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Education

1994 University of Maryland - Baltimore County, B.A.听
2000 Duke University, Ph.D.听
2004-05 Tsinghua University (Beijing), Senior Scholar, Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies听

Courses Taught

Yoga and Philosophy
Chinese Yoga [i.e., Qigong] and Meditation
Meditation, Mindfulness, and Minds
Philosophy of Martial Arts|
Philosophy of Sex
Philosophy of the Body
Metaphysics and Embodiment
Minds, Brains and Metaphysics
Chinese Philosophy
Daoist Philosophy and Religion
Indian and Asian Philosophy
Ancient Greek Philosophy
Introduction to Philosophy
Ethics
Business Ethics
Contemporary Philosophy
Religion, Science and Philosophy
Theories of Democracy

Career Specialties

Steve Geisz鈥檚 research focuses on the ways that body techniques and contemplative practices such as yoga, qigong, the martial arts and meditation are embodiments of philosophical ideas and methods of engaging in philosophical activity. His research and teaching interests include classical Chinese philosophy, the philosophy of mind and language, and political philosophy (particularly questions about democracy).

Professional and Community Activities

Steve Geisz听is a 500-hour registered yoga teacher (RYT 500). He completed his 200-hour yoga teacher training at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Stockbridge, MA, and his 300-hour advanced yoga teacher training at the Lotus Pond Center for Yoga and Health in Tampa.听

Geisz听also teaches qigong (i.e., Chinese yoga and meditation) and practices several forms of taijiquan. He is a graduate of the multi-year qigong teacher training program of Ken Cohen and a certified full instructor in the Universal Tao/Healing Tao qigong system of听Mantak听Chia.

Geisz鈥檚听publications include 鈥淭raditional Chinese Body Practice and Philosophical Inquiry鈥� (American Philosophical Association Newsletter for Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies, Spring 2018),听鈥淯nderstanding the Heart-Mind Within the Heart-Mind of the听狈猫颈测猫听(Inward Training)鈥� (Dao:听听A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, September 2016), 鈥淏ody Practice and Meditation as Philosophy: Teaching Qigong, Taijiquan, and Yoga in College Courses鈥� (Teaching Philosophy, June 2016),听鈥淎ging, Equality, and Confucian Selves鈥� (in Roger T. Ames and Peter D. Hershock, eds.,听Value and Values: Economics and Justice in an Age of Global Interdependence, University of Hawaii Press, 2015), 鈥淭urning Representation Inside Out: An Adverbial Approach to the Metaphysics of Language and Mind鈥� (The Philosophical Forum, Winter 2009), 鈥淢engzi, Strategic Language, and the Shaping of Behavior鈥� (Philosophy East & West, April 2008), and 鈥淎n Indirect Argument for Strategic Voting鈥� (Journal of Applied Philosophy, November 2006).

Geisz鈥檚听popular听philosophical work includes a series of writings exploring cross-cutting issues at the nexus of comparative metaphysics, country music and beverages. These include 鈥淪amsara in a Coffee Cup: Self, Suffering, and the Karma of Waking Up鈥� (in Scott F. Parker and Michael W. Austin, eds.,听Coffee--Philosophy for Everyone:听 Grounds for Debate, Wiley, 2011), 鈥淥ne Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Buddhist Theory of No-Self鈥� (in Fritz听Allhoff听and Marcus Adams, eds.,听Whiskey & Philosophy, Wiley, 2010) and 鈥淭he Dao and Duality of Johnny Cash鈥� (in John Huss and David Werther, eds.,听Johnny Cash and Philosophy: The Burning Ring of Truth, Open Court, 2008).

He has been a disc jockey for a number of different听college radio stations, specializing in Americana and alt-country music.