Office Address:
St. Edward’s University
Austin, Texas 78704-6489
ursery@stedwards.edu
sites.stedwards.edu/ursery/

Academic Appointments:
Professor Emeritus, Philosophy.  St. Edward’s University, Austin Texas, 2019 to present
Professor of Philosophy, School of Arts and Humanities, St. Edward’s University, Austin, 2014 – 2018
Professor of Philosophy, New College, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas, 2003 to 2014.
Associate Professor of Philosophy, New College, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas, 1993 to 2003. Tenured.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, New College, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas, 1986 to 1993.
Instructor, Austin Community College, Department of Humanities, Austin, Texas 1981 – 1986.
Assistant Instructor, Western Civilization Department, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1978 to 1981.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, 1977.

Education
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Completion of Doctoral coursework in Philosophy. 1981.
Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas. Master of Arts in Philosophy, 1976.
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Philosophy. 1972

Research Areas: 
Moral Decision Making
Ethical Theory
Disability Theory

Courses Taught: 
Ethical Analysis
Moral Reasoning
Business Ethics
Disability and Social Justice
Feminist Philosophy
History of Philosophy I and II
Introduction to Humanities
Philosophy of Religion
Special Topics

Teaching Awards: 
2009 Millie Stevens Piper Professor. State of Texas
2008 St. Edward’s University Distinguished Teaching Award
2006 St. Edward’s University Teaching Excellence Award, runner-up
1983 Phi Theta Kappa Teacher Excellence Award, Austin Community College

Presentations:
-“Asynchronous Discussions,” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, San Diego, CA, March 2018.
-“Accessibility and Capability: Disability, Ethics, and the Workplace,”  Society for Professional and Practical Ethics, Dallas, Texas, February 2017.
-“Disability and Discrimination”  Southwest Conference on Disability, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 2015
-“Ethics, Disability, and the Visual Experience,” Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum, Phoenix, Arizona, October 2014.
-“Visual Activism: A Foundation for an Ethics of Disability”, Society for Professional and Practical Ethics, San Antonio, Texas, February 2013.
-“Positioning Professional Dancers for Future Careers”, Association for Continuing Higher Education, Austin, Texas, November 2012.
-“Are You Accessible? Inclusivity, Ethics, and Information”, Society for Disability Studies, Denver, Colorado, June 2012
-“Global Fairness: Agency, CSR, and Civic Engagement”, Society for Professional and Practical Ethics, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 2011.
-“Disability, Leadership, and the Workplace”, Southwest Society for Disability Studies, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 2010.
-“The Hidden Diversity”, Multicultural Awareness Conference on Leadership, Austin, TX, March 2010.
-“The Scholarship of Teaching” with Sue Currey, Adult Higher Education Alliance’s 27th annual conference, Chicago, Illinois October 2009.
-“Justice and Globalization”, World History Association, February 2009, Austin, Texas
-“Cripples and Cyborgs: Re-Inhabiting the Body,” Radical Philosophy Association, 20th conference, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 2008 .
-“Educating for Change: The Need for Moral Development,” Adult Higher Education Alliance’s 26th conference, Mobile, Alabama, October 2008.
-“Moral Leadership” Association for Professional and Practical Ethics, 16th Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, February 2008.
-“A Model Curriculum for Moral Leadership,” with Lewis Myers, Proceedings of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics 17th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, February 21-24, 2008.
-“Teaching Ethics Across The Curriculum: Student Outcomes Assessment,” with Lewis Myers, Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 11-14, 2008.
-“Measuring Change in the Ethical Climate of an Organization,” with Lewis Myers, Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 12-15, 2007.
-“An Instrument to Observe and Measure Change in the Ethical Climate of a Business Organization,” with Lewis Myers, Proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, Thirty-Fifth Annual Meeting, Waikoloa, Hawaii, April 11-15, 2006.
-“Monitoring the Ethical Climate of an Organization: A Methodology,” with Lewis Myers, Proceedings of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics 15th Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, Florida, March 2-5, 2006.
-“Teaching Ethics Across the Curriculum: Pedagogy & Measurement of Change in Student Perceptions,” with Lewis Myers, Proceedings of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics 14th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, February 24-27, 2005.
-“Ethics Across the Curriculum: Moral Reasoning and Student Perceptions,” with Lewis Myers, Proceedings of the Third Annual Hawaii Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 13-16, 2005.
-“Educating for Leadership.” 24th annual Adult Higher Education Alliance conference, October 2002, Long Beach, California.
-“Total Ethics Management” half-day training with Professor Jennifer Greene, Travis County MHMR, Austin, Texas, October 2003.
-“Pericles and the Role of Ethical Leadership” with Professor Sue Currey, 5th annual International Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum conference, October 2003.
-“Diverse Needs and Core Values” with Professor Sue Currey, Asheville, North Carolina October, 2003
-“Ethics Across the Curriculum” panel presentation. Seattle, Washington, January 2003
-“Moral Reasoning Across the Curriculum: A Systematic Approach,” Fourth Annual Conference of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum, Greenville, South Carolina, October 2002.
-“Ethical Leadership and the role of the Adult Educator,” 22nd annual Adult Higher Education Alliance conference, October 2002, Pittsburgh, PA.
-“Moral Reasoning: Is there a Method to our Madness,” Association of Government Accountants annual workshop, April 2002, San Antonio, TX.
-“Rethinking Ethics for the Human Services Professional,” National Association of Human Services Education 2002 conference, March 2002.
-“How Well Does it Work: Issues in Teaching and Learning Online,” presented with Robin Zuniga , Flashlight Project. Educause/EduTex Conference, February 2002.
-“Born to be Wired: Teaching with Technology,” presented with Professors Vicki Totten, St. Edward’s University and Sue Stewart, Southwest Texas State University, 21st annual Adult Higher Education Alliance conference, October 2001.
Moral Reasoning workshop. Texas Department of Health and Human Services, September/October 2001.
-“Ethical Issues in Intellectual Property Rights,” workshop given for the International Visitors Association and the U.S. Department of State. July 2001, Austin, Texas.
Ethics Across the Curriculum workshop. Led one and a half day workshop for St. Edward’s University faculty. May 2001
-“Wearing Many Hats: The roles of an Online Instructor” with Dr. Martha Meacham, January 2000.
-“Frankenstein’s Offspring: Teaching with Technology”, Saratoga Springs, New York, October 1999.
-“Morals, Reasoning, and Ethical Practice.” Workshop for Austin area Social Work Field Educators, January 1999
-“Using Ethics” workshop. Texas Health and Human Services Commission. San Antonio, Texas, November 1998.
-“Service Learning: Ethics and the Adult Student.” 19th Annual Alliance-ACE conference. San Diego, California, October 1998.
-“On-line Education.” 17th Annual Alliance-ACE conference. St. Petersberg, Florida. October 1996.
-“Teaching at a Distance.” Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Boston, MA, June 1996
-“Using Critical Thinking in the Classroom” workshop. Agua Dulce Independent School District, Agua Dulce, Texas, August 1995.
-“Teaching Ethics” 11th Annual Conference of Distance Teaching and Learning, Madison, Wisconsin, August 1995.
-“Teaching with Computers.” The Future is Now: Innovation and Excellence conference, Austin Community College, August 1995.
-“Teaching Computer Mediated Instruction.” Council for Adult Experiential Learning International Conference, Washington D.C., November 1994.
-“Academic Standards for Prior Learning Assessment.” Council for Adult Experiential Learning 1992 International Conference, Orlando, Florida, November 1992.
-“Administrative Policies, Procedures and Practices of Prior Learning Assessment” with Dr. Urban Whitaker, The Learning Center, San Francisco, CA., November 1992, Council for Adult Experiential Learning International Conference.
-“Assessment Standards and Experiential Learning.” Conference on Nontraditional and Interdisciplinary Programs, Virginia Beach, Virginia, May 1992.
-“Plato” video. A thirty minute talk produced by Austin Community College which is broadcast on Austin Cablevision. 1989.
-“Critical Thinking: Theory and Application.” Presented for the Texas Education Agency Advanced Academic Training Workshop, June 1990.

Publications
“Moral Leadership and the Role of the Adult Student.” Leadership, edited by Carlow College, Pittsburgh, PA. 2002
Ethics in the Curriculum video series, volumes three and four, St. Edward’s University, 2002
“Born to be Wired: Teaching with Technology,” Vicki Totten, St. Edward’s University, Sue Stewart, Southwest Texas State University, Danney Ursery, St. Edward’s University. The Changing Face of Adult Learning. Adult Higher Education Alliance. 2001.
“Service Learning: Diversity, Ethics, and the Adult Student”. Distance and Diversity: Adult Learners in the Next Millennium. Adult Higher Education Alliance. 1998.
“Teaching Philosophy Online.” The Distance Educator. Vol 3, number 1. 1996
“Teaching Outside of Time and Space: Creating a Learning Environment Using Email and Usenet News.” Proceedings from the Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning. August, 1995, Madison, Wisconsin.
“Assessment Standards and Experiential Learning” Selected papers from the Tenth Annual Conference on Nontraditional and Interdisciplinary Programs, ed. by S. Reithlingshoefer. Fairfax, Virginia, 1992.
“Writing About Philosophy to Improve Critical Thinking Skills.” Humanities Education, Vol 7, number 1, Winter, 1990.
“Spinoza’s Primary Emotions.” Dialogue, Vol. 22, number 2. April 1980.

Professional Service
VSA Arts of Texas. Board Member. 2010 – 2015, President – 2013
St. Edward’s University Faculty Senate, Fall 2001 through Spring 2003, Fall 2004 through Spring 2006, and Fall 2006 to 2014. Vice-President Senate, 2007 – 2009.
Public Access Community Television Board Member 2006 – 2007
Adult Higher Education Alliance Board Member, 1998 to 2004.
Adult Higher Education Alliance, President, October 2002 – October 2003.
2001 Adult Higher Education Alliance Conference Chair.
St. Edward’s University Lecture Series, Director, 1988 to 2003.
Judge, 2nd Annual Ethics Bowl. San Antonio, Texas, November 1999.
Associate Editor, Auslegung: A Journal of Philosophy, University of Kansas, 1982 to 2003.
Grant from the Texas Council for the Humanities. $1000 for partial funding on lecture series on Texas culture. 1997/1998.
Texas Center for Critical Thinking, Austin, Texas, Director, 1992 to 1997.
Major Grant from the Texas Committee for the Humanities, a branch of the National Endowment for the Humanities, for “Values for the 21st Century” lecture series, 1990/91.
Major Grant from the Texas Committee for the Humanities, a branch of the National Endowment for the Humanities, for “Ethics for the 21st Century” lecture series, 1989/90.
Faculty Advisor, Arete: A Student Academic Journal, St. Edward’s University, 1988/90.
Major Grant from the Texas Committee for the Humanities, a branch of the National Endowment for the Humanities, for “Contemporary Values Lecture Series,” 1988/89.
Phi Theta Kappa Teacher Excellence Award, Austin Community College, Spring 1983.
Editor, Auslegung: A Journal of Philosophy, Volumes VI and VII.

Professional Associations
Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum
American Philosophical Association
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
Society for Business Ethics
Disability History Association
Society for Disability Studies