Susanna Flavia Boxall 1000 North Duke Street, Apt. # 47 Durham, NC 27701 (919) 687-0462 E-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION
California State University, Chico May 2005 B. A. Philosophy; Religious Studies; Ethics minor. Summa cum laude. Duke University August 2006 - Doctoral Student, Department of Philosophy.
SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS (All Peer-Reviewed)
2007 B. White and S. Boxall, “Redefining Disability: Impracticable, Maleficent, Unjust and Inconsistent,” Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (Accepted, forthcoming). October 2006 Book Review in Dialogue of Wasserman, David, ed. Quality of Life and Human Difference: Genetic Testing, Health Care, and Disabilit y.
April 2006 Book Review in Dialogue of Mathews, Freya. Reinhabiting Reality: Towards a Recovery of Culture . Albany: U of NY P, 2005.
December 2005 “Beyond Orthodoxy: A Pluralist Approach to Animal Liberation,” Animal Liberation Philosophy and Policy Journal. Volume II (4), pp. 1-23.
October 2005 Book Review in Dialogue of Negri, Antonio. Negri on Negri: Antonio Negri in Conversation with Anne Dufourmantelle . M. B. DeBovoise (trans.). London: Routledge. 2004.
Summer 2003 “Our Present Age: A Comparative Analysis of the Role of the Superstructure in Karl Marx’s and Antonio Gramci’s Philosophies,” Philosophy Review of SDSU . Volume 4, pp. 41-48.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Review of Marson, Lori Jo and Patricia Moynagh, eds. Simone de Beauvoir’s Political Thinking .
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
April 2006 “Reconceptualizing Disability as a Social Phenomenon," Humanities Center Tertulia , CSU Chico, Chico, CA.
April 2005 “Owls of Athena: A Historical Analysis of the Moral Responsibility of Intellectuals,” Annual Humanities Symposium, CSU Chico, Chico, CA.
April 2005 “Owls of Athena: A Historical Analysis of the Moral Responsibility of Intellectuals,” Western Regional Honors Council Annual Conference , Las Vegas, NV.
April 2005 “Owls of Athena: A Historical Analysis of the Moral Responsibility of Intellectuals,” Undergraduate Philosophy Conference , Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR.
February 2005 “Disability Rights: Maleficent and Impractical,” Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Annual Meeting , San Antonio, TX.
October 2004 “Disability Rights: Maleficent and Impractical,” Society for Women in Philosophy Pacific Division Fall Meeting , Eugene, OR.
April 2004 “Our Present Age: A Comparative Analysis of the Role of the Superstructure in Karl Marx’s and Antonio Gramci’s Philosophies,” Annual Humanities Symposium, CSU Chico, Chico, CA.
April 2002 “Doves and Hawks: Perspectives on Violence within the Marxist Tradition,” Annual Humanities Symposium , CSU Chico, Chico, CA.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Fall 2006 – J. B. Duke and Duke Endowment Fellowships Spring 2007
Spring 2005 President’s Award for the highest GPA (4.0) in the 2005 graduating class.
Honors for Senior Thesis in Philosophy.
Honors for Senior Thesis in Religious Studies.
Outstanding Philosophy Student of 2005.
Outstanding Religious Studies Student of 2005.
CSU Chico Research and Creativity Grant for conference travel.
Fall 2004 Lieutenant Merton Rawlins Merit Award for scholarship, involvement in extracurricular activities and academic accomplishments.
Elected Annual Active president of Phi Sigma Tau, CSU Chico Gamma chapter.
Spring 2004 CSU Chico Research and Creativity Grant for summer research.
Initiated into Phi Kappa Phi. Spring 2003 Initiated into Phi Sigma Tau , International Philosophy Honors Society.
Fall 2002 Second place team at Regional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, CSU Chico, Chico, CA.
Fall 2001– Dean’s List (4.0 GPA) Spring 2005
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Spring 2006 Grading Assistant, Biomedical Ethics
Spring 2005 Teaching Assistant, Advanced Logic.
Fall 2004 Teaching Assistant, Ethics.
Fall 2003 Tutor, Intermediate Logic.
ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Spring 2006 Assistant Coach, CSU Chico National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl team.
Organizer of interdepartmental bi-monthly reading group on Theodor Adorno.
Fall 2005 Co-organizer of Society for Women in Philosophy Pacific Division Fall Meeting, CSU Chico, Chico, CA.
Organizer of interdepartmental bi-monthly reading group on Theodor Adorno.
Invited participant in weekly faculty reading group on Boundaries and Allegiances: Problems of Justice and Responsibility in Liberal Thought by Samuel Scheffler.
Spring 2005 Invited participant in weekly faculty reading group on the topic of love and emotions.
Organizer for Phi Sigma Tau’s Philosophy Speakers’ Series featuring Christina Bellon (CSU Sacramento), Paul Roth (UC Santa Cruz) and Troy
Jollimore (CSU Chico).
Fall 2004 Organizer for Rethinking our Thanksgiving Meal , a panel discussion on cruelty to farm animals.
Builder and administrator for Phi Sigma Tau ’s Chico Gamma Chapter’s website. Fall 2004 Invited participant in weekly faculty reading group on Martha Nussbaum. Team Member, Regional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, CSU San José, San José, CA.
Spring 2004 Team Captain, National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, Cincinnati, OH.
Fall 2003 Moderator, Regional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, CSU Chico, Chico, CA.
Spring 2003 Team Member, National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, Charlotte, NC.
Invited participant in weekly faculty reading group on The Problem of Evil .
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
Society for Women in Philosophy, Pacific Division
Radical Philosophy Association
Honors Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Sigma Tau , International Philosophy Honors Society
LANGUAGES
Spanish (fluent); French and Latin (reading knowledge)