faculty

Ann Garry
Professor

Office: E&T A424
Phone: (323) 343-4176
FAX: (323) 343-4193
Email: agarry@calstatela.edu
 
Office Hours

 

Reasearch Interests

For more than three decades my primary research interests have concerned various topics in Feminist Philosophy. Some of my work has been in feminist approaches to epistemology and philosophical methods, particularly the intersection of feminist philosophy and analytic philosophy. Other papers have been on moral topics such as pornography, abortion, feminist analyses of sexuality, etc. Recently I have been writing about intersectional frameworks.

The second edition of my anthology, co-edited with Marilyn Pearsall, was published by Routledge in 1996: Women, Knowledge, and Reality: Explorations in Feminist Philosophy.

With Talia Bettcher, I co-edited Transgender Studies and Feminism: Theory, Politics, and Gender Realities (special issue of Hypatia Vol. 24:3 Summer 2009). You can find the table of contents and introduction here.

Details of my publications are on my CV. A few of the essays are linked below. I will add others later.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on "Analytic Feminism"

"Essences, Intersections, and American Feminism"

"Intersections, Social Change and 'Engaged' Theories: Implications of North American Feminism"

"Sex, Lies, and Pornography"

"Medicine and Medicalization: A Response to Purdy"

"A Minimally Decent Philosophical Method? Analytic Philosophy and Feminism"

"Abortion: Models of Responsibility"

 

Teaching Interests

In addition to teaching Phil/Womn 413 Issues in Feminist Philosophy, I also currently teach, at the upper-division level or graduate level, Phil 429 Bioethics, Phil 490 Philosophy of Law, Phil 496 Senior Seminar, and recently, Graduate Seminars on Wittgenstein and on Critiques of Epistemology. I teach in the GE Theme on Gender--Phil 327 Philosophy, Gender and Culture. At the lower-division level, I sometimes teach Phil 220 Contemporary Moral Issues in a Multicultural Society.

From 2002-2004 I was Director of the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities on campus. This center offers many interesting programs that you'll find on its website.

 

Advising, Office Hours, and Current Syllabi

I am an undergraduate advisor for both the Prelaw and General Options. If my office hours are not convenient for you, email me to arrange another time. The Philosophy Department website contains the current quarter's office hours.

My current syllabi are on the WebCT sites for my courses. The courses may be viewed by anyone with a Cal State LA computer account. Others are welcome to email me for access. My UCLA feminist philosophy course can be found at http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/08S/womenm110c-1.