Linda Martín Alcoff
Encyclopedia
Linda Martín Alcoff is a philosopher at the City University of New York
who specializes in epistemology, feminism
, race theory and existentialism
. She is currently the vice president of the APA
, Eastern Division. She earned her PhD in Philosophy from Brown University
. She was recognized as the distinguished Woman Philosopher of 2005 by the Society for Women in Philosophy and APA
and is listed on Hispanic Business
's 2006 "100 Most Influentials." She began teaching at Hunter College
and the City University of New York Graduate Center in early 2009.
She has also written over fifty articles on subjects including Foucault, sexual violence, the politics of epistemology, gender and race identity, and Latino issues.
City University of New York
The City University of New York is the public university system of New York City, with its administrative offices in Yorkville in Manhattan. It is the largest urban university in the United States, consisting of 23 institutions: 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E...
who specializes in epistemology, feminism
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
, race theory and existentialism
Existentialism
Existentialism is a term applied to a school of 19th- and 20th-century philosophers who, despite profound doctrinal differences, shared the belief that philosophical thinking begins with the human subject—not merely the thinking subject, but the acting, feeling, living human individual...
. She is currently the vice president of the APA
American Philosophical Association
The American Philosophical Association is the main professional organization for philosophers in the United States. Founded in 1900, its mission is to promote the exchange of ideas among philosophers, to encourage creative and scholarly activity in philosophy, to facilitate the professional work...
, Eastern Division. She earned her PhD in Philosophy from Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
. She was recognized as the distinguished Woman Philosopher of 2005 by the Society for Women in Philosophy and APA
American Philosophical Association
The American Philosophical Association is the main professional organization for philosophers in the United States. Founded in 1900, its mission is to promote the exchange of ideas among philosophers, to encourage creative and scholarly activity in philosophy, to facilitate the professional work...
and is listed on Hispanic Business
Hispanic Business
Hispanic Business, Inc. is a media company based in Goleta, California, in the United States of America. The firm was founded by Jesús Chavarría in 1979 and its publications are oriented towards Hispanic professionals and entrepreneurs.-Publications:...
's 2006 "100 Most Influentials." She began teaching at Hunter College
Hunter College
Hunter College, established in 1870, is a public university and one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hunter grants undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in more than one hundred fields of study, and is recognized...
and the City University of New York Graduate Center in early 2009.
Selected bibliography
- Constructing the Nation: A Race and Nationalism Reader - editor (2009)
- The Blackwell Guide to Feminist Philosophy - editor (2006)
- Real Knowing : New Versions of Coherence Theory (1996)
She has also written over fifty articles on subjects including Foucault, sexual violence, the politics of epistemology, gender and race identity, and Latino issues.