Johanna C. Luttrell; Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Visiting Scholar, Political Philosophy
The Hobby Center for Public Policy, University of Houston
Telephone: (517) 599 1227
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Education:
University of Oregon, Ph.D., 2013, Philosophy
University of Oregon, M.A., 2011, Philosophy
University of Oxford, Department of Politics and International Relations, Visiting Student, Spring 2011;
DePaul University, B.A., Philosophy and English, minor in Journalism, 2006
University of Oxford, Hertford College, Visiting Student, Fall 2005
AOS:Social and Political Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, AOC: Ethics, Aesthetics
Work Experience:
2013-2014The Civitas Program andPhronesis: A Program in Politics and Ethics
The Hobby Center for Public Policy, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Post-Doctoral Visiting Scholar in Political Philosophy; Mentoring honors college students; grant research and development; teaching classes in Feminist Philosophy, Ethics, and Political Philosophy with the Department of Philosophy
2014The Oxford Consortium for Human Rights Education, The United Nations, NY, and the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Board Member; Spearheaded and helped organize a series of week-long, intensive seminars for undergraduate, graduate, and law students in areas of international humanitarian aid, urban development, and human rights.
2012-2013The Savage Endowment for International Relations and Peace
Department of International Affairs, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Graduate Teaching Fellow;Organized seminar on‘Humanitarian Action, Human Rights, and Peacemaking in Violent Conflict’, at the University of Oxford, budget and curriculum planning, donor development, teaching, and post-event evaluation;Planned for the future of Restorative Justice Studies for the University of Oregon’s School of Law; Organized the 2012-2013 Savage Professorship visit with Dr. Henry Shue of the University of Oxford; Organized workshops inside the Oregon Penitentiary system, in conjunction with the Inside/Out National Prison Exchange Program
2011Center for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict (ELAC)
Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Special Assistant to Dr. Cheyney Ryan, Senior Research Fellow, Merton College; Organized seminar on international human rights
2010- 2012Conflict and Dispute Resolution Program
University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, OR
Organizer and Instructor; Organized anti-death penalty activist and writer Sister Helen Prejean’s visits to the University of Oregon and the Eugene and Portland communities as part of a three-year prison activism initiative around issues of justice and the death penalty
2007-2013Department of Philosophy and Department of Women and Gender Studies, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Instructor and Graduate Teaching Fellow; Taught and designed own classes: PHIL 322: Philosophy of the Arts, PHIL 332: Philosophy of Film, and PHIL 309: Global Justice; Led regular discussion sections for both beginning and advanced classes, held office hours to meet one-on-one with students
2006-2007Rostro de Cristo Foundation, Duran, Ecuador
Volunteer; Collaborated with local women’s collective, doing activism work on family planning and domestic violence awareness in churches and schools; Taught high school and middle school English, Literature, and Poetry; Lead university groups on retreats centered around issues of world poverty, health, urban development, and globalization
2003-2005DePaul University Ministries Spring Break Service Trips, Washington D.C., New Orleans, LA, and Nogales, Mexico
Coordinator, Leader, and Volunteer; Planned and coordinated service trips for college students to the U.S/ Mexico Border to study and volunteer in urban slums
Publications:
Peer-Edited Journals:
2014“Alienation and Global Poverty: Arendt on the Loss of the World”, Philosophy and Social Criticism, 2014, forthcoming
Non Peer-Edited Publications:
2013 “University of Oregon Should Education about Sexual Assault”, The Eugene Register, April 2014
2010 “John Berger”, The Encyclopedia of Global Justice, ed. Deen K. Chatterjee, Springer, 2010
2006 “Proust and Charm”, co-authored with Molly Medhurst, DePaul University Undergraduate Journal
Academic Awards and Honors:
2013Invited to the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs’ Annual Fellows meeting, New York
2013Entrance into the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Summer Seminar on “Development Ethics: Questions, Challenges, and Responsibilities”, Michigan State University
2012Stern Scholars Fellowship, University of Oregon
2011Dissertation Fellowship, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics
Visiting Position at University of Oxford, Department of Politics and International Relations
2010Fellowship, Oregon University System- Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund
2006Philosophy Undergraduate Major of the Year, DePaul University Philosophy Department
Highest Honors, DePaul University Honors College Degree
2003Inductee, National Society of Collegiate Scholars
2002Presidential Scholarship to DePaul University
Inductee, DePaul University Honors College
Conference Presentations:
2014“Women’s Work and Assets in the Urban, Global South”, The Midwestern Society for Women in Philosophy, Des Moines, IA
2014“Women’s Work in the Slums of the Global South”, The United Nations Center for International Education, New York, NY
2013“Teaching Human Rights”, The Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, New York City, NY
2013“Women, Dignity, and Global Slums”, special presentation for the National Endowment for the Humanities’ summer seminar in “Development Ethics”, East Lansing, MI
2013Response to John Kaag’s “The Moral Hazards of Drones: Ethics of Armchair Soldiers”, University of Oregon Department of Philosophy Colloquia, Eugene, OR
2012“Women’s Dignity and the Capabilities Approach”, Special Symposium on Gender Equity and Capitalism, Wayne Morse Center, Eugene, OR
2011“Women and War”, Special Presentation for Oakwood Seminar, Merton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
2010“Assets for the Ethically Desirous: Aristotelean Resources for John Berger’s Visions of Global Resistance”, Radical Philosophy Association, Eugene, OR
2010“The Question of Literature and Philosophy: A Defense of Beauvoir’s Self-Description” Annual Meeting of the Society for Phenomenological and Existential Philosophy, Montreal, QC
2010“Alienation in the World’s Urban Slums: Arendt on a Practical and Theoretical Challenge to Democracy”, International Annual Meeting of The North American Society for Social Philosophy, Toronto, ON
2010“Can there be Democracy in Places of Prolific Poverty?”, Annual University of Oregon Graduate Philosophy Club Conference: ‘What is Democracy?’, Eugene, OR
2010“Notes on Pedagogy in Philosophy of the Arts”, ‘Articulations’: The New School for Social Research Annual Graduate Student Conference, New York, NY
2010“Can there be Democracy in Places of Prolific Poverty? Alienation in Urban Slums”, Annual Michigan State Graduate Philosophy Conference, East Lansing, MI
2009“The Confusions about ‘Women’s Interests: Objections and Replies to a Global Coalition of Women’s Political Parties”, Radical Philosophy Association Group Session, Annual Meeting of the American Philosophical Association Pacific Division, Vancouver, BC
2008“Conceiving the Public Space as a Center that Holds Against War”, Northwest Philosophy Conference, Eugene, OR
Courses Taught:
2014PHIL 3395:Ideas of Justice
2014PHIL 3356/ 6356: Feminist Philosophy
2013PHIL 1305: Introduction to Ethics
2012PHIL 302: Global Justice
2010 PHIL 322: Philosophy of the Arts
2009PHIL 332: Philosophy of Film
Courses Assisted:
2013PHIL 339: Philosophy of Science
2012PHIL: 120: Ethics of Enterprise and Exchange, CRES: 410. Justice, Reconciliation, and Community
2011WGS 352: Women’s Literature, Art, and Society,
2010WGS 303: Women and Gender in American History, HC 421: Justice, Reconciliation, and Community, PHIL 211: Existentialism
2009PHIL 102: Ethics, PHIL 312: History of Philosophy/ 19th Century, PHIL 216: Philosophy and Cultural Diversity
2008PHIL 213: Asian Philosophy, PHIL 170: Love and Sex
2007PHIL 110: Human Nature
Service:
Academic Journals
2014Reviewer for “Journal of the American Philosophical Association”
2013Reviewer for the journal “Philosophy and Social Criticism”
2012Reviewer for the journals “Gender, Work and Organization”, and “PhaenEx: Journal of Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture”
University of Oregon School of Law
2011Organized and convened a panel for the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics’ symposium, ‘Gender Equality and Capitalism: The Impact of Capitalist Development on Women’s Economic Status and Rights” to be held in March, 2012
University of Oregon Department of Philosophy
2010-2011Spearheaded Diversity Committee and Mentoring Program for University of Oregon Department of Philosophy undergraduates
2010Organized University of Oregon’s Graduate Philosophy Club’s Annual Conference, “What is Democracy?”
2009-2010Elected as Director of the University of Oregon Philosophy Department’s Graduate Philosophy Club
2008-2009Elected as Graduate Representative to the Committee of the Whole, University of Oregon Philosophy Department Governing Body
Public/Community
2008Volunteered for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in the Pacific Northwest
Served on University of Oregon Philosophy Department Search Committee for 2009-2010 Visiting Professors
2006Elected as Employee Outreach Coordinator, Rostro de Christo Organization
2005-2006Coordinator of Amnesty International, DePaul University Chapter
2004-2005Elected as Communications Director for DePaul University Honor’s College Student Government
Language Expertise:
Proficient in Spanish
Professional Affiliations:
2013Member, International Development Ethics Association
2013Member, Association of Feminist Ethics and Social Theory
2008- 2013Member, the Human Development and Capabilities Approach Association
2010Member, the Society Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
2010Member,The North American Society for Social Philosophy
2009-2013Member, American Philosophical Association
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