Ph.D. Philosophy, 1994.
B.A. Philosophy, minor in Mathematics, 1985.

Dissertation: Conflicted Subjects, Politics and Theories: The Subject and Sexual Difference in Psychoanalytic, Marxian and Poststructuralist Feminisms. Advisor: Douglas Kellner. Committee Members: Ann Cvetkovich, Kathleen Higgins, Louis Mackey, Kelly Oliver, Robert C. Solomon.

Areas of Specialization: Twentieth Century Continental Philosophy, Feminist Theory

Areas of Competence: Nineteenth Century Continental Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Ethics, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Race, Internet Studies

Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies, 7/03-present. Graduate Faculty.

Lecturer, Departments of Interdisciplinary Studies and Philosophy and Religion, part-time 7/95-12/98, full-time 1/99-6/03. 

Director of Internet Studies,12/02-present. Member of the Women's Studies faculty, 8/02-present. Member of Labor Studies Faculty. Faculty in Watauga College, an alternative residential general education program for first and second year students, 8/95-present.

Adjunct Faculty, Philosophy and Humanities, 8/97-12/97.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy, 9/93-6/95.

Lecturer, Philosophy, 9/91-6/92.

Assistant Instructor, Philosophy, 9/90-6/91.

Academic Assistant, Philosophy, 9/89-6/90.

Teaching Assistant, Philosophy, 9/85-6/89.

Instructor, Humanities, 1/88-6/88.

Histories of Knowledges (Appalachian State University)

Marx's Capital (Appalachian State University)

Internet Studies (Appalachian State University)

Freud Seminar (Appalachian State University)

Senior Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies (Appalachian State University)

Nietzsche, Marx and Freud (Appalachian State University)

Marx and Marxisms (Appalachian State University)

Contemporary Feminist Philosophy (Colby College)

Contemporary Continental Philosophy (Colby College)

Nineteenth Century Philosophy (Colby College)

History of Ancient Philosophy (Colby College)

Social and Political Philosophy (Colby College)

Feminist Philosophies (St. Lawrence University)

Lower Division Courses:

Frames (Watauga College at Appalachian State)

Textures (Watauga College at Appalachian State University)

Marx for Beginners (Watauga College at Appalachian State University)

Love and Death: Introduction to Freud (Watauga College at Appalachian State University)

Tools of Human Understanding (Watauga College at Appalachian State University)

American Stories (Watauga College at Appalachian State University)

Honors Introduction to Philosophy (Appalachian State University)

Introduction to Philosophy (Appalachian State University)

Social Issues and Ethics (Appalachian State University)

Logic I (Appalachian State University)

Self and World (East Tennessee State University)

Philosophy of Race and Gender (Colby College)

Moral Philosophy (Colby College)

Self and Society (Colby College)

Reality, Knowledge and Language (St. Lawrence University)

Contemporary Moral Problems (University of Texas at Austin)

Introduction to Philosophy (Austin Community College)

"Organizing Marx's Multitude: A Composition on Decomposition." Forthcoming in Rethinking Marxism.

"Stealing Guilt: Freud, Twain, Augustine and the Question of Moral Luck." American Imago, vol. 63, no. 4: 445-461, Winter 2006. 

"Virtual Reality." The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information. Ed. Luciano Floridi. London: Blackwell, 2004. 167-177.

"A Post-Marxist Look at Pre-Marxism." Review of Warren Breckman, Marx, the Young Hegelians, and the Origins of Radical Social Theory: Dethroning the Self (Cambridge University Press, 1999). Freeindiamedia.com.

Originally published in Other Voices: The (e)Journal of Cultural Criticism, vol. 2, no. 2, March 2002.

Republished in Proceedings of WebNet 2001: World Conference on the WWW and Internet, Orlando, Florida, October 23-27, 2001. Eds. Wendy A. Lawrence-Fowler, Joachim Hasebrook. AACE 2001, 1290.

Originally published in Jouvert: A Journal of Postcolonial Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, July 1998. <http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/jouvert/v2i1/stan.htm>.

"Speaking As, Speaking For and Speaking With: The Pitfalls and Possibilities of Men Teaching Feminism."Feminist Teacher, vol. 11, no. 1: 10-19, Spring/Summer 1997.

Chaired Internet Studies Panel Discussion. Appalachian State University, April 26, 2004.

Refereed roundtable presentation at “Internet Research 4.0: Broadening the Band,” the fourth annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, Toronto, Canada, October 18, 2003

Presented at "Chancellor’s Technology Conference," Appalachian State University, March 28, 2001.

 

Presented by Thomas Van Gilder at "WebNet 2001: World Conference on the WWW and Internet," Orlando, Florida, October 23-27, 2001.

Refereed presentation at "Marxism 2000: Rethinking Marxism's Fourth International Gala Conference," University of Massachusetts at Amherst, September 21, 2000.

 

Refereed presentation at the Southeastern Women's Studies Association 22nd Annual Conference "Converging Terrains: Gender, Environment, Technology and the Body," North Carolina State University, March 28, 1999.

Refereed presentation at the Intermountain Philosophy Conference, East Tennessee State University, October 11, 1997.

Invited colloquy presented at East Tennessee State University, February 14, 1997.

 

Refereed presentation at the Intermountain Philosophy Conference, Western Carolina University, October 19, 1996.

Presented at the Twelfth Annual Colby College Women's Studies Colloquia Series, March 17, 1994.

Refereed presentation at the Northern New England Philosophy Association, Plymouth State College, October 22, 1993.

Refereed presentation at the conference "Comparativism: Cultural Studies Across the Disciplines," University of Texas at Austin, October 6, 1990.

Refereed presentation at the Twelfth Annual National Women's Studies Association Conference "Feminist Education: Calling the Question," University of Akron, June 21, 1990.

Internet Studies reviewer for Houghton Mifflin, December 2005.

Internet Studies consultant for Rosen Publishing Group, October 2005.

Chaired Departmental Committe on Watauga College Leadership, Spring 2005.

Served on the Women’s Studies Curriculum Committee, Fall 2004 and Spring 2005.

Served on Post-Tenure review committee of Dr. Peter Reichle, Fall 2004 - Fall 2006.

Director of Internet Studies at Appalachian State University, and a founding member of the Internet Studies Academic Advisory Board and Internet Studies Committee, December 2002-present.

Chaired Departmental Committe on Watauga College Leadership, Spring 2005.

Referee for Issues in Integrative Studies, November 2002.

Member of the Appalachian State University Women’s Studies Faculty, August 2001-present.

Member of the Watauga College Governance and Curriculum Committees, August 2000-present.

Web page editor for the Interdisciplinary Studies Department and Watauga College at Appalachian State Univeristy, May 1999-present. <http://www.ids.appstate.edu>

Editorial Consultant, NWSA Journal, Special Issue on "Woman Created, Woman Transfigured, Woman Consumed," June 1998-September 1998.

Referee for the North American Society for Social Philosophy book series, Volume 12, from the XII International Social Philosophy Conference, October 1995.

Member of the Colby College Women's Studies Faculty, August 1993-June 1995.

Member of the St. Lawrence University Gender Studies Advisory Committee, September 1991-June 1992.