Jason Grinnell, Ph.D.

Education

• Ph.D. Applied Philosophy Bowling Green State University 2006
• M.A. Applied Philosophy Bowling Green State University 1997
• B.A. History University of Minnesota 1994

About

Jason Grinnell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Humanities. He joined the faculty at Buffalo State College in Fall 2007. Dr. Grinnell teaches courses on ancient philosophy, professional and applied ethics, and philosophy of race. Jason won the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching recipient in 2018.

Research

His research focuses on applied ethics, character (Aristotelian) ethics, and the philosophy of education. 

Publications

• “Aristotle, Eastwood, Friendship, and Death” in The Philosophy of Clint Eastwood (University Press of Kentucky, forthcoming)
• “Came to Do Good, Stayed to Do Well” in The Wire and Philosophy (Open Court Press, forthcoming)
• “Aristotle, Kant, Spike, and Jayne: Ethics and Character in the Whedonverse” in The Philosophy of Joss Whedon (University Press of Kentucky, 2011)
• "The Ed.D. v.2.0: Reimagining the Doctorate in Education” in Higher Education and Human Capital: Re/thinking the Doctorate in America (Sense Publishers, 2011)
•  “Protagoras” in The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief (Prometheus Books, 2007).