Ann Cahill
Professor of Philosophy, Distinguished University Professor and Director of National and International Fellowships Office
Department: Philosophy
Email: cahilla@elon.edu
Phone number: (336) 278-5703
Brief Biography
Ann J. Cahill received her PhD in philosophy from SUNY Stony Brook. She joined the faculty of Elon in 1998, and is currently Professor of Philosophy.
News & Notes
Education
BA from College of the Holy Cross, PhD from the State University of New York at Stony Brook
Courses Taught
Critical Thinking, Philosophy of the Body, Methods of Philosophical Inquiry, How Should We Live, Sexual Ethics, and Sex, Gender, Power
Leadership Positions
Co-chair of the Sexual Assault and Gender Issues Council (SAGIC).
Current Projects
Grants Awarded
$112,000 grant from National Endowment of the Humanities to direct Summer Institute for College and University Teachers on “Diverse Philosophical Approaches to Sexual Violence,” June 2017
Publications
Rethinking Rape. Cornell University Press (2001).
Overcoming Objectification: A Carnal Ethics. Routledge (2010).
French Feminists: Critical Evaluations in Cultural Theory: de Beauvoir, Kristeva, Cixous, and Irigaray. Co-edited with Jennifer Hansen. Routledge (2007).
Continental Feminism Reader. Co-edited with Jennifer Hansen. Rowman & Littlefield (2003).
“Toward Intervocality: Linklater, the Body, and Contemporary Feminist Theory.” Co-authored with Christine Hamel. Voice and Speech Review 13(2), 2019, 130-151.
“Refusing to Wait: Just-in-Time Teaching.” Co-authored with Tom Mould. Radical Teacher 111, July 2018, 88-102.
“Using Focus Groups to Explore the Underrepresentation of Female-Identified Undergraduate Students in Philosophy.” With Claire A. Lockard, Helen Meskhidze, Sean Wilson, Nim Batchelor, and Stephen Bloch-Schulman. Feminist Philosophy Quarterly (forthcoming).
“Unjust Sex vs. Rape.” Hypatia 31(4), 2016, 746–761.
“Should Feminists Defend Self-Defense?” Co-authored with Grayson Hunt. IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 9(2), 2016, 172-182.
“The Difference Sameness Makes: Objectification, Sex Work, and Queerness.” 2014. Hypatia 29(4): 840-856.
“Recognition, Desire, and Unjust Sex.” 2014. Hypatia 29(2): 303-319.
“Difference, Beauvoir, and Irigaray: A Reply to Pohlhaus.” 2014. Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 3(2): 66-70.
“Argumentation Step by Step: Learning Critical Thinking through Deliberative Practice,” (co-authored with Stephen Bloch-Schulman). 2012. Teaching Philosophy 35(1): 41-62. Winner of the biennial Lenssen Prize for best research article regarding teaching and learning in philosophy (2014).
“Why Theory Matters: Using Philosophical Resources to Develop University Practices and Policies Regarding Sexual Violence.” In Sexual Assault on Canadian University and College Campuses, eds. Liz Quinlan, Andrea Quinlan, and Curtis Fogel. Wilfrid Laurier University Press (forthcoming).
“Sexual Desire, Inequality, and the Process of Transformation.” In Body Aesthetics, ed. Sherri Irvin. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2016).
Presentations
(A double star [**] indicates an invited talk.)
“Teaching Discussion Skills: A Metacognitive Approach.” Hamilton College Summer Program in Philosophy Teaching College, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, July 2019,** and Minorities and Philosophy-Penn Conference on Inclusive Methodology and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, April 6-8th, 2018. **
“Comments on Alcoff’s Rape and Resistance.” Part of an author-meets-critics session at the Pacific Division meeting of the American Philosophical Society (March 2019).
"The Impossibility and Necessity of Resistance Against Misogyny: Filling the Jails." Part of a panel sponsored by the Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love at the Pacific Division meeting of the American Philosophical Society (March 2019).
“The Shimmering Moment of Disclosure: Vulnerability and Sharing Experiences of Sexual Violence.” Hamburg Institute for Social Research, Hamburg, Germany, January 22, 2019**; and The #metoo and Epistemic Injustice Interdisciplinary Conference, sponsored by CUNY Graduate Center Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC), the Center for the Humanities, and the CUNY Philosophy Program, October 5-6, 2018. **
Commentator for multiple papers presented at “The Harms of Rape: Experience, Agendy, and the Body: Workshop with Ann Cahill.” Hamburg Institute for Social Research, Hamburg, Germany, January 23, 2019. **
“Toward a Theory of (Inter)Vocal Justice.” University of North Carolina-Charlotte Philosophy Department, March 21, 2018. **
“Toward a Theory of (Inter)Vocal Liberation.” Society for Analytic Feminism panel, Central Division of the American Philosophical Society, February 21-24, 2018.
Professional Activities
Member of: American Philosophical Association, Association for Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST), Society for Women in Philosophy, American Association of Philosophical Teachers, Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love, Society for Phenomenological and Existential Philosophy
Service Activities
Chair of the Sexual Assault and Gender Issues Council (SAGIC); on the steering committee of the Consortium of Diversity and Inclusion Content Experts (CDICE).
Awards
2014 Lenssen Prize, for article co-authored with Dr. Stephen Bloch-Schulman (awarded by the American Association of Philosophy Teachers to the best paper concerning teaching and learning in philosophy published in the two years prior to the award)
Elon College Award for Excellence in Scholarship (2011)
Distinguished Scholar Award, Elon University (2011)