Introduction
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Educational Background
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Kayley Vernallis
Assoc. Prof.
Office: 423 E & T
Phone: 343-4179
Email: kvernal@calstatela.edu
INTRODUCTION
TEACHING INTERESTS
I have a strong interdisciplinary orientation. I am also committed to active learning strategies in the classroom. I teach a large range of courses. My particular teaching interests include ethics, aesthetics, social/political philosophy, 18th-19th century European philosophy, and gender theory. I have taught special topics or graduate level courses in queer theory, film theory, communitarianism, identity politics and Freudian notions of identification, and the influence of Hegel's Master/Slave dialectics on 19th-20th century European philosophy.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My overarching interest is in the nature of meaning, particularly as it is manifested in art and lives. Current projects include a paper on gender theory in relation to 17th century Dutch still-life painting and a paper on the relationship between portraiture and self-knowledge.
Representative Professional Activities
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Publications/Presentations
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| 3-2000 |
Pearls of Wisdom: An Exercise in Promoting Multicultural Understanding and Philosophical Engagement, in Teaching Philsophy |
| Winter 1999 |
Bisexual Monogamy: Twice the Temptation but Half the Fun? in The Journal of Social Philosophy |
| Fall/Winter 1999 |
The Loss of Meaning in Faded Color Photographs, in the Journal of the American Institute for Conservation |
| Summer 1999 |
A Graceful Aging? The Aesthetics of Fading Vs. Digital Enhancement in Color Prints and Films, in Visual Resources Association Bulletin |
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D Philosophy 1992
U.C. Berkeley
Berkeley, Ca.
B.A. Philosophy 1982
Stanford
Stanford, Ca.
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