| Business Address | Department of Philosophy | |
| Macalester College | ||
| 1600 Grand Avenue | ||
| St. Paul, MN 55105 | ||
| Phone | 651-696-6172 | |
| Fax | 651-696-6008 | |
| warren@macalester.edu | ||
| Web Page | http://www.macalester.edu/~warren | |
| Education | Ph.D. Philosophy 1978 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst |
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M.A. Philosophy 1974
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University of Massachusetts-Amherst | |
| B.A. Philosophy 1970 | University of Minnesota | |
| Summa Cum Laude | ||
| Teaching, Service, Scholarship Awards |
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| 2004, Women's Chair in Humanistic Studies | Marquette University | |
| 2003, Oxford Round Table Scholar | Oxford University, UK | |
| 2000, Macalester College | Educator of the Year Award | |
| 1998, Feminist Teacher Award | "Rewriting the Future" selected for an anthology of "greatest hits" from Feminist Teacher's first ten volumes | |
| 1997, American Philosophical Association (APA) | Honored for Teaching Excellence | |
| 1996, Macalester College | Excellence in Teaching Award | |
| 1995, Ecofeminist Scholar-in-Residence |
Murdoch University |
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| 1994, International Communications Film & Video Festival (INTERCOM) | 1st Place Gold Hugo Award in General Education for video "Thinking Out Loud: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills" | |
| 1993, Northeastern Illinois University | Recognition for Distinguished Service to Higher Education | |
| 1970, University of Minnesota | Brodeck Scholarship in Philosophy for Outstanding Philosophy Student | |
| 1969, University of Minnesota | Phi Beta Kappa | |
| Full-Time Academic Employment | ||
| 1985-Present, Macalester College | Full Professor (since 1997) | |
| 2004, Women's Chair in Humanistic Studies | Marquette University | |
| 1995 Ecofeminist Scholar-in-Residence | Murdoch University, Western Australia | |
| 1978-85 St. Olaf College | Assistant Professor | |
| Publications | ||
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| Gendering the History of Western Philosophy: Pairs ot Men and Women Philosophers from the 4th Century B.C.E. to the Present, with Lead Essay, Chapter Commentaries and Introductions | Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007 | |
| Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Radical Ecology, 4th edition, co-ed. Michael Zimmerman, J. Baird Callicott, George Sessions, Karen J. Warren, and Irene Flaver | Prentice-Hall, 2004 | |
| Ecofeminism: Women, Culture, Nature, ed. Karen J. Warren | Indiana University Press, 1997 | |
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Bringing Peace Home: Feminism, Violence, and Nature, co-ed. Karen J. Warren and Duane L. Cady |
Indiana University Press, 1996 | |
| Ecological Feminist Philosophies, ed. Karen J. Warren | Indiana University Press, 1996 | |
| Ecological Feminism, ed. Karen J. Warren | Routledge, 1994 | |
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| APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy, vol. 93 (1), 1994, ed. | Special Issue on Feminism and Peace | |
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Hypatia, vol. 9 (2), 1994, ed. |
Special Issue on Feminism and Peace | |
| APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy, vol. 90 (3), 1990 and vol. 91 (1), 1992 | Special Issues on Feminism and the Environment | |
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Hypatia, vol. 6 (1), 1991 |
Special Issue on Ecological Feminism | |
| APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy, vol. 88 (2), 1989 |
Special Issue on Reason, Rationality, and Gender |
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“Connecting Feminism, Ecology, and Religion: The Role of Ecofeminist Spiritualities and Practices” |
in Towards Ecofeminism (Center for Gender and Women's Studies at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion at Tenri University, Tenri, Japan: 2003): 12-21 | |
Ecofeminism and Environmental Ethics: An Analysis of Ecofeminist Theory |
by David Kronlid, Uppsala , Sweden : Uppsala University Press, 2003 | |
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Environment & Values: Symposium on Karen J. Warren's Ecofeminist Philosophy | ed. Vicki Davion (Indiana University Press, Vol. 7, no. 2 (Autumn, 2002) |
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Special Session of the American Philosophical Association, Central Division Meetings, on Karen J. Warren's Ecofeminist Philosophy |
Sponsored by the International Society for Environmental Ethics (April, 2002) | |
| Special Session of the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meetings, on Karen J. Warren's Ecofeminist Philosophy | Sponsored by the Society for Women in Philosophy and Radical Philosophy Association (December, 2001) | |
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Biography Included in Feminists Who Changed America , 1963-1975 |
ed. Barbara Love ( University of Illinois Press, 2006) | |
“Getting Here from There” |
in Singing in the Fire: Stories of Women in Philosophy, ed. Linda Alcoff ( Lanham , MD : Rowman & Littlefield, 2003): 153-166 |
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"The Quilt of Ecological Feminism: An Interview with Karen J.Warren" |
Danielle Wirth and Pat Boddy, woman of power, Issue Twenty (Spring, 1991): 64-68 | |
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“The Power and the Promise of Ecological Feminism,” appears in almost every textbook in Environmental Ethics/Philosophy and is being translated into Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin), French, Japanese and Persian.. |
Environmental Ethics, vol. 12 (2), 1990: 125-46 | |
| Ecofeminist Philosophy: A Western Perspective on What It Is and Why It Matters is being translated into Spanish. | Lanham , MD : Rowman & Littlefield, 2000 | |
| Ecological Feminist Philosophies is being translated into Spanish | Indiana University Press, 1996 | |
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“The Power and the Promise of Ecofeminism, Revisited” |
in Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Radical Ecology, 4th Edition.eds. Michael E. Zimmerman, J. Baird Callicot, Karen J. Warren, Irene J. Klaver, John Clark (Engle- wood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2004): 252-279 | |
| "Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Education: An Ecofeminist Philosophical Perspective on the Importance of Gender" | in Sustainable Development: A Challenge for Higher Education, eds. John Blewett and Cedric Cullingform: Earthscan: London, 2004 | |
”The Philosophical Foundation of a New Land Ethic" |
in The Land Ethic Toolbox: Using Ethics, Emotion and Spiritual Values to Advance American Land Conservation, ed. Bob Perschel (Washington D.C.: The Wilderness Society, 2004) : 12-16 | |
“The Role of Selected Critical Thinking Skills in Understanding, Communicating, and Implementing Leopold's Land Ethic" |
in The Land Ethic Toolbox: ed. Bob Perschel (The Wilderness Society, 2004): 18-21 | |
| "Feminist Slants on Nature and Health: Dialogue between Hilde Nelson and Karen J. Warren" | Journal of Medical Humanities, Vol. 23, no. 1 (2001) | |
| "Must Everyone Be Vegetarian?" | Ecofeminist Journal ( 2001) | |
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"Aldo Leopold's ‘The Land Ethic' and Ecofeminism" |
Environment and Organization (2001). See also Reflections |
| "Care-Sensitive Ethics and Situated Universalism" | Global Environmental Ethics, ed. N. Low, Routledge, 1999: 131-45 | |
| "Environmental Justice: Some Ecofeminist Worries About A Distributive Model" | Environmental Ethics, vol. 21 (2), 1999: 151-61 | |
| "Peacekeeping and Philosophy: A Critique of Sterba's Justice Here and Now" | Journal of Social Philosophy, vol. 3 (3), 1999: 411-23 | |
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"Ecofeminist Philosophy and Deep Ecology" |
Philosophical Dialogues: Arne Naess and the Progress of Ecophilosophy, eds. N. Witoszek and A. Brennan, Rowman & Littlefield, 1999: 255-69 |
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"Taking Empirical Data Seriously" |
Ecofeminism: Women, Culture, Nature, ed. K.J. Warren, Indiana University Press, 1997: 3-20 | |
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"Ecofeminism and the Longing for Home" |
The Longing for Home, ed. L. Rouner, University of Notre Dame Press, 1997: 217-29 |
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"Feminism and Peace: Seeing Connections," co-authored with Duane L. Cady |
Bringing Peace Home, eds. K. J. Warren and D. Cady, Indiana University Press: 1996: 1-15 | |
"Agenda 21 and Women: An Ecofeminist Perspective" |
Proceedings on Interdisciplinary Conference Held at the United Nations on the Ethical Issues Embedded in the United Nations Program on Environment and Development, Agenda 21, " January 13-14, 1994 (New York: United Nations, 1994): 321-338 |
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| "Toward an Ecofeminist Peace Politics" | Ecological Feminism, ed. K. J. Warren, Routledge, 1994: 179-99 | |
| "A Philosophical Perspective on Ecofeminist Spiritualities" |
Ecofeminism and the Sacred, ed. C. Adams, Continuum/Crossroads Books, 1993: 119-32 |
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"Women and Technology: An Ecofeminist Philosophical Perspective" |
Research in Philosophy and Technology, guest ed. J. Rothschild, vol. 13 (1993): 13-19 | |
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"Ecosystem Ecology and Metaphysical Ecology: A Case Study," co-authored with Jim Cheney |
Environmental Ethics, Summer,
vol 15 (2),1993: 99-116 |
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"Ecological Feminism and Ecosystem Ecology," co-authored with Jim Cheney |
Hypatia : Special Issue on Ecological Feminism , Vol. 6 (1) (1991): 179-197 | |
Feminism and the Environment: An Overview of the Issues" |
APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy, Vol. 90 (3) (Fall, 1991): 108-116 |
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"Toward A Feminist Peace Politics" |
Journal for Peace and Justice Studies, vol. 3 (1), 1991: 87-102 |
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"The Feminist Critique of Traditional Liberalism," co-authored with Martin Gunderson |
The American Constitutional Experiment, eds. D. Speaks and C. Peden, The Edwin Mellen Press, 1991: 387-410 | |
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"Leisure Studies and Critical Thinking," co-authored with Karen Fox |
Schole, vol. 5, 1990: 16-37 | |
"The Power and Promise of Ecological Feminism"
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Environmental Ethics, vol. 12 (2), 1990: 125-46 | |
| "Rewriting the Future: The Feminist Challenge to the Malestream Curriculum" | Feminist Teacher, vol. 4 (2/3), 1989: 46-52 | |
| "Male Gender Bias and Western Conceptions of Reason and Rationality" | APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy, vol. 88 (2), 1989: 48-53 | |
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"The Ethics of Collecting Cultural Properties" |
The Ethics of Collecting Cultural Property: Whose Cultures? Whose Properties?, ed. P. Messenger, University of New Mexico Press, 1989: 1-25 | |
| "Toward An Ecofeminist Ethic" | Studies in the Humanities, December, 1988: 140-56 |
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"Critical Thinking and Feminism" |
Informal Logic, vol. X (1), 1988: 31-42 | |
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"Reconceiving Feminism" |
Freedom, Equality, and Social Change, ed. by C. Peden and J.. Sterba. The Mellon Press, 1988: 135-46 | |
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"Feminism and Ecology: Making Connections" |
Environmental Ethics, vol. 9 (3), 1987: 3-20 | |
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| “Environmental Philosophy” | Oxford Handbook of Philosophy (submission deadline: October 15, 2007 ) | |
| "Feminist Environmentalisms" | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (On-Line) | |
| "Ecofeminism" | Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change | |
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"Feminism, Ecofeminism, and Cultural Feminism" |
International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Science | |
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"Ecofeminism" |
Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 1995 | |
| "Ecofeminism" | Conservation and Environmentalism: An Encyclopedia, 1995: 194-96 | |
| "Ecofeminism" | The Encyclopedia of the Environment, 1994: 156-58 | |
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| Review of Jim Sterba's Three Challenges to Multiculturalism: Feminism, Environmentalism, and Multiculturalism | Journal of Social Philosophy (Fall, 2002) |
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| Review of Chris Cuomo's Feminism and Ecological Communities, Barbara Johnston's Life and Death Matters, and Mary Mellor's Feminism and Ecology | Signs, Vol. 26, no. 2 (Winter 2001) | |
| Book Review of Deane Curtin's Chinnagounder's Challenge: The Question of Ecological Citizenship | Environmental Ethics (Summer, 2002) | |
| Review of Uma Narayan and Sandra Harding's Decentering the Center: Philosophy for a Multicultural, Post-Colonial, and Feminist World | The Philosopher's Magazine (Summer, 2001) | |
| The Legacy of Carolyn Merchant's The Death of Nature | Organization and the Environment, vol. 11, no. 2 (1998): 186-188 | |
| What Are They Saying About Environmental Ethics, by Pamela Smith: Book Review | Ethics (2001) | |
| Review of Thomas Attig and Donald Scherer, eds., Ethics and the Environment | Environmental Ethics, Vol. 6 (3) (Fall, 1984): 277-282 | |
| Review of Kristin Shrader-Frechette's Environmental Ethics | Environmental Ethics, Vol. 6 (2) (Summer, 1984): 175-179 | |
| International Keynote Presentations | ||
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Buenos Aires, Goteborg (Sweden), Helsinki, Moscow, Oslo, Melbourne, Perth (Australia), Rio de Janeiro, San Jose (Costa Rica), Tenri (Japan), Victoria (B.C.), Winnipeg |
Topics: Critical Thinking, Ecofeminist Philosophy, Ethics, Environmental Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Peace Studies, Social and Political Philosophy) |
| Works in Progress |
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| Gendering the History of Western Philosophy: Pairs ot Men and Women Philosophers from the 4th Century B.C.E. to the Present, with Lead Essay, Chapter Commentaries and Introductions | Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007 | |
| Panelist for EcoRes Forum E-Conference | On-line, April 14-28, 2008 | |
“Why Ecofeminism is Central to the Prairie Restoration Projects and What Naturalists Do" |
Iowa State University, Spring 2008 | |
| “Environmentalism and the Future: The Necessity of Ecofeminist Philosophy” | University of Montana at Missoula , one week in August. 2008 |
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