Faculty Profile for Dr. Elizabeth P Kanon

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Dr. Elizabeth P Kanon
Assoc Professor of Instruction — Philosophy
CMAL 207B
phone: (512) 245-6597
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 In 1985, I earned my B.A. in Philosophy from Southwest Texas State University. The next fifteen years I spent working in various bureaucracies, some corporate and some educational. Realizing I had had many jobs but no career, I decided to return to college to earn my Ph.D. I earned my M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Mississippi at the turn of the century, 2002, and was fortunate to earn my Ph.D. from Florida State University in 2006. In 2010, I made the choice to return to Texas to live nearer to my elderly parents and contacted Texas State University with my intentions. Once again, fortune smiled, and the Philosophy Department granted me the opportunity to teach my fellow Texans.

Teaching Interests

 My main interest is teaching my students how to think rather than what to think in my Logic and Introduction to Philosophy courses. It is important that our students attain the skills to discern reliable resources and information from all the noise to which we are exposed.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Kanon, E. P. (2015). How Space Travel Will Save the World: An Anthropocentric View of Sustainability. In Commercial Space Exploration: Ethics, Policy and Governance. UK: Ashgate.
  • Kanon, E. P. (2006). Refocusing Upon Moral Worth. Ethical Aspects of Urban Development in Northeast Florida : October 19th-20th.
  • Kanon, E. P. (2008). Right and Responsibility in Design: What Humans Owe to the Environment? Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal.
  • Kanon, E. P. (2004). Can Animals Attain Membership Within a Human Social/Moral Group? Essays in Philosophy, 5(2).

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Named as “Person who significantly contributed to a Graduating Senior’s academic career at Texas State University” Spring 2016. January 2016 - May 2016
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Person who significantly contributed to a Graduating Senior’s academic career at Texas State University. 2013
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Person who significantly contributed to a Transfer Student’s academic career at Texas State University. 2010
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Person who significantly contributed to a Transfer Student’s academic career at Texas State University. 2010
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Person who significantly contributed to a Disabled Student’s academic career at University of North Florida. 2009

Selected Grants

  • Kanon, Elizabeth P. Humanities Texas. (Funded: 2011). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Facilitator
Problems in Philosophical Pedagogy
December 2022-Present
Chair
Space Settlement Symposium
August 2015-Present
Organizer
www.TexasPhilosophical.wordpress.com
2011-Present
Advisory Committee Member
2017 - 2022 Common Experience Theme
November 2017-May 2022
Member
MAAPE Graduate Thesis Committee_Michael Senftleber
April 2020-April 2020