Curriculum Vitae

Updated December 2024

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Highlights

Academic Appointments

Education

Publications

“The Role of a Lifetime: Trans Experience and Gender Norms.” Forthcoming in Feminist Philosophy Quarterly.
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“Much Ado About Nothing: Deflating ‘Gender Identity’.” With E.M. Hernandez. Forthcoming in Ergo: An Open Access Journal of Philosophy.
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“‘Just the Facts’: Thick Concepts and Hermeneutical Misfit.” In The Philosophical Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqae018
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“Being Your Best Self: Authenticity, Morality, and Gender Norms.” In Hypatia. https://doi.org/10.1017/hyp.2023.96 (open access)

Public Philosophy

“Gender Together: Identity, Community, and the Politics of Sincerity.” Blog of the APA (Women In Philosophy Series).

“(Un)Radical Feminism: Gender and the Limits of Imagination.” in To Boldly Stay: Essays on the Series that "Went" Where No Trek Had Gone Before. Sherry Ginn and Michael Cornelius, eds. McFarland Books.

Alumnus Interview: Dr. Rowan Bell. East Tennessee State University, Department of Philosophy and Humanities.

Authenticity and Gender Norms with Rowan Bell. Podcast interview. Examining Ethics. Host: Christiane Wisehart.

Research In Progress

Draft: “Distorted Identities: Hermeneutical Injustice and Normative Social Roles”

In Progress: “What Is Philosophy For? ‘Sweaty Concepts’ and Methodological Conflict” (Accepted for publication in Minorities and Philosophy Edited Volume on Structural Injustice: forthcoming with Bloomsbury Academic Press)

In Progress: “The (Dis)Functions of Gender Identity”

In Progress: “On Retconning: Narrative Explanation and Identity”

Selected Invited Talks

“The (Dis)Functions of Gender Identity.” Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, October 2024

“The (Dis)Functions of Gender Identity.” The Deep South Neuroscience and Philosophy Group APA Panel Presentation, American Philosophical Association (APA) Eastern Meeting, New York, NY, January 2024

“Playful Resistance: Gender Norms as Games.” Queens University Trans Philosophy Colloquium Series, Queens University, Kingston, ON, January 2023

“What Is Philosophy For? Sweaty Concepts and Methodological Conflict.” East Tennessee State University Speaker Series, ETSU, Johnson City, TN, October 2022

“Inside and Out: Ascriptivism About Gendered Traits.” EQS: Early Queer Scholarship Series, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, October 2019

Selected Research Presentations

“What Is Philosophy For? Sweaty Concepts and Methodological Conflict.”  Presented at the Atlantic Regional Philosophers’ Association (ARPA) Annual Conference, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, October 2022

“The Role of a Lifetime: Trans Experience and Gender Norms.” Presented at:

• Young Philosophers’ Lecture Series, Depauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, October 2022.
• North American Society for Social Philosophy International Conference: Polarization, Reconciliation, and Community, Aston, PA, July 2022
• APA Pacific Meeting, Vancouver, BC, April 2022

“The Trans Authenticity Paradox.” Presented at the LGBTQ+ Advocacy Committee Session, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP), September 2021

“It’s Just Science: Thick Concepts and Hermeneutical Injustice.” Presented at the APA Central Meeting, virtual meeting, February 2021.

“Distorted Identities: Hermeneutical Injustice and Normative Social Roles.” Presented at the APA Eastern Meeting, virtual meeting, January 2021.

“Inside and Out: Ascriptivism about Gendered Traits.” Presented at:

• MAPWorks (Minorities And Philosophy Spring Workshop Series), Columbia University, Manhattan, NY, April 2019.
• SWIPShop (Society for Women in Philosophy Workshop), Baruch College, Manhattan, NY, February 2019.

“Gender and Traits.” Presented at Social Ontology 2018, Tufts University, Boston, MA, August 2018.

Selected Service Positions

Co-Founder, Canadian Society for Trans Philosophy (CSTP)

Co-Organizer, Canadian Society for Women in Feminism (CSWIP) and CSTP summer 2024 conference: “Trans/Feminist Philosophy: Pasts, Presents, and Futures”

Guest Editor for APA Studies on Feminism and Philosophy, Special Issue: Futures of Trans Philosophy

Division Co-Representative: Canadian Philosophical Association, North American Society for Social Philosophy (NASSP), 2023-2026

Co-Chair, Missouri University Postdoctoral Association (MUPA), 2022-2023

Invited Panelist, MAP PhD Panel, Mudd Undergraduate Ethics Conference, March 2022

President (elected), SU Philosophy Graduate Student Organization, 2020-2021

Founder and Organizer, MAP Anti-Racist Reading Group, Summer-Fall 2020 (online)

Founder and Co-Organizer, Syracuse-Queens Social Metaphysics Group, 2020-present (online)

Organizer, SU Philosophy Women & Gender Minorities Group, 2018-2020

Co-Organizer, MANCEPT Workshop, “What Is Gender? Vol. II”, September 2021 (online)

Lead Organizer, MANCEPT Workshop, “What Is Gender? Vol. III”, September 2022 (Manchester, UK)

References

Dr. Samantha Brennan, Dean of the College of Arts
University of Guelph
samantha.brennan@uoguelph.ca

Dr. Don Dedrick, Associate Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department
University of Guelph
ddedrick@uoguelph.ca

Dr. Katharine Jenkins, Lecturer, Department of Philosophy
University of Glasgow
Katharine.Jenkins@glasgow.ac.uk 

Dr. Hille Paakkunainen, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Philosophy
Syracuse University
hpaakkun@syr.edu

Dr. Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
Syracuse University
verlenbu@syr.edu