Richard F. "Eric" Hamm III

Richard F. "Eric" Hamm III, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Philosophy

  • Freiburger Residence Hall

Personal profile

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Professional Affiliations

Lynn University Employment

  • Associate Professor of Philosophy, Lynn University, 2020-Present

  • Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Lynn University, 2015-2020

Lynn University Service

  • Course Lead, Societies and Institutions (DSSG 200), Lynn University, 2022-Present

  • Course Lead, World Philosophy (HUM 107), Lynn University, 2022-Present

  • Oral Communication Skills Group, Lynn University Dialogue Task Force, 2019-Present

  • Director of Forensics, Speech and Debate Team, Lynn University, 2018-Present

  • Dialogues of Learning Task Force, Lynn University, 2018-Present

  • Debate Coach, Lynn Debate Team, Lynn University, 2016-Present

  • Academic Administrator for Adjuncts, Lynn University, 2023-2024

  • Faculty Standards and Professional Development Committee, Lynn University, 2022-2024

  • Curriculum Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, Lynn University, 2020-2022

Previous employer

Employment

  • Adjunct Faculty, Philosophy, Indiana University Kokomo, 2013-2015

Service 

  • Philosophy Tutor, Athletic Department, Purdue University, 2014
  • Teaching Assistant Mentor, Communications Department, Purdue University, 2014
  • Debate Coach, Purdue University, 2010
  • Assistant Debate Coach, Duquesne University, 2008

Professional Organizations

  • American Philosophical Association
  • American Philosophical Practitioners Association
  • American Association of Philosophy Teachers
  • Florida Intercollegiate Forensics Association
  • Semiotic Society of America
  • National Communication Association

Professional Qualifications, Certifications, and Licenses

Professional Development

  • Annual faculty development provided by Lynn University, 2015-Present
  • Counselor Certification, American Philosophical Practitioners Association, New York, NY, 2014
  • Graduate Teaching Certificate, Purdue University, 2012

Additional Professional Training

  • Field Study in International Economics, Florida Atlantic University, San José, Costa Rica, 2017
  • Summer Seminar, Institute of Philosophical Practice, La Chapelle St. André, France, 2014
  • Level One Certification Program, American Philosophical Practitioners Association, New York, NY, 2014
  • Thinking Through Times of Crisis, Mimetic Theory Summer School, Leusden, The Netherlands, 2012
  • College Teaching Workshops Series One, Center For Instructional Excellence, Purdue University, 2011

Languages

  • French, reading proficient with dictionary

Awards and Honors

  • Scholar Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Lynn University, 2019
  • Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Department of Communications, Purdue University, 2014
  • Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Department of Communications, Purdue University, 2013
  • Certificate of Excellence for Best Poster Presentation: Philosophy and Literature. Purdue University, 2013
  • Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Department of Communications, Purdue University, 2012

Education/Academic qualification

Government, A.L.M., Harvard University Extension School

… → 2024

Economics, M.S., Florida Atlantic University

… → 2018

Philosophy and Literature, Ph.D., Purdue University

… → 2015

Philosophy, M.A., Duquesne University

… → 2010

Philosophy and Economics, B.S., Hillsdale College

… → 2007

Disciplines

  • Philosophy