Elizabeth Kiss
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Elizabeth Kiss is currently serving as the eighth president of Agnes Scott College
in Decatur, Georgia
.
and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, where she received her D.Phil in 1990.
Prior to joining Agnes Scott, she was the Nannerl O. Keohane director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics and an associate professor of the practice of political science and philosophy at Duke University
. Kiss has taught at Randolph-Macon College
, Princeton University
, and Deep Springs College
. Kiss also was a fellow at Harvard University
and with the National Humanities Center
.
Agnes Scott College
Agnes Scott College is a private undergraduate college in the United States. Agnes Scott's campus lies in downtown Decatur, Georgia, nestled inside the perimeter of the bustling metro-Atlanta area....
in Decatur, Georgia
Decatur, Georgia
Decatur is a city in, and county seat of, DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. With a population of 19,335 in the 2010 census, the city is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple zip codes in unincorporated DeKalb County bear the Decatur name...
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Biography
Kiss received her undergraduate degree in 1983 from Davidson CollegeDavidson College
Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. The college has graduated 23 Rhodes Scholars and is consistently ranked in the top ten liberal arts colleges in the country by U.S. News and World Report magazine, although it has recently dropped to 11th in U.S. News...
and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, where she received her D.Phil in 1990.
Prior to joining Agnes Scott, she was the Nannerl O. Keohane director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics and an associate professor of the practice of political science and philosophy at Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
. Kiss has taught at Randolph-Macon College
Randolph-Macon College
Randolph–Macon College is a private, co-educational liberal arts college located in Ashland, Virginia, United States, near the capital city of Richmond. Founded in 1830, the school has an enrollment of over 1,200 students...
, Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, and Deep Springs College
Deep Springs College
Deep Springs is a private, all-male , alternative college in Deep Springs, California, in the United States. A two-year college, the institution currently aims for a student body size of 26, though the number is occasionally lower...
. Kiss also was a fellow at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and with the National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center
The National Humanities Center is an independent institute for advanced study in the humanities. It is the only major independent institute for advanced study in all fields of the humanities in the United States. The NHC operates as a privately incorporated nonprofit and is not part of any...
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Works
- "Democracy and the Politics of Recognition", in Democracy's Edges, edited by Ian Shapiro and Casiano Hacker-Cordon (1999), Cambridge University Press.
- "Saying We're Sorry: Liberal Democracy and the Rhetoric of Collective Identity", Constellations, vol. 4 no. 3 (1998), pp. 387-398.
- "In Praise of Eccentricity: Character, Moral Education, and Democracy", in The Power of Character, edited by Michael S. Josephson and Wes Hanson (1998), pp. 327-335, Jossey-Bass.
- "Justice", in A Companion to Feminist Philosophy, edited by Alison M. Jaggar and Iris Marion Young (1998), pp. 487-499, Oxford: Blackwell.
- "Conscience and Moral Psychology: Reflections on Thomas Hill's 'Four Conceptions of Conscience'", in Integrity and Conscience, edited by Robert Adams and Ian Shapiro (1998), pp. 69-76.
External links
- Biography - Agnes Scott CollegeAgnes Scott CollegeAgnes Scott College is a private undergraduate college in the United States. Agnes Scott's campus lies in downtown Decatur, Georgia, nestled inside the perimeter of the bustling metro-Atlanta area....
- Elizabeth Kiss ' 83 Named Eighth President of Agnes Scott College - Davidson CollegeDavidson CollegeDavidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. The college has graduated 23 Rhodes Scholars and is consistently ranked in the top ten liberal arts colleges in the country by U.S. News and World Report magazine, although it has recently dropped to 11th in U.S. News...
- Duke's Elizabeth Kiss to Head to Agnes Scott - Duke UniversityDuke UniversityDuke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
- Elizabeth Kiss Elected Eighth President of Agnes Scott - collegenews.org