Professional Experience
Research Assistant, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2005-Present.
Research Assistant, Stanford Educational Assessment Laboratory, 2004-2005
Education
Stanford University, 2003-Present. M.A. in Philosophy (anticipated), PhD in Philosophy of Education (anticipated).
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001-2003. M.A. in Educational Policy Studies (2003).
_____Thesis: Educating for Grassroots Leadership: The Educational Philosophy of Highlander
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996-2001. B.S. in Engineering (2001), BA in Philosophy (2002).
Awards, Honors, and Fellowships
Stanford University:
Stanford-Illinois Philosophy of Education Summer Institute, 2004
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign:
Chancellor Scholar, UIUC, 1996-2001
Campus Award for Excellence in Public Engagement, 2002
Mothers Association Humanitarian Service Award, 2002
General Engineering Distinguished Service Award, 2001
YMCA Key Leaders Award, 2001
Stanley H. Pierce Award for Student-Faculty Relations, 2001
Harold W. Colvin Undergraduate Leadership Award, YMCA, 2000
Knight of St. Patrick (engineering leadership), 2000
Anderson Consulting Award (scholarship and leadership), 2000
University YMCA Distinguished Service Award, 1999
Harry S. Darby Leadership Award, 1999
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Education, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Political Philosophy, Social Epistemology
Publications
Peer Reviewed Articles:
Book Chapters:
Phillips, D. C. and Jonathan R. Dolle. (Forthcoming) “From Plato to Brown and Beyond: Theory, Practice, and the Promise of Design Experiments”. In Verschaffel, Lieven, et al (eds) Instructional Psychology: Past, Present and Future Trends.
Review Essays:
Brief Reviews:
Papers and Presentations
“More Lovely and Temperate than Summers: What Educational Researchers Can Learn from Harvard’s President” Presented at The Stanford Ethics in the Professions Workshop: March 10, 2005.
“Truly Democratic Research: Problems and Prospects for Validity in Democratic Educational Research” Presented at the Stanford-Illinois Summer Philosophy of Education Institute: July 27, 2004.
“A Problem with Voting: Towards an Ethic of Civic Engagement” Presented at the California Association for Philosophy of Education: May 8, 2004.Courses Taught
PHIL 156: Popper, Kuhn, and Lakatos (Stanford)
GE 199: Engineering Emotional Intelligence (UIUC)
ENG 199/LAS 199: Project-based Service-learing Course (UIUC)
Courses Taken
Professional Service
Philosophy of Education Society, Session Chair, 2006
Methods of Analysis Program in the Social Sciences, Graduate Steering Committee, 2005-Present
Haas Public Service Center, Faculty Steering Committee, 2003-Present
SUSE Student Research Conference Chair, 2005, 2006
SUSE Student Guild Co-Chair, 2004-2005
Presidential Advisory Committee on Workplace Policies, 2003-2004