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 Dr. Jeffrey H. Barker
Vice President of Academic Affairs
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Philosophy
jeff.barker@converse.edu
Phone: (864) 596-9091
Office: Carmichael Hall, Room 206
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On July 1, 2002, Dr. Jeffrey H. Barker officially began his duties as Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Converse College.
Dr. Barker teaches courses in biomedical ethics at Converse, where his students explore a variety of ethical issues on the frontier of biomedicine. His recent scholarly work includes essays on ethical issues in population
genomics and in the use of children in biomedical research.
Prior to his post at Converse, Dean Barker had served at Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania, where he was chairperson and professor for the college’s department of philosophy. He taught a wide variety of courses in ethics, biomedical ethics, philosophy and law, and contemporary European philosophy, in addition to interdisciplinary courses in philosophy and film. He founded and directed the Albright Center for Ethics, Law, and Medicine, a forum for public presentations, internships, and courses in ethics, medicine and law. He also directed the college’s Accelerated Degree Start Program. Under his leadership, Albright completed a comprehensive self-study and strategic planning effort, which included re-accreditation.
In the Winter of 2000, he served as visiting professor of philosophy at the University of Iceland in Reykjavík, where he taught an upper-level seminar in health and human rights and presented a university lecture on genetic therapy research and xenotransplantation.
In addition to his 1986 book, Individualism and Community: The State in Marx and Early Anarchism, Dean Barker has published works in several philosophy journals and law reviews, including The Review of Law and Social Policy, Medicine, Healthcare, and Philosophy, Choice, Teaching Philosophy, Eros, and Cogito. He contributed lead articles to The Oxford Companion to the Body, focused on his research interests in bioethics, ethics, and the human face.
Dean Barker graduated with honors from California State University where he majored in history and philosophy. He earned his master’s degree and Ph.D. in philosophy from Purdue University.
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