Patrick S. O'Donnell

School Address:
Dept. of Philosophy
Santa Barbara City College
721 Cliff Drive
Santa Barbara, CA 93109

Current Position:	Adjunct Faculty Member, Department of Philosophy Santa Barbara City College
Degrees:	M.A., Religious Studies, 1991 (Regents Fellowship) University of California, Santa Barbara B.A., Religious Studies, 1984 (Highest Honors and Distinction in the Major) University of California, Santa Barbara
Teaching:	• Adjunct Faculty Member, 2000-2005 Department of Philosophy, Santa Barbara City College Courses: Comparative World Religions; Critical Thinking and Writing in Philosophy; Issues in Philosophy • Substitute Instructor, 1999-2005 Department of Philosophy, Santa Barbara City College Courses: Comparative World Religions; Introduction to Ethics; History of Philosophy: Ancient and Medieval; History of Philosophy: Contemporary • Teaching Assistant/Reader, 1985-1987 Departments of Religious Studies and Philosophy, University of California, Santa Barbara
Publications:	Manuscript in progress: Dictionary of Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law (under contract) Manuscript under consideration: Islam: A Dictionary 'Collective Self-Examination: Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking,' Radical Pedagogy, Forthcoming, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter 2006) (under review) 'Social Norms and Law: Reflections on Recent Literature' 10 entries, Encyclopedia of Islam, Juan E. Campo, ed., Facts On File, Forthcoming [Civil Society; Constitutionalism; Constitutional Revolution; Democracy; Abu Nasr al-Farabi; Justice; Liberalism; Mu'tazilah; Philosophy; Ibn Rushd] 8 entries, Dictionary of Islamic Philosophers, Oliver Leaman, ed., Thoemmes/Continuum, Forthcoming 2006 [Hasan al-Banna'; Ibn al-Farid; 'Abd al- Qadir al-Jilani; Najm al-Din al-Kubra; Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya; Abu Sa'id ibn Abi'l-Khayr; Majdud ibn Adam al-Ghaznawi Sana'i; Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami] 'Islamic Studies Bibliography,' in The Encyclopedia of Islam. Ian Richard Netton, ed., RoutledgeCurzon, forthcoming, 2006 Book Review: Oliver Leaman's Islamic Aesthetics: An Introduction (2004) Forthcoming, Philosophy East and West, Vol. 57: 2 (April 2007) Book Review: Martin D. Yaffe, ed., Judaism and Environmental Ethics (2001), Forthcoming, Philosophy East and West, Vol. 57: 4 (October 2007) 'The Rational Doctrine of Stare Decisis,' Quadrant, Vol. 48, Nos.7-8 (July/ August 2004): (See Here) 'Sovereignty: Past & Present,' Globalization, Vol. 4, No.1 (June 2004) (See Here) 'Under God or Under the Constitution,' New Humanist, 5th Column (Web Only), March 31st, 2004: (See Here) Nine biographical entries on prominent Muslim and Sikh figures, World Social Leaders, ABC-CLIO, 1999 (CD-ROM) [ One entry on the New Deal, ResourceLink: 20th-Century World History, ABC-CLIO, 1999 (CD-ROM)
Working Papers:	Glossary Guides: Christianity; Confucianism; Hinduism; Islam; Judaism Manuscript in progress: The Necessity of Utopian Imagination for Political Thought Essay: 'Toward a Bioethically Sensitive Definition of Public Health Law' Bibliographies: Analogy and Metaphor; Buddhism; Classical Chinese Civilization; Conflict Resolution and Nonviolence; Democratic Theory and Practice; The Emotions; Hinduism; Islamic Studies; Science
Presentations:	Progressive Social Change: Challenges of Creating Matrices for Dissent and Social Transformation May 2002 Institute of World Culture Reason and The Emotions March 2002 Santa Barbara City College Philosophical Anarchism May 2001 Philosophy Club - Santa Barbara City College Interpreting Tradition: The Confucian Use of the Past April 2001 Institute of World Culture, Santa Barbara How Should We Treat Animals? Legal Rights and Ethical Issues September 2000 Institute of World Culture, Santa Barbara The Irish Famine Spring 2000 Irish Club - Santa Barbara City College The Value and Limitations of Philosophy: North and South, East and West Spring 2000 Santa Barbara City College Prospects and Possibilities of a Global Civilization November 1999 Institute of World Culture, Santa Barbara Amartya Sen: Beyond the Dismal Science November 1998 The Anacapa School, Santa Barbara Constructing Models of Moral and Political Economy October 1998 Institute of World Culture, Santa Barbara Salons, Coffeehouses and Reading Societies during the Enlightenment February 1998 Institute of World Culture, Santa Barbara
Professional References:	Angeles, Peter A. Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Santa Barbara City College (Deceased) Campo, Juan E. Professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara Eskandari, Manou. Professor of Political Science, Santa Barbara City College Iyer, Nandini. Lecturer Emeritus, Dept. of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara; Adjunct Instructor, Dept. of Philosophy, Santa Barbara City College Leaman, Oliver. Professor of Philosophy and Zantker Professor of Judaic Studies, University of Kentucky Patterson, Dennis. Distinguished Professor, School of Law (Camden) and Dept. of Philosophy (New Brunswick), Rutgers University Theodorou, Stephanie. Professor of Philosophy, Immaculata University