Address

Department of Philosophy and Religion
268 Case Annex
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, Kentucky 40475
(859)622-2574
l-newhart@msn.com or Laura.Newhart@eku.edu

Education

2000    Ph.D.        Bowling Green State University         Applied Philosophy
1992    M.A.         Miami University of Ohio                  Philosophy
1988    B.A.          University of Cincinnati                     Philosophy

AOS                  20th Century European Philosophy, Feminist Theory, Medical Ethics

AOC                  Ethical Theory, Social and Political Philosophy, Aesthetics

Dissertation

Postmodern Procreation: Subjectivities and Sexual Difference beyond Phallocentrism

Committee:   Donald Callen, Kathleen Dixon, Sara Worley, Ellen Berry
Dissertation Abstract

Academic Appointments: Present

2001-            Eastern Kentucky University                    Assistant Professor

Academic Appointments: Past

1997-2001    Northern Kentucky University                 Adjunct Instructor
1997-2000    University of Cincinnati, Clermont            Adjunct Assistant Professor
1996-1997    College of Mount St. Joseph                   Adjunct Instructor
1996-1997    Indiana University, East                           Adjunct Instructor
1995 Fall       University of Cincinnati, Main                  Adjunct Instructor
1995 Fall       Xavier University                                    Adjunct Instructor

Graduate Assistantships and Fellowships

1992-1996    Bowling Green State University
1989-1991    Miami University of Ohio

Courses Taught

        Lower Division Undergraduate

            Beginning Philosophy (EKU)
            Beginning Ethics (EKU, 3 times, 2001-2003)
            Practical Reasoning (EKU, Spring 2004, Summer 2004)
            Introduction to Women's Studies (EKU, Spring 2003)
            Honors Humanities I &II (EKU)
            Philosophy and Sexuality (NKU, Summer 2000, Fall 2000)
            Contemporary Moral Issues (UC, Clermont, 12 times 1997-2000)
            Introduction to Modern Philosophy (UC, Clermont, Summer 1999)
            Ideas in Philosophy: Philosophy and Art (NKU, Fall 1999)
            Introduction to Philosophy (NKU, 6 times 1999-2001)
            Introduction to Logic (NKU, Spring 1998)
            History of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy (NKU, 4 times 1997-1999)
            Personal and Social Ethics (IUE, Summer 1997)
            Critical Thinking (Mt. St. Joseph, Summer 1997, IUE, Fall 1996)
            Ethics as Introduction to Philosophy (Xavier University, Fall 1995)
            Introduction to Ethics (BGSU, Spring 1993)
            Introduction to Philosophy (BGSU, Fall 1992)

        Upper Division Undergraduate

            Philosophy of Art (EKU, Spring 2005)
            Feminist Theory and Practice (EKU, Fall 2004)
            Health and Biomedical Ethics (EKU, 4 times 2001-2005)
            Existentialism and Postmodernism (EKU, Spring 2003)
            20th Century Philosophy (EKU, Fall 2001)
            Health Care Ethics (NKU, 6 times 1997-2000)
            Topics in Philosophy: Aesthetics (NKU, Fall 1999)
            Philosophy of Women (NKU, Spring 1997)
            Health Care Ethics (College of Mt. St. Joseph, Summer 1996)
            Philosophy of Feminism (BGSU, Fall 1993, Fall 1994, Spring 1996)
            Feminist Political Philosophy (UC, Fall 1995)
            Theory of Knowledge (Xavier University, Fall 1995)
            Aesthetics (BGSU, Spring 1994, Spring 1995)

Teaching Assistantships

            Formal Logic (Miami University, Fall 1990, Spring & Fall 1991)
            Contemporary Feminism (Miami University, Spring 1990)
            Problems of Moral and Social Value (Miami University, Fall 1989)

Research Assistantships

Fall 1989-Spring 1990         Research assistant to Dr. Kelly Oliver.
Responsibilities included library research in preparation for Contemporary Feminism course and editing and proofreading Dr. Oliver's book Reading Kristeva: Unraveling the Double Bind.

Summer 1993        Research Assistant to Dr. Kathleen Dixon.
Responsibilities included compiling and indexing an interdisciplinary collection of feminist curricular materials to be used by instructors of Women's Studies courses.

Publications

Book review of Identities by Linda Martin Alcoff and Eduardo Mendieta. Teaching Philosophy. September, 2004.

Conference Presentations

"Experiential Reports in the Introductory Philosophy Classroom," presented at American Association of Philosophy Teachers         15th Biennial Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, August 2004, University of Toledo, Toledo.

"The Use of Dramatic Productions in Introductory Philosophy Courses," presented at American Association of Philosophy
    Teachers 14th Biennial Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy, August 2002, Thomas More College, Northern
    Kentucky.

"The Discussion Continues: A Dialogue Between Baby Boom and Generation X Feminists," a moderated panel discussion for
    Women's History Month, March 2002, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond.

"Expanding the Matrix of Intelligibility: Making Gender Trouble with Madonna," presented at the American Society for
    Aesthetics Annual Eastern Division Meeting, March 1995, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green.

"Cathex it or Forget It: Women, Writing, Philosophy, and Depression," presented at the Society for Women in Philosophy
    Eastern Division Spring Conference, March 1995, Muhlenberg College, Allentown.

"Hysteria, Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome, and the Feminization of Social Space," presented at the 1994
    National Women's Studies Association Conference, June 1994, Iowa State University, Ames.

Professional Service

Department-level

Participant in Philosophy Club Debate: Should  the US Permit Same Sex Marriages or Same Sex Civil Unions?," Department of Philosophy and Religion, Eastern Kentucky University, October 27, 2004.

Academic Practices Committee, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Eastern Kentucky University, 2002-2005.

Co-advisor for Student Philosophy Club, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Eastern Kentucky University, 2002-2005.

Participant in Philosophy Club Debate: "The Value of Higher Education?," Department of Philosophy and Religion,
Eastern Kentucky University, October 21, 2003.

Participant in Philosophy Club Debate: "Is Love a Good Thing?," Department of Philosophy and Religion, Eastern Kentucky University, October 30, 2002.

Participant in Philosophy Club Debate: "Are Human Beings Naturally Good or Evil?," Department of Philosophy and Religion, Eastern Kentucky University, March 12, 2002.

College-level

Member of Pre-med Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University, 2002-2004.

Member of Women's Studies Advisory Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University, 2003-2004.

Member of  Teaching/Curriculum Subcommittee of the Women's Studies Advisory Committee, College of Arts and Sciences,
Eastern Kentucky University, 2003-2004.

Alternate member of Sabbatical Leave Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University, 2002-2003.

University-level

Faculty Advisor for Women's Activist Group/FMLA, Eastern Kentucky University, 2004-2005

Mentor for Women Involved in Living and Learning, Eastern Kentucky University, 2002-2004.

Co-trainer for Quick Recall team, Eastern Kentucky University, 2003-2004.

Profession-level

At-large Delegate to the Board of Officers of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers, 2005-2007

Program Committee, Eastern Society for Women in Philosophy Spring Conference, February, 2004.

Book review of Destined for Evil? edited by Pedrag Cicovacki, Prentic Hall Publishers, Spring 2003.

Member of American Philosophical Association, 2002-2004.

Reviewer for Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, edited by Linda Lopez McAlister, Joanne Beil Waugh,
and Cheryl A. Hall, 1996-1998.

References Available Upon Request