Dept.

of Multidisciplinary Studies
Indiana State University
Holmstedt Hall 243
Terre Haute, IN 47803

Michael J. Deem
Curriculum Vitae

812.237.3651 (office)
michael.deem@indstate.edu
http://mjdeem.weeby.com

APPOINTMENTS
Indiana State University
Assistant Professor of Philosophy (tenure-track), 2015-Present
Assistant Director, The Center for Genomic Advocacy, 2015-Present
Affiliate Faculty, M.S. Genetic Counseling program, 2016-Present
Childrens Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Ethics and Genomics Fellow, 2015-16
EDUCATION
Degrees
University of Notre Dame, Ph.D., Philosophy, 2015
Advisors: Robert Audi and Grant Ramsey
Texas A&M University, M.A., Philosophy, 2009
Franciscan University of Steubenville, B.A. with honors, 2003
Additional Training
Childrens Mercy Bioethics Center, Pediatric Bioethics Certificate, 2016
Childrens Mercy Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine, Master Class, 2015-16
100+ hours of genetic counseling observation, Childrens Mercy Hospital, Midwest
Perinatal Associates, and The University of Kansas Cancer Center, 2015-16
Center for Conflict Resolution in Healtcare, Conflict Resolution and Clinical-Setting
Mediation Training for Healthcare, 2015
John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values, University of Notre Dame,
Graduate Minor, History and Philosophy of Science, 2015
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Bioethics, Ethical Theory, Philosophy of Biology
AREAS OF TEACHING COMPETENCE
Epistemology, History of Philosophy, Logic, Philosophy of Science, Political Philosophy

PUBLICATIONS
Articles and Book Chapters
M. J. Deem (forthcoming), Vulnerability in Genetic Counseling and the Ground of
Nondirectiveness, in C. Straehle (ed.), Vulnerability, Autonomy, and Applied Ethics,
Routledge.
M. J. Deem (forthcoming), Dehorning the Darwinian Dilemma for Normative Realism,
Biology and Philosophy.
M. J. Deem & G. Ramsey (2016), Guilt by Association? Philosophical Psychology. 29(4):
570-585.
M. J. Deem (2016), Whole Genome Sequencing and Disability in the NICU: Exploring
Practical and Ethical Challenges, Pediatrics. 137(1): S47-S55.
M. J. Deem (2015), Human Nature and the Epistemic Independence of Natural Law, in J.
Hittinger & D. C. Wagner (eds.), Thomas Aquinas: Teacher of Humanity. Cambridge
Scholars.
Peer Commentaries
M. J. Deem (2016), Microbes and Medical Decisions, American Journal of Bioethics.
16(2): 55-56.
M. J. Deem (2016), An Accessibility Constraint on Parental Refusal of Critical Newborn
Screening, American Journal of Bioethics. 16(1): 24-26.
Book Reviews
M. J. Deem (commissioned), Review of Blaine J. Fowers, The Evolution of Morality:
Human Sociality and the Emergence of Ethical Mindedness, for Philosophical
Psychology
Newsletters and Popular Media
M. J. Deem and G. Ramsey (2016), The Evolutionary Puzzle of Guilt: Individual or Group
Selection? The Emotion Researcher.
M. J. Deem (2015), A Disability-conscious Look at Genomic Sequencing in the
NICU, The LINK, volume 7(10), October 2015.
TALKS AND PAPER PRESENTATIONS (*=invited)
Truth, Evolution, and Cognitive Reliability
Colloquium, 2017 APA Central Division Meeting, Kansas City, MO, March 1-4, 2017
Lessons Learned from Early Forays into Whole-genome Sequencing in Newborns (with Galen
Joseph, Barbara Koenig, John Lantos, Ryan Paquin, Isabelle Thiffault, and Susan Waisbren)
Panel, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 18th Annual
Meeting, Washington, DC, October 6-8, 2016

Taxonomizing Risk in Genomic Sequencing

Sixth Annual Western Michigan University Medical Humanities Conference,
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, September 15-16, 2016
Informational Opacity and Consent in Clinical Genomic Sequencing
Bioethics: Preparing for the Unknown Conference, Center for the Study of Ethics in
Society, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, March 17-18, 2016
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, March 29, 2016*
3rd Annual Meeting of the Consortium for Socially Relevant Philosophy and 6th Annual
Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology Conference, University of Texas at
Dallas, Richardson, TX, May 19-22, 2016
Selecting a Savior Sibling: Ethical Considerations and Genetic Counseling Challenges
Childrens Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, April 28, 2016*
Immunizations, Newborn Screening, and Religious Exemptions: Where Lies the
Justificatory Burden?
5th Annual Conference on Medicine and Religion, Houston, TX, March 4-6, 2016
Vulnerability and Consent in Genomic Medicine
Genomic Medicine Master Class, Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine, Childrens
Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO, November 10-12, 2015*
Empathy, Culture, and the Function of Guilt
Great Plains Philosophy Symposium, Moral Psychology, University of Kansas,
Lawrence, KS, October 24, 2015
Rethinking Nondirectiveness in Genetic Counseling
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, March 23, 2015*
Guilt as an Evolutionary Problem (with Grant Ramsey)
Twenty-Fourth Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Chicago,
IL, November 6-9, 2014
Attending to Patient Vulnerability in Genetic Counseling
Vulnerability in Context workshop, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, October
9-10, 2014
Fourth Annual Western Michigan University Medical Humanities Conference,
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, September 18-19, 2014
Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, February 28, 2014*
Guilt by Association? (with Grant Ramsey)
2014 Georgetown University Philosophy Conference: Emotions and Emotionality,
Georgetown University, Washington, DC, April 12, 2014

2013 Institute of Philosophy of the University of Leuven Conference, Cultural

Evolution, Philosophy and Emotions, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, May 28-30,
2013*

Grounding Natural Law without Human Nature

First U.S. Meeting of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, Houston, TX,
October 2013
Human Evolution and Cognitive Reliability
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, February 10, 2014*
Indiana Philosophical Association Fall 2013 Meeting, IUPUI, October 11-12, 2013
Moral Intuitionism: Epistemological and Ethical Aspects seminar, Central European
University, July 22-31, 2013

Dehorning the Darwinian Dilemma for Realist Theories of Value

2012 Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association (Main
Program), Atlanta, GA, December 27-30, 2012
5th Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO,
August 9-12, 2012
Tenth Annual PhilMilCog Conference, University of Western Ontario, London,
Canada, May 24-27, 2012
Indiana Philosophical Association Spring 2012 Meeting, Depauw University, April
20-21, 2012
12th Annual Harvard/MIT Graduate Philosophy Conference, MIT, March 17, 2012
Mentalism or Proceduralism? A Kantian Construal of Rawlss Linguistic Analogy
Tennessee Value and Agency Annual Conference: Themes from the Moral
Philosophy of Rawls and Kant, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN,
November 16-18, 2012
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
University
Curriculum and Academic Affairs Committee, Indiana State University (2016-18)
Profession
Editorial Assistant Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2013-15)
Journal Referee Biology and Philosophy, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy,
Laws, Philosophical Psychology, Philosophy of Science
Conference Referee Notre Dame/Northwestern Graduate Epistemology Conference
(2010, 2011, 2013), Indiana Philosophical Association Meeting (2015)

HONORS
Selected Participant, Moral Intuitionism: Epistemological and Ethical Aspects seminar,
Central European University, July 22-31, 2013
Selected Participant, Evolution of Morality workshop, Forum Scientiarum, University
of Tbingen, June 12-16, 2012
Pass with Distinction, Ph.D. Oral Comprehensive Exam in Political Philosophy,
University of Notre Dame, May 2012
Pass with Distinciton, Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam in the History of Philosophy,
University of Notre Dame, August 2010
Selected Participant, Aspects of Responsibility Seminar, Central European University,
July 5-13, 2010
Selected Participant, Templeton Summer Seminar on Evil and Early Modern Philosophy,
Skidmore College, June 7-11, 2010
Phi Kappa Phi Texas A&M University (Inducted 2009)
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
ISLA Graduate Student Research Grant ($2,500) for Moral Intuitionism workshop
Notre Dame GSU Conference Presentation Grants ($550 total)
Notebaert Professional Development Grant, University of Notre Dame ($1,900) for
Evolution of Morality workshop
Udo Keller Humanum Forum Grant (550 EUR) for Evolution of Morality workshop
Downes Memorial Grant, University of Notre Dame ($1,000), for Aspects of
Responsibility seminar
COURSES TAUGHT
Graduate
Indiana State University
Bioethics of Genome Science
Undergraduate
Indiana State University
Bioethics of Genome Science
Introduction to Logic
University of Notre Dame
Normative Ethics
Biology, Ethics, and Human Nature
Indiana University South Bend
Introduction to Philosophy (x3)
Ivy Tech Community College
Introduction to Philosophy (x7)
Introduction to Ethics
Logic (x2)
Lone Star College
Introduction to Humanities (x5)

Introduction to Philosophy (x3)

REFERENCES
Robert Audi John A. OBrien Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame
email: audi.1@nd.edu
Emily Farrow Assistant Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics, University of
Missouri Kansas City Medical School & Director of Lab Operations, Center for Pediatric
Genomic Medicine, Childrens Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
email: efarrow@cmh.edu
John Lantos Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri Kansas City & Director,
Childrens Mercy Bioethics Center
email: jlantos@cmh.edu
Cailin OConnor Assistant Professor of Logic and Philosophy, University of California,
Irvine
email: cailino@uci.edu
Grant Ramsey BOFZAP Research Professor, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven
email: grant@theramseylab.org