Biography and expertise
See CV.
Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Philosophy
University of Texas at Austin, 1975
Bachelor's Degree
BA in Philosophy
Georgetown University, 1965
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured scholarly/creative works
- O’Connor, R. F. (1978, September 1). Book review of Garry Wills, Inventing America: Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence. [Review of Inventing America: Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence, by G. Wills]. The Texas Humanist. Austin, Texas, USA: Texas Council for the Humanities.
- O’Connor, R. F. (n.d.). A Moral and Pragmatic Argument for the Fate of the Dreamers.
- O’Connor, R. F. (Ed.). (1986). Texas Myths. College Station, TX, USA: Texas A&M University Press.
- O’Connor, R. F. (1979). Ortega’s Reformulation of Husserlian Phenomenology. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, XL(1), 53–63.
- O’Connor, R. F. (1978). Ortega and Phenomenologist. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Award of Merit: “Texas Experience”, Amer. Assoc. of State & Local History. 1988
- Award / Honor Recipient: Silver Medal: Distinguished Service, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México. 1988
- Award / Honor Recipient: Honorable Mention: Texas Myths book, Texas Historical Commission Publications. 1986
Featured service activities
- Reviewer / Referee
ATINER’s annual conference
- Member
Exit interviews for graduating philosophy majors
- Reviewer / Referee
Association for Professional and Practical Ethics
- Member
Department’s Microsoft Teams Group: Problems in Philosophical Pedagogy
- Reviewer / Referee
Athens Journal of Philosophy
- Other
Annual National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl (Association for Practical and Professional Ethics)