Linda L. Williams

EDUCATION

University of California, Riverside, Ph.D., Philosophy, June 1983
University of California, Riverside, M.A., Philosophy, June1979
University of Redlands, B.A., Philosophy, June 1974

DISSERTATION

Nietzsche's Doctrines of Will to Power: Recent Anglo-American Approaches
Bernd Magnus, Chair

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Nineteenth to Mid-Twentieth Century Continental Philosophy
Ethics

AREAS OF COMPETENCE

Feminism, History of Philosophy, Critical Thinking

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kent State University, Fall 1996–Present, Associate Professor
Kent State University, Fall 1990–Spring 1996, Assistant Professor
Armstrong State College, Fall 1986--Spring 1990, Instructor
Saint Leo College, Fall 1985--Winter 1989, Instructor
Oregon State University, Winter 1984 and 1985, Instructor
University of Redlands, Spring 1982--Spring 1983, Instructor
California State University, San Bernardino, Fall 1982--Spring 1983, Instructor

PUBLICATIONS (R=Reviewed; I=Invited)

Books:

(R)Nietzsche’s Mirror: The World as Will to Power ( Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham, MD) 2001.

Articles:

(R) “Nietzsche’s Women in The Gay Science,” Philosophy Now. Issue 41, June 2003, 26-29
(R) “Thomas Mann’s Voyage with Don Quixote” Cervantes, v.XXI, n. 2, Fall 2001, 73-85.
(R) “Woman as Nietzsche’s Other,” Proceedings of the Ohio Philosophical Association, April 2001, 90-97.
(R) “Kierkegaard’s Weanings” Philosophy Today, v. 42, n. 3, Fall 1998, 310-318.
(R) “The Development of Will to Power in Nietzsche’s Published Works and the Nachlass,” Journal of the History of Ideas, July 1996, 447-463.
(R) “What Makes Zarathustra Sick?” Proceedings of the Ohio Philosophical Association, April 1995, 17-29.
(R) "Dostoevsky's Underground Man: A Question of Meaning," Studies in the Novel, v 27, n 2,
Summer 1995, 129-140.
(I) "Woman as Rupture (?)," International Studies in Philosophy, V. XXV, n. 2, Summer 1993, 129-134.
(R) "On Making Nietzsche Consistent," The Southern Journal of Philosophy, v. XXXI, n. 1, Spring 1993, 119-131.
(R) "A Feminist Interview with Friedrich Nietzsche," Philosophy Now, Issue 5, Spring 1993, 13-15.
(R) "Merleau-Ponty's Tacit Cogito," Man and World 23: Fall 1990, 101-111.
(R) "Better Critical Writing Through Schematization," Critical Thinking News, v. 8, #1, Fall, 1989, 1-3.

Review Articles:

(I) “Review of Kelly Oliver’s and Marilyn Pearsall’s Feminist Interpretations of Friedrich Nietzsche, APA Newsletter on Feminism, v. 00, n. 1, Fall 2000, 52-53.
(R) “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A Review of Daryl Koehn’s Rethinking Feminist Ethics,”
Hypatia, v. 15, n. 1, Winter 2000, pp.189-192.
(I) “Review of Peter Levine’s Nietzsche and the Modern Crisis of the Humanities and Graham Parkes’ Composing the Soul and Nietzsche and Asian Thought,” International Journal of the Classical Tradition, v. 5, n. 2, Fall 1998, 318-321.
(I) “Review of the Penguin Edition of The Birth of Tragedy” International Journal of the Classical Tradition, v. 4, n.2, Fall 1997, 322-324.
(I) and subsequently (R) Review: "Rita Manning's Speaking From the Heart," Hypatia, v 8, n. 4, Summer 1994, 173-176.

PROFESSIONAL PAPERS DELIVERED

(I) “Pornography, Dignity and Polysemicity” (Eastern APA Conference, December 2002)
(R) “Avoiding the Pitfalls of Ethics Across the Curriculum” (Ethics Across the Curriculum Conference, October 2002)
(R) “Unifying Morality” (Pacific SWIP Conference, November 2001)
(R) “Woman as Nietzsche’s Other” (Ohio Philosophical Association, April 2001)
(R) “Taking People Seriously” (Modernity and Moral Identity Conference, Helsinki, Finland, August 2000)
(R) “The Morality of Exile: Thomas Mann on Nietzsche and Fascism” (With Gene Pendleton, Northeast Ohio Philosophy Consortium, October 1999)
(R) “Nietzsche at a Distance: Woman as Other” (Pacific SWIP Conference, October 1999)
(I) “How Zarathustra Learned to Love his Fate” (Ohio University, May 1999)
(I) “Exploding Myths about Nietzsche” (University of Redlands, April 1999)
(R) “The Fate of Amor Fati” (Northeast Ohio Philosophical Consortium, October 1998)
(R) “What Makes Zarathustra Sick?” (Ohio Philosophical Association, April 1995)
(R) "The Uses and Abuses of Nietzsche for Women" (Fourth Annual Philosophy, Interpretation,
and Culture Conference, SUNY Binghamton, April 1994)
(I) "The Development of Nietzsche's Will to Power" (College of Wooster, March 1994)
(I) "Woman as Rupture (?): A Commentary on John Coker's 'Nietzsche on Friendship'" (North
American Nietzsche Society, Central APA, April 1992)
(I) "The Value of Human Nature: A Commentary on Justin Schwartz' 'Human Nature, Feminism,
and Social Change'" (Ohio Philosophical Association, April 1992)
(R) "A Feminist Interview with Friedrich Nietzsche" (Eastern SWIP Conference, November
1991)
(R) "Will to Power: Myth or Metaphysics?" (Tri-State Philosophy Conference, April 1991)
(I) "Abortion: A Moderate View" (University of Illinois, June 1989)
(I) "Does Nietzsche Have A Coherent Philosophy of his Own?" (Oregon State University, March
1985)
(I) "Problems With Nietzsche's Nachlass" (Oregon State University, Nov. 1984)
(R) "Rawls and the Punishment of Civil Disobedience" (SWIP Conference, Pacific Division, May 1980)

SUBMITTED ARTICLES

“Reevaluating Nietzsche’s Eternal Recurrence Cosmology” (with Joseph Palencik; submitted to Philosophy Today).
“ Rejecting Will to Power as Ontology” (Submitted to Continental Review)

IN PROGRESS

Taking people Seriously (An ethics book)
“ Nietzsche’s Polemic”
“ Who is Nietzsche’s Master?”

PUBLIC PAPERS, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS

GRANTS AWARDED

Kent State University Summer Research Grant: Taking People Seriously (Summer 1999)

N.E.H. Institute: Ethics: Principles or Practices?
Herbert Dreyfus, David Hoy, Directors
University of California at Santa Cruz (Summer 1992)

N.E.H. Seminar: Nietzsche's Thought and its Interpretation
Richard Schacht, Director
University of Illinois (Summer 1989)

University of California Chancellor's Patent Fund (Fall 1981)

HONORS AND AWARDS

Graduate’s Applause Certificate of Achievement, Fall 2002
Mortar Board Outstanding Faculty Recipient, Fall 2002
Finalist, Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Spring 2002
Finalist, Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Spring 1999
Outstanding Faculty Award (New Student Orientation, Kent State
University, December 1993)
Summa cum Laude, University of Redlands, June 1974
Delta Alpha Honors Society, University of Redlands, 1974

COURSES TAUGHT

Kent State University (Undergraduate) [* denotes multiple times]
LER: Introduction to Ethics*
Ethics in Contemporary Contexts*
Introduction to Philosophy*
Upper Division:
Contemporary Moral Issues*
Ethical Pluralisms*
Philosophy and Ethics in the Modern Age
Nineteenth Century Philosophy*
Twentieth Century Philosophy
Women's Ways: Knowledge and Ethics*
Women and Philosophy*
Existentialism*
Continental Philosophy
Special Topics: Nietzsche*

Kent State University (Graduate)
Theories and Practices for an Ethics of Caring
Disciplinary Matrix Seminar: Classic Figure: Nietzsche
Disciplinary Matrix Seminar: Emerging Issue: Beyond Duties and Consequences
Philosophy and Ethics in the Modern Age
Ethical Pluralisms*

Master's Theses Directed:

Masters Theses Reader:

Women’s Studies Research Project Directed:
“ Helping Feminism by Stressing Epistemological Differences: Thanks but no Thanks” (Erica Wilson, Fall 1995. Winner: Elizabeth Mullins Award)
“ The Philosophy of Diversity: Making Changes within an Organization and throughout a Community” (Leslie Marcuse, Spring 2003. Winner: Elizabeth Mullins Award)

Other:

Armstrong State College
Introduction to Philosophy*

St. Leo College
Critical Thinking*
Ethics*

Oregon State University
Special Topics: Nietzsche
Critical Thinking

California State University at San Bernardino
Critical Thinking*
Introduction to Philosophy*

University of Redlands
Social and Political Philosophy
Critical Thinking*
Introduction to Philosophy*

REFEREE

Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy
International Journal of the Classical Tradition
Wadsworth Publishing
Prentice-Hall Publishing

SERVICE

Departmental Level

College Level

University Level

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Philosophical Association
North American Nietzsche Society
Society for Women in Philosophy
Ohio Philosophical Association
(Secretary/Treasurer, 1995-1999, Program Chair, 1993)
Northeast Ohio Philosophical Consortium