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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
2015
“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.
“Audience Psychology and Censorship in Plato’s Republic: The Problem of the Irrational Part.”
Epoché, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 205-215
REVISE AND RESUBMIT
“Poetry and Metaphysics in Republic X,” Journal of the History of Philosophy (under review)
WORKS IN PROGRESS (conferences papers transitioning into journal articles)
“More Regrets”
“Plato on Good and Bad Laughter”
DISSERTATION
Title: “Plato on Popular Poetry”
Committee: Gavin Lawrence (Chair), David Blank, Calvin Normore & John Carriero
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SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
Large Faculty Development Endowment grant, Winter 2016 (research leave)
Future Learning Technologies Departmental Development Grant, Summer 2015
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 Michael Wiitala’s “Self-moving and the motion of forms” – West Coast Plato Workshop,
University of Arizona (Spring 2015)
Comments on Brian Collins’ “A Political Interpretation of Aristotle’s Ethics” - Eastern APA, Philadelphia
(Winter, 2014)
“Plato on Laughter” – 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 and
Berkeley-Stanford-Davis Graduate Conference, Berkeley
INVITED TALKS
“More Regrets” – Philosophy Mountain Workshop, Whistler, B.C. (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)
Tragedy, Myth and Philosophy (cross-listed in Classical Languages, team taught with Clara Hardy)
Soul: Mind, Morality and Cosmos (ancient philosophy A & I)
Ancient Greek Moral Psychology (upper-level seminar)
Ancient Greek Philosophy (x2 at Carleton, x1 at UCLA)
Early Modern Philosophy (x2)
Animal Ethics (x2, with Civic Engagement component)
Philosophical Problems (intro course, x3)
Philosophy of Film and Emotion (x2, cross-listed in Cinema & Media Studies)
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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
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]
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