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 Ann Dolinko

Ann Dolinko, Professor of Philosophy and Social Sciences

Dolinko has been a member of the Shimer faculty since 1996.  She has taught the entire Social Sciences core numerous times and also teaches in the Natural Sciences and Humanities.  Before joining Shimer Dolinko taught at Loyola University

in Chicago.  She has served in a number of administrative positions at Shimer, and presently serves as Associate Dean of the College.

“At Shimer we explore texts together in a community of learners, giving all of us the opportunity to continually expand our intellectual horizons.”—Ann Dolinko

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Philosophy, with distinction, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, 1997
M.A., Philosophy, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, 1989
B.A., Philosophy and Psychology, Lake Forest College, Illinois, 1986
           
RECENT ELECTIVES AND TUTORIALS TAUGHT
   
Feminist Theories
Social and Political Activism
Gender and Film
Genesis and Exodus
Construction of Subjectivity
Husserl and Heidegger

AREAS OF INTEREST/SPECIALIZATION

Contemporary Continental Philosophy
Feminist Theory
Feminist Theology
Gender Studies
Jewish Theology
Social and Political Philosophy
Queer Theory

Other areas of teaching competence include History of Philosophy, Literary Theory, Critical Theory, Pragmatism, and Philosophy of Social Science.

HONORS

Schmitt University Dissertation Fellowship, Loyola University Chicago, 1994/95
   
President's Medallion, Competitively awarded to one Loyola University graduate student per year for excellence in scholarship, leadership, and service, Loyola University Chicago, 1993

Graduated Cum Laude, Lake Forest College, 1985
           
PUBLICATIONS AND COLLOQUIA

“A Postmodern Feminist Encounters the Great Books,” presented at Association of Core Texts Conference,  Irving, TX,  April 12, 2004
   
“Poststructuralism and Emancipatory Politics,” presented at a Plenary Session at the Third International Radical Philosophy Association Conference, San Francisco, CA, November 5, 1998

"A Postmodern Feminist Critique of Capitalism,"  presented at the Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Atlanta, GA, December 28, 1996.
   
"Performing the Self as Actor: Emancipatory Strategies for Women," at the Midwest Scholars and Activists Conference, Chicago, IL, October 28,1993.

"Performing the Scene of Gender: Irigaray, Butler, and Beauvoir,"  to the Philosophy Honors Society, Lake Forest College,  Lake Forest, IL, January 21, 1992.

"The Juxtaposition of the Cogito and Dasein:  Heidegger and Descartes on Subjectivity," to the Philosophy Honors Society, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL, February 17, 1987.

"Postmodernism and Feminism."  Community lecture sponsored by Guild Complex. Chicago, IL, September 16, 1994.

"A Feminist Expansion of Philosophical Pedagogy."  Presented in the series, "Talk About Theory: Pedagogy at Risk," sponsored by the Loyola University Chicago Graduate Programs in English, Modern Languages and Literatures, and the Department of Philosophy.  Chicago, March 23, 1994.

"Which Way Forward for the Women's Movement."  Panel discussion featuring the Chicago Director of the National Organization of Women, and myself, sponsored by Loyola University of Chicago Women's Center.  Chicago, January 27, 1994.

"Integrating Teaching and Research."  Two presentations to the Loyola University  Teaching Fellowship Program.  Loyola University Chicago, October 21,1993.

"Making the Transition From Student to Teacher."  Presented to the Loyola University Graduate School, September 17, 1993