Curriculum Vita For Achim Koeddermann
"SAPERE AUDE"                                              Office:  507 Fitzelle Hall 
                                                                              SUNY Oneonta, Dept. of Philosophy
                                                                              Oneonta, NY 13820
                                                                              Phone: (607) 436-3037
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                                                                              e-mail: Koeddea@oneonta.edu

ACADEMIC
Ph.D.  1991,       Philosophy, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitaet, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

           Directors:    Prof. Dr. Gerhard Funke, Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz, em.;

                             Prof. Dr. Thomas M. Seebohm, chair, Philosophy Department, 
                             Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz; Prof. at Pennsylvania State University, PA

           Dissertation Title: Auslegung als Method rstehen im Dialog? Die Kontroverse

                           zwischen Emilio Betti und Hans-Georg Gadamer. (Interpretation as Method or
                           Understanding in Dialogue? On the E. Betti/H. G. Gadamer Controversy, published at
                           Darmstadt, 1992)

 M.A.  1988,       Philosophy, Comparative Literature and Public/Constitutional Law at the Johannes
                           Gutenberg-University; Subject: Uber Sinn und Bedeutting (Meaning or Significance?)

1987-90              Research-Fellow at the "Bibiliotheque Nationale, " Paris, France
                           Studies with H. G. Gadamer, Univ. Heidelberg and J. Brun, University de Bourgogne,
                           Dijon, France

1984                   Law at the "Universite de Bourgogne," Dijon, France

1979                  "Abitur" from "Gutenberg-Gymnasium," Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany

AWARDS and OFFICES


2001            Elfenbein Award, Award for Outstanding Club Advisor (Student Association), 1998, Advisor of the most improved club.
1997           National Chautauqua Grant, "Environmentalism: Rethinking Wilderness and Nature," Harvard
                   University
1995          "Richard Siegfried Faculty Prize for Academic Excellence," State University of New York
                   College at Oneonta
1994           NEH Summer Institute, Pennsylvania State University, "Rethinking Technology"
1989-93      Representative of the Humanities, Center for Environmental Studies, Mainz
1991           Ph.D. summa cum laude
1988           M.Asumma cum laude
1986           Honorary Scholarship of Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
1979           Abitur,summa cum laude
LANGUAGES
                          French, English and German, fluent; Italian/Spanish, word and script; Latin and Ancient Greek,
                          read; fading notions of Sanskrit, Hindi, Burmese; current studies of Thai.

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
2002-       Fellow, CEMERS(Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies) Aug. 1996-        Tenured, Associate Professor, Philosophy Department, State University of New York,                           College at Oneonta 1996                  Visiting Professor, Sripatum University, Bangkok, Thailand 1994                  Appointed to Graduate Teaching Faculty Status and Development of Professional Ethics                          Component of the new Business Administration Master's Degree Program, State University                          of New York, College at Oneonta Sept. 1993-96    Assistant Professor, Philosophy Department, State University of New York, College at                           Oneonta 1990-93             Assistant/Lehrbeauftragter, Philosophy, University of Mainz 1990-93             Counsellor in Applied Ethics, Corporate Planner and Personal Assistant to the CEO, ZDF,                           National German Public Broadcasting 1989-90             Visiting Professor, Philosophy Department, University of Denver 1987-89             Assistant (Wissenschafflicher Angestellter) to Prof. Dr. Thomas M. Seebohm, Chair,                           Philosophy Department; Lecturer, French and Anglo-American Philosophy, Johannes                           Gutenberg University, Mainz 1989                   Assistant to Prof. Dr. Gerhard Funke, President, Organization of the V11th International Kant                          Congress, publication of the Proceedings of the VIth International Kant Congress
TEACHING AREAS Specializations Ethics: Applied Ethics, Environmental Ethics, Professional and Business Ethics, Media Ethics;  Continental Philosophy: Hermeneutics, German Idealism, Romanticism, Phenomenology, Modern French Philosophy;  Philosophy of Law; Science, Technology and Social Studies. Areas of Competence Ancient, Medieval, Metaphysics, Philosophy of World Religions, Deconstruction, Literary Criticism, Comparative Literature. Interdisciplinary Co-Teaching Experience: Courses on Law, Environmental History, Origin of Languages, Prison/Ethics. Interdisciplinary Teaching Experience: The Making of the Modern Mind, Questions of Life, Romanticism Compared, Environmental Philosophy, Rhetoric ADMINISTRATION AND COLLEGE SERVICE
(State University of New York)


University Faculty Senate, Albany, since 2002, Executive Committee since 2004 
Philosophy Club Advisor - 1992-2002
Elected to Faculty Research Committee (Chair since 1998-2000, 2004-)
SUNY Public Information Committee (since1998)
Service on the College Senate (Departmental Representative) - 1993-95 (Alternate)- 1995-present
Service on the Faculty Convivium Committee - 1995-present, Chair since 2003