EDUCATION:
PhD (Philosophy), June 1980, University of Southern California, Los
Angeles
A.M. (Philosophy), June 1976, University of Southern California.
A.B. (Philosophy), October 1973, Barnard College, Columbia University,
New York, New York.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: Philosophy
of science (including social science), feminist epistemology
AREAS OF COMPETENCE: Epistemology
EMPLOYMENT:
September 1998-present: Associate Professor, Philosophy,
Riverside Community College.
September 1999 to 2003: Chair of Communications,
Humanities and Social Sciences,
Norco Campus, Riverside Community College.
January 1997 to June 1999: Chair of the History, Humanities, Philosophy,
and Ethnic Studies Department, Riverside Community College.
September 1992 to 1998: Assistant Professor Philosophy, Riverside
Community College.
February 1992 to June 1992: Instructor, Philosophy,
Pierce College, Woodland Hills, CA.
Sept. 1983 to Jan. 1992: Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Mount St. Mary's
College, Los Angeles, CA.
Sept. 1980 to Jan. 1982: Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Le Moyne College
Syracuse, New York 13214.
Jan. 1978 to Dec. 1979: Instructor, Philosophy, Mount St. Mary's College.
Sept. 1977 to Dec. 1979: Instructor, Philosophy, University of Southern
California,
Los Angeles, CA.
PUBLICATIONS:
"Feminist
Philosophy of Science: 'Standpoint' and Knowledge," Science and Education (forthcoming).
"Activist
research and the objectivity of science," American Philosophical Newsletter on Feminism and
Philosophy, Vol. 6, No. 1, Fall 2006.
"Feminist
Anthropology and Sociology: Issues for Social Science," Handbook
for the Philosophy of Science, Vol 15: Philosophy of Anthropology
and Sociology,
volume editors Stephen Turner and Mark Risjord. Handbook editors:
Dov M. Gabbay,
Paul Thaggard, and John Woods, 2006.
"Gender,
Science, and Values," Review
Essay in Hypatia, Winter 2004.
"Can Science Be Objective?" in Scrutinizing Feminist Epistemology,
edited by Noretta Koertge, Cassandra Pinnick,
and Roger Almeder. Rutgers University Press, 2003.
"Models and Reality: When Science Tackles Sex," Hypatia , Summer
2001.
"How Natural Can Ontology Be?" Philosophy of Science, March
2000.
"Can Science Be Objective? Longino's Science as Social Knowledge" Review
Essay in Hypatia, Summer 1993.
PAPERS DELIVERED:
“Resources for Feminist Epistemology: Models, Representation,
and Objectivity,” Society for Analytical Feminism, Second Conference,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, April 4-6, 2008.
"What
do the Numbers Mean?" APA panel
sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women, Central Division
APA, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, April 19, 2007.
“Resources for Feminist
Epistemology: Representation, Models, and Objectivity,” Eastern
Society for Women in Philosophy and Society for Analytical Feminism
(SWIP/SAF) Conference,
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, December 2, 2006.
“Making Values Explicit: Feminist Standpoint Theory and
the Sciences,” Feminist Epistemology, Metaphysics, Methodology,
and Science Studies (FEMMSS), Second Conference, University of Arizona,
Tempe, AZ, Feb. 8-11, 2007.
“Models of Mothering: High Infant
Mortality and Activist Anthropology," Society for Social Studies of Science
(4S), Vancouver, British Columbia, November 2, 2006. “Values and the Social Sciences:
Activism and Objectivity,” Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable,
University of California, Santa Cruz, March 17-19, 2006.
"Underdetermination
and feminist values (or how I learned to love the gap and stop worrying),” Feminist Epistemologies, Methodologies, Metaphysics, and Science Studies
Conference (FEMMSS), University of Washington, Seattle, Nov. 5-7, 2004.
"Feminist Contributions to Anthropology and Sociology:
Feminist Standpoint Theory and Objectivity," Loekmer Conference,
Emory University, August 13, 2004.
“How
can science be both feminist and objective? A model-theoretic approach,” International Association for Women
in Philosophy, Goteborg, Sweden, June 17, 2004.
“Truth,
Education, and Democracy,” 43rd Distinguished
Faculty Lecture, Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA, May
9, 2003.
“Models and Reality: Towards an Answer to the Feminist Question in Philosophy
of Science,” Society for Analytical Feminism Group Meeting,
Central Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association in Minneapolis,
MN, May 4, 2001 and at the Southern California Philosophy Conference, California
State University, Long Beach, CA, Oct. 21, 2000.
“Antirealism: the Empiricist Stance and Feminism,” Society
for Analytical Feminism Group Meeting, Central Division Meeting of the American
Philosophical Association in Chicago, IL, April 25, 1996 and at the Pacific
Division meeting
of the Society for Women in Philosophy (SWIP) held at Dodd Hall, UCLA,
Los Angeles, CA, May 20, 1995.
“Functionalism in Sociology and the Problem of Social Change,” Society
for the Social Studies of Science and the Society for the History of
Technology
Joint Annual Meeting, Charlottesville, VA, October 19, 1995 and at the
History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 28, 1995.
“Feminism and Science: Deflating Objectivity,” Central Division
Meeting of the American Philosophical Association in Chicago, IL, April
23, 1993.
“Feminism, Diversity and the Objectivity of Science,” Pacific
Division meeting of the Society for Women in Philosophy (SWIP) held at
Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, June 7, 1992 and March 14, 1992 at the
Southeastern
Women's Studies Association Conference, University of South Florida,
Tampa, FL.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
2005-present: President of the Society
for Analytical Feminism.
2003-2006: Member of the APA Committee
on the Status of Women in the Profession.
Summer 2003: NEH Summer Institute on Science and Values directed
by Sandra Mitchell and Peter Machamer, University of Pittsburgh.
2002-2004: Member of the Executive Board of the Society
for Analytical Feminism.
2001-2002: Referee for Philosophy of Science, International
Studies in Philosophy of Science, and Hypatia
July 2000-July 2003: Committee for Teaching Philosophy at Two-Year Colleges
April 6, 2000: Organizer and Chair, SWIP session for Pacific APA, Panel
Discussion of Georgia Warnke's Legitimate Differences: Interpretation
in the Abortion Controversy and Other Public Debates, Albuquerque, NM
October 1999: Chair, Session of Feminist Ethics Revisited Conference,
Clearwater, FL
1998-1999: Program Committee, SWIP (Society for Women in Philosophy),
Pacific Division
Spring 1999: Organizer and Chair, SWIP session for Pacific APA,
Panel Discussion on Sandra Harding’s Is Science Multicultural?,
Berkeley, CA
Academic Year 1998-1999: Program Committee for Pacific SWIP (Society
for Women in Philosophy)
Summer 1998: Referee for Foundations of Chemistry.
Spring 1998, Fall 1997, Spring 1995, Fall 1994 and Fall 1992: Referee
for Hypatia.
Summer 1994 : Participant in National Endowment for the Humanities
Summer Seminar, "The Concept of Evidence" directed
by Larry Laudan at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
March 25, 1993: "What Does the Hiring of Women and Minorities Contribute
to the Teaching of Philosophy at Two -Year Colleges?" Committee
of Teaching Philosophy at Two-Year Colleges, Pacific Division meeting
of the APA, San Francisco
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
American Philosophical Association
Association for Feminist Epistemology, Metaphysics, Methodology, and Science
Studies (FEMMSS)
History of Philosophy of Science Group
Philosophy of Science Association
Society for Analytical Feminism
Society for Social Studies of Science
Society for Women in Philosophy (Pacific Division)
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