Doctorate - Philosophy
Emory University - 2017
Katherine Davies
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
During the 23-24 academic year, I am on research leave to complete a Residential Fellowship at the National Humanities Center.
Professional Preparation
Master's - Philosophy
Emory University - 2015
Emory University - 2015
Bachelor's - Philosophy, German Studies, and Music
Whitman College - 2010
Whitman College - 2010
Research Areas
Continental Philosophy
Feminist Philosophy
History of Philosophy
Philosophy of Art and Literature
Social and Political Philosophy
Publications
Forthcoming: “Anzaldúa’s Revolutionary Self-Writing” in Politics and Minor Literature: Transcultural Interventions in Deleuze and Guattari’s Account of Minor Literature, Brill. - Book Chapter
Forthcoming: "Antigone's (Poetic, Queer) Death: Heidegger, Butler, and Mortality" in Heidegger, Dasein, and Gender: Thinking the Unthought, Rowman & Littlefield 2024 - Book Chapter
Heidegger's Conversations: Toward a Poetic Pedagogy. Albany: State University of New York Press. 2024 - Book
“Heidegger’s Conversational Pedagogy” in Research in Phenomenology Volume 52, Issue 3 (Fall 2022): 399-424. 2022 - Journal Article
“The Architecture of Appearance: Arendt’s Feminism and Guatemala’s Private City” in Arendt Studies Volume 4 (Fall 2020): 53-82. 2020 - Journal Article
“Heidegger’s Reading(s) of the Phaedrus” in Studia Phaenomenologica Volume XX (Fall 2020): 191-221. 2020 - Journal Article
“When Home Isn’t: Feminist Philosophy and the U.S. Foster Care System” for the American Philosophical Association Women in Philosophy Blog, October, 2019. 2019 - Academic Blog
“The Resistant Interlocutor: Plato, Heidegger, and the End of Dialogue” in Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy Volume 23, Issue 1, (Fall 2018): 165-190. 2018 - Journal Article
Awards
2024 Philosophy in Media Fellow - Marc Sanders Foundation [2024]
2023-24 National Humanities Center Residential Fellowship, Philip L. Quinn Fellowship - The National Humanities Center [2023]
American Philosophical Association Diversity Institute Alumni Fund Travel Award (X6) - The American Philosophical Association [2022]
Genice Rabe Travel Award - History and Philosophy Track, UTD [2019]
Minor Teaching Project Grant - Center for Teaching Excellence, Miami University [2018]
Emory Writing Center Dissertation Completion Fellowship - Emory University [2016]
Emory University Laney Graduate School Fellowship - Emory University [2011]
Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Germany (Declined) - Fulbright [2011]
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst Summer University Course Grant - DAAD, Freie Universität Berlin [2010]
Iris Marion Young Diversity Scholar - The Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State [2009]
Appointments
Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Dallas [2018–Present]
University of Texas at Dallas [2018–Present]
Visiting Assistant Professor
Miami University of Ohio [2017–2018]
Miami University of Ohio [2017–2018]
Graduate Instructor
Emory University [2013–2017]
Emory University [2013–2017]
Projects
When Home Isn't: An Abolitionist Feminist Critical Phenomenology of the Family Policing System
Research in progress for monograph“A Critical Phenomenology of Family Policing”
Article in preparation"Disabling Childhood: Children’s Liberation and the Family Policing System"
Article in preparationPresentations
Toward a Critical Phenomenology of Foster Care
“Just Theory Lecture Series” invited speaker at University at BuffaloFeminism(s) and Foster Care
Gender Studies Lecture, University of Texas at DallasCommentator on Ian Moore’s Book: Dialogue on the Threshold: Heidegger and Trakl
Book Panel Contribution, Heidegger Circle 58th Annual Conference, Trinity CollegeA Genealogy of Racialized Family Separations
Critical Genealogies 5th Annual Workshop, Syracuse UniversityWhy Abolish the Family (Policing System)
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies South Conference, University of South Carolina UpstateAdditional Information
Upcoming Course Offerings (subject to change)
Fall 2024:Graduate Seminar "Feminist and Queer Theory"
Undergraduate Course "Feminist Philosophy"
Spring 2025:
Undergraduate Course "Confronting Death"
Undergraduate Course "TBD"
Fall 2025:
Graduate Seminar "(Critical) Phenomenology"
Undergraduate Course "Phenomenology"