Travis Hreno
Title: Associate Professor
Dept/Program: Philosophy
Office: CAS 451
Phone: 330-972-8031
Fax: 330-972-5505
Email: th34@uakron.edu
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Biography
AREA OF SPECIALIZATION
Philosophy of Law, Jurisprudence.
AREAS OF COMPETENCE
Social/Political Philosophy, Ethics, Applied Ethics, Logic.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, 2007 – 2012.
Associate Professor of Philosophy (tenured), Department of Philosophy, 2012 – present. Affiliated Research Scholar, The University of Akron School of Law, 2023-24.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS
Member, The Ohio Philosophical Association.
GRANTS, AWARDS and SCHOLARSHIPS
Awarded the 2023 OhioLINK OER Course Redesign Grant for the incorporation of open- source materials into course instruction.
Awarded the University of Akron FRC Summer Research Fellowship Award to fund research. Summer, 2023.
Awarded University of Akron Affordable Learning Initiative Grant for the incorporation of open-source materials into course instruction.
Awarded University of Akron ITL Teaching Innovation Grant for innovative approaches to teaching in the classroom, 2021-22.
Awarded BCAS Online Course Development Research Grant, Spring 2013.
Awarded University of Akron A&S Research Grant, Spring 2009.
Dialogue Student Essay Prize, for best graduate-student presentation, awarded at the
Canadian Philosophical Association, 2002.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship: 1998 – 2000.
University of Western Ontario Special University Scholarship: 1997; 1998; 1999, 2000.
Paul David Russell Gold Medal in Philosophy, University of Manitoba: 1995.
SCHOLARLY AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Affiliated Research Scholar, The University of Akron School of Law, 2023 – 24.
Editorial Board Member, Akron University Press, 2023 – present.
Advisory Board Member, Ethics International Press, 2023 – present.
Reviewer, The Commonwealth Law Bulletin, 2015 – 16.
Reviewer, Philosophy Study, 2012 – present.
Research
Conferences/Colloquia:
“What the Trump Criminal Trials Can Teach Us About Jury Nullification” at The University of Akron Public Philosophy Lecture Series, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, October 10, 2023.
“Fostering Inclusive Teaching through Engaging Student Connections: A Case Study on Philosophy, Thought Experiments, and Experiential Learning” at NEXT – New Explorations in Teaching, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, October 6, 2023.
“More Thoughts on Liberty and Jury Nullification” at The Ohio Philosophy Association Annual Conference, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, April 29, 2023.
“Political Liberty and Jury Nullification” at The South Carolina Society for Philosophy Annual Conference, The University of South Carolina, Beaufort, SC, March 31, 2023.
“Jury Nullification” at The University of Akron Public Philosophy Lecture Series, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, February 20, 2023.
“Objections to Jury Nullification Considered” at The University of Akron Law School Scholarship Workshop, The University of Akron Law School, Akron, OH, February 12, 2020.
“The Liberty Enhancing Effects of Jury Nullification” at The Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, March 23rd, 2019.
“The Rule of Law and Substantive Liberty” at The Long Island Philosophical Society, St. John’s University, New York, NY, April 18, 2015.
“Jury Nullification and Libertarianism” at Hanover College, Indiana. Invited Speaker Series, November 5th, 2013.
“The Political Appropriation of Music” at the Post 45 Annual Conference, Cleveland, OH, April 30, 2011.
“Judicial Candor and Jury Nullification” at the 2010 Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR) in Montreal, CAN. May 29, 2010.
“Legal Responsibility and Sine Qua Non,” The University of Akron Philosophy Club invited presentation. November 2009.
Chair, Colloquium on Personal Identity, American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Conference, Pasadena, California. March 2008.
“Liberty, Autonomy, and the Rule of Law,” The University of Akron, Conference of Philosophy, January 2008.
“Jury Nullification and the Rule of Law,” The University of Victoria, Department of Philosophy Friday Colloquium Programme, March 2006.
“Jury Nullification: Right or Privilege?” The University of Lethbridge Colloquium Series, February 2003.
“Jury Nullification: The Jurisprudence of a Jurors’ Privilege,” The University of Calgary Philosophy Department Invited Speakers Series, October 2002.
“Jury Nullification: The Jurisprudence of a Jurors’ Privilege,” Canadian Philosophical Association, Toronto, Ontario. May 2002. Winner: Dialogue Student Essay Prize, for best graduate-student presentation.
“Of Foreseeability and Thin-Skulls,” Western Canadian Philosophical Association, October 1997.
“The Epicurean Concept of Time,” Canadian Philosophical Association, June 1997.
“Davidson and the Principle of Charity,” Dalhousie University, July 1996.
“Salience Reconsidered,” Canadian Philosophical Association, June 1996.
“Salience Reconsidered,” The Mid-South Conference of Philosophy, February 1996.
Publications
Publications:
Book Chapter: “Jury Nullification and Participatory Democracy,” in Political Participation: Citizen Input in Government Ethics, James Cockerham, ed., Vernon Press (forthcoming).
Book: Jury Nullification: The Jurisprudence of Jurors’ Privilege, Ethics International Press (forthcoming, 2024).
“Book review: Pre-Liberal Political Philosophy: Rawls and Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, by Daniel Dombrowski (author),” forthcoming in Philosophy in Review.
“Book review: The Will to Punish, by Didier Fassin (author),” in Metapsychology Online Reviews (http://metapsychology.net), (May 2020).
“Jury Nullification and the Bad-Faith Juror” in LEAP: The Journal of Legal Ethics and Philosophy, vol. 1, no. 1 (Spring 2013)
“Book review: Law and Religion in the 21st Century: Relations between States and Religious Communities, by Rinaldo Cristofori (Editor), Silvio Ferrari (Editor),” The Commonwealth Law Bulletin, vol. 38, no. 4 (December 2012).
“The Jury Nullification Instruction and the De Jure / De Facto Debate: A Hohfeldian Analysis” in Public Affairs Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3 (July 2008).
“The Rule of Law and Jury Nullification” in The Commonwealth Law Bulletin, vol. 34, no. 2 (June 2008).
“‘Necessity’ and Jury Nullification” The Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, vol. 20, no. 2 (July 2007).
“Book review: Truth and Progress, by Richard Rorty (author),” Philosophy in Review
(August 1999).
“Book review: On the Laws and Governance of England, by Sir John Fortescue (author),”
Philosophy in Review (February 1999).
“Book review: Ethical Issues: Perspectives for Canadians, by Eldon Soifer (author),”
Philosophy in Review, vol. XVII, no. 3 (1997).
Education
- University of Western Ontario 2003, Ph.D., Philosophy.
- Dalhousie University 1996, M.A., Philosophy.
- University of Manitoba 1995, B.A. (Honors), Philosophy.