Anthony Birch, Ph.D., MCSE, MCSA
                    535 Forrest Ave.  Apt. B5
                  Gainesville, GA   30501-3270
                       Phone: 770-718-0568
                      E-mail: tbirch@gis.net                                 



JOB OBJECTIVE:
Employment at College or University.
Philosophy Instructor and/or 
 Network/Distance Education Support Specialist.

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION: 
Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology and Metaphysics.                 

AREAS OF COMPETENCE: 
Ethics.  

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Academic:
     Adjuct Instructor:
       Salem International University (online)	
       Saint Leo University (online)
       Art Institute Online (online)
       Capella University (online) 	
       North Georgia College and State University	
       Brenau University
       American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria 
       Winona State University, Winona, MN
       Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Winona, MN
Software/Systems Engineering:
     Microsoft Certified Trainer for NT/Windows 2000: 
	Instructor for Active Directory and Network Infrastructure 
	Boot camp instructor for 104-hour 2000 course
	Boot camp instructor for 84-hour NT course
	(Boot camps are equivalent to two-semester college courses)

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES:
MCSA, Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
MCSE, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, NT 4.0
MCSE, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Windows 2000
MCT, Microsoft Certified Trainer (Training Completed - Certificate not current)
A+, A-Plus Computer Service Technician

OTHER EXPERIENCE:
Software sales, technical writing, drafting and design,
trade school teaching, and applied research.

EDUCATION:
Graduate Courses in Distance Education: University of Maryland
Ph.D., Philosophy, 1999, City University of New York Graduate School.
M.A., Philosophy, 1981, The Catholic University of America.
Graduate course work also includes courses at:

     Columbia University
     University of Minnesota
     Harvard University

PUBLICATIONS:
Waismann's Critique of Wittgenstein.  Analysis and Metaphysics,
December, 2007. Denbridge Press.

Review of Political Blind Spots: Reading the Ideology of
Images by Raphael Sassaover and Louis Cicotello. Bridges: An
Interdisciplinary Journal of Theology, Philosophy, History, and
Science, Spring/Summer 2007. 

Review of "Simple Mindedness: In Defense of Naive Naturalism in
the Philosophy of Mind" by Jennifer Hornsby.  Bridges: An
Interdisciplinary Journal of Theology, Philosophy, History, and
Science (Fall/Winter 1998). 

"Microwave-powered Sources in Semiconductor Fabrication."  
Microelectronic Manufacturing and Testing (March, 1983, co-author).

"Crystal Cities -- Breakable Lives."  Washington Post Magazine
(October 26, 1980).

PRESENTATIONS:
"Physical Theories and the Mind." APA Eastern Division Meeting
(December 28, 2002).

"Narratives, Hypnosis, and Reality." Non-Violence in the Contemporary
World: Society, Politics and Religion.  Elon University (April 24, 2002).

"Time and Enlightenment: Nagarjuna's Concept of Time." Society
for Indian Philosophy and Religion.  Florida International 
University (November, 2001).

"Morality in Popular Media."  Lecture Series.  North Georgia College
and State University (Spring, 2000).

"Frankenstein's Science."  Guest Lecture.  American University in
Bulgaria (Spring, 1994). 

"Comic Book Heroes and Comic Book Art."  Guest Lecture.  American
University in Bulgaria (Spring, 1994).
          
"Ancient Greek Philosophy."  Guest Lecture.  American University
in Bulgaria (Spring, 1993).

"College Physics Education in the United States."  Union of
Physicists.  National Conference.  University of Sofia, Bulgaria
(April 3, 1993).
          
TV Panel on Ethics and Journalism.  Television Studio.
Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria (February 15, 1993).