JEFFREY MATTHEW CARROLL
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Academic Appointments
  • Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University 2021-Present

Education
  • Ph.D, Philosophy, University of Virginia, 2016-2021
  • M.A., Philosophy, Georgia State University, 2014-2016
  • B.A., Philosophy and Political Science, Ohio State University, 2009-2013

Areas of Specialization
  • Social and Political Philosophy
  • Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE)

Areas of Competence
  • Ethics
  • Philosophy of Law
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Bioethics
  • Business Ethics

Peer-Reviewed Articles
  1. "Ideal Theory for a Complex World" - Res Publica, Forthcoming.
  2. "Is Ideal Theory Anarchic?" – The Journal of Politics, Vol. 38, No. 3 (July 2021): 1132-1144.
  3. "Mandatory Shutdowns, the Ratchet Effect, and the Barstool Fund" - Erasmus Journal of Philosophy and Economics, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring 2021): 47-57.
  4. "The Prospects of Populism" - The Independent Review, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Summer 2021).
  5. "In Defense of Strict Compliance as a Modeling Assumption" – Social Theory and Practice, Vol. 46, No. 3 (July 2020): 441-466.
  6. “Is Visiting the Pharmacy Like Voting at the Poll? Behavioral Asymmetry in Pharmaceutical Freedom” – HEC Forum, July 2020.

Invited Publication
  1. "Hayekian Utopianism" - Market Process & Market Order, eds. Christopher Coyne, Rosolino Candela, and Kristen Collins, (New York, NY: Rowman & Littlefield Int.), In Progress. 

Book Reviews
  1. On Justice by Mathias Risse (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press) - Journal of Moral Philosophy. In Progress.
  2. ​Libertarianism by Eric Mack (Medford, MA: Polity Press 2018) – Reason Papers (2021).
  3. The Ethics of Capitalism by Daniel Halliday and John Thrasher (New York, NY: Oxford University Press 2020) – The Journal of Value Inquiry (2020).

Papers Under Review
  1. “Ideal Theory: An Internal Critique”
  2. “The Semiotic Costs of Marketization: Real, but Inconsequential”

Work-In-Progress
  1. “Institutional Intelligence"
  2. "An IQ Test for Democracy”
  3. “Incentivizing Justice”
  4. “A Moralized, Gradable Theory of Gratitude” (with Page Dabney)

Popular Writing
  1. “Mr. Potter: Man of System” – Speaking of Smith, AdamSmithWorks.org (Dec 2020)

​Presentations
  • "Ideal Theory for a Complex World"
    • PPE Society: October 2021
  • "Epistemic Injustice Meets the Politics of Resentment"
    • PPE Society: October 2021
  • "Ideal Populism and Nonideal Populism"
    • The Association for Private Enterprise Education: April 2021
  • "Incentivizing Justice"
    • Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) Graduate Conference: March 2021
  • "The IQ Test for Democracy"
    • PPE Society: October 2021
    • American Political Science Association: September 2020
  • “Semiotic Objection or Semiotic Impossibility Theorem? On Maguire and Brown’s Critique of Markets”
    • Workshop on Morals, Markets, and Market-Based Societies at the University of Colorado - Boulder: May 2020
  • "Utopian Theorizing as Theoretical Science"
    • PPE Society: March 2020
  • "Epistemic Complexity and the Need for a Dynamic Theory of Justice"
    • PPE Society: March 2020 [Panel Cancelled due to COVID-19]
  • "Nozickean Ideal Theory as the Future of Political Philosophy: A Reply to Kogelmann"
    • Institute for Humane Studies Fall Research Workshop: October 2019
  • "Is Ideal Theory Socialist or Capitalist?"
    • The Association for Private Enterprise Education: April 2021
    • The Association for Private Enterprise Education: April 2020 [Cancelled due to COVID-19]
    • IHS Summer Research Workshop: June 2019
  • "Optimal, Practical, and Insightful: Why Ideal Theory Needs to Pick Two"
    • American Philosophical Association (Eastern Meeting): January 2020
    • Institute for Humane Studies Fall Research Colloquium: October 2018
  • "A Defense of Poll Taxes"
    • American Political Science Association: August/September 2018
  • "In Defense of Strict Compliance"
    • PPE Society: March 2018
  • "Ideal Theory and Interdependence"
    • PPE Society: March 2018
  • "The Promise of Lockean Tacit Consent Theory"
    • American Philosophical Association (Central Meeting): February 2018
  • "A Manual for Diagnosing Utopophobia"
    • IHS Summer Research Colloquium: July 2017
  • "The Fittingness Response for Gratitudinal Theories of Political Obligation"
    • Georgia State University, Phi Sigma Tau Graduate Philosophy Symposium: February 2017
  • "Ideal Theory and the Problem of Identifying a Guiding Target"
    • University of Arizona: February 2016

Conference Participation
  • Commenter on Adam Lovett's "Democracy and Time" - Central APA 2021
  • Commenter on Victoria Cost's "Freedom as Non-Domination and Prejudice" - Morvin Retreat at the University of Virginia, September 2017

Awards
  • All-University Graduate Teaching Award 2019-2020, University of Virginia
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award (Philosophy) 2016, Georgia State University

Fellowships
  • Jefferson Fellowship
    • 2019-2021, Two year teaching exemption and $5000 research budget 
  • Adam Smith Fellowship
    • 2020-2021, $7500
    • 2019-2020, $5000
    • 2018-2019, $5000
    • 2017-2018, $5000
  • Bernard Marcus Fellow under the Humane Studies Fellowship
    • 2020-2021, $7000
    • 2019-2020, $6000
  • Humane Studies Fellowship
    • 2018-2019, $4000
  • Visting Summer Resarch Fellow in the Centre for Moral and Political Philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    • Supervisor: David Enoch
    • May - June 2020 [Cancelled due to COVID-19}
  • IHS Summer Research Fellowship
    • Summer 2020, $5000
  • KFP Summer Fellow
    • Summer 2016, $5000
  • Jean Beer Blumenfeld Scholar in Legal and Political Philosophy at Georgia State University
    • 2014-2016, $30000
    • One selected from each incoming cohort of MA students

Grants
  • University of Virginia Graduate Student Travel Grants
    • April 2020, $550
    • March 2020, $750
    • January 2020, $1700
    • August 2018, $1200
    • March 2018, $750
    • February 2018, $1000
  • Public Humanities Lab Grant (with Dana Moyer)
    • 2019-2020, $2000 [Project Suspended Due to COVID-19]
  • Hayek Fund Travel Grant
    • April 2020, $500
    • March 2020, $500
    • January 2020, $500
    • August 2018, $400
    • March 2018, $500
    • February 2016, $500
  • American Philosophical Association Graduate Travel Award
    • January 2020, $300
    • February 2018, $300
  • The Association of Private Enterprise Education Young Scholars Award
    • April 2021, $599
    • April 2020, $599 [Not Awarded Due to COVID-19]
  • CKF Travel Grant
    • February 2017, $500

Teaching  
  • As Primary Instructor
    • Critical Thinking, Georgia State University (6x)
    • Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE), University of Virginia
    • Philosophical Issues in Political Economy, University of Virginia
  • As Teaching Assistant (all at the University of Virginia)
    • Introduction to Moral and Political Philosophy (Rebecca Stangl, Loren Lomasky) (2x)
    • Philosophical Problems in the Law (A. John Simmons)
    • Political Philosophy (A. John Simmons)
    • Issues of Life and Death (Andrew Morgan)
    • Animal Minds (Walter Ott)
  • As Grader
    • Genes, Justice and Human Nature (Sahar Akhtar)
  • Advising
    • Audrey Fahlberg, Against Voter Competency Tests, 2020, Bachelor's Thesis in Political Philosophy, Policy, and Law, University of Virginia
 
  • Graduate Teaching Consultant for the Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Virginia
  • Teaching As a Graduate Student (TAGS) Facilitator 2020, University of Virginia

​Service
  • Organized Online Working Papers Group on Political Philosophy for IHS: Fall 2017 – Present
  • Judge for Washington vs. Jefferson Society Ethics Debate: Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2018

Professional Training
  • PPE Graduate Summer Workshop, Chapman University: Summer 2021
    • ​Weeklong training workshop on PPE methods and formal skills
  • Ethics Across the Curriculum Seminar, Georgetown University: Spring 2018
    • Two-day Seminar on Business Ethics
  • Public Choice Outreach Conference, George Mason University: Summer 2016
    • Two-day Conference on Themes in Public Choice Economics

Professional Affiliations
  • American Philosophical Association
    • Joined 2015
  • American Political Science Association
    • Joined 2018
  • The Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society
    • Joined 2015
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