Ann J. Cahill

 

Campus Box 2316                                                                                                             800 Scott Avenue

Elon University                                                                                                  Greensboro, NC 27403

Elon, NC 27244                                                                                                                  (336) 834-0890

(336) 278-5703                                                                                                                    ajcahill@aol.com cahilla@elon.edu                                                                                                            

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Areas of Specialization

 

                Feminist Theory, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of the Body

 

Areas of Competence

               

History of Philosophy, Contemporary Continental Philosophy

 

Education

               

College of the Holy Cross

                B.A. in Philosophy received May 1991

                Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

 

                State University of New York at Stony Brook

                Ph.D. in Philosophy received May 1998

                Committee: Mary Rawlinson (advisor), Edward S. Casey, Eva Feder Kittay

                Dissertation: Rethinking Rape: Implications of Embodiment

 

 

Fellowships and Grants

 

2003                       Summer Fellowship

Recipient               Faculty Research and Development Committee, Elon University

 

2000                       Summer Fellowship

Recipient               Faculty Research and Development Committee, Elon University

 

                1997-1998            American Fellow Dissertation Fellowship

                Recipient               American Association of University Women

 

                1997                       Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

                Finalist  The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

 

 

Conference Presentations

 

“Derivatization: An Alternative to the Concept of Objectification.”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Society for Women in Philosophy Conference, University of South Florida, Tampa, April 4-6, 2003.

 

“Global Citizenship: Transforming the First Year Experience.”  Presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, Seattle, January 22-25, 2003.

 

“Rape as Embodied Experience.”  Presented at the Eastern Society for Women in Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 5-7, 2002.

 

“Rethinking Rape.”  Presented at a special “Rethinking Rape” Conference, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, March 21-22 (invited speaker).

 

"Rape as Embodied Experience."  Presented at Midwest Society for Women in Philosophy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, March 16-18, 2001.

 

"The Threat of Rape and Feminine Bodily Comportment."  Presented at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, February 17, 2000, as part of the University's Celebration of Women's History Month.

 

"The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Feminine Beautification: A Phenomenological and Aesthetic Analysis."  Presented at the Second Biennial Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, October 7-9, 1999.

 

"The Ethical Wrongs of Rape."  Presented at the University of South Florida Feminist Ethics Revisited Conference, University of South Florida, October 1-3, 1999.

 

"Connectivity as Culture: Rethinking the Pedagogical Role of the Department."  Presented at the Challenge and Response: Rethinking Key Issues in College Learning Conference, Elon College, September 24, 1999.

 

"Educating the Body: The Necessity of Self-Defense Training for Girls and Women."  Accepted by the Educating Women and Girls: Preparing for the Next Millennium, Michigan Women's Studies Association Conference, Albion College, April 9-10, 1999 (unable to attend).

 

"The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Feminine Beautification: A Phenomenological and Aesthetic Analysis."  Presented at the Fourth Annual Women's Studies Conference, Valdosta State University, March 4, 1999.

 

"Women Philosophers: Diverse Undergraduate Approaches."  Presented at the 11th International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, sponsored by the American Association of Philosophy Teachers, August 1, 1996.  With C. Schoenbach and L. Rodemeyer.

 

"Foucault, Rape, and the Construction of the Feminine Body."  Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP), Chicago, IL, October 12, 1995.

 

 

 

Publications

 

        Books:

 

Continental Feminism Reader.  Co-edited with Jennifer Hansen.  Rowman & Littlefield (2003).

 

Rethinking Rape.  Cornell University Press (Spring 2001).  Korean translation forthcoming.

 

Aborigines in Australian Society: A Resourceful Book. Co-edited with Diane Bell. Center for Interdisciplinary and Special Studies, College of the Holy Cross (1994).

 

Women on the Hill: Alumnae Reflect on Twenty Years of Coeducation, 1972-1992.  College of the Holy Cross (1993).

 

Feminism and the Disciplines. Co-edited with Diane Bell. Center for Interdisciplinary and Special Studies, College of the Holy Cross (1992).

 

 

Articles:

 

“Feminist Pleasure and Feminine Beautification.” Hypatia: Special Issue on Feminism and Aesthetics 18(4), Fall/Winter 2003, 42-64.

 

“The Meanings of Rape.”  American Sexuality Magazine 1(3), 2003.  (On-line journal published by the National Sexuality Resource Center, http://nsrc.sfsu.edu.)

 

“Feminism from a Global Perspective.”  In Understanding the Global Experience: Becoming a Responsible World Citizen (CD-ROM), eds. Tom Arcaro, Duane McClearn, and Jocelyn Drye.  Carpe Viam Press (2001).

 

"Foucault, Rape, and the Construction of the Feminine Body."  Hypatia 15(1), Winter 2000, 43-63.

 

                "Maternal Politics: An Interview with Julia Kristeva."  Studies in Practical Philosophy 1(2),

                Fall 1999, 133-143.

 

Reviews:

 

Review of "On Feminist Ethics and Politics," by Claudia Card.  Teaching Philosophy 24(2), June 2001, 178-181.

 

                Review of "The Play of Reason: From the Modern to the Postmodern," by Linda Nicholson.

                Journal of Speculative Philosophy 14(4), 2001.

 

               

Teaching Experience

 

Associate Professor, Elon University, 1998-present

PHL 113: Critical Thinking                                                            PHL 115: Ethical Practice

PHL 345: Feminist Philosophy                                                     PHL 375: Philosophy of the Body

PHL 461: Integrative Tutorial                                                        GST 110:  The Global Experience

GST 282:  Liberal Arts Forum                                                        ELN 101: Elon 101

GST 395: The Politics of Beauty

 

Instructor, Elon College, 1998

COE 218: LSAT Preparation                                                          COE 219: GRE Preparation

PHL 113: Critical Thinking

 

                Course Instructor, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1994-1997 (full course responsibility)

                PHI/WNS 284: Introduction to Feminist Theory                    PHI 100: Concepts of the Person

                PHI 108: Introduction to Informal Logic                                    PHI 105: Social and Political Thought


 

                Teaching Assistant, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1993-1994 (assisted professor)

                PHI 105: Introduction to Moral Theory                                      PHI 108: Introduction to Informal Logic

 

 

Professional Experience

               

Assistant Editor, 1996-present                                                          Peer Reviewer, 2000-present

                Studies in Practical Philosophy                                                   Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist

                                                                                                                                Philosophy

Conference Paper Reviewer, 2002

Eastern Society for Women in Philosophy

 

University Service (selected)

 

Active Member, 1998-present                                                            Faculty Advisor, 2001-03, 2004-present        

Women’s/Gender Studies Advisory                                          Liberal Arts Forum

Committee                                                                                          

 

Chair, 2001-2002                                                                                Appointed Member, 2000-2002

Faculty Research and                                                                      SACS Self-Study Subcommittee on Development Committee                                                                Connecting Knowledge and Experience

 

 

Professional Affiliations

 

American Philosophical Association

Society for Women in Philosophy

Feminist Ethics and Social Thought

 

 

Letters of reference available upon request.