MICAH DAILY

telephone: 917-328-1330

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EDUCATION

NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH, New York, NY    1998 - Present

Ph.D. anticipated May 2009 (ABD). Master of Arts, May 2002

Concentration: philosophy

Scholarship

SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE, Bronxville, New York    1993 - 1996

Bachelor of Arts , May 1996

Concentration: philosophy, fiction writing, and film making

Scholarship

LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE, Los Angeles, California    1989 - 1993

Associate of Arts, May 1993

Concentration: philosophy, fiction writing, and literature

Journalist: LACC newspaper. Accolades: cum laude, dean’s list

TEACHING

Iona College, New Rochelle, NY; lecturer in philosophy    2006 - Present

Dowling College, Long Island, NY; lecturer in philosophy    2003 - 2005

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

J.M. Bernstein, University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy    2002 - 2007

    Chairman, Philosophy Department, New School for Social Research

PHILOSOPHICAL EMPHASIS

Specialization: Immanuel Kant, philosophy of science, emphasis on biology and the medical sciences, teleology, mechanism, metaphysics, epistemology and ethics, including bioethics, Continental and analytic philosophy

Proficient: Wittgenstein, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, history of philosophy, animal ethics, Ancient Greek philosophy: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle

MA thesis: Laughter: The Ultimate Paradox: The How of Laughter throughout Kierkegaard’s Authorship. Laughter, thinking and the wisdom of silence in the philosophy of Kierkegaard.

Ph.D. thesis:  Reconciling mechanism and teleology with the critical philosophy of Immanuel Kant.  Presenting a non-reductive framework of thinking about medical science

FELLOWSHIP/INTERNSHIP

Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, New York, NY    1994

American Express: Summer in Paris    2000

Kierkegaard Library: Summer Fellowship    2002

Neuroscience with Marcel Kinsbourne, M.D.    2003

    Co-Director of Cognitive Sciences at Tufts University

Research and correspondence with Dr. William Dickey,    2006 - 2008

    specializing in Celiac Disease in the UK

NONFICTION

Wellness In a Toxic Age, under review with literary agents

Non-Toxic Cleaning with Essential Oils, Molecular Wisdom of Trees in Harmony with Nature, available now

FICTION

“My Green Balloon”, short story published in LA 1956, Pained Thumb Press, 1992

no other attempts at publishing my fiction, though I wrote extensively, e.g., Slumber Land, novel, 1993 & The Belly of Being, novel, 1994

FILM MAKING

Sinking Beauty.  Wrote, directed and produced a short digital film based upon a legend around René Descartes. Bacchus Pictures 2005.

The New Shoes.  Wrote and directed a short film based on a parable by Soren Kierkegaard.  Bacchus Pictures 1995.

MEMBERSHIP

The American Philosophical Association (APA)

Member since    2005 - Present

American Philosophical Practitioners Association (APPA).

Certified member.    2002 - Present

Philosopher’s Circle.  Philosophical discussion group.    1990 - 1993

Monthly gathering of intellectuals, including academics, scientists,

artists and students.

VOLUNTEER

VA Hospital    1984 - 1986

Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles    1987 - 1989

LANGUAGES   

English, French, German

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, DVD Studio Pro, IBM and Macintosh utilizing Microsoft Word, Pages, Excel, Numbers, PowerPoint, Access, WordPerfect and Keynote

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AMERICAN EXPRESS    1997 - 2001

Project manager - Part-time while earning MA

Created and supervised real estate automation project

Designed internal procedures for 600 employee across US,

    implemented and educated staff from entry level to senior positions

Researched and proposed budget savings of $250,000+

Speech writer for Senior Vice President, General Manager

Copy writer for various internal publications

Organized Town Halls

JAY JULIEN    1996 - 1997

ASSISTANT TO ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER

Researched legal cases

Assisted high-profile clients, e.g., Christopher Walken,

Harvey Keitel & Joe Pesci

BODHI TREE BOOKSTORE    1991 - 1993

MANAGER- Part-time while attending college

Researched, cataloged and ordered books

Offered private assistance to customers

Supervised 20 employees

Performed cash sales and transactions

MAX FACTOR    1990 - 1992

ASSISTANT TO ART DIRECTOR  - Part-time while attending school

Created computerized photography archives

Accompanied art director on photo-shoots and commercial productions

Assisted in writing copy for advertisements

METMOR FINANCIAL/METROPOLITAN LIFE    1987 - 1990

Technical Writer, Computer Software Trainer

Liaison between information systems and mortgage banking executives

Wrote technical manuals for mortgage banking software

Wrote internal policy and procedure manuals

Traveled the United States and Puerto Rico,

    training users on mortgage banking software

REFERENCES

References shall be furnished upon request