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Danne Polk

Contact:  dpolk@queertheory.com 
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Biography

Born in Pocahontas, Arkansas, raised in Ridgecrest, CA, undergraduate life in Humboldt County, CA (BA in Philosophy, Humboldt State University), spent the 1980s in New England (Cambridge, MA, Provincetown, MA, and New Hampshire), 1990s in Philadelphia, PA (MA in Philosophy at Villanova University, ABD in Philosophy at Villanova University); adjunct faculty at Villanova from 1992 - 2000, teaching Environmental Philosophy, Ecofeminism, Queer Studies, American Philosophy and Introduction to Philosophy; creator of Erratic Impact's Philosophy Research Base, queertheory.com, panphobia.com, and working on harmonicity.com, a website devoted to music and music theory. 

Organizations & Institutions

Humboldt State University (BA), Villanova University (MA, ABD -- Dissertation:  "[Queer] Identity Theory within an Ecological Perspective")

  

Fields of Study
Primary:  Queer Theory, Feminism, Philosophy, Ecofeminism, Ecology
Secondary:  Existentialism, Phenomenology
Other Interests: Backpacking, Camping, Travel, Website Development, Gardening

  

Published Works:

"Good Infinity / Bad Infinity:  i ly a, apeiron and Environmental Ethics in the Philosophy of Levinas," Philosophy in the Contemporary World Vol. 7, No. 1 (Spring 2000, 35 - 40)

"Gabriel Marcel's Kinship to Ecophilosophy," Environmental Ethics 16 (Summer 1994, 173-186)

"Un-Cartesian Nature: Merleau-Ponty and Postmodern Ecology," Skepteon 1 (Fall 1993, 27-56)

"Temporal Impermanence and the Disparity of Time and Eternity," Augustinian Studies 22 (1991, 63-82)

"Descartes' Temporary Atheism," Concept Vol. 14 (Fall 1991, 51-60)

      

Conference Presentations

"Good Infinity / Bad Infinity:  i ly a, apeiron and Environmental Ethics in the Philosophy of Levinas,"  Questioning Levinas, Emery University, October, 1999

"Deconstructing Origins,"  5th Annual Symposium on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues, University of Rhode Island, March, 1999

"Good Infinity / Bad Infinity:  i ly a, apeiron and Environmental Ethics in the Philosophy of Levinas,"  Levinas Conference, Face To Face with the Real World, Walsh University, March, 1999

"Identity Within Ecological Perspective," Queer Theory Conference at University of Nevada, Reno. October, 1998.

"Ecofeminism and Queer Identity," National Lesbian and Gay Task Force Conference, Creating Change, Pittsburgh, PA, November, 1998.

  

Current Projects

Currently the director of Erratic Impact's Philosophy Research Base, QueerTheory.com, panphobia.com and working on a site devoted to music and music theory.  

  

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