Sharyn Clough is an associate professor of Philosophy

Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...

 at Oregon State University

Oregon State University

Oregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the...

. Her specialties are philosophy of science

Philosophy of science

The philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions, foundations, methods and implications of science. It is also concerned with the use and merit of science and sometimes overlaps metaphysics and epistemology by exploring whether scientific results are actually a study of truth...

, epistemology, contemporary pragmatism

Pragmatism

Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition centered on the linking of practice and theory. It describes a process where theory is extracted from practice, and applied back to practice to form what is called intelligent practice...

, and feminist theory

Feminist theory

Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, or philosophical discourse, it aims to understand the nature of gender inequality...

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Clough studied at the University of Calgary

University of Calgary

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, where she received her AB

Bachelor of Arts

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 in Social Psychology

Social psychology

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 in 1987 and her MA

Master's degree

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 in Social Scientific Study of Religion in 1989. She earned her PhD

PHD

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 from Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University

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 in History and Philosophy of Science

History and philosophy of science

The history and philosophy of science is an academic discipline that encompasses the philosophy of science and the history of science. Although many scholars in the field are trained primarily as either historians or as philosophers, there are degree-granting departments of HPS at several...

 in 1997. Before coming to Oregon State University in 2003, she taught at Hamilton College, Le Moyne College

Le Moyne College

Le Moyne College, named after Simon Le Moyne, is a private, Jesuit college enrolling over 3,500 undergraduate and graduate students. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1946, Le Moyne is the first Jesuit college to be founded as a co-educational institution...

, Rowan University

Rowan University

Rowan University is a public university in Glassboro, New Jersey, USA with a satellite campus in Camden, New Jersey. The school was founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School on a twenty-five acre tract of land donated by the town...

, and the University of Tennessee

University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...

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She is married to Jonathan Kaplan, who is also an associate professor of Philosophy at Oregon State University.

Published books

• Beyond Epistemology: A Pragmatist Approach to Feminist Science Studies (2003, ISBN 0-7425-1464-1)
• Siblings Under the Skin: Feminism, Social Justice and Analytic Philosophy (2003, ISBN 1-888570-69-5) (editor)