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Philosophy

Rochelle (Roxy) Green, Assistant Professor

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Office: Stabler Hall, Room 307
Phone: 501-569-3109
Email: rmgreen1@ualr.edu

Introduction

I first knew I wanted to be a philosopher as an undergraduate in college. Confronted with the burden of needing to choose a major, I took as many different courses as possible, trying to figure out what I really liked. Needless to say, it was only a matter of time before I learned that I loved philosophy. I never lost interest in other fields, however, and received graduate degrees in Anthropology as well as in Philosophy.

I continue to embrace that passion for philosophy in the classroom. After completing my graduate work at the University of Oregon, I held a number of teaching positions before moving to Little Rock to join the UALR faculty, where I hope to continue sharing my enthusiasm for big questions.

Teaching Interests

My teaching interests are varied and I enjoy being in the classroom regardless of topic. I have a specific love for teaching social and political philosophy, critical race theory, German idealism, feminist philosophy, as well as various topics courses in 20th century and continental philosophy, to name just a few areas of interest. I also have continued interests in the philosophy of education and am regularly engaged with thoughts and questions concerning philosophical and critical pedagogy both inside and outside the traditional classroom setting.

Research Interests

I am currently working on several thematic questions in the philosophy of G.W.F. Hegel. I am interested in tracing Hegel’s complex connection with the Natural Law and Social Contract Traditions through his conception of alienation. Further, I’m examining the relationship between Hegel’s juxtaposition of these social and political traditions with classical political economy as exemplified by theorists like James Mill.

When not thinking about Hegel, I’m also interested in contextualizing the work on the philosophy of hope I’ve already completed within a discourse of Frankfurt School Critical Theory and working on the role of hope in contemporary global women’s political movements.

Selected Professional Activities

  • “Beauvoir’s Projects, Women and Shared Hope: A Dialogue” with Shari Starrett, Women in Philosophy Workshop: Bridging Traditions, Baltimore, MD: March 2010.
  • “The Body of Hope in Phenomenology and Marxism” Rethinking Marxism 7th International Conference, Amherst, MA: November 2009.
  • “Embodiments of Metonymy: Irigaray’s Rhizomatic Mimesis.” 33rd International Association of Philosophy and Literature Annual Conference: “Double Edges: Rhetorics/Rhizomes/Regions,” Brunel University, West London, UK: June 2009.
  • “Deriving Hope from Ethics in the Media: The Problem of Violence.” California State University, Fullerton 37th Annual Philosophy Symposium, “Confronting Torture: Perspectives and Moral Issues, Fullerton, CA: March 2007.
  • “Relation, Hope, and Mass Communication Society.” 2nd Annual Global Conference on Hope: Probing the Boundaries, Mansfield College, Oxford, UK: September 2006.

Educational Background

PhD, Philosophy
University of Oregon

MA, Anthropology
California State University, Fullerton

BA, Philosophy
California State University, Fullerton

Updated 8.15.2012