He received his Ph.D. at the University of Western Ontario as a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada doctoral Fellow, where he taught as an adjunct before joining Montclair State. He was placed on the UWO Student Council's Honour Roll for teaching in 2001, and has been nominated several times as a graduate student for teaching awards. Dr. McDermid has taught courses in the philosophy of science, epistemology (theory of knowledge), logic & critical thinking, philosophy of mind, economic justice and decision theory. His recent pedagogical research involves the use of games to illustrate and explore difficult philosophical concepts such as Bayesian reasoning and Rawls' 'Original Position' argument. He has published articles inPhysics Letters and Religious Studies on the epistemology and metaphysics of science. Mentor: Professor Mika Munakata