Amy R. Baehr
amy.baehr@hofstra.edu
11/22/08

Education

Ph.D. Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony Brook (5/97)
M.A. Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony Brook (12/94)
B.A. Philosophy & German, Dickinson College, Summa cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa (5/88)

Areas of Specialization                     

Feminist Philosophy
Contemporary Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Law

Additional Interests                           

Ethics and Applied Ethics
History of Women Philosophers

Books Edited
Varieties of Feminist Liberalism.  Edited collection of essays, with introduction.  Rowman and Littlefield, 2004.

Journal Articles (Double-Blind Peer Review)
"Conservatism, Feminism, and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese." Forthcoming in Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy 24(2)(April-June 2009).

“Perfectionism, Feminism, and Public Reason.” Law and Philosophy 27(2)(March 2008): 193-222.

“Feminist Politics and Feminist Pluralism: Can We Do Feminist Political Theory without Theories of Gender?” Journal of Political Philosophy 12(4)(December 2004): 411-436. Reprinted in Deborah Orr, Diana Taylor, Eileen Kahl, Kathleen Earle, Christa Rainwater, and Linda Lopez McAlister, eds., Feminist Politics: Identity, Difference, and Agency (Rowman and Littlefield, 2007): 213-242.

"A Feminist Liberal Approach to Hate Crime Legislation." The Journal of Social Philosophy 34(1) (Spring 2003): 134-152.  Reprinted in Baehr, ed., Varieties of Feminist Liberalism (Rowman and Littlefield, 2004): 265-286.

"Towards a New Feminist Liberalism: Okin, Rawls, and Habermas."  Hypatia 11(1) (Winter 1996): 49-66.  Reprinted in volume 3 of The Philosophy of Rawls: A Collection of Essays. Volume editor: Henry S. Richardson; series editors Henry S. Richardson and Paul J. Weithman, (New York: Garland Publishing, 1999): 295-312.

Encyclopedia Articles
“Feminismus und Politik.”  Habermas-Handbuch: Leben, Werk, Wirkung.  Editors: Hauke Brunkhorst, Regina Kreide, Cristina Lafont. Forthcoming. (Stuttgart/Weimar: Verlag J.B. Metzler, 2009).

"Liberal Feminism.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2007.  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-liberal/

Other Published Work
“Rights, Life, and the Unborn.”  Newsday (Opinion) 10/14/07.

“The Issue is Not Equal Shares.”  Newsday (Opinion) 3/25/07.

“Weighing Hevesi’s Ethical Dilemma.” Newsday (Opinion) 11/24/06.

"Introduction" in A. Baehr, ed., Varieties of Feminist Liberalism (Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2004): 1-20. 

"Liberalism in Recent Feminist Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Law."  American Philosophical Association Newsletter for Philosophy of Law 2(1) (Fall 2002): 150-154.

"The Millennium, Big Deal?" in The Manuscript, (Moravian College's literary magazine).  (Spring 2000): 18-20.

"Report on the APA\AAPT-Sponsored Seminar on Teaching Philosophy for Advanced Graduate Students."  APA Newsletter (Fall 1996).  Also published in the AAPT Newsletter (Fall 1996).

"Feminist Ethics and Social Policy.  A Conference Report." APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy 94 (Fall 1994): 64-66.

Book Reviews
Higher Ground: From Utopianism to Realism in American Feminist Thought and Theory by Sally Kitch, in National Women’s Studies Association Journal, 14(1) (Spring 2002): 196-198.

Women’s Voices Women’s, Women’s Rights: Oxford Amnesty Lectures 1996 in Hypatia 17(1) (Winter 2002): 197-200.

Partisan or Neutral? by Michael J. White in Teaching Philosophy 23(3) (September 2000): 290-295.

Feminists Reconsider the Self ed. Diana Meyers and Feminism and Families ed. Hilde Nelson, in Constellations 4(3) (January 1998): 457-460.

Translations
"The General Crisis of Administrative Centralized Socialism: A Sketch Towards a Theory of Reproduction," by Michael Brie. Praxis International 11 (Spring 1991). Translation from the German with Igor Jasinski.

"From Patriarchal Socialism to Socialist Democracy: Thoughts on a New Theory of Society," by Reinhard Mocek.  Praxis International 11 (Spring 1991). Translation from the German with Igor Jasinski.

Paper Presentations
“Feminist Responses to Traditional and Religious Conservatism.”  Feminism and Legal Theory Project Conference. Theme:
Feminism and Religion. Emory University, May 11-12, 2007.
 “What Is Conservative Feminism?”  October 2-3, 2006.  Franklin Pierce College.  Visiting Scholar.  Public lecture plus classroom visit.
“What is Conservative Feminism?”  5/10/06.  Hofstra University Study Group.  (Massoud Fazeli, organizer).
“Toward a Rawlsian Feminism.” American Philosophical Association (Central Division) Panel. April 27-30, 2005.  Invited panelist.  (Chair: Martha Nussbaum, other Panelists: Iris Young (UofC) and Anthony Laden (U of Ill.)
"Morality and Politics: Catholicism and Feminism."  Dowling College.  Invited Speaker.  April 4, 2005.
“An Anti-Subordination Theory of Hate Crime Legislation.”  American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division) Panel.  December 27-30, 2004.  Invited panelist.
“Perfectionism, Feminism, and Public Reason.”  Hofstra University Philosophy Department Colloquium.  Dec. 1, 2004.
 “Liberalism, Feminism, and Perfectionism.”  North American Society for Social Philosophy.  Creighton University, July 29-31, 2004. 
"Feminist Perfectionism, Fundamentalism, and a Liberal Response." Feminism and Legal Theory Project.  Theme:  Feminisms and Fundamentalisms.  April 11-12, 2003.  Cornell University.
"Some Questions about Perfectionism in Feminist Political Philosophy."  Presented to the Eastern Society for Women in Philosophy.  April 7, 2002.  MIT.
"Responsibility and Desert: Reflections on September 11th."  Invited Panelist.  Moravian College.  Bethlehem, PA.  October 2, 2001.
“A Feminist Liberal Approach to Hate Crime Legislation.”  Invited paper.  Lehigh University Philosophy Department Colloquium.  February 28, 2001.
“A Feminist Liberal Approach to Hate Crime Legislation”.  Invited paper.  William Patterson University Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium.  October 31, 2000.
 “Exploring a Feminist Liberal Approach to Hate Crime Legislation.”  Invited paper.  Dickinson College Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium.  January 28, 2000.
“Irigaray, Butler, and Liberal Feminism.  Strategies for a Truly Political Feminism”.  Presented at the International Association of Women Philosophers’ Lessons from the Gyneceum:  Women Philosophizing--Past, Present, Future.  University of Massachusetts, Boston.  August 1998.
“Integrating Women into the Philosophy Curriculum.”  Presentation on a panel on Chairing a Philosophy Department, American Association of Philosophy Teachers.  Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA.  August 1998
“Prospects for a Feminist Liberalism”.  Presented, with respondent Charlotte Witt, at the Society for Women in Philosophy Spring Conference, University of New Hampshire.  March 27, 1998.
“Normative Foundations and Ontological Assumptions.”  New York Society for Women in Philosophy Ethics Workshop.  March 1998.
“Does Feminist Politics Require Grounding in an Ontology of Gender?”  Presented to the Northeast Political Science Association.  Philadelphia, PA.  November 13-15, 1997.
“Toward a Truly ‘Political’ Feminist Politics.”  Presented at the 1997 Women and Society Conference.  Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY.  June 6, 1997.
“Teaching Philosophy and the Underprivileged Student.”  Presented at the American Philosophical Association’s Central Division Meeting (American Association of Philosophy Teachers Panel).  Pittsburgh, April 23, 1997.
"Care Ethics and the Patient-Physician Relationship."  Presented at the Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Colloquium on The Patient-Physician Relationship.  SUNY at Stony Brook.  November 28, 1995.
"Remarks on Rawls and Habermas on the Liberties of the Moderns and of the Ancients."  Presented at the 12th Annual Conference of the North American Society for Social Philosophy, Colby College, Colby, Maine.  August 13, 1995.
"Practical Discourse:  Ideal or Real?"  Presented at the Kent State University Graduate Student Conference on Unforced Conversation or Unforced Communication:  Metaphor, Ideal, or Reality?  Kent State University.  April 29, 1995
"Perspectives on Justice in the Family:  Rawls, Okin, and Habermas."  New York Society for Women in Philosophy Social and Political Philosophy Workshop.  CUNY. April 28, 1995.
"Pluralism, and Justice in the Family."  Presented at the Third Annual Graduate Student Conference on The Morality of Pluralism.  SUNY at Buffalo.  April 22, 1995.
"Political Liberalism, Rawls, and Okin."  Presented at the Eastern Society for Women in Philosophy Conference.  Muhlenberg College.  March 18, 1995.

Commentator/Panel Chair
Panel Chair. Maternity. Irigaray Circle Conference.  Hofstra University, September 13, 2008.
Moderator/Commentator.  Democratic Citizenship and Gender.  Dimensions of Women’s Equal Citizenship. Hofstra Law School, November 3-4, 2006.  (Panelists:  Anne Peters, Jane Cohen, Nancy Hirschmann, Kathryn Abrams).
Panel Chair.  American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division).  December 2002. Women and Genetics.
Invited Commentator.  Georgia State Hate Crimes Conference.  Other participants: Andrew Altman (GWU), Heidi Hurd (Penn Law), Dan Kahan (Yale Law), Claudia Card (Wisconsin Phil), Michael Blake (Harvard Phil). Apr. 14-15, 2000.

Consultation (Referee)      Pacific Philosophical Quarterly (Fall 2008)
Social Philosophy Today (Fall 2008)
Hypatia, A Journal of Feminist Philosophy (Fall 1999, Summer 2004, Fall 2006, Fall 2008)
American Political Science Review (Summer 2005)
Prentice Hall Press (Summer 2004)
Cambridge University Press (Summer 2001, Spring 2002)
Indiana University Press (Spring 2001)
National Women’s Studies Association Journal (1999)

Professional Service
Coordinating Committee.  New York City Society for Women in Philosophy.  7/08 - Current
Program Committee.  New York City Society for Women in Philosophy.  1996-1997, 1999-2005, 2007- Current
Board Member at Large.  American Association of Philosophy Teachers.  1999-2001
Conference Co-Organizer.  Society for Women in Philosophy (Eastern Division) Spring Conference.
                SUNY at Stony Brook.  March 1996

Professional Affiliations                   
American Philosophical Association
Society for Women in Philosophy
American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy

Fellowships and Honors
Participant.  Dartmouth Faculty Summer Institute.  The Ethical, Social, and Legal Implications of the Human Genome Project. National Institutes of Health.  Summer 2001
Departmental Nominee, Mildred and Hilbert Wiesinger Dissertation Fellowship.  March 1995
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Dissertation Grant.  Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany.  1992-1993.  Attended Doctoral Colloquium of Professor Jürgen Habermas.
Tuition Scholarship, State University of New York at Stony Brook.  1989-1994
Phi Beta Kappa, Dickinson College.  May 1988

Study Abroad
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Dissertation Grant.  Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany.  1992 - 1993.  Attended doctoral colloquium of Professor Juergen Habermas.
Junior Year in Munich Program.  Ludwig-Maximillian Universität, Munich, Germany.  1986 - 1987