LEAH FORTGANG Curriculum Vitae | [email protected]
EDUCATION
2015 – Present The City University of New York, Graduate Center | New York, NY Ph.D. Philosophy (in progress)
2008 – 2012 UC Berkeley | Berkeley, CA B.A. Philosophy magna cum laude
FELLOWSHIPS
2019-2020 Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Fellowship Writing Center, Medgar Evers College, CUNY
AREAS OF ACADEMIC INTEREST
Philosophy of Language, Linguistics, Philosophy of Mind, Social Epistemology
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
INSTRUCTOR
Fall 2016 – Fall 2017 Introduction to Problems in Philosophy The City University of New York, Brooklyn College, Department of Philosophy
Spring 2017 – Fall 2018 Business and Moral Issues The City University of New York, Brooklyn College, Department of Philosophy
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
March 2016 “Social value in Non-Social Philosophy” – The 20th Annual CUNY Graduate Student Philosophy Conference (co-organizer) The City University of New York, Graduate Center, Department of Philosophy March 31st, 2016
September 2017 Department Conference – City University of New York, Graduate Center Department Retreat (co-organizer) Edgartown, Massachusetts August 31st – Sep 2th, 2017
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
2017 – 2018 Elections Committee The City University of New York, Graduate Center, Department of Philosophy
2018 – Present Placement Committee The City University of New York, Graduate Center, Department of Philosophy
LANGUAGES English – native language French – conversational (2 years study)
GRADUATE COURSEWORK *denotes audited course
Fall 2015 Personal Identity John Greenwood (CUNY) History of the Mind Peter Godfrey-Smith (CUNY) Kant’s Ethics and Politics Sybil Schwarzenback (CUNY) Spring 2016 Pragmatism and Neo-Pragmatism Peter Godfrey-Smith (CUNY) Intention and Acts of Meaning Stephen Neale & Daniel Harris (CUNY) Classics in the Philosophy of Art Noel Carrol (CUNY) Fall 2016 Philosophy of Motional Pictures Noel Carrol (CUNY) Logic Lisa Warenski (CUNY) Spring 2017 Evolving Concepts of Epistemic Injustice Miranda Fricker (CUNY) Semantics I Samer Al Khatib (CUNY) Philosophy of Language* Stephen Neale (CUNY) Fall 2017 Corrective Justice Charles Mills (CUNY) Semantics II Samer Al Khatib (CUNY) Philosophy of Archaeology* Stephen Neale (CUNY) Spring 2018 Philosophy of Feminism Linda Alcoff (CUNY) Stupidity and Ignorance Eric Mandelbaum (CUNY) Language and Law* Stephen Neale (CUNY) Fall 2018 Plato’s Republic Iakovos Vasiliou (CUNY)
REFERENCES
1. Stephen Neale – [email protected] The City University of New York, Graduate Center, Department of Philosophy 2. Eric Mandelbaum – [email protected] The City University of New York, Graduate Center, Department of Philosophy 3. Daniel Harris – [email protected] The City University of New York, Hunter College, Department of Philosophy