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Harry Adams, Ph.D.

Dr. Harry Adams
Dr. Harry Adams
Lecture II (Philosophy)

Contact Information

Lecturer II
Office: 207 G.R. Woolfolk Social & Political Science Building
Phone: (936) 261-3207
Email

Education

  • R.R.T. (Registered Respiratory Therapist);
  • M.M.S. (Master’s in Modern Studies) from Loyola University (Baltimore);
  • M.A. in Philosophy from Purdue University; and
  • PhD. in Philosophy (with specializations in Moral and Political Philosophy) from Rice University.

Selection of Courses Taught

  • Social and Political Philosophy; Philosophy of Law; Biomedical Ethics; Criminal Justice Ethics; Ethics in Social Work; Theories of Justice; Philosophy of Punishment; Juvenile Justice Policy and Legal Principles; Juvenile and Criminal Law Theory; Constitutional Rights; Legal Aspects of Juvenile Justice; Advanced Seminar in Crime and Delinquency; Community Building and Practice; etc.

Selected Research Activities

  • Justice for Children: Autonomy Development and the State (SUNY Press); various peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, including “Organized Crime among African Americans”; “A Human Germline Modification Scale”; “Compulsory Contraception and the Prevention of Harm”; “A Fair Educational Standard”; “Against Plutocracies: Fighting Political Corruption”; “Bid-rigging”; etc; and I am now working on publishing a book called A Theory of Corruption: Children, Capabilities, and Crime (Rowman & Littlefield is currently reviewing my 230-page manuscript of this);

Selected Service Activities

  • Developed a minor in Philosophy.