Areas of Expertise
- Ancient Greek Philosophy
- 20th Century Continental Philosophy
- Eastern Europe as Borderlands
Description of Research
She is currently working on elaborating the notion of Eastern Europe as Borderlands both for journal publication and May Term course for the University of Redlands.
Courses Offered at Redlands
- PHIL 100 Introduction to Philosophy
- PHIL 200 Ancient Philosophy
- PHIL 460 Plato and Memory
Previous Teaching Experience
- PHI 108 Logical and Critical Reasoning. Fall 2007
- PHI 105 Social and Political Philosophy: Utopia—a Place that Does not Exist? Fall 2006
- WST 103 Women, Culture, and Difference: Sex and Gender, Body and Beauty. Fall 2006
- WST 103 Women, Culture, and Difference: Women, Ethnicity, and Race. Summer 2006
- PHI 105 Social and Political Philosophy: Equality and Inequality. Spring 2006
- CEJ 532 Women and Society. Fall 2005
- PHI 108 Logical and Critical Reasoning. Fall 2005
- PHI 100 Concepts of the Person. Summer 2005
- PHI 101 History of Western Philosophy: What is Philosophy? Spring 2005
- PHI 100 Concepts of the Person. Summer 2004
- PHI 100 Concepts of the Person. Summer 2003
- PHI 105 Social and Political Philosophy. Fall 2002
- PHI 100 Concepts of the Person. Summer 2002
Degrees Held
- Ph.D., Philosophy Stony Brook University, 2008
- Certificate in Women’s Studies, Women’s Studies Program Stony Brook University, 2005
- M.A., Philosophy Stony Brook University, 2005
- B.A., Philosophy, Minor in French John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio, 2001
Previous Relevant Work Experience
- 2005-2007 Adjunct Lecturer in Philosophy
Stony Brook University
- 2005-2007 Adjunct Lecturer in the Women’s Studies Program
Stony Brook University
- 2002-2005 Instructor in Philosophy (Teaching Assistant with full course responsibilities)
Stony Brook University
Awards, Honors and Grants
- Ethics Across the Curriculum Grant, $200 in support of Edward Casey’s lecture Banta Center for Business, Ethics and Society, University of Redlands, 2009
- Faculty Research Grant
“The Borders Within: Ukraine as the Borderlands of the West” $1, 900, University of Redlands, 2009
- Floyd L. Moreland Scholarship to the Latin/Greek Institute
$1, 800 tuition scholarship, The City University of New York, 2007
- Graduate Council Commendation for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student, Stony Brook University, 2006
- Departmental Doctoral Fellowship for the Study of Philosophy in Paris (France)
Exchange Fellowship, l’Université Paris X-Nanterre and Stony Brook University, Fall 2004/05
- Teaching Assistantship in Philosophy
Stony Brook University, 2001-2005
- B.A., Magna Cum Laude
John Carroll University, 2001
- William J. Selhorst Philosophy Award
$3,000 scholarship awarded to one senior major in philosophy John Carroll University, 2001
- Full Tuition Scholarship—Jesuit Presidential Grant
John Carroll University, 1997- 2000
Publications, Presentations and Panels
October 2009
Moderator, “Pragmatic Visions of Race, Art, and Democracy” Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
May 2009
“Philosophizing on the Borders between Europe and its East” Imshausen, Germany
November 2008
“Europe and Its Borders: A Philosophical Solution?” Galway, Ireland (paper accepted)
September 2007
“Irigarian Ontology and the Status of Difference” Response to Mary Beth Mader and Gail Schwab 2007 Luce Irigaray Circle Conference, New York
June 2007
“The Being of Philosophy: The Philosopher and the Mortal in Plato’s Sophist” Philosophy: Its Essence, Power and Energy, the Prometheus Trust 2nd annual conference, Glastonbury, Great Britain
April 2007
“Gloria Anzaldúa and Transformative Writing” 2nd Annual Roundtable on Latina Feminism, John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio
March 2007
“Interruption inside Knowledge” Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis workshop on “Inside Knowledge: (Un)doing Methodologies, Imagining Alternatives,” University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
January 2007
“Parmenides and Deleuze on the Definition of Philosophy” Graduate Student Colloquium, Stony Brook University
May 2006
“The Philosopher and her Double in Plato’s Sophist” Graduate Student Colloquium, Stony Brook University
June 2005
“Translating the Other to Language in Gloria Anzaldúa’s Borderlands/ La Frontera” The International Association for Philosophy and Literature, the 29th annual conference, University of Helsinki, Finland
June 2003
“Writing the Unspeakable in Derrida and Adorno” The International Association for Philosophy and Literature, the 27th annual conference, University of Leeds, Great Britain
Professional Affiliations
Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP)