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EDUCATION
Ph.D. Philosophy, 2001
York University, Toronto
Supervisor: Dr. Samuel B. Mallin
M.A. Philosophy, 1995
York University, Toronto
B.A. Philosophy and English, Honors, 1993
Rutgers University ( Douglass College),
New Brunswick, New Jersey
University of Bristol, Philosophy and English, 1991-1992
HONORS AND AWARDS
Wall of Fame Teaching Award, Rowan University, 2008.
Junior Faculty Teaching Innovation Award, Honorable
Mention, Rowan University, August 2005
Who’s Who Among American Teachers, 2004 and 2006
Thesis Nominated for York University Dissertation Award, 2001
Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society, Rutgers University Chapter
York University International Student Scholarship, 1993-2000
Ruth M. Adams Fellowship, Rutgers University, Douglass College Alumnae
Association, 1999
York University Philosophy Department Scholarship, 1998
York University, Graduate Philosophy Department Entrance Scholarship,
1993-94
Golden Key National Honor Society
Rutgers University, Douglass College Alumnae Association Fellowship,
1993
Rutgers University Philosophy Department Award and Scholarship, 1993
Edna N. Herzberg Creative Writing Award for Poetry, Rutgers University,
First Prize, 1991 and 1993
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Releasing Philosophy, Thinking Art: A Bodily Hermeneutic of Four
Poems by Sylvia Plath, Davies Group Publishers, 2009. http://www.amazon.com/Releasing-Philosophy-Thinking-Art-Phenomenological/dp/1888570334
Articles
“Dancing Like a Man: A
Phenomenological Study of Gender, Class,
and
Sexuality,” in Privilege and Prejudice, edited by Karen Weekes, Cambridge,
Scholars Publishing, 2009. http://www.c-s-p.org/flyers/978-1-4438-1009-8-sample.pdf
“Sylvia Plath and White Ignorance: Race and Gender in “The Arrival of
the Bee Box,” Janus Head: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in
Literature, Continental Philosophy, Phenomenological Psychology, and the
Arts, Volume 10.1 Summer/Fall 2007. www.janushead.org
“South Park on Feminist Ethics, Obscenity, and Gender Roles, South
Park and Philosophy, The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series,
Blackwell Publishers, 2006.
"Using the F-word in Philosophy Classes," Philosophy Now, Issue 39,
December 2002/January 2003.
"Philosophizing with Sylvia Plath: An Embodied Hermeneutic of Color
in Ariel," Philosophy
Today, Volume 46, Issue 2, 2002.
"Philosophizing with Sylvia Plath: An Embodied Interpretation of
Ariel," Poiesis: A Journal of the Arts and Communication, Volume
Three, 2001.
"Review of Hélène Cixous, Stigmata," Canadian Woman Studies,
Volume 20, Number 1, Spring 2000
"Teaching and Learning With Different Voices," in Core
Issues, Volume 8, No. 3, March 1998
"Review of James H. Olthius, ed., Knowing Other-wise: Philosophy at
the Threshold of Spirituality," Philosophy in Review 18 (5),
October 1998: 369-70
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Geo-Aesthetics in the Classroom: Promoting
Children’s Ethical Awareness through Environmental Awareness,” International Association for
Environmental Philosophy, Summer Conference, Salisbury University,
May 24-26, 2010.
“Comments on “Martha Nussbaum on Literature and
Morality,”” American Society for
Aesthetics, Eastern Division Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, April 3, 2009.
“Dreams in Motion: A Phenomenological Analysis of
Masculinity, Sexuality and Class in Dance Films,” (refereed) American Society for Aesthetics, Eastern Division Meeting, Philadelphia,
PA, April 3, 2009.
“A Phenomenological Study of Embodiment and Dance: A
Feminist Response to Merleau-Ponty and Dance Films,” (refereed) American Philosophical Association Eastern
Division Meeting, Society for the Philosophic Study of the Contemporary
Visual Arts, Philadelphia, PA, December 29, 2008.
“Dreams in Motion: A Phenomenological Analysis of Masculinity, Sexuality
and Class in Dance Films,” (refereed) Mid-Atlantic Women's Studies
Association, Penn State University, March 28-29, 2008.
“Dreams in Motion: A Phenomenological Analysis of Masculinity, Sexuality
and Class in Dance Films,” (refereed) International Association for
Philosophy and Literature, Freiburg, Germany, June 5-10, 2006.
“Teaching Ethics University-Wide,” Values and Leadership
Conference, Rock Institute of Ethics, Penn State University,
October, 2005.
“Dreams in Motion: A Phenomenological Analysis of Masculinity, Sexuality
and Class in Dance Films,” (refereed) Dream Writing Conference, University
of Kent, England, forthcoming, October, 2005.
“Heidegger and Irigaray on Metaphysics and the Divine,” (refereed) New
Jersey Regional Philosophical Association, April 29, 2005.
“Reply to Fritz McDonald, Does Moral Discourse Require Robust Truth,” New
Jersey Regional Philosophical Association, April 29, 2005.
“A Phenomenological Approach to Racism in Sylvia Plath’s Poetry”, Rowan
University, Women’s Studies Lecture Series, December 2004.
“Re-covering Whiteness in Plath: Race, Colors and Gender in The Arrival
of the Bee Box,” Rowan University, Department of Philosophy and
Religion, October 2004.
"Re-covering Whiteness in Sylvia Plath: Colorings in "The
Arrival of the Bee Box" (refereed) American Society of Aesthetics,
Philadelphia, PA, April 2-3, 2004
"Re-covering Whiteness in Sylvia Plath: Colors, Race and Gender in
"The Arrival of the Bee Box" (refereed) The Ethics and
Epistemologies of Ignorance, Rock Institute of Ethics, Penn State
University, March 26-28, 2004
"Philosophizing with Sylvia Plath" (refereed) International
Association for Philosophy and Literature, Leeds, England, May
2003.
"Loving Hegel Through Feminism and Julian of Norwich,"
(refereed) American Philosophical Association, Pacific
Division, San Francisco. CA, March 28, 2003.
“Are Ethics Overrated?: Managing Morality in Public Life,” New
Jersey Council of Election Officials Annual Conference, Key Note
Speaker, Atlantic City, New Jersey, March 20, 2002
“The Ethics of Embodiment in Plath, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty,” Rowan
University, Department of Philosophy and Religion, January 29,
2002
"Teaching Plato's Dialogues: Becoming Socrates in the
Classroom," invited presentation to University of Tennessee
faculty, Humanities Curriculum Workshop, May 2001
"Irigaray and Heidegger on the Feminine Divine," University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga, February 2001
“A Hermeneutic Approach to Feminist Philosophy of Religion,” University
of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan, Philosophy Department
Colloquium, February 2000
"Between Aesthetics and Spirituality," Canisius
College, Buffalo, NY, March 2000
"Releasing Heideggerian Metaphysics to Feminist Religious
Thought," (refereed) US Society for Women in Philosophy,
Pacific Division, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California, October 16, 1999
"Releasing Heideggerian Metaphysics to Feminist Religious
Thought," (refereed) Women and Society Conference,
Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York, June 11-13, 1999
"Releasing Heideggerian Metaphysics to Feminist Religious
Thought," (refereed) American Academy of Religion,
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York, April 23-24, 1999
"The Practical Concerns of Feminism and Hermeneutics." A
commentary on Brigitte Sassen's paper, "The Feminist Knower as
Hermeneutic Knower," Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy,
Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, September 1997
"Erotic Voices From the Margins: Love as Fellowship in Feminisms,
Hegel and Julian of Norwich," (refereed paper) Canadian
Philosophical Association, Memorial University, Newfoundland,
June, 1997
"Seeing Brancusi's First Cry A First Time Again" (refereed
paper) University of Waterloo Philosophy Graduate Student
Conference, March, 1997
"The Use of Dialogue in Plato's Lysis," (refereed paper) Ontario
Philosophical Association, University of Windsor, October, 1995
The Use of Dialogue in Plato's Lysis," York University,
September, 1995
TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Ethics, Feminist Theory, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of
Art, Critical Reasoning
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND VOLUNTEER WORK (Selected)
Professional Organizations
- Editorial Reviewer, APA Newsletter for
Feminism and Philosophy
- Student
Representative, Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy
- National
Representative, Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy
Rowan University
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Representative, University Senate
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Ethics Across the Curriculum,
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American Studies Advisory Board
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Women’s Studies Advisory Board
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Advisor, Philosophy Minors
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Curriculum Committee
- Library Liaison
Committee
- Evaluation and
Standards Committee
- Advisor, American
Studies
- Union Representative
- Search Committee
Member
MEMBERSHIPS
American Philosophical
Association
United States Society for
Women in Philosophy
International Society for Environmental Ethics
International Association for Philosophy and Literature
POETRY PUBLICATIONS
"Blue," Poiesis: A Journal of Arts and Communication,
2001
"Agape"
Room of One's Own, Vancouver, British Columbia, Volume 22:4
"The Reflected Other," Cacophony (Bristol, England), Spring
1991
"Agape," Anthologist (New Brunswick, NJ), Winter 1992 and
Cacophony, Spring, 1991
"Madame Bovary," Ebb and Flow, Literary supplement to the
Caellian Newspaper (New Brunswick, NJ) Spring, 1991
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