I'm a VAP in Philosophy at Marquette University where I started teaching in Fall 2007. My research interests lie primarily in ancient philosophy, contemporary philosophy (Continental, feminist, social justice), philosophy and the arts, and philosophy of education. I took an opportunity to teach young women exclusively for five years starting in Fall 2012 and returned to Marquette in 2017, which helped solidify my desire to create a book aimed specifically at young women. My book, Philosophy for Girls: An Invitation to the Life of Thought (edited with Kim Garchar, Kent State), is forthcoming from Oxford University Press in Spring 2020. It is a…
I'm a VAP in Philosophy at Marquette University where I started teaching in Fall 2007. My research interests lie primarily in ancient philosophy, contemporary philosophy (Continental, feminist, social justice), philosophy and the arts, and philosophy of education. I took an opportunity to teach young women exclusively for five years starting in Fall 2012 and returned to Marquette in 2017, which helped solidify my desire to create a book aimed specifically at young women. My book, Philosophy for Girls: An Invitation to the Life of Thought (edited with Kim Garchar, Kent State), is forthcoming from Oxford University Press in Spring 2020. It is a collection of essays by 20 women philosophers for their younger counterparts.
Regarding teaching and education, I'm especially interested in the convergences of Socratic, feminist, critical, and Ignatian pedagogies in theory and in practice. My teaching in a variety of communities, from living learning communities, honors classes, core and upper-division classes, high school classes, and courses for MA and PhD students, reflects my pedagogical commitments. I am also working on research for a book manuscript tentatively titled Dialogical Pedagogy: Feminist, Socratic, Critical, and Ignatian Pedagogies at the Crossroads. It is anchored in philosophy of education, bringing together four distinct educational philosophies to provide a vision of meaningful education, especially at the university level, for this century.
