Curriculum Vitae

Author
Affiliation

Christopher L. Holland

Saint Louis University

Updated

September 26, 2025

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Areas of Specialization

Ethics, Philosophy of Religion

Areas of Competence

Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Logic, Computer Ethics

Education

  • Ph.D. Philosophy, Saint Louis University (in progress)
  • M.A. Theological Studies, Asbury Theological Seminary, 2018
  • M.A. Religion, Hardin-Simmons University (Logsdon School of Theology), 2012
  • B.A. Texas Tech University, Classical Studies and Communication Studies, 2009 (summa cum laude)

Honors and Awards

  • Graduate Assistantship, Saint Louis University, 2019–26
  • Asbury Seminary Theology Award, May 2018
  • Asbury Merit Scholarship, 2014–18
  • Logsdon School of Theology Graduate Student Achievement Award, April 13, 2012
  • Elementary Hebrew Tov Meʾod Award, April 16, 2010
  • Logsdon Graduate Dean’s Scholarship and W. B. Davis Scholarship, 2009–12

Professional Memberships

  • Society of Christian Philosophers
  • American Philosophical Association

Languages

Ancient Greek (reading proficiency with dictionary)

Work in Progress

“The Phenomenological Value Thesis and the Limits of Welfare Eudaimonism”

Conference Presentations and Comments

  • “A Lewisian Approach to Eleonore Stump’s Problem of Mourning”
    Baptist Association of Philosophy Teachers Biennial Meeting, April 25–27, 2025

  • Comments: Matthew Cashen’s “Angela the Diplomat” (invited)
    Illinois Philosophical Association Conference, November 4, 2023

  • Comments: Frederick Choo, “Theism is Incompatible with Moral Error Theory”
    Saint Louis University Philosophy Graduate Student Conference, September 9, 2023

  • Comments: Harrison Lee, “Soul-Building Hiddenness: Theodicies and the Principle of Alternate Possibilities”
    Saint Louis University Philosophy Graduate Student Conference, October 1, 2021

Research and Editorial Experience

Research Assistantships

  • RA to Anna Marmodoro for the following publications (2025–present):

    • Parmenidean Essentialism (Oxford University Press, forthcoming)
    • Matter: A History, Oxford Philosophical Concept Series (Oxford University Press, forthcoming)
    • “Mereological Causation,” in Aaron Segal and Nicholas Stang, eds., Systematic Metaphysics: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Oxford University Press, forthcoming)
    • “Failing to Keep Order in One’s Life,” in Oxford Studies in Early Christian Philosophy (Oxford University Press, forthcoming)
    • “Themistius’ De Virtute: Socrates’ Virtue Ethics ‘Reconsidered,’” in Elisa Coda, ed., Themistius and the Power of Words: Philosophy and Rhetoric on the Crossroad of Ages and Languages (De Gruyter, forthcoming).

  • RA to Michael Peterson for the following publications (2018–20):

    • Religion and the Biosciences: An Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 2021)
    • C. S. Lewis and the Christian Worldview (Oxford University Press, 2020)
    • Michael Peterson and Raymond VanArragon, eds., Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Religion, Second Edition (Wiley-Blackwell, April 2019)

Journal Experience

  • Editorial assistant for Ancient Philosophy Today: DIALOGOI (2024–present)
  • Editorial assistant for Res Philosophica (2021–23)
  • Editorial assistant for Schutzian Research, vol. 13 (2021)
  • Production assistant for Faith and Philosophy (2020–22)

Teaching Experience

Sole Instructor, Saint Louis University

  • PHIL 1700: Ultimate Questions: The Examined Life (Spring 2025)
  • PHIL 3050x: Computer Ethics (Spring 2024, Fall 2024)
  • PHIL 1700: Ultimate Questions: The Examined Life (Fall 2023)

Sole Instructor, Asbury University

  • PHL 200: Introduction to Philosophy (Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020)

Teaching Assistant, Saint Louis University

  • PHIL 2050: Ethics (primary Jonathan Jacobs; Spring 2021)
  • PHIL 1050: Introduction to Philosophy (primary Scott Ragland; Fall 2020)

Graduate Assistant, Asbury Theological Seminary

  • PH600: Suffering, Tragedy, and Christian Faith (primary Michael Peterson; Fall 2019)
  • PH615: C. S. Lewis and Christian Faith (primary Michael Peterson; Fall 2019)
  • PH501: Philosophy of the Christian Religion (primary Michael Peterson; Fall 2019)
  • CH501: Church History 1 (primary Meesaeng Choi; Spring 2017–Fall 2018)
  • CH502: Church History 2 (primary Meesaeng Choi; Fall 2016–Fall 2018)

Instructor Training

  • Certificate in University Teaching Skills Program (in progress)
    Saint Louis University, Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning

  • Workshop: Learning Through Play, September 25, 2025
    Saint Louis University, Reinert Center

  • Webinar: How to assign writing in the age of AI, September 16, 2025
    University of St. Thomas, Minnesota

  • Workshop: Teaching Large Classes, September 11, 2025
    Saint Louis University, Reinert Center

  • Workshop: Ultimate Questions Artifacts, May 6, 2025
    Saint Louis University, Undergraduate Core Committee

  • Workshop: Teaching Ultimate Questions Courses, May 9, 2023
    Saint Louis University, Undergraduate Core Committee

  • Course: Learning Technologies, March 20–31, 2023
    Saint Louis University, Reinert Center

  • Workshop: Undergraduate Core Shared Learning Outcomes, March 6, 2023
    Saint Louis University, Undergraduate Core Committee

  • Course: Introduction to Online Teaching, February 14–28, 2023
    Saint Louis University, Reinert Center

  • Workshop: Motivating Students, February 8, 2023
    Saint Louis University, Reinert Center

  • Workshop: From Coverage to Learning: Re-envisioning Lecture, November 17, 2022
    Saint Louis University, Reinert Center

  • Course: Course Design, July 11–22, 2022
    Saint Louis University, Reinert Center

  • Workshop: Building Community in Online Classes, April 12, 2022
    Saint Louis University, Reinert Center

  • Workshop: Teaching Students to Think Critically in Assignments, April 8, 2022
    Saint Louis University, Reinert Center

  • Course: Teaching Philosophy, September 13–24, 2021
    Saint Louis University, Reinert Center

Service

  • Conference assistant, Essentialism (Henle Conference), March 26–27, 2026 (in progress)
    Saint Louis University

  • Conference assistant, Philosophising with the Greats, June 29–30, 2026 (in progress)
    Corpus Christi College, Oxford

  • Department representative, Undergraduate Core Re-engagement Workshop, April 11
    Saint Louis University, Undergraduate Core Committee

  • Conference committee, Philosophies of Time, Motion, and Change, October 7–8, 2024
    Saint Louis University Philosophy Graduate Student Association

  • Co-organizer, unofficial logic crash course for incoming SLU graduate students, July 2023
    Webpage: https://chrislholland.com/SLU_2023_Summer_Logic/Lemmon.html

  • Conference assistant, “Alienation & the Virtues: Personal, Social, & Spiritual,” March 30–31, 2023
    Res Philosophica Conference, St. Louis, MO

  • Conference chair, The Problem of Evil, October 7–8, 2022
    Site archive: https://sites.google.com/slu.edu/2022-phil-grad-conference/
    Saint Louis University Philosophy Graduate Student Association

  • Reviewer, Virtue and Wisdom Conference, October 1–2, 2021
    Saint Louis University Philosophy Graduate Student Association