Background
Norton-Smith, Thomas Michael was born on August 2, 1954 in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Son of Wilfred and Marilyn R. Smith.
Norton-Smith, Thomas Michael was born on August 2, 1954 in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Son of Wilfred and Marilyn R. Smith.
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics Missouri Southern State College, Joplin, 1979. Master of Science in Mathematics Pittsburg State University, Kansas, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1988.
Instructor Parkland Community College Department Social Sciences, Champaign, Illinois, 1983—1984. Instructor department philosophy Kent State University Stark Campus, North Canton, 1985—1986, associate & assistant professor philosophy, since 1988. Secretary Kent State University Stark Campus Faculty Council, 1990—1998, chair, 1995—1997.
Member Kent State University Faculty Senate, Ohio, 1994—2007. Chair Kent State University Faculty Senate Executive Committee, 2002—2004, Faculty Senate Ethics Committee, Kent, 2006—2007. Treasurer American Indian Philosophy Association, since 1999.
International advisory board member Canada Journal Native Studies, since 2006. Member American Philosophical Association Committee Status Indigenous Philosophers, 2001—2004, since 2006, associate chair, 2007—2008, chair, since 2008. Member Kent State University Professor Standing Committee, 1996—2000, 2001—2005, chair, 1998—1999.
Member Institutional Diversity Scholarship Committee, 2002—2007.
Member Piqua Sept Shawnee Tribe. Member of American Philosophical Association, Ohio Philosophical Association, Central States Philosophical Association, American Association Philosophy Teachers, 1999 American Indian Philosophy Association (treasurer 1999—2009), American Philosophical Association Committee Status Indigenous Philosophers (associate chair 2007-2008, chair since 2008).
Married Linda Lee Norton, September 10, 1983. Children: Michael Chandler, Shelley Anne Robinson, Kathryn Greigh.