EMPLOYMENT
Florida State University
2014 – Present | Teaching Assistant, Philosophy
2016 – Present | Prospective Student Coordinator, Philosophy
2016 – Present | Website Manager, Philosophy
2015 (Summer) | Assistant, The Philosophy & Science of Self-control
University of Colorado
2013 – 2014 | Teaching Assistant, Philosophy
2013 – 2014 | Assistant, The Committee For The History & Philosophy Of Science
2013 | Research Assistant, Philosophy
Apple
2013 | Genius Bar Specialist
2012 | Back of House Specialist
2011 | Sales Specialist
Mount Vernon Nazarene University
2009 – 2011 | Resident Director, Resident Life
Palm Beach Atlantic University
2008 – 2009 | Assistant Resident Director
2006 – 2008 | Resident Assistant
2007 – 2008 | Chapel Assistant
Cape Signature Homes
2002 – 2008 | Carpenter, Landscaper, Machine operator, etc.
EDUCATION
Florida State University
2019 | PhD, Philosophy
2019 | GradCert, Preparing Future Faculty
2019 | GradCert, Preparing Future Professionals
University of Colorado at Boulder
2014 | MA, Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder
2013 | GradCert, Cognitive Science, University of Colorado
Palm Beach Atlantic University
2009 | BA, Philosophy, Palm Beach Atlantic University
CONTINUED EDUCATION
2017 | Philosophy & Physical Computing, Virginia Tech
SPECIALIZATION & COMPETENCE
Specialization | Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Science
Competence | Metaphysics, Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Ethics
OTHER SKILLS
Code | R, Python, Unix, HTML, CSS, PHP, grep
Apps | Qualtrics, mTurk, RStudio, XKWIC, WordPress, Drupal, MailChimp
Equipment | light and heavy machines for land grading, various hand- and powertools for rough and trim carpentry
PUBLICATIONS
2014 | “Intuitive and Reflective Responses in Philosophy”. University of Colorado. [PDF] [gScholar] [PhilPapers] [SSRN] [RG] [PhilSci] [Academia]
PRESENTATIONS
“The Why and How of Academic Social Networks and Personal Websites”
2017 | Philosophy Department. Florida State University, Tallahassee
“Implicit Bias: Dissociating Multiple Factors”
2017 | Southern Society for Philosophy & Psychology. Savannah
“Reflection & Moral Reasoning” [RG] [Academia.edu]
2016 | Moral and Social Processing Lab. Florida State University, Tallahassee
“A Causal Network Account Of Ill-Being” [RG] [Academia.edu]
2016 | Society for the Metaphysics of Science Conference. Geneva
“Reflection, Philosophical Training, and Theism” [RG] [Academia.edu]
2016 | Moral and Social Processing Lab. Florida State University, Tallahassee
2015 | Workshop: Explaining Religion. Cognitive Science of Religion and Naturalism, Amsterdam
“Cognitive Styles in Philosophy” [RG] [Academia.edu]
2015 | Buffalo Experimental Philosophy Conference. Buffalo
2013 | 4th Annual Workshop on Experimental Philosophy. Bristol
“A Causal Network Account of Willpower” [RG] [Academia.edu]
2015 | Montreal Neuroethics Conference for Young Researchers. Montreal
2015 | Mississippi Academy of Science, Division of History and Philosophy of Science Conference. Hattiesburg
“Has Associationism (About Implicit Bias) Been Defeated?” [RG] [Academia.edu]
2015 | Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology. New Orleans
2015 | Midsouth Philosophy Conference. Memphis
“What counts as an ‘unlearned doxastic response’?” Comments on Boyce & Moon
2015 | Midsouth Philosophy Conference. Memphis
“Human Experimentation Is The New Conceptual Analysis: A Dummy’s Guide To The IRB Process at CU Boulder” [RG] [Academia.edu]
2014 | Graduate Teacher Workshop. University of Colorado, Boulder
“What Can the Selfish Goal Model Do for The Belief-Desire-Intention Model?” [RG] [Academia.edu]
2013 | Consciousness and Experiential Psychology Conference. Bristol
“Can Intuitions Give Theists Epistemic Assurance? No” Comments on Barrett & Church
2013 | Mountain-Specific Region Conference: Faith and Reason. Boulder
“Philosophers’ Brains: What Can Neuroscience Tell Us About Philosophical Judgment?” [RG] [Academia.edu]
2012 | InterMountain Philosophy Conference. University of Utah, Salt Lake City
2012 | Towards a Science of Consciousness Conference. Tuscon
WORKING PAPERS
“Justifying The Inference From Predictive Success To Realism: A Growing Burden” [RG] [Academia.edu]
“Apparent Intuitions About Coin Tosses: A Reply To Maher and Lange” [RG] [Academia.edu]
“Debiasing: Associative and Non-associative Factors” [RG] [Academia.edu]
“A Causal Network Account of Willpower” [RG] [Academia.edu]
“Cognitive Styles in Philosophy” [RG] [Academia.edu]
“Do Philosophers Appeal To Intuition? A Computational Corpus Linguistics Approach” [RG] [Academia.edu]
“Convergence Without Reasoning: Making Sense of Sidgwickian ‘Reflective Persons'” [RG] [Academia.edu]
“Cartesian Embodied Conation”
“Aristotle’s Prohairesis In Action”
“Incorporating Neuroscience Into The Network Theory Of Well-being”
“The Roles of Extrinsic & Constitutive Reasons In Cognitive Therapy”
“Different Never To Have Been: Existence And Non-Existence Are Incommensurable”
“Can A Four-Dimensionalist Evade The Non-identity Problem?”
“The Imperative of Integrating US Regions and Households” [RG] [Academia.edu]
“Why Rawls Should Be A Cosmopolitan Egalitarian”
“If Vantage Points Are Properties of Persons”
Western Philosophy: An eReader
OTHER WRITING
2017 | “What Can We Learn From The Implicit Association Test?” (with Michael Brownstein, Keith Frankish, Jules Holroyd, Neil Levy, Edouard Machery, Alex Madva, Shannon Spaulding, and Chandra Sripada), The Brains Blog
2016 | “So You’re A Philosopher, Eh? What Do Philosophers Do?” The APA Blog.
2015 | “The Future of Online Conferences in Philosophy” (with Cameron Buckner and John Schwenkler), DailyNous
MEDIA APPEARANCES
2017 | More Thoughtful – Atheists or Theists? (June 24, 2017). Veracity Hill with Kurt Jaros et al.
2017 | APA Member Interview: Nick Byrd (March 17, 2017).
2016 | Is Voting for a Third Party a Wasted Vote? (Oct 1, 2016). Veracity Hill with Kurt Jaros et al.
2016 | [ACI Interview with Scholarly Blogger & PhD Candidate Nick Byrd]. (April 27). ACI Scholarly Blog Index. Interviewer: Traci Hector.
2015 | “Researchers Wrestle with Co-Authorship.” Nature 528(7580): 11–11. By Dalmeet Singh Chawla.
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, FUNDING
2017 | Travel Grant, Philosophy Department, Florida State University ($300)
2017| Travel Grant, Congress of Graduate Students, Florida State University ($100)
2016| Travel Grant, Congress of Graduate Students, Florida State University ($500)
2016 | Travel Grant, Philosophy Department, Florida State University ($300)
2015 | Travel Stipend, Abraham Kuyper Center for Science and Religion, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (€200)
2015 | Travel Bursary, Institut De Recherches Cliniques De Montreal ($350)
2015 | Travel Grants, Congress of Graduate Students, Florida State University ($600)
2015 | Travel Grants, Philosophy Department, Florida State University ($600)
2015 | Travel Grants, Werkmeister Fund, Philosophy, Florida State University ($650)
2015 | Travel Grant, Werkmeister Fund, History & Philosophy of Science, Florida State University ($200)
2014 | Travel Grant, Department of Philosophy, Florida State University ($160)
2014 | Travel Grant, Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder ($1000)
2013 | Travel Award, Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado Boulder ($300)
2013 | Travel Grant, Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder ($250)
2009 | Outstanding Graduate of Philosophy Award, Palm Beach Atlantic University
TEACHING
SP 2017 | Assistant: Free Will & Science
FA 2016 | Assistant: Reasoning & Critical Thinking
SP 2015, 2016 | Assistant: Environmental Ethics
FA 2015 | Assistant: Social Justice & Diversity
FA 2014 | Assistant: Introduction to Philosophy
SP 2014, May 2014 | Assistant: Philosophy & The Sciences
SP 2014 | Assistant: History of Science: Newton to Einstein
FA 2013 | Section Lecturer: Philosophy & The Sciences (2 lectures/week)
GUEST LECTURES
2017 | “The Illusion of Will”, Free Will & Science, Florida State University
2016 | “Philosophical Thinking: Fast & Slow”, Reasoning and Critical Thinking, Florida State University
2016 | “On Intrinsic and Instrumental Value”, Environmental Ethics, Florida State University
2015, 2016 | “On The Institution of Property”, Environmental Ethics, Florida State University
2014 | “On Abortion”, Introduction to Philosophy, Florida State University
2013 | “Against Metaphysics”, Philosophy & The Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
2013 | “The Hypothetico-Deductive Method”, Philosophy & The Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SERVICE
2016 – present | Contributing Editor at The Brains Blog
2015 – present | Co-organzizer of the Minds Online Conference
2015 – present | Reviewer: Strategic Global Development Curriculum, Palm Beach Atlantic University
2015 – present | Referee: Philosophical Psychology; PLOS One, Review of Philosophy and Psychology; Synthese
2015 – present | Webmaster: Free Will, Moral Responsibility, and Agency Conference
2013 | Co-organizer: 29th Annual Boulder Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science, Boulder
AFFILIATIONS
2015 – present | Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Associate Member
2012 – present | American Philosophical Association, Graduate Student Member
2014 – 2015 | Minorities and Philosophy, Member
2014 – 2015 | Mississippi Academy of Sciences
2012 – 2014 | Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado Boulder, Member
VOLUNTEER WORK
2015, 2016 | Website Manager: Free Will, Moral Responsibility, & Agency Conference
2015 | Judge: National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference, Florida State University
2011 |Construction Volunteer, Front Step, Inc., Philadelphia
2010 |Repair Volunteer, One Heart Many Hands, Orange Blossom Trail
2009 |Trail Maintenance Trip Leader, Georgia Appalachian Trail Club, Dahlonega
2008 |Trail Maintenance Volunteer, Georgia Appalachian Trail Club, Dahlonega
2009, 2009 |Construction Volunteer, Habitat For Humanity, West Palm Beach
2007 |Volunteer, South Florida Science Museum, West Palm Beach
2007 |Volunteer, Quantaum House, West Palm Beach
2004, 2005 |Home-building Volunteer, Baja Ministries, Tecate
REFERENCES
John Schwenkler | Philosophy – Florida State University
Carol Cleland | Philosophy, Committee for the History and Philosophy of Science, Astrobiology – University of Colorado Boulder
Michael Tooley | Philosophy – University Colorado Boulder
Robert Rupert | Philosophy, Institute of Cognitive Science – University of Colorado Boulder; Philosophy – University of Edinburgh
Michael Mozer | Computer Science, Institute of Cognitive Science – University of Colorado Boulder
Craig Hanson | Philosophy, Humanities, Pharmacy, Strategic Global Development – Palm Beach Atlantic University
PRAISE
“When I think of the people who have positively influenced my time here at FSU, [Nick is] at the top of the list. [Nick] has taught me so much and I am so thankful for all [his] feedback on my work and [his] guidance in general.” (Senior, Florida State University)
“Nick’s lecture was excellent. […] He began with a light-hearted but stimulating anecdote […]. He then invited students to critique an intuitive moral principle, by which he immediately elicited student participation and dialogue […]. Nick fielded questions and comments with competency and charity, capably guiding the conversation toward the lesson while affirming students’ insights along the way. The PowerPoint presentation was first-rate, serving as a useful road map for students but never overloading them with too much information. Nick’s tone was relaxed but engaging, and he was able to maintain students’ attention throughout. Nick’s lecture demonstrated both competency with the subject matter and careful preparation.” (Dan Miller, Florida State University)
“Nick consistently demonstrated enthusiasm for the class and course material, as well as concern for the students…. his grades were consistently submitted in advance of their deadlines. His response time to email inquiries was immediate. Nick was always prepared. I could always count on him. In short, he was the dream teaching assistant.” (Carmen Marcous, Florida State University)
“[Nick] did an excellent job.” (Alfred Mele, Florida State University, Philosophy & Science of Self-control)
“Consummate professionalism…supportive attitude towards students; detailed feedback for students…” (Jack Justus, Florida State University)
“[Nick is] impossibly responsible.” (John Schwenkler, Florida State University)
“…I was especially impressed with the way [Nick] conducted himself with the students. I was able to witness a number of [Nick’s] interactions with students and his conduct was not only professional but he also communicated to the students a real eagerness to help them….I also know that he can handle himself well when confronted with a hostile student.” (John Roberts, Florida State University)
“[Nick is] the best TA ever! I became a philosophy major after taking [a class in which Nick was the TA]….” (Sophomore, Florida State University)
“[Nick] is the best administrative assistant that I have worked with in the past ten years of chairing [The Committee For The History & Philosophy Of Science].” (Carol Cleland, University of Colorado Boulder)
“Nick is incredible. Definitely fully committed to helping students learn. Thank you.” (Student Evaluation, University of Colorado Boulder)
“Nick did a really nice job of explaining the readings and coming up with questions for discussion. He was always well-prepared and led the discussions effectively. I always felt more prepared going into the lectures, writing papers, and taking quizzes after going to [Nick’s recitation].” (Student Evaluation, University of Colorado Boulder)
“I cannot emphasize enough about how professional and responsible Nick has been…in my nine years on this campus I have not had a staff member excel in both of these areas as well as Nick.” (Ryan Schmitz, Mount Vernon Nazarene University)
“I characterize [Nick] as both intellectually fearless and intellectually tenacious. [Nick] is also one of the finest philosophical writers that I have ever had the pleasure to work with.” (Craig Hanson, Palm Beach Atlantic University)