Sarah R. Jansen curriculum vitae Carleton College Department of Philosophy 308 Leighton Hall/ N. College Street Northfield, MN 55057 [email protected] (507) 222-7997 http://carleton.academia.edu/SarahJansen EDUCATION University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Philosophy; Ph.D., 2012 University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Philosophy; M.A., 2008 University of California, Los Angeles; B.A., Summa Cum Laude and Departmental Honors in philosophy, 2005 ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Carleton College, 2012-2013 Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Carleton College, 2013-present AREA OF SPECIALIZATION Ancient Philosophy (esp. Plato and Aristotle) AREAS OF COMPETENCE Aesthetics, Ethics (esp. Animal Ethics), Logic, Modern PUBLICATIONS 2013 2014 “Plato's Phaedo as a Pedagogical Drama,” Ancient Philosophy, Vol. 33, No. 2 , pp. 333-352 “Review of Plato on Art and Beauty by A.E. Denham (ed.),” The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Vol. 72, No. 1, pp. 104-106. REVISE AND RESUBMIT “Poetry and Metaphysics in Republic X,” Journal of the History of Philosophy UNDER REVIEW “Audience Psychology in Plato’s Republic,” The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism DISSERTATION Title: “Plato on Popular Poetry” Committee: Gavin Lawrence (Chair), David Blank, Calvin Normore & John Carriero CV – Sarah R. Jansen 1 SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS Future Learning Technologies Curriculum Development Grant, Summer 2014 Selection and stipend for Verity Harte’s JHP Masters Class, Summer 2014 (June 23-27) HHMI Curriculum Development Grant, Winter 2013 Middle Eastern Studies Curriculum Development Grant, Summer 2013 UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2011-2012 UCLA Summer Research Mentorship Fellowship, 2006 Departmental Mention for Logic Fluency exam, 2006 Departmental Fellowship, 2005-2006 Donald Kalish Prize for “most promising undergraduate,” 2004-2005 Phi Beta Kappa, 2005 PRESENTATIONS Comments on “A Political Interpretation of Aristotle’s Ethics” - Eastern APA, Philadelphia (Winter, 2014) “Plato on Laughter” (part of a joint Carleton-St. Olaf faculty panel) – Lighthearted Philosophy Society Annual Conference, Galveston, Texas (Fall, 2014) “Audience Psychology and Censorship in Plato’s Republic” – Ancient Philosophy Society annual conference, University of South Florida (Spring, 2014) “Poetry & Metaphysics in Republic X” (symposium paper) – Central APA, Chicago (Winter, 2014) “Audience Psychology and Censorship in Plato’s Republic: The Problem of the Irrational Part” – Salmon Rushdie Carleton Faculty Symposium on Censorship, Blasphemy and Free Speech, Northfield (Fall, 2013) “Reinterpreting the Irrational Part: What Book X's Division of the Soul Reveals about the Aesthetic and Psychological Theories of the Republic” - International Plato Society U.S. conference, University of Michigan (Fall, 2012) “Plato and Movie Violence” (symposium paper) - Pacific APA, Seattle (Spring, 2012) “The Phaedo: A Platonic Reinvention of Tragic Drama” - West Coast Plato Workshop, Portland (Spring, 2011) “Plato on Popular Entertainment and the Psyche” (Spring, 2010) - CUNY Graduate Conference, Manhattan - Berkeley-Stanford-Davis Graduate Conference, Berkeley INVITED TALKS TBD – Philosophy Mountain Workshop, Whistler, BC (Winter, 2014) “Plato on Laughter” - MSU philosophy colloquium series, Mankato (Fall, 2014) “Poetry & Metaphysics in Republic X” - St. Olaf philosophy colloquium, Northfield (Fall, 2012) TEACHING EXPERIENCE Carleton Soul: Mind, Morality and Cosmos (ancient philosophy A & I) Ancient Greek Moral Psychology (upper-level seminar) Ancient Greek Philosophy (x2) Early Modern Philosophy (x2) Animal Ethics (x2) Philosophical Problems (intro course, x3) Philosophy of Film and Emotion (x2) CV – Sarah R. Jansen 2 UCLA History of Greek Philosophy & Advanced Honors Seminar, Summer 2011 (Instructor) History of Greek Philosophy (TA, x3) Plato's Early Dialogues (TA) Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy (TA, x2) Intro to Ethics (TA, x2) Logic, Second Course (TA) Philosophy in Literature (TA) Intro to Philosophy of Science (TA, x2) Intro to Philosophy of Religion (TA) ACADEMIC SERVICE Student Research Assistant, June-July (Summer 2014) UCLA-USC Philosophy Graduate Conference Organizer, 2010-2011 UCLA Philosophy Reading Room Librarian, (paid position) 2010-2011 UCLA Undergraduate Logic Tutor, (paid position) 2004-2005 RESEARCH LANGUAGES Reading knowledge of Greek, Latin & French COURSES TAKEN Philosophy courses History of Philosophy Plato's Laws, Sean Kelsey, Spring 2009 Plato's Republic, Sean Kelsey, Spring 2007 & 2008 Aristotle's Metaphysics, Stephen Menn, Spring 2006 Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Julie Tannenbaum, Spring 2006 Descartes, John Carriero & Joseph Almog, Fall 2006 Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Gavin Lawrence, Spring 2005 (audited) Aristotle's On Generation and Corruption, Sean Kelsey, Winter 2005 Metaphysics & Epistemology Wittgenstein, Gavin Lawrence & Andrew Hsu, Spring 2009 Philosophy of Language: Attitude Reports, Sam Cumming, Spring 2008 Frege, David Kaplan, Winter 2006 Metalogic, Tony Martin, Winter 2006 Philosophy of Mind: Concepts, Mark Greenberg, Fall 2005 Philosophy of Language: Russellian Propositions, David Kaplan, Fall 2005 Philosophy 200A-C: 20th Century Philosophy, Herman, Burge & Hsu, 2005-2006 Ethics & Aesthetics Topics in Aesthetic Theory: Mimesis, Sam Cumming, Spring 2011 Ethical Theory: Punishment, Barbara Herman & Seanna Shiffrin, Winter 2007 Philosophy 200A-C: 20th Century Philosophy, Herman, Burge & Hsu, 2005-2006 CV – Sarah R. Jansen 3 Language courses Greek (Plato's Phaedo), Winter 2011 Intermediate Latin (Aulus Gellius's Attic Nights), Fall 2010 Greek (Hesiod's Theogony and Work and Days ), Fall 2009 Greek (Xenophon's Anabasis), Winter 2007 Greek (Plato's Apology), Winter 2006 FACULTY-LED READING GROUPS AND WORKSHOPS JHP Masters Class, “The Philosophical Psychology of Plato’s Philebus and Its Aristotelian Reflections,” 2014 Carleton Faculty Greek Reading Group, Classical Languages Department, 2013-present Plato's Cratylus, David Blank, Summer 2010 Aristotle's Metaphysics, Gavin Lawrence, Fall 2008 Greek Reading Group, Sean Kelsey, Fall 2005-spring 2007, Spring 2009 The Philosophy of Language Workshop, David Kaplan & Terence Parsons, 2005-2007 REFERENCES Gavin Lawrence Professor & Chair of Philosophy, UCLA 310-206-2726 [email protected] David Blank Professor & Chair of Classics, UCLA 310-206-8562 [email protected] Anna Moltchanova Professor & Chair of Philosophy, Carleton 507-222-7163 [email protected] Calvin Normore Professor of Philosophy, UCLA & McGill 310-825-2291 [email protected] CV – Sarah R. 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