Keith Pepperell
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Keith Pepperell (born 1949 in Chelmsford, England) is currently a Professor of Humanities at Columbus State Community College and Columbus College of Art and Design, in Columbus, Ohio, USA, where he teaches Philosophy, Logic, Ethics and World Civilizations. He holds a bachelors degree in law, masters degrees in politics, philosophy and education and a doctorate in philosophy. He practiced law before becoming a professor. Pepperell also performs as a professional stand-up comedian under the stage name of Keith Collins. Pepperell has three small children and lives in Ohio. He is working on a book on privacy. Pepperell has also written rap music and is currently producing a documentary with the working title 'Duck Duck Goose'.
[edit] As academic
Pepperell's published works include:
- The Political Self-Education of the English Working Class
- Transcendental Justification and Educational Concepts
- Democracy and Schooling: An Essentially Contested Relation
- Religious Conscience and Civic Conscience: Thomas Hobbes's Political Philosophy
- Whose Life is it Anyhow: Teacher Freedom and Community Control
- Plotinus and Non-Propositional Aesthetic Perception
- The History of the Dunmow Flitch
- Little Rules for Beginners: Humorous Illumination as Metaphor
- Privacy, Rights and Education
- The Kantian Trascendental.
- Trout Fishing with Vonnegut
- Twenty Minutes at the Palace
Pepperell has taught at The Ohio State University, The Middle Eastern Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, The University of Western Ontario and The Henley College, Oxford.
[edit] As Keith Collins
Under the stage name of name Keith Collins, Pepperell was a stand-up comedian in numerous London and provincial venues.
For years as a stand-up comic in London, Collins was a regular in London at The Comedy Cafe, Up the Creek, and The Comedy Store and other venues such as Bound and Gagged, Jongleurs, Screaming Blue Murder, The Banana Cabarets, The Aztec Club and The Comedy Store. He moved to the United States, where he became the owner of an Irish pub-restaurant (Donovan's in Galena, Ohio), and a touring comedian of clubs, theaters and colleges throughout the United States. Collins' most recent tour was in New England with The Blue Collar Comedy Tour's Ron White. Collins also owns a small antique shop in Westerville, Ohio.
As a successful touring comedian of clubs, theaters and colleges throughout the United States, Collins has appeared in over 250 venues. Collins' most recent tour was in New England with The Blue Collar Comedy Tour's hugely popular Ron White. He has appeared in theaters and auditoriums in many major American cities including Columbus, Boston, Atlanta, Newport, Providence, Morgantown, Clearwater, Chicago, Lakeside and New York.
Collins has released three CDs:
- Sheep Thrills in PA
- Keith Collins Live at The Boston Orpheum
- Are You Still Naked?
Collins first appeared on the stage at The Leeds City Varieties in the late 1960s as a writer performer of two comedy reviews ' While We're At It ' and ' Happiness is a Warm Pussy '. He can occasionally be spotted standing around in various old BBC situation comedies and several movies.
In the 1980s while living in Canada, Collins hosted a radio show, Not the World Service of the BBC. Collins has appeared regularly on TV and radio in England, Canada, and The United States and his current hobbies include observing rare breeds of sheep, stand-up comedy, visiting breweries, and avoiding speeding tickets.
