Mimi Marinucci, Ph.D.
[email protected]
Philosophy Program
229 Patterson Hall
Eastern Washington University
Cheney, WA 99004
(509) 359-6026
Women’s & Gender Studies Program
Women’s & Gender Studies Program
207 Monroe Hall
Eastern Washington University
Cheney, WA 99004
(509) 359-2844
Employment:
Full Professor, Philosophy and Women's & Gender Studies, Eastern Washington
University, Fall 2011 - present.
Associate Professor, Philosophy and Women’s & Gender Studies, Eastern Washington
University, Fall 2006 - Summer 2011.
Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Women’s Studies, Eastern Washington University,
Fall 2000 - Summer 2006.
Education:
PhD, Philosophy, Temple University, 2001
Graduate Certificate, Women’s Studies, Temple University, 2001
BA, Philosophy and Sociology, University of Delaware, 1989
Scholarly Interests:
Epistemology, Feminist Theory, Gender & Sexuality, Popular Culture
Courses Taught:
CSBS 310: Foundations of Social & Behavioral Science Theory
PHIL/WMST 420: Queer Theory
PHIL/WMST 417: Women & Ethics
PHIL/WMST 440: Women & Philosophy
WMST 498: Feminism & Popular Culture
WMST 415: GLBT Studies
WMST 410: Feminist Theories
WMST 310: Issues in Women's Studies
WMST 101: Introduction to Women's Studies
PHIL 410: Theories of Knowledge
PHIL 398: Philosophy & Popular Culture
PHIL 301: Formal Logic
PHIL 212: Introduction to Ethics
PHIL 211: Introduction to Philosophy
Grants & Awards:
U.S. Professors of the Year Award Nominee, 2012.
West Plains Chamber of Commerce, Best of the West, EWU Professor of the Year
Award Recipient, 2012.
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles Award, for Feminism is Queer: The Intimate
Connection Between Queer and Feminist Theory ( Zed Books, 2010), 2011.
EWU Professor of the Year Award, 2009-2010.
EWU President's Award, 2009-2010.
EWU Faculty Merit Award for Outstanding Service, Academic Year 2009-2010.
EWU Faculty Merit Award for Outstanding Teaching, Academic Year 2009-2010.
EWU Faculty Merit Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Academic Year 2009-2010.
EWU Faculty Merit Award for Outstanding Service, Academic Year 2008-2009.
Utne Independent Press Awards Nomination, Zines Category, for Wave 2.5: A
Feminist Zine, 2009.
Faculty Mentor for EWU College of Social & Behavior Sciences Jeffers Chertok
Scholarship Recipient, Spring 2009.
EWU Professional Leave Award, Academic Year 2007-2008.
EWU Faculty Merit Award for Outstanding Teaching, Academic Year 2006-2007.
Utne Independent Press Awards Nomination, Zines Category, for Wave 2.5: A
Feminist Zine, 2005.
Teaching with Technology, EWU Title III Grant Award, Course Design Stipend, Summer
2005.
Certificate of Achievement, Outstanding Volunteer, EWU Creating a Rape-Free
Environment (CARE), Winter 2005.
American Association of Philosophy Teachers, Merit Award for Outstanding
Leadership and Achievements in the Teaching of Philosophy, 2004.
EWU Diversity Initiative Grant Award for “No Melting Pot, No Salad Bowl: Food for
Thought,” co-authored with Gary Krug, Spring 2004.
EWU College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Century Tel Faculty Achievement Award,
2003.
Dissertation Completion Grant, University Fellowship Committee of the Graduate
Board of Temple University, Academic Year 1998-1999.
Best Student Paper Award, South Central Women’s Studies Association, Women’s
Identities Conference, University of Houston at Clear Lake, March 1998.
Graduate Student Distinguished Teaching Award, Department of Philosophy, Temple
University, 1996.
Research & Publications:
Feminism is Queer, Second Edition, Zed Books, in progress (2016 projected publication)
Editor, Jane Austen and Philosophy: The Truth Universally Acknowledged (working
title), Rowman & Littlefield, in progress.
Intersections with Queer Theory (working title), in Routledge Companion to Feminist
Philosophy, edited by Ann Garry, Alison Stone, and Serene Khader, Routledge, in
progress.
Feminism and Queer Theory (working title), in The Handbook of Contemporary
Feminism, edited by Andrea Lee Press and Tasha Oren, Taylor & Francis, in progress.
Feminism is Queer: The Intimate Connection Between Queer and Feminist Theory, Zed
Books, 2010; Silkworm Books 2011.
Knowledge as Kennenlernen: Subjectivity, Pluralism, and Intimacy, in Social
Epistemology, Vol. 24, No. 4, October–December 2010, pp. 301–311.
There's Something Queer About The Onion, The Onion and Philosophy, edited by
Sharon Kaye, Open Court, 2010.
What's Wrong with Porn? Porn – Philosophy for Everyone: How to Think with Kink,
edited by Dave Monroe, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
You Can't Front on Facebook, Facebook and Philosophy: What's on Your Mind?, edited
by D. E. Wittkower, Open Court, 2010.
Entries on Zines and DIY, in The Women’s Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of
Third-Wave Feminism, edited by Leslie Heywood, Greenwood Publishing Group, January
2006.
Review of The Logic and Methodology of Science in Early Modern Thought: Seven
Studies, by Fred Wilson (University of Toronto Press, 1999) in The American Journal of
Semiotics, Volume 21, 2005.
GLBT (and sometimes Q), The F-Word, Issue Number 1, May 2005.
Television, Generation X, and Third Wave Feminism: A Contextual Analysis of the
Brady Bunch, Journal of Popular Culture, Volume 38, Number 3, February 2005.
Wave 2.5: A Feminist Zine, Founding Editor, Issues #1-7, Spring 2004-present.
Feminism and the Ethics of Violence: Why Buffy Kicks Ass, in Buffy the Vampire
Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale, edited by James B. South,
Open Court, 2003.
“Extreme Measures” in Introductory Ethics, AAPT NEWS, Volume 26, Number 1,
Winter 2002- Summer 2003.
Review of Philosophies for Living, edited by Robert M. Timko and Joan Whitman Hoff
(Prentice Hall, 2001) in Teaching Philosophy, Volume 25, Number 3, September 2002.
Presentations & Workshops:
Questionably Queer, panel presentation, “Precarity,” National Women's Studies
Association (NWSA) Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI, November 2015.
The Great Porn Debate, invited presentation, Sexual Health Awareness Week, EWU,
Cheney, WA, Feb 2015.
Destroy Discrimination, Defend Diversity Workshop, invited presentation, EWU, Cheney,
WA, May 2014.
Working Out: Tension Between Fitness and Feminism, invited presentation, Harvie
Social Justice Lecture Series, St. Martin's University, Lacey, WA, November, 2013.
Addressing Sex in Class, workshop presentation, in collaboration with Rory Kraft,
American Association of Philosophy Teachers’ 19th International Biennial Workshop
and Conference on Teaching Philosophy, St. Edwards University, Austin, TX, July, 2012.
Marriage Equality Panel, invited presentation, EWU Pride Center, Cheney, WA, May,
2012.
Gender & Sexism Panel, invited presentation, SOWK 541, EWU, Cheney, WA, March,
2012.
Marriage Equality Panel, invited presentation, EWU First Annual Elimination of
Prejudice Day, Cheney, WA, February, 2012.
Zine Making and Feminist Expression, workshop presentation, Northwest Regional
Women’s Studies Association (NWWSA) Annual Meeting, Spokane, WA, April 2011.
How to Own the Media: Zine Making 101, workshop presentation, First Annual Geek
Girl Con, Seattle, WA, October, 2011.
Courage and Cooperation, EWU Commencement Address, invited speech, Cheney, WA,
June, 2011.
Author Reading and Book Signing, In Other Words Books, Portland, OR, February, 2011.
Author Reading and Book Signing, Orca Books, Olympia, WA, February, 2011.
Feminism and Pop Culture, invited guest lecture, St. Martin's University, Lacey, WA,
February, 2011.
Philosophy in Pop Culture, panel presentation, in collaboration with Lars Brown, Kevin
Decker, Christopher Kirby, Terrance MacMullan, “Get Lit!” Literary Festival, Auntie's
Bookstore, Spokane, WA, April 2010.
Tony Flinn's Just A Theory, featured guest, “Queer Theory & Feminism,” KSFC Public
Radio, Spokane, WA, January 2010.
Reply to Bryan Norton's "The Third Dogma of Empiricism: Extending Quine’s
Critique to the Fact-Value Distinction in Environmental Discourse," invited
commentary, 12th Annual Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference (INPC), Moscow, ID
& Pullman, WA, May 2009.
How to Market Yourself in Philosophy, invited panel presentation, Gonzaga University
Graduate Conference in Philosophy, Spokane, WA, April 2009.
Queer: Not Just the New Gay, invited presentation, EWU Women’s Faculty and Staff
Social Club, April 2009.
Sexual Imagery in the LGBT Classroom: How Explicit is Too Explicit? workshop
presentation, Northwest Regional Women’s Studies Workshop (NWWSA), Spokane, WA,
November 2008.
The Unprepared Professor, workshop presentation, American Association of
Philosophy Teachers’ (AAPT) 17th International Biennial Workshop and Conference on
Teaching Philosophy, University of Guelph, Ontario, August 2008.
Teaching in the Politically Polarized Classroom, workshop presentation, co-authored
with Gary Kr ug, American Association of Philosophy Teachers’ (AAPT) 17th
International Biennial Workshop and Conference on Teaching Philosophy, University of
Guelph, Ontario, August 2008.
One of These Things is Not Like the Others, paper presentation, Fourth International
Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2008.
The Portrayal of Women in Hip-Hop, invited panel presentation, EWU NAACP
Chapter, “Stop Campaign,” May 2007.
What is Queer Theory?, invited panel presentation, EWU Women’s Center, February
2007.
Socially Constructed Identities (and the Conservative Plot to Destroy Them), panel
presentation, QueerID Conference, Boise State University, October 2006.
What’s Wrong with Porn? invited paper presentation, University of Idaho and
Washington State University Philosophy Colloquium Series, April 2006.
He Said, She Said: A Continuing Conversation About Sex Machines and
Pornography, paper presentation, co-authored with Gary Krug, Society for the Study
of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, August 2005.
Buffy and Gender: Pleasures of the Text, invited presentation, co-authored with Gary
Krug, EWU Contemporary Issues in Feminist Research, April 2005.
Affirmative Action Forum, invited presentation, EWU NAACP Chapter, Eastern
Washington University, April 2005.
The Use of Popular Culture in the Classroom, panel presentation, “Teaching in Action:
Anchoring Pedagogy,” Northwest Communication Association 29th Annual Conference,
Coeur D’Alene, April 2005.
Men, Watching, Buffy: Questing for the Unattainable, co-authored with Gary Krug,
panel presentation, Slayage Conference on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Nashville, May
2004.
Women & Men Watching Buffy, invited presentation, EWU Women’s Faculty and
Staff Social Club, May 2004.
Knowledge as Kennenlernen: Subjectivity, Pluralism, and Intimacy, paper
presentation, 7th Annual Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference (INPC), Moscow &
Pullman, April 30 - May 2, 2004.
He Said, She Said: A Conversation about Pornography and Sex Machines, co-authored
with Gary Krug, paper presentation, Twenty-Third Annual Gender Studies Symposium,
Lewis & Clark College, Portland, March 2004.
Ethics and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” invited panel presentation, BuffyFest 2003
Charity Fundraising Event, San Diego, October 2003.
Spokane Cares, “Gender and Media” guest panelist, Spokane Public Access Cable
Channel 14, Summer 2003.
Movies 101, guest panelist, KPBX Public Radio, Spokane, Summer 2003.
Adding a Little Mystery to Critical Thinking, panel presentation for “Side Doors: New
Ways for Students to Enter Philosophy & Critical Thinking,” American Philosophical
Association (APA), Pacific Division Meeting, San Francisco, March 2003.
Critical Thinking in Context: Creating My Own (Un)Text, workshop presentation,
American Association of Philosophy Teachers’ ( A A P T ) 14th International Biennial
Workshop and Conference on Teaching Philosophy, Thomas More College, Covington,
KY, August 2002.
Using Film to Increase Student Learning, “Coffee Hour” presentation, EWU Teaching &
Learning Center, May 2002.
Biological Determinism and Heteronormativity in Science and Culture, paper
presentation, Gonzaga University, Colloquium on “What is the Father?” April 2002.
Television, Generation X, and Third Wave Feminism, paper presentation, 21st Annual
Gender Studies Symposium, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, March 2002.
Professor on a Tightrope, panel discussion, EWU Teaching & Learning Center, November
2001.
Feminist Challenges to Reason and Rationality, invited presentation, EWU
Contemporary Issues in Feminist Research, May 2001.
Pluralism and Kennenlernen, invited presentation, EWU Women’s Faculty and Staff
Social Club, April 2001.
Philosophy in the “Twilight Zone,” workshop presentation, American Association of
Philosophy Teachers’ ( A A P T ) 12th International Biennial Workshop and Conference on
Teaching Philosophy, Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA, August 1998.
Nature vs. Nurture: A Correction, paper presentation, South Central Women’s
Studies Association (SCWSA), Women’s Identities Conference, University of Houston at
Clear Lake, Houston, TX, March 1998.
Hume Revisited: Skepticism and Optimism in Contemporary Naturalistic
Epistemology, poster presentation, Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP)
Annual Meeting, New School for Social Research, New York, NY, June 1997.
Curriculum Development:
Collaborated with EWU Women’s & Gender Studies faculty to develop graduate
certificate in Gender & Sexuality Studies (forthcoming).
Chaired EWU College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Theory Course Development
Committee, 2005 – present.
Served on EWU College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Theory Course Development
Committee, 2000 – present.
Participated in EWU Scholars Learning Community on the Use of Case Stories for
Teaching and Learning Intercultural Competence, Academic Year 2003 – 2004.
Served on EWU General Education Subcommittee on Gender & Cultural Diversity, Fall
2002 – Spring 2004.
Served on EWU Teaching & Learning Center Board of Governors, Fall 2001 – Spring
2003.
Adapted WMST 310: Issues in Women’s Studies, for online delivery.
Developed and implemented new EWU courses including: “Philosophy Through
Popular Culture,” “Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Studies,” “Introduction to
Gay & Lesbian Studies,” “Women & Philosophy,” “Women & Ethics, Women & Men
in Philosophy,” and, most recently, “Queer Theory” and “Feminism & Pop Culture.”
Collaborated with EWU Women’s & Gender Studies faculty to develop Women's &
Gender Studies m ajor, Gender Studies Certificate, and revised Women’s & Gender
Studies minor.
Collaborated with EWU Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies faculty to develop
Philosophy major and Interdisciplinary Studies Philosophy concentration.
University Service:
Member, EWU Women's Studies Center, Strategic Planning Committee, Fall 2015 –
present.
Faculty Advisor, EWU Generation Action (Student Planned Parenthood Club), Spring 2015
– present.
Mentor, EWU Residential Life Mentoring Program for First-Year Students, Winter 2015 –
present.
Session Moderator, National Conferences on Undergraduate Research, Annual Conference,
Cheney, WA, April 2015.
Proposal Reviewer, National Conferences on Undergraduate Research, Annual
Conference, Spring 2015.
Member, EWU College of Arts, Letters & Education, College Personal Committee, Fall 2014
– present.
Faculty Advisor, EWU Eagles of Harmony (Student “Bronies” Club), Winter 2013 –
Spring 2015.
Member, EWU Department of Modern Languages, Departmental Personnel
Committee, Winter 2009 – present.
Faculty Mentor (various students), National Conferences on Undergraduate Research,
Annual Conference, La Crosse, WI, 2009; Missoula, MT, 2010; Ithaca, NY, 2011; Ogden,
UT, 2012; La Crosse, WI, 2013; Lexington, KY, 2014; Cheney, WA, 2015
Member, EWU President's Advisory Council on Diversity, Fall 2011 – Spring 2012.
Member, EWU Diversity Grant Selection Committee, Spring 2011.
Volunteer Staff, EWU Pride Center, Fall 2009 – Spring 2012.
Member, EWU College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, College Personnel Committee,
Winter 2009 – Spring 2012.
Faculty Mentor (various students), EWU Student Research & Creative Works Symposium,
Spring 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014.
Member, Thesis Committees (various students), EWU Graduate Studies, Spring 2009,
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014.
Member, EWU President’s LGBTQA Task Force, Fall 2009 – Spring 2010.
Member, EWU Pride Center, Coordinator Staff Position Search Committee, Winter 2010.
Interim Director, EWU Women's & Gender Studies Program, Winter – Spring 2009.
Chair, EWU Women's & Gender Studies Program, Lecturer Search Committee, Winter –
Spring 2009.
Member, EWU Faculty Senate, Winter – Spring 2009.
Moderator, EWU “Teach-In” on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, May 2009. Judge, EWU
Student Research & Creative Works Symposium, May 2009.
Announcer, EWU Philosophy Club, Dramatic Reading of Platos’s Symposium, May 2009.
Faculty Field Trip Leader, National Conferences on Undergraduate Research, Annual
Conference, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, WI, April 2009.
Member, EWU Philosophy Program, Assistant Professor Search Committee, Summer
2008.
Member, EWU Women’s Studies Program and Justice Studies Department, Combined
Personnel Committee, 2006 – 2007.
Chair, EWU College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Theory Course Development
Committee, 2005 – present.
Member, EWU Presidential Search Advisory Committee, 2005 – 2006.
Member, EWU General Education Review Group, Fall 2005 – Spring 2006.
Volunteer, EWU “Changing Campus Climate: Reducing Violence Against Women,”
First Responder Program, Winter 2005 – Spring 2011.
Faculty Advisor, EWU Scary Feminists (formerly Women Acting for Equal Rights), Fall
2005 – Spring 2007.
Faculty Co-Advisor, EWU Young Democrats, 2005 – 2006.
Co-Chair, EWU Philosophy Program, Assistant Professor Search Committee, Summer
2005.
Co-Founder, Food For Thought Diversity Project, Eastern Washington University,
Winter 2004 – Spring 2006.
Member, EWU Philosophy Program, Assistant Professor Search Committee, Summer
2004.
Member, EWU President's Women's Commission, Fall 2003 – Spring 2009.
Member, EWU Scholars Learning Community on Using Case Stories for Teaching and
Learning Intercultural Competence, 2003 – 2004.
Member, EWU General Education Subcommittee on Gender & Cultural Diversity, Fall
2002 – Spring 2004.
Member, EWU Teaching & Learning Center, Board of Governors, Fall 2001 – Spring
2003.
Co-Chair, EWU Teaching & Learning Center, New Faculty Program, Fall 2001 – Spring
2003.
Chair, EWU Philosophy Program, Assistant Professor Search Committee, Spring 2002.
Member, EWU College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Theory Course
Development Committee, Fall 2000 – present.
Member, EWU Women’s Studies Program, Gender Studies Certificate Development
Committee, Academic Year 2001 – 2002.
Member, EWU Women’s Studies Program, Curriculum Committee, Fall 2000 – present.
Professional Service:
Seminar Co-Facilitator, Graduate Seminar on Teaching Philosophy, American Association
of Philosophy Teachers’ (AAPT) 20th Biennial International Workshop-Conference on
Teaching Philosophy, College of St. Bennedict and St. Johns University, Collegeville, MN,
July – August 2014.
Program Committee Member, American Association of Philosophy Teachers’ (AAPT)
20th Biennial International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, Academic
Year 2013 – 2014.
Elected Member-at-Large, American Association of Philosophy Teachers ( AAPT)
Executive Board, January 2013 – December 2014.
Program Committee Member, American Association of Philosophy Teachers’ (AAPT)
19th Biennial International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, Academic Year
2011 – 2012.
Program Committee Member, American Association of Philosophy Teachers’ (AAPT)
18th Biennial International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, Academic Year
2009 – 2010.
Elected Member-at-Large, American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT)
Executive Board, January 2009 – December 2010.
“Cultural Perspectives on Menstruation and Menstrual Health,” invited session chair,
Society for Menstrual Cycle Research Biennial Conference, June 2009.
Program Committee Member, American Association of Philosophy Teachers’ (AAPT)
17 t h Biennial International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, Academic
Year 2007 – 2008.
Program Committee Member, National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Annual
Conference, Academic Year 2005 – 2006.
Program Committee Member, American Association of Philosophy Teachers’ (AAPT)
16th Biennial International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, Academic
Year 2005 – 2006.
Nominating Committee, American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT), Fall 2004.
Program Committee Co-Chair, American Association of Philosophy Teachers’ (AAPT)
15th Biennial International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, Academic
Year 2003 – 2004.
Elected Member-at-Large, American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT)
Executive Board, January 2003 – December 2004.
Program Committee Co-Chair, American Association of Philosophy Teachers’ (AAPT)
14th Biennial International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, Academic
Year 2001 – 2002.
“Representations of Girlhood in Popular Culture,” session chair, National Women’s
Studies Association (NWSA) Annual Conference, Las Vegas, June 2002.
Appointed Member, American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) Executive
Board, September 2001 – December 2002.
Editorial Work:
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Integrated Social Sciences, Winter 2015
Erwin Schroedinger Fellowship Proposal Reviewer, Austrian Science Fund, Spring 2014.
Manuscript Reviewer, National Conferences on Undergraduate Research Proceedings,
2011.
Proposal Reviewer, Zed Books, Summer 2010.
Proposal Reviewer, Zed Books, Fall 2009.
Manuscript Reviewer, Social Epistemology, Spring 2009.
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, Fall
2005.
Manuscript Reviewer, Teaching Philosophy, Fall 2005.
Manuscript Reviewer, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Winter 2005.