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EMMA D. VELEZ
Curriculum vitae
Department of Philosophy
The PennsylvaniaState University
240 Sparks Building
University Park,PA 16802
eqv5073@psu.edu
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: social and political philosophy
AREAS OF COMPETENCE: 19th and 20th century, feminist philosophy (esp. Latina
feminisms), critical theory, and critical philosophy of race
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Philosophy, The Pennsylvania State University, (in progress)
M.A. Philosophy, SUNY Stony Brook University, 2015
B.A. Political Science and Philosophy with minor in Economics (magna cum laude with
honors),OklahomaCity University, 2013
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS:
2015 “Intimate Publics andEphemerality, Snapchat: A Case Study,” Caribbean
Philosophical Association 2015: Shifting the Geographyof Reason XII: Technologies of
Liberation | Riviera Maya, QuintanaRoo, Mexico, June 18-21.
2015 “Intimate Publics andEphemerality, Snapchat: A Case Study,” Theorizing the Web
Conference 2015 | NY, NY, April 17-18.
2015 “The Laborof Listening,” New York Society for Women in Philosophy, SWIPshop:
workshopsin feminist philosophy| CUNY GraduateCenter, February26.
2014 “Re-viewing, Re-membering, and Re-imagining the Wall: Healing La Frontera’sHerida
Abierta: Up Againstthe Wall, a Commentary by Emma Velez,” Book Presentation,
Edward S. Casey and Mary Watkins, Up Against the Wall: Re-Imagining the U.S.-Mexico
Border (University of Texas Press, 2014)| SUNY Stony Brook University, October 30.

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2014 “MoralLove” throughanEthics of Ambiguity: CultivatingMestiza Ears to Listen to
SubalternVoices, Caribbean PhilosophicalAssociation 2014: Shifting the Geography
of ReasonXI: Diverse Lineages of Existentialism—Africana, Feminist, and Decolonial |
St. Louis, MO, June20.
2011 “Assessingthe Validity of Augustine’sHierarchy of Truth:Inordinate Pursuitsof the
Ordinate,” published in 2010-2011 UndergraduateResearchJournal,The Stellar|
OklahomaCity University, OKC, OK.
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS:
Bunton-WallerGraduateAward, The Pennsylvania State University
W. BurghardtTurnerFellow, SUNY Stony Brook
Ford FoundationFellowship HonorableMention (2015)
TurnerSummer ResearchGrant for study abroad in Barcelona, Spain (2014)
George and Donna Nigh Public Service Scholar (2011-2013)
ClaraLuper Scholar, OklahomaCity University (2009-2013)
Oikos Scholar,Oklahoma City University (2009-2013)
CERTIFICATIONS:
Decolonizing Knowledge and Power: Postcolonial Studies, Decolonial Horizons, with the
Center of Study and Investigationsfor GlobalDialogues | Barcelona, Spain, July 7-17,2014
POSITIONS & SERVICE:
NY Society for Women in Philosophy(NYSWIP), SWIPshop PlanningCommittee (2013-2015)
Department Climate Survey Committee Member, Stony Brook Philosophy GraduateStudent
Organization, 2015
Stony Brook PhilosophyGraduate Student Organization President, 2014-2015
Stony Brook PhilosophyGraduate Student Organization Vice President, 2013-2014
PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY PROJECTS:
RegularContributor,“The Second Shift: Academic Feminism After Hours” (blog)
Co-Chair, “The Living Book Project: Persepolis” at SUNY Stony Brook (Spring2014 & 2015)

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LANGUAGES:
Spanish: Reading, Translation,and Speaking Facility
French: Reading andTranslation Facility
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Caribbean PhilosophicalAssociation
New YorkSociety for Women in Philosophy
COMPLETED GRADUATE COURSES:
The PennsylvaniaState University
Ethics (EduardoMendieta), Fall2015
Ethics andthe Politics of Violence (SarahClarkMiller), Fall2015
ContemporaryPhilosophy Seminar (Nancy Tuana),Fall 2015
SUNY Stony Brook University
Social & Political Philosophy:Sex and Democracy (AnneO’Byrne), Spring 2015
Practicing Women’s and Gender Studies (MaryJo Bona), Spring 2015
Philosophical Psychology: Phenomenologyof Self and Persons(Donn Welton),Fall 2014
ContinentalPhilosophy: Early and Late Derrida (EdwardCasey), Fall2014
19th Century Philosophy: Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit (Mary Rawlinson),Spring 2014
Topics in ContemporaryPhilosophy: The Linguistic Turnin Hermeneutics and Critical Theory
(Lorenzo Simpson), Spring 2014
Advance Topics in Women’s Studies: MassCultureand the Event of Women (Victoria
Hesford), Spring 2014
Seminar in Analytic Philosophy:Rawls & Critiques from the Margins(Eva Kittay), Fall 2013
Social & Political Philosophy:Marx (Allegrade Laurentiis), Fall2013
Feminist Theory (Mary Jo Bona), Fall 2013