research overview
- Dr. Mills's research focuses primarily on ethical issues regarding the family, as well as using ethical theory as a lens for analyzing children's literature.
- Contact Info
Mills, Claudia
Positions
- Assoc Professor Emerita/Emeritus, Philosophy
Research Areas
Research
keywords
- ethics, applied ethics, social and political philosophy, Rousseau, children's literature
Publications
selected publications
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book
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chapter
- Philosophical Children's Literature for Upper Elementary and Middle School 2013
- Beyond Goofus and Gallant: Morally Charged Choices in Morally Complex Children's Literature 2012
- Rousseau Redux: Romantic Re-Visions of Nature and Freedom in Children's Literature about Home-Schooling 2012
- Slave Morality in The Rainbow Fish 2011
- Not-So-Secret Gardens: Eden Eroded in Contemporary Children's Literature 2011
- Friendship, Fiction, and Memoir 2004
- Multiculturalism and Cultural Authenticity 2003
- What Do Fathers Owe Their Children? 2001
- Not a Mere Modus Vivendi: The Bases for Allegiance to the Just State 2000
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journal article
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Redemption through the Rural: The Teen Novels of Rosamond Du Jardin.
Children�s Literature Association Quarterly.
48-65.
2013
- "Good in the way witches enjoy being good": The Reality of Morality in Eleanor Estes's The Witch Family. The Lion and the Unicorn: a critical journal of children's literature. 320-332. 2010
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Alignment of the CMS silicon strip tracker during stand-alone commissioning.
Journal of Instrumentation.
2009
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Performance studies of the CMS Strip Tracker before installation.
Journal of Instrumentation.
2009
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Stand-alone cosmic muon reconstruction before installation of the CMS silicon strip tracker.
Journal of Instrumentation.
2009
- New World Orders in Contemporary Children's Literature: Utopian Transformations. The Lion and the Unicorn: a critical journal of children's literature. 121-126. 2009
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"The Canary and the Nightingale": Performance and Virtue in Eight Cousins and Rose in Bloom.
Children's Literature: annual of the modern language association division on children's literature.
109-138.
2006
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Utopia explored: Three recent fictionalizations of 'Fruitlands' for young readers.
Children's Literature in Education: an international quarterly.
255-267.
2005
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The Child's Right to an Open Future?.
Journal of Social Philosophy.
499-509.
2003
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Artistic and moral imagination in The 'Hundred Dresses' by Eleanor Estes.
Children's Literature in Education: an international quarterly.
167-174.
2002
- The philosopher's child: Critical essays in the Western tradition. The Lion and the Unicorn: a critical journal of children's literature. 465-468. 2000
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Appropriating Others' Stories: Some Questions about the Ethics of Writing Fiction.
Journal of Social Philosophy.
195-206.
2000
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The ethics of reproductive control (Women facing reproductive choices and the Norplant program).
Philosophical Forum.
43-57.
1999
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The ambivalent urban idyll: The 'Saturdays' and 'Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown' (Children's literature).
Children's Literature in Education: an international quarterly.
211-221.
1998
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Choice and circumstance.
Ethics: an international journal of social, political, and legal philosophy.
154-165.
1998
- The morals of modernity: Modern European philosophy - Larmore,C. The Review of Metaphysics: a philosophical quarterly. 671-672. 1997
- The moral problem - Smith,M. The Review of Metaphysics: a philosophical quarterly. 184-185. 1996
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Goodness as weapon (Motivation, moral philosophy).
Journal of Philosophy.
485-499.
1995
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The Distinctive Wrong of Terrorism.
International Journal of Applied Philosophy.
57-60.
1995
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IDENTIFYING TARGETS OF COMMUNICATION STYLES - AN EXPLORATORY-STUDY.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
213-219.
1993
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Capitalist tools? Today's entrepreneurial novels for children.
Children's Literature in Education: an international quarterly.
189-197.
1990
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Children in search of a family: Orphan novels through the century.
Children's Literature in Education: an international quarterly.
227-239.
1987
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Redemption through the Rural: The Teen Novels of Rosamond Du Jardin.
Children�s Literature Association Quarterly.
48-65.
2013
Teaching
courses taught
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PHIL 1100 - Ethics
Primary Instructor - Spring 2020
Introduces students to moral philosophy by having them study and evaluate prominent moral theories and their application to a selection of real-world moral problems. Theories studied may include utilitarianism, rights theory, virtue ethics, social contract theory, divine command theory, cultural relativism, and natural law theory. Social problems covered may include abortion, world poverty, animal rights, reparations for slavery, gun rights, or similar such controversies.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., Princeton University 1991
- M.L.S., University of Maryland College Park Campus 1988
- M.A., Princeton University 1979
- B.A., Wellesley College 1976
awards and honors
International Activities
geographic focus
- China Country