and in the philosophy of love and sex, where he is editing an anthology of articles for classroom use.

Service Interests/Activities: He is Past President of the Washburn Faculty Senate, Past Chair of the University Council at Washburn, and Past President of the Southwestern Philosophical Society. He regularly referees papers for a variety of publications and scholarly conferences.

Career Accomplishments

Recent Honors and Awards:

Post Doctoral Education:

Sweet Summer Sabbatical, University of Montana, Summer 2010
NEH Summer Seminar, "Ethics at the End of Life," University of Utah, Summer 2003
NEH/NSF Summer Institute, "The Scientific, Ethical and Social Challenges of Contemporary Genetic Technology," University of Puget Sound, Summer 1996
NEH Study Grant for College Teachers, "John Stuart Mill and the Reconstruction of Classical Utilitarianism," Summer 1994
Sweet Summer Sabbatical, "Authority and Autonomy in Health Care," University of Nebraska--Lincoln, Summer 1987
NEH Fellowship in Residence for College Teachers, University of Michigan, 1978-1979