Short Curriculum Vitae

 Morton Emanuel Winston

CONTACT INFORMATION                                                                                          

Department of Philosophy and Religion                        2220 Spring Lake Drive

The College of New Jersey                                          Timonium , Maryland 21093-3353 USA

(formerly Trenton State College)                                   (410).252.1240   (phone)

Ewing , New Jersey 08628-0718 USA                           (443)-722-4411   (mobile)

(609).771.2398    (phone)                                            mortwinston@msn.com                        

(609).637.5167    (fax)                                              

mwinston@tcnj.edu                                                                           

 EDUCATION                                                                                   Degree  Date

 1972-1975       University of Illinois , Urbana-Champaign , IL            Ph.D.      1978

                          (major field: philosophy of science)

1970-1972       University of Illinois , Urbana - Champaign , IL            A.M.       1972

                         (major field: cognitive psychology)

1966‑1970       Swarthmore College , Swarthmore , PA                   B.A.         l970

                          (major fields: philosophy, psychology)

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION: human rights theory and practice, social and political philosophy, biomedical ethics, philosophy of technology, corporate social responsibility.

FIELDS OF COMPETENCE: modern philosophy, ethical theory, symbolic logic, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, cognitive science.

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

1992-present   Professor of Philosophy, The College of New Jersey, Ewing , NJ .

1999-2000       Visiting Senior Fulbright Scholar, Program on Human Rights and Social Development, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Mahidol University ,  Thailand .

1987-1998       Adjunct Professor, Masters of Liberal Arts Program, The Johns Hopkins University , School of Continuing Studies, Baltimore , MD.

1993 -1994      Senior Lecturer, International Institute of Human Rights , Strasbourg , France .

1992                Visiting Fulbright Lecturer, Departments of Philosophy and Political Science, University of Durban-Westville , Durban , Republic of                             South Africa .

1987-1991       Associate Professor of Philosophy, Trenton State College, Ewing , NJ .

1979-1987       Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Trenton State College., Ewing , NJ .

1978-1979      Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Univ. of Maryland , College Park , MD.

1975-1978      Instructor, Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland , College Park , MD.                                                 

POSTDOCTORAL  STUDY

Human Rights and Economic Development in Chile and Argentina . CIEE International Faculty Development Seminar, June 7-16, 2005.

The Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention. Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, Colorado College , June 14-16, 1996. Colorado Springs CO .

New Jersey Faculty Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University . (1989-1990)

Intensive Course in Bioethics, Georgetown University , Washington . D.C. June  1985.

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar. "The Philosophy of Cognitive Science." University of Maryland , College Park MD. (summer 1983).

National Endowment for the  Humanities Summer Seminar. "The Philosophy of Psychological Organisms." University of Massachusetts , Amherst MA .  (summer 1980)

HONORS AND AWARDS

Honorary Chair, Amnesty International USA (2003).

Maryland ‘Person of the Week’ (October 20-27, 1997).

Nominated for C.A.S.E. Professor of the Year, (1994), (1995).

Merit Awards for Excellence in Scholarship and Teaching, Trenton State College (1985-1989)

Blue Key National Honor Society (1989)

American Council on Education, Leadership Finalist (1988).

Phi Kappa Phi, Trenton State Chapter # 208. (May 1986)

Realia Prize Essay (1985).

University of Illinois Dissertation Fellowship (1974).

Graduation with High Honors, Swarthmore College (l970).

Phi Beta Kappa, Epsilon chapter, Swarthmore College (l970).

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Fulbright Alumni Initiative Award, CIES (2001-2004). 

Fulbright Senior Scholar, Thailand CIES (1999-2000)

Leadership Opportunities in Science and Humanities Education. (1992-1995)

Fulbright Senior Lecturer, South Africa CIES (1992)

Faculty Enhancement Grant, (1988-89)

Curriculum Enhancement Grant, (1988)

Research Fellow, (1985-1986) Center for the Study of Values, University of Delaware .

New Jersey Humanities Grant Program. (1984-85) "Educating for Social Responsibility"

SOSA Released-Time and Minigrant Awards (1981-06)

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION

Chairman, Department of Philosophy and Religion, The College of New Jersey . (2005-):

Director, Center for the Study of Social Justice. The College of New Jersey . (2005 – )..

Chairman, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Trenton State College . (1982-1988):

Director, Center for Instructional Enhancement, Trenton State College. (1989-1991)

Coordinator, Society, Ethics, and Technology, Trenton State College (1991-1999)

VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Honorary (Acting) Chair, Board of Directors, Amnesty International USA (April – July 003).

Treasurer, Board of Directors, Amnesty International USA (July 2002-April 2003).  

Chair, Standing Committee on Organization and Development, Amnesty International. (1999-2003).

Member, American Philosophical Association, Committee on International Cooperation,

            (2001-2006).

Member, Advisory Board, Social Accountability International  (1999-present).

Member, Board of Directors, Emergency Coalition for U.S. Financial Support for the United Nations.  (1996-1999). 

Chair, Board of Directors, Amnesty International USA . (1995-1997).

Chair, Business and Economic Relations Group, Amnesty International USA (1996-2003).

Treasurer, Amnesty International USA (1993-1994).

Coordinator, South Africa Co-ordination Group, Amnesty International USA (1985-1991).

CONSULTANCIES

Editorial Review Board. Human Rights Quarterly. (2003-present).

Editorial Review Board, Journal of Human Rights. (2002-present).

Book Reviewers: Human Rights Review, Journal of Genocide Research, other.

American Philosophical Association. Committee on International Cooperation, (2001-present).

Fulbright Senior Specialist Discipline Peer Reviewer, (2001–2002)

Department External Reviewer, Department of Philosophy and Religion, East Stroudsburg University (1998), Department of Philosophy, William Paterson University (1999).

Manuscript Reviewer, Wadsworth Publishing Company, (1986-present). Routledge (1997-present). Princeton University Press, (1998-present), others

External Tenure Peer Reviewer. University of Delaware , Hunter College , others.

Academic Review Panelist, 1993 USIA University Affiliations Program ( Africa ).

Test Developer, Educational Testing Service, Princeton NJ . (1989).

Consultant, New Jersey Bioethics Commission, (1988-1989).

PUBLICATIONS

Works in Progress:

Morton E. Winston. Global Ethics: Human Rights and Responsibilities. Scholarly book in draft MS: under contract to University of Pennsylvania Press . Expected date of completion December 2007.

Completed Works:

Books: 

Morton E. Winston and Ralph D. Edelbach (Eds.). Society, Ethics, and Technology. Third Edition. ( Belmont CA : Wadsworth/Thomson, 2006).

Morton E. Winston and Ralph D. Edelbach (Eds.). Society, Ethics, and Technology. Second Edition. ( Belmont CA : Wadsworth/Thomson, 2003).

Morton Winston. On Chomsky. ( Belmont CA : Wadsworth/ITP, 2002) for their Philosophers Notes Series.

Morton Winston and Ralph Edelbach (Eds.). Society, Ethics, and Technology. ( Belmont CA :        Wadsworth/ITP, 2000 )

Morton E. Winston, (Ed.). The Philosophy of Human Rights. ( Belmont CA : Wadsworth Pub. Co. , 1989).

Morton E. Winston. Explanation in Linguistics: A Critique of Generative Grammar. (Blooomington IN: Indiana University Linguistics Club, l982).

Translations:

Morton Winston. Chomsky. Translated into Polish by Viktor Krupa. Vydanie knihy podporil Fund for Central and East European Books Project, Amsterdam . Albert Marencin Vydavatelsvo PT, 2005.

Journal Articles: (refereed) (since 1997)

Morton Winston. “Human Rights as Moral Rebellion and Social Construction.” Journal of Human Rights. (in press).

Morton Winston. “The Iraq War and Human Rights.” Journal of Human Rights. Vol 4, No 1 (June 2005): 1-7.

Morton Winston. “The death penalty and the Forfeiture Thesis.” Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 1, No. 3 (September 2002): 357-372.

Morton Winston. “NGO Strategies for Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility”. Ethics and International Affairs.Vol. 16, No. 1 (2002):  71-87,

Morton Winston. “Human Rights and the Prevention of Institutionalized Intergroup Violence.” Health and Human Rights. Vol 2, No. 3 (July 1997): 15-26.

Morton Winston. “An Emergency Response System for the International Community: Commentary on ‘The Politics of Rescue’.” Ethics and International Affairs, Vol 11, (1997): 137-140. Reprinted in Joel H. Rosenthal (Ed.). Ethics and International Affairs: A Reader. New York : Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, 1999.33-46.

Book Chapters and Proceedings Volumes: (refereed) (since 1999)

Morton Winston. “First Year Seminar Program: Human Rights (The Right to Education). In Joyce A. Apsel Ed. Teaching About Human Rights. Washington DC : American Sociological Association, 2005: pp. 18-25.

Morton Winston. “Corporate Responsibility for Preventing Human Rights Abuses.” In Transnational Corporations and Human Rights. Edited by J. George Frynas and Scott Pegg. ( London : Palgrave , 2003).

Morton Winston. “The Right of Rescue.” In Stuart S. Nagel (Ed.) Handbook of Developmental Policy Studies. ( Totowa NJ : Lexington Books, Rowman & Littlefield, 2001).

Morton Emanuel Winston. “Indivisibility and Interdependence of Human Rights.” University of Nebraska Human Rights and Human Diversity Initiative Monograph Series, Volume 2, Number 1, 2000, 1-32.

Morton Winston. “Assessing the Effectiveness of Human Rights NGOs: Amnesty International.” In Claude E. Welch, Jr. (Ed.) NGOs and  Human Rights: Promise and Performance. ( Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000). Pp. 25-54.

Morton Emanuel Winston. “The Role of Human Rights NGOs in Preventing Genocide: A Skeptical View.” In Orlanda Brugnola, Helen Fein, and Louise Spirer (Eds.) Ever Again?: Evaluating the United Nations Genocide Convention on Its 50^th Anniversary.. (New York: Institute for the Study of Genocide, 1999).

Book Reviews: (since 1999)

Morton Winston. “Review of Stephen Hopgood, Keepers of the Flame: Understanding Amnesty International.” Human Rights Quarterly.  (in press).

Morton Winston. Review of Jennifer M. Welch Ed. Humanitarian Intervention and International Relations. Journal of Genocide Research. (forthcoming).

Morton Winston. “Review of Jill Esbenshade, Monitoring Sweatshops: Workers, Consumers, and the Global Apparel Industry”. Human Rights Quarterly Vol. 27, No. 3 (August 2005): 1124-1128.

Morton E. Winston. Review of Deen K. Chatterjee & Don E. Schied eds., Ethics and Foreign Intervention. Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy, Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003) in Human Rights Quarterly, 27 (2005) 721-749.

Morton Winston. “Review of Michael E. O’Hanlon, Expanding Global Military Capacity for Humanitarian Intervent1ion. For Journal of Genocide Research. Vol. 6, No. 4 (Dec 2004): 614-617.

Morton Winston. “Review of William Sweet, Ed., Philosophical Theory and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Human Rights Review, Vol. 6, No. 1 (October 2004): 117-120.

Morton Winston. “Review of David Rieff.” A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis.  Journal of Genocide Research. Vol. 6, No. 1 (January 2004): 89-92.

Morton Winston. “Review of Peter Singer. One World: The Ethics of Globalization. Journal of Human Rights. Vol. 2. No. 7 (September 2003): 467-470.

Morton Winston. “Review of  Daniel C. Thomas. The Helsinki Effect: International Norms, Human Rights, and the Demise of Communism.”  Canadian Journal of Political Science. (January 2003).

Morton Winston. “Review of Ann Marie Clark. Diplomacy of Conscience: Amnesty International and Changing Human Rights Norms.”   Princeton NJ : Princeton University Press, 2001, Human Rights Quarterly. Vol.23, No 4 (November 2001): 1111-1114.

Morton Winston. “Review of For Humanity: Reflections of a War Crimes Investigator.” By Richard J. Goldstone. Journal of Genocide Research. Vol. 4, No. 2 (June 2002): 299-302.

Morton Winston. “Review of Noam Chomsky: The New Military Humanism: Lessons from Kosovo” Journal of Genocide Research. Vol 3: 2 (Spring 2001): 145-149.

Morton Winston. “Review of Chadwick F. Algers: The Future of the United Nations System: Potential for the Twenty-first Century.” Journal of Genocide Research. Vol 2 :3 (Fall 2000): 459-461.

Morton Winston. “Review of William H. Meyer. Human Rights and International Political Economy in Third World Nations: Multinational Corporations, Foreign Aid, and Repression. (Praeger, 1998). For Human Rights Quarterly  21, 3 (August 1999): 824-830.

Morton Winston. Review of Philip Gourevich We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda .  Whole Earth Magazine. (Fall 1999).

Morton Winston, Review of Noam Chomsky. Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order.         Whole Earth Magazine, Summer 1999.

Morton Winston, Review of Peter Schwartz and Blair Gibb. When Good Companies Do Bad Things. Whole Earth Magazine, Summer 1999.

Invited Lectures, Panels and Workshops: (since 1999)

“Moral Entrepreneurs, Social Movements, and the Construction of Ethical Culture.” Lyceum Speaker Series, California Polytechnic University , San Luis Obispo , CA April 20, 2006.

 “Ethics and Foreign Intervention.” Panel Chair, Special Session Arranged by the APA Committee on Philosophy and Law. American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meetings, Portland OR March 23, 2006.

“Genetic Discrimination.” Symposium on DNA and Risk: The Human Side of Medical Technology. The College of New Jersey , February 1, 2006.

“Strange Attractors: NGO/TNC Cooperation in the Extractive Industries.” American Enterprise Institute Panel: NGOs and Oil—Beyond Confrontation? Washington DC . December 7, 2005.

“Sanctions Against Israel : NGO Issues and Options.” Workshop presented to B’Tselem, Israel and Occupied Territories Documentation Center , Jerusalem , February 9, 2005.

“Corporate Codes: Are They Making a Difference?” Conference organizer and moderator. The Center for the Study of Social Justice, The College of New Jersey (April 11, 2002).

“Terrorism, Law and Constitutional Rights: The Changing Nature of Civil Society in the Post 9/11 Era.” Panelist, Policing in an Age of Terrorism Conference, New Jersey Association of Criminal Justice Educators Conference, The College of New Jersey, (April 4, 2002).

“The Role of Civil Society in Protecting and Promoting Human Rights.” Burma Lawyer’s Council, “Train the Trainers Program on Human Rights,” Mae Sot, Thailand , (March 18-20, 2002).

 “Monitoring Corporate Social Responsibility.” Keynote Speech, Kenan Institute Asia , Corporate Responsibility Forum. Bangkok , Thailand . (March 12, 2002).

“Globalization and Human Rights.” Workshop Presentation, ActionAid Asia, Leadership Development Programme, Chulalongkorn University , Bangkok , Thailand (March 6-7, 2002.)

“Transnational Corporations and Human Rights: Shell in Nigeria .” Invited speaker, Shell International Exploration and Production Inc., Houston TX (Jan 16, 2002).

“Beyond Sound Bites: The Business Case for Human Rights.” Panelist, Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility 30^th Anniversary Dinner.” New York , NY (Nov. 6, 2001).

“The Business of Peace.” Invited speaker, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, Hyatt Hill Country Resort, San Antonio , TX   (April 4-6, 2001)

“The UN Global Compact: Corporate Social Responsibility for Human Rights.” Invited panelist, Cornell University Law School , Ithaca NY , (March 30-31, 2001). Repeated, United Nations, NGO briefing, New York , NY (April 19, 2001).

“Amnesty International and Economic Sanctions.” The Fund for Peace Roundable, Washington D.C. (January 19, 2001).

“The Boundaries of Corporate Social Responsibility.” Social Accountability International, Second Annual Conference, Uris Business School , Columbia University , New York ,  NY. (December 7, 2000).

“NGO Strategies for Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility.” Fund for Peace Roundtable, Washington D.C. (July 11, 2000).

“New Responses to Attacks on Academic Freedom” Panelist, Scholars at Risk Network Inaugural Meeting, University of Chicago , Chicago IL (June 6, 2000).

“Strategies for Business Risk Reduction in Conflict Areas.” Business and International Security Conference. International Peace Forum. New York University Law School , (April 29, 2000).

“Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy.” Invited guest lecture in course on international relations at Thammasat University , Bangkok Thailand (February 13, 2000).

“International Ethics.” Invited lecture in course on international relations at Thammasat University , Bangkok , Thailand . (February 6, 2000)

“Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation” Keynote Address to the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD)  BKK World Trade Center Auditorium, Thursday, (February 3, 2000.)

“An Emergency Response System for Humanitarian Emergencies.” State of the World Forum, Panel on Ending Genocide Forever: Structures of Human Rights Enforcement, San Franscisco CA (October 4, 1999).

“On the Indivisibility and Interdependence of Human Rights” Invited lecture, University of Nebraska , Human Rights Initiative, Lincoln NE (September 3, 1999)

 “The Human Rights Record of the USA .” USIA sponsored seminar on US Foreign Policy, University of Delaware , June 21-23, 1999. (repeated June 28-29, 2000). (repeated at the University of Nebraska , September 2, 1999 ; Mahidol University , December 11, 1999).

Conference Presentations: (refereed) (since 1999)

“Strange Attractors: NGO/TNC Cooperation in the Extractive Industries.” 33^rd Annual Conference on Value Inquiry. Molloy College , Rockville Center , NY   April 5-8, 2006.

Morton Winston and Richard Kamber. “Genocide: Knowing When to Prevent.” Paper presented at the International Association of Genocide Scholars Sixth Biennial Conference. Boca Raton , Florida June 4-7, 2005.

 “Social and Corporate Responsibility for Preventing Human Rights Abuses.” Panelist, Human Rights and Complex Trauma: From the Global to the Individual. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Baltimore MD (November 8-11, 2002).

“The Future of Human Rights.” Conference paper for American Philosophical Association Conference on Morality in the 21^st Century, University of Delaware , (October 26-28, 2001).

“NGO Strategies for Promoting Global Corporate Social Responsibility.” Comparative International Studies Section / International Studies Association, Washington D.C. (August 29, 2000).

“Philosopher Hans Jonas: Technology and Responsibility. Fifth Annual Conference of the Association of Core Texts and Courses, New Orleans LA , (April 8-11, 1999)

“On the Indivisibility and Interdependence of Human Rights.” PAIDEIA Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, Boston MA (August 9-16, 1999).

COURSES TAUGHT

Society, Ethics, and Technology, Mind, Language, and Computers, Philosophy of Human Rights,

Democracy and Human Rights, Professional Ethics and Human Rights, Honors Basic Philosophical Issues, Basic Philosophical Issues, Introduction to Logic, Contemporary Moral Issues, 19th & 20th Century Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Bioethics, Environmental Ethics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Technology, Philosophy of Science, Ethical Theory, Philosophy of Noam Chomsky, Human Rights in International Relations, Global Inequalities, Senior Thesis Supervision

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Federation of Teachers (1981-).

American Philosophical Association (1974-),

Association of Genocide Scholars (1995-)

International Studies Association (2000-)

Fulbright Association (1993-)

PERSONAL INFORMATION

DOB: January 16, 1949         

POB: Philadelphia PA

Citizenship: United States of America

Languages: Limited reading/speaking competences in Spanish, German, and French.

Computer Skills: MS Word, Powerpoint, etc.

Website: http://mortonwinston.intrasun.tcnj.edu/

Health Status: Good

Marital Status: married to Dr. Sally Winston, three grown daughters.

Other interests: bicycling, tennis, photography, travel.