Kristen M. Brown
Professor of Philosophy
Millsaps College Department of Philosophy
Kristen M. Brown | 601-974-1323 | Box 150085, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi 39210 | FAX 601-974-1324
Academic Background
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
Ph.D. Philosophy, 1995; M.A. Philosophy 1993.
The Free University of Berlin, Germany.
1991-1992.
Stanford University, Stanford, California.
B.A. History, emphasis in Eastern European History, 1986.
Current Teaching Emphasis
19th and 20th Century European Philosophy, Philosophy of Violence, Phenomenology, Philosophy of Embodiment, Existentialism, Race Theory, Ancient Philosophy.
Teaching Experience
Phenomenology, Philosophy of Embodiment, Nietzsche and Feminist Philosophy, 20th Century Continental Philosophy (Heidegger, Foucault, Levinas), 19th Century Radical Thought (Marx, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche); Zen and Phenomenology, Nietzsche and Schopenhauer, Aristotle, Ancient Philosophy, Existentialism in Contemporary Europe, Modern Philosophy, Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Ancient and Medieval Philosophy of the West in Non-Western, Interdisciplinary Perspective (team-taught).
Research
The Trauma Controversy: Philosophical and Interdisciplinary Dialogues, ed. (State University of New York Press, forthcoming); Nietzsche and Embodiment: Discerning Bodies and Non-dualism (State University of New York Press, 2006); book chapters and journal articles on topics in trauma theory, philosophy of body, Aristotle, Nietzsche and Merleau-Ponty.