Resume

• 2014

  Ph.D. (ABD)

  Ethics

  I am the instructor of record for UTD's Rhetoric 1302 course and have been an active participant in conferences and so forth through the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies. My most recent conference was at the Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem

  where I presented a paper on (alleged) Islamophobia in Franz Rosenzweig's _Star of Redemption_. I recently rejoined Sigma Tau Delta

  the English honor society.

  The University of Texas at Dallas

• 2007

  MALs

  My Thesis was an intellectual etiology of the Shoah (Holocaust). My purpose was to uncover the philosophical and theological ideas that informed historical antisemitism and judaeophobia in general and the Shoah in particular. \n\nI am currently in the process of revising my Thesis for possible publication.

  Holocaust and Related Studies

  I attended a Holocaust Symposium in England in the summer of 2008.

  University of Memphis

• 1986

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  As an undergraduate

  I majored in Philosophy (with a focus in Hellenistic thought) and English (with a focus in the Romantics).

  Philosophy and English

  I was a member of several national academic honor societies

  most if not all of which I've since forgotten. I had no involvement with sports or fraternities

  being obsessed to the point of an ulcer with remaining as close to 4.0 as possible.

  University of Memphis

  I graduated summa cum laude.

• Psychology

  Editing

  Academic Advising

  Classroom

  Student Counseling

  Literacy

  Customer Service

  History

  Research

  Sen Gupta

  I am on the cusp of obtaining my Ph.D. in Humanities. The focus of my dissertation is post-Holocaust ethical thought--specifically

  the role of kenosis in the thought of Emmanuel Levinas. I hope to enter a postdoctoral program and turn my dissertation into a book and/or to obtain a teaching position at a good university. I could teach on a number of different subjects: Jewish philosophy (Buber

  Rosenzweig

  Levinas et al); theology (apologetics); literature

  especially Russian (Dostoevsky

  Tolstoy

  and V. Grossman

  among others); and Holocaust studies. I love teaching; being a mentor and a guide to my students is my greatest satisfaction. I love books and study

  but with the discourse afforded by my students (and my peers as well)

  it would be empty. \n\n

  Karl

  Sen Gupta

  Home Helpers

  Bornblum Judaic Studies

  COI - Centers of Influence

  The University of Texas at Dallas

  Cole PCs

  Richardson

  Texas

  Instrtuctor of Rhetoric

  The University of Texas at Dallas

  Memphis

  TN

  I assisted Dr. David Patterson with research

  grading papers

  and teaching. I taught a few courses of my own (Holocaust Studies). Occasionally I saw to the needs of visiting speakers.\n\nI loved being a teacher; as much

  I found myself surprised to admit

  as being a student. Meeting other minds

  engaging in serious dialogue

  planting seeds and opening eyes (and experiencing the same in turn) -- this was perhaps the most rewarding period of my life.

  Graduate Assistant

  Bornblum Judaic Studies

  Memphis

  TN

  It is my job to help grow the organization and its membership by assisting and training the facilitators of the various chapters and seeking out new talent. It is also my mandate to develop the pedagogical/dialectical components of Centers of Influence: For COI is about more than networking per se

  however vital that may be; it is to be a community of like-minded business people sharing and refining knowledge

  methodologies

  strategies

  and tactics. \n\nEqually important is the commitment to community

  primarily (though not exclusively) by equipping our members to better serve their clients and the community at large.

  Chief Facilitator

  COI - Centers of Influence

  The Greater Mid-South

  I cared for individuals with dementia

  polio

  cancer and other serious conditions

  patients recovering from various medical procedures

  and stroke victims. As well

  I transported people to and from medical appointments. I was also a companion

  a house cleaner

  and a shopper.\n\nBeing a caregiver was at once an incredibly rewarding and intensely harrowing experience. All the hardship that went into preserving and celebrating each life in my charge was a real test of my commitments as a would-be Levinasian. I grew

  moving beyond my comfort zone and learning much of my weaknesses and limitations. Yet it was also a bitter experience: Losing people to darkness

  to sickness and even death

  was excruciating.

  Caregiver

  Home Helpers

  Bartlett

  TN

  In my capacity as the Chief Human Resources Officer at Cole PCs

  I helped to craft the company's core values

  I created the company handbook

  and I helped to develop training and other pedagogical methodologies. \n\nMore broadly

  it was my job to care for people

  employees as well as clients -- to ensure that each and every person was treated as a You

  never an It.

  CHRO

  Cole PCs

  French (still in process!)

  Latin (undergrad days)