TIMOTHY
STROUP has served at the college as Assistant Professor of Philosophy (1978‑81),
Associate Professor of Philosophy (1982‑85), and Professor of Philosophy
(1986‑present). He has taught
Ethics and Law; Introduction to Ethics; Knowing, Being, and Doing; Police
Ethics; the Philosophy of Religion; etc.
His fields of specialization are moral and political philosophy, the
history of philosophy, criminal justice ethics, and legal philosophy.
He has
bachelor’s degrees from the City College of New York and Oxford University (unvivaed First Class Honours in
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics); master’s degrees from the City College of
New York, the City University of New York, and Oxford University; and a
doctorate from Oxford University. He
also studied at the
He is
the author or editor of three books (Westermarck's
Ethics; Edward Westermarck: Essays on His Life and Work; and Police
Ethics: Hard Choices in Law Enforcement)
and author of scores of articles (in Mind, The Journal of the History
of Philosophy, Man, Applied Philosophy, Ajatus, The
American Archivist, Journal of Criminal Justice, CJ International, Criminal
Justice Ethics, Law Enforcement News, etc.), encyclopedia entries (The
Encyclopedia of Ethics, The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Collier’s,
and The Dictionary of Anthropology), and presented papers (in St.
Petersburg, Helsinki, Turku, Oxford, New York,
Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh, etc.) on such topics as the moral philosophy of
Edward Westermarck, affirmative action, police
ethics, correctional ethics, archival ethics, etc.
He has
received research and institutional grants from the Fulbright Program, the
National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned
Societies, the International Research and Exchanges Board, the Academy of
Finland, the American Scandinavian Foundation, the Association of American
Colleges, the Exxon Education Foundation, the New York State Council for the
Humanities, the PSC-CUNY Award Program, the Diversity Projects Development
Fund, etc.
At the
college and university he has served as Chair of the Department of Art, Music,
and Philosophy; Co-Chair of the Council of Chairs; Senator, University Faculty
Senate; Co-Chair of the Committee on Affirmative Action (UFS); Chair of the
Committee on International Education (UFS); Co-Drafter of the Faculty Handbook;
Assistant to the Acting Dean of Faculty; member of the University Affirmative
Action Committee; member of the Chancellor's Task Force on the CUNY B. A.; and
member of the College Council, the College Curriculum Committee, the College
Personnel and Budget Committee, the Faculty Senate, and two dozen other
committees. He was the Founder and
Executive Director of the Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics and Founder and
Editor of Criminal Justice Ethics.