Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae - Linda Cox

Teaching Experience

Austin Community College.  Adjunct Professor of Philosophy. 2011-present.  Courses include "Introduction to Philosophy," "Ethics,"  "Ethics with Global Studies Focus," "Ethics with Service-Learning," "Ethics with Peace and Conflict Studies Focus" and "Introduction to Humanities:  Great Questions Seminar." Teach in classroom and online formats and use service-learning extensively.  

Southwestern University.   Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 2016-18.  "What Is Philosophy?", "Introduction to Feminist Philosophy" and "Feminist Ethics"  (cross-listed in Feminist Studies and Race and Ethnicity Studies Departments).  

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Teaching Assistant, Department of English.  1994-96.  "Freshman Composition."

Professional Publications

"Gender Inclusive Strategic Peacebuilding in the Community College."  International Studies Research Lab, Champaign, IL, August 2021. 

"Defilement, Sin, and Guilt in Paul Ricoeur's The Symbolism of Evil and Claudia Rankine's Citizen:  An American Lyric." Le mal et la symbolique:  Ricoeur lecteur de Freud.  Edited by Azadeh Thiriez-Arjangi, Geoffrey Dierckxsens, Michael Funk Deckard, and Andres Bruzzone.  Berlin:  De Gruyter, 2022 (forthcoming).

"'Holding Open a Place for Possibility':  Paul Ricoeur, Fredric Jameson, and the Language of Utopia.”  Ideology and Utopia in the Twenty-First Century: The Surplus of Meaning in Ricoeur’s Conception of the Dialectical Relationship. Edited by Stephanie N. Arel and Dan R. Stiver.  Lanham, MD:  Lexington Books, 2018.

"The  Convergence of Ricoeur’s and Von Wright’s Complex Models of History." Etudes Ricoeuriennes/ Ricoeur Studies.  Vol. 5, No. 1.  Edited by Eileen Brennan and Johann Michel.  University of Pittsburgh, 2014. 

“Sandra Cisneros.”  Encyclopedia of World Literature in the Twentieth Century.  Edited by Steven Serafin.  St. James, 2000. 

“Expatriates;” “J.D. McClatchy;” “William Everson;” “Alan Seeger.”  Encyclopedia of American Literature.  Edited by Steven Serafin.  Continuum, 1999. 

Grants, Awards, and Honors

Research  Fellow, Great Questions Pedagogy Faculty Fellow, Austin Community College, 2022.

Research Fellow, International Studies Research Laboratory, Center for Global Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Summer 2021.  https://cgs.illinois.edu/directory/profile/lindalc.

Research Fellow, Service-Learning Programs, Austin Community College, 2021-22. https://slidetodoc.com/servicelearning-at-austin-community-college-linda-cox-ph/.

Humanities Great Questions Summer Institute, Austin Community College, 2020.

Peace and Conflict Studies Conflict Transformation Fundamentals Institute, Austin Community College,  2020.

Visiting Scholar / University Affiliate, University of Texas at Austin.  2017-present.

“Global Gender and Women’s Studies” Faculty Learning Community, Austin Community College.  Initiated the first women’s and gender studies faculty program at ACC, co-developed the program, and received annual stipend to facilitate. A joint project between ACC and the University of Texas at Austin.  2019-present.

Paul Ricoeur and Care Ethics Curriculum Development Project Travel Stipend, Center for European Studies, University of Texas at Austin.  Forthcoming August 2021.

Teaching and Learning Academy Fellow.  Year-long stipend to develop evidence-based teaching skills.  2019-20.

Service-Learning Institute Fellowship.  Austin Community College.  Received stipend to incorporate Service-Learning into ethics courses using best practices. June 2019.

“Globalizing the Curriculum” Faculty Learning Community, Austin Community College.  Received stipend to incorporate global perspectives on dignity and human rights into the ethics curriculum.  2018-2019.

Globalizing the Curriculum Faculty Learning Community, "Hunger in Malawi:  Globalizing and Ethics Curriculum."  Developed a module to globalize an ACC ethics curriculum module emphasizing a sustainability framework and human rights.  2017-18.

Champion of Teaching and Learning Excellence, Teaching and Learning Excellence Division, Austin Community College, 2018. 

Paul Ricoeur Summer Workshop in Paris, France, Travel Stipend.  Center for European Studies, University of Texas at Austin.  Attended conference on Paul Ricoeur’s Le Symbolism du Mal and developed philosophy curriculum on Continental Philosophical Approaches to the Problem of Evil. June 2018.

Big Read Discussion Leader for Claudia Rankine’s CitizenAn American Lyric, with stipend, ACC Liberal Arts Division, April 2018.

ACC Student Success Initiative Grant, "Adaptation of Phil 2306, Ethics, with Service-Learning Component." Developed partnership with community non-profits to offer a service-learning opportunity during class periods. Course integrates practical ethical experience with theoretical study and reflection.  2015.  (Faculty Spotlight:  Dr. Linda Cox inspires students to create innovative social solutions).

Ruth Rose Richardson Award for Outstanding First Year of Graduate Study, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of English. 1996              

Merit Research Assistant to the Chair of the Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of English.  1995-96                           

Pi Delta Phi French Honor Society.  Inducted 1987.

Conference Presentations

"Discovering Chinese Poetry in a Great Questions Class." Association for Core Texts and Courses Annual Conference.  Notre Dame University, IN, April 2022.

"Guilt and Redemption in Paul Ricoeur's The Symbolism of Evil and Claudia Rankine's Citizen:  An American Lyric." Society for Ricoeur Studies Conference.  Virtual, 9 October 2020. https://sites.google.com/view/srscfptest/day_4_session_5?authuser=0

“A Capabilities Approach to Women’s Incarceration.”  Human Development and Capabilities Association Conference.  London, England.  9 September 2019. https://hd-ca.org/publications/addressing-womens-incarceration-and-its-effects-on-children-through-the-capabilities-approach

“‘How to Begin to Begin Again’:    Ricoeurian Innovation and Sedimentation in William Carlos Williams’ Paterson.”   Society for Ricoeur Studies Conference.  Los Angeles, California, 3 November  2018.

“Narrative Repetition in Sherwood Anderson’s 'The Egg.'” Twentieth-Century Literature Conference, Louisville, Kentucky.  2002.  

“The Uses and Abuses of Narrative History in Paterson.” Twentieth-Century Literature Conference, Louisville, Kentucky.  2000. 

“Retrieving the Past:  A Heideggerian Reading of Paterson.” Twentieth-Century Literature Conference, Louisville, Kentucky.  1996.

“The Forces of Circularity in Dos Passos’s Manhattan Transfer.” Paper presented at Twentieth-Century Literature Conference, Louisville, Kentucky.  1995.

 

COLLEGE PRESENTATIONS

"Global Faculty Learning Communities - Bringing the World into Your Courses."  Spring Development Day, Austin Community College.  January 2022.

"Developing a Faculty Learning Community."  Presented to Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.  October 27, 2021.  

“Live Aid or Women’s Empowerment?  How Should We Respond to Global Hunger?” International Studies Forum, Austin Community College.  September 2019.  https://youtu.be/r7EVsQ46GrU

“Global Issues in Dignity and Human Rights in PHIL 2306:  Ethics.”   Philosophy, Humanities, and Religion Department Presentation, Austin Community College. Forthcoming September 2019.

“Methods for Teaching Deductive Reasoning.”  Philosophy, Humanities, and Religion Department Presentation, Austin Community College, 2018.

“Globalizing the Ethics Curriculum:  Gender in Malawi.” Poster Presentation, Austin Community College, May 2018.

“Service-Learning at Austin Community College,” Presentation and Panelist Discussion for Community Advancement Network of Austin, October 2017. 

“Incorporating Feminist Texts in Philosophy and Humanities Courses,” Philosophy, Humanities, and Religion Department Presentation, Austin Community College, April 2017.

“Ethical Issues in Women’s Incarceration.” Community Presentation, Austin Community College Philosophy Forum, October 2016. 

“How to Incorporate Service-Learning into Your Courses,” Philosophy, Humanities, and Religion Department Presentation, Austin Community College, April 2016.

“Using Service-Learning in Ethics Courses,” Philosophy, Humanities, and Religion Department Presentation, Austin Community College, 2014.

“Adding Care Ethics to the Ethics Curriculum,” Philosophy, Humanities, and Religion Department Presentation, Austin Community College, 2013.

 

College and University Service

Program Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Studies:  Global Studies.  Austin Community College, 2022-present.

Faculty Advisory Committee, Interdisciplinary Studies:  Global Studies.  Austin Community College, 2020-present.

Departmental Governance Committee, Philosophy Department, Austin Community College, 2017-present.

Service-Learning Committee, Austin Community College, 2014-present.

Faculty Advisory Committee, Interdisciplinary Studies: Peace and Conflict Studies.  Austin Community College, 2020-present.

Ethics Course Evaluation Committee, Austin Community College Philosophy Department, 2012-13. 

Assistant Editor of "The Graduate Newsletter," The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of English, 1995-96.

Faculty Search Committee, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Department of English, 1995-6.

Co-author of first English as a Second Language writing curriculum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 1996-97.

Community Service

Women's Storybook Project of Texas.  Founding Board Member 2012-present. Our mission is to connect children with their incarcerated mothers through literature by visiting women's prisons and helping women record stories for their children. 

Professional Service and Membership

Member, Human Development and Capabilities Association

Member, Society for Ricoeur Studies

Member, American Philosophical Society  

Peer Reviewer, Journal of Narrative Theory, Dec 2021-present

Member, Modern Language Association