Ann Garry is a professor of philosophy, emerita, at
California State University, Los Angeles
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(CSULA).
While at CSULA, Garry was the founding director of the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities, and also served several terms as the chair of the Department of Philosophy.
[ She has also held several visiting appointments, including serving as the Humphrey Chair of Feminist Philosophy at the ]University of Waterloo
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[ and ]Fulbright
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lectureships at the University of Tokyo
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and Eötvös Loránd University
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in Budapest
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. Although Garry no longer teaches full-time, she continues to work with graduate students.
Education and career
Garry received her bachelor's degree
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from Monmouth College
Monmouth College is a private Presbyterian liberal arts college in Monmouth, Illinois. Monmouth enrolls approximately 900 students from 21 countries who choose courses from 40 major programs, 43 minors, and 17 pre-professional programs in a c ...
in 1965, graduating magna cum laude. She went on to receive a master's degree
A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice. from the University of Chicago
The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...
in 1966, and a PhD in Philosophy with a dissertation focused on visualizing from the University of Maryland
The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...
in 1970.[
Garry accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Philosophy at CSULA in 1969, before being promoted to Associate Professor in 1977, and full Professor in 1983][ She is now Professor Emerita.][ While a professor at CSULA, Garry served the department in a variety of roles, including acting as department chair for several terms across multiple decades.][
Besides her permanent academic appointments, Garry has served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at ]UCLA
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in the Spring semester of 1977, and served as a Visiting Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California
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in the fall of 1978, and 1979 (where she would later serve as a visiting full Professor of Philosophy in 1988.)[ Garry has also served eight terms as a visiting full Professor of Philosophy at ]UCLA
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.[
Besides for her academic appointments, Garry has contributed to her field in a variety of important ways, including being one of the founders of Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, and a founder of the ]Society for Women in Philosophy
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, Pacific Division.[ She also serves as editor for topics related to feminist philosophy for both the ]Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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and PhilPapers
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Research areas
Garry began her graduate studies during the heyday of anglophone analytic philosophy
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, and many of her original research interests reflect that.[ Her original focuses included ]epistemology
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Episte ...
, analytic metaphysics
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, philosophy of language
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, etc.[ As the ]New Left
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and the women's movement began to impact academia, Garry's research interests focused on feminism, and at re-examining traditional philosophy through a feminist point of view.[ Her current interests focus on ]intersectionality
Intersectionality is an analytical framework for understanding how aspects of a person's social and political identities combine to create different modes of discrimination and privilege. Intersectionality identifies multiple factors of adva ...
, the way in which various systems of oppression and privilege are fundamentally intertwined and shape each other.[ Garry was an early entrant in to the field of feminist philosophy, and was responsible for a significant amount of foundational work in the field, including the development of early courses in feminist philosophy, and at early attempts at integrating feminist philosophy into other philosophical areas.][ Garry was also one of the first philosophers to question whether pornography was a significant cause of gender-based violence.]
Publications
Garry has edited one anthology
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, ''Women, Knowledge, and Reality: Explorations in Feminist Philosophy'', which is a collection of 25 essays intended to highlight the ways in which feminist philosophy (and feminist philosophers) engage, critique, and challenge traditional fields of philosophy across the board. The anthology has multiple editions, including a Russian
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translation.[ Garry collaborated with fellow philosophers ]Serene Khader
Serene J. Khader is an American moral and political philosopher and feminist theorist. She is Professor and Jay Newman Chair in the Philosophy of Culture at Brooklyn College, City University of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center. Her main area ...
and Alison Stone on a volume titled ''Routledge Companion to Feminist Philosophy'', published in 2017. Garry has also published a large number of refereed book chapters, journal articles, and reviews, primarily dealing with topics related to feminism, intersectionality, philosophical and feminist methods, and sex and gender.[
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References
External links
Ann Garry on PhilPapers
Ann Garry on Academia
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Living people
American feminists
American women philosophers
Feminist philosophers
California State University, Los Angeles faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
Monmouth College alumni
University of Chicago alumni
University of Maryland, College Park alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women