Education
Ph. D., Philosophy of Education, Claremont Graduate University, 2002
M. A., Philosophy of Education, Biola University, 1998
M. A., Theology, Talbot School of Theology, 1996
B. A., Political Science, California State University, Long Beach, 1989
About Steven Loomis
Combining theoretical analysis and research methodologies from the humanities (e.g., philosophy, theology) and the social sciences (e.g., political science, economics), Dr. Loomis's research, teaching, mentoring, and consulting focus on interdisciplinary questions related to social institutions, including the direction of higher education and the schools, U.S. and internationally. His strong record of research and publication cover a wide range of dimensions in social thought.
Steven Loomis is a Californian who enjoys ocean kayaking, hiking in the eastern Sierras, and rock climbing in national monuments such as Joshua Tree.
Courses Taught
- Philosophical Foundations of Education
- Mentoring Tutorials: C. S. Lewis's Social Thought (among other topics)
- The School and Society
- Ethics in Teaching
- Senior Seminar
- Curriculum Integration and Classroom Communication
- IDS: Mapping the World of Ideas
- Student Teaching Supervision
- MAT Thesis Research (Theoretic and Applied)
- Independent Tutorial or Study: Philosophy, Theology, and Economics of Education
Membership in Professional Societies
Various learned societies, research groups and institutes
Research
- Social thought
- Human flourishing
- Freedom
- Philosophical foundations of education and social institutions
- The will, character development, and human agency
- Moral education and professional ethics
- Educational economics and policy
- Higher education
- The information economy of education as an institution
- C. S. Lewis's and John Dewey's theories of education and social institutions
- Globalization
Publications
Select Books and Papers Published and/or Presented
Loomis, S. & Rodriguez, J. (2009). C.S. Lewis: A philosophy of education. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Spears, P. & Loomis, S. (2009). Education for human flourishing. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press (The Faith Integration Series).
Loomis, S. & Rodriguez, J. (2009). The individual-collective problem in education: The special cases of John Dewey and human capital theory. Oxford Review of Education, 35(4).
Loomis, S. & Rodriguez, J. (2009-Spring). The violence of aggregation: Amartya Sen's possibility of social choice. Journal of Markets and Morality, 12(1).
Loomis, S. & Rodriguez, J. (2009). Institutional change and higher education. Higher Education, published online, 10 February, at http://www.springer.com/education/higher+education/journal/
Loomis, S., Rodriquez, J., Tillman, R., & Gunderson, J. (2008). The logic of convergence and uniformity in teacher production. Teaching Education, 19(1), 1-10.
Rodriguez, J., Loomis, S., & Weeres, J. (2007). The cost of institutions. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Rodriguez, J. & Loomis, S. (2007). A new view of institutions, human capital, and market standardisation. Education, Knowledge and Economy, 1(1), 1-13.