Dr Cliff S. Stagoll

BA (Deakin), MA (Texas A&M), PhD (Warwick), PhD (W.Aust)
Lecturer – Philosophy and Ethics

Email: cliff.stagoll@nd.edu.au
Phone: 9433 0790

  • Biography

    Dr Cliff Stagoll holds two PhDs in philosophy, the first from University of Warwick (where he was a Commonwealth Scholar) on the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze, and the second from University of Western Australia, on William James’s therapeutic ethical pragmatism. His other qualifications in philosophy include an MA from Texas A&M University and a BA from Deakin University. His academic interests centre on so-called 'Golden Age' American Pragmatism, in particular, thematic convergences with mid-twentieth-century existentialism, and the application of pragmatist principles to ‘real world’ contemporary issues in management, self-development, and education. He has co-edited (with Professor Michael P. Levine) a volume applying James’s theories to issues of contemporary import, published in 2019 by SUNY Press.

    In addition to his academic work, Cliff has been an Officer in the Royal Australian Air Force, a consultant with Boston Consulting Group, and has held senior management positions with Qantas Airways, Campbell Soup Company/Arnotts Biscuits, and BHP.

  • Teaching Areas

    Cliff teaches Epistemology, Ethics, History of Contemporary Philosophy, Philosophy of the Human Person, and Philosophy of Religion. In addition, he has previously taught Aesthetics, American Pragmatism, Continental Philosophy, and History of Modern Philosophy.

  • Research Expertise and Supervision

    Cliff has supervised successful Honours-level research on John Dewey's political philosophy.

  • Books

    Stagoll, Clifford S. and Michael P. Levine, eds. Pragmatism Applied: William James and the Challenges of Contemporary Life. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2019.

  • Book Chapters

    • Stagoll, Clifford S. "Taking James to Work: Pragmatism for Managers." In Pragmatism Applied: William James and the Challenges of Contemporary Life, edited by Clifford S. Stagoll and Michael P. Levine. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2019.
    • Stagoll, Cliff. "Becoming" (and eleven other entries). In The Deleuze Dictionary, edited by Adrian Parr. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005.

  • Journal Articles and Proceedings

    • Stagoll, Clifford S. "Killing Time: The Strange Case of John McTaggart." Philosophy Now 20 (1998): 28-30.
    • Waples, Kelly A. and Clifford S. Stagoll. "Ethical Issues in the Release of Animals from Captivity." Bioscience 47 (1997): 115-21.
    • Stagoll, Clifford S. "Review of Negotiations 1972-1990 by Gilles Deleuze." British Journal of Aesthetics 37 (1997): 290-91.
    • Stagoll, Clifford S. "Arendt on Kant's Political Philosophy." Philosophical Writings 1 (1996): 75-87.

  • Conference Papers

    • "The Space Between: Deleuze's Hume and Deleuze's Deleuze." Paper presented at Deleuze: A Symposium, University of Western Australia, 1996.
    • Commentator on papers by Dr Kenneth Megill (Catholic University of America) and Dr Tony Smith (Iowa State University). National Conference of the Radical Philosophy Association. Drake University, Iowa, 1994.

  • Professional Affiliations

    Member of American Philosophical Association, William James Society, Richard Rorty Society, Australasian Association of Philosophy, and Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy.

  • Awards

    PhD with Honourable Mention by the Dean of the Graduate Research School, University of Western Australia, 2018.
    Commonwealth Scholarship, British Council and Commonwealth Universities Association, 1995-1998.
    Regents’ Fellowship, Texas A&M University, 1993-1995.

  • Other

    Referee for Educational Philosophy and Theory, and Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship (Austrian Science Fund).