Amy Allen
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Women's and Gender Studies

Office: 205 Thornton Hall
(603) 646-2827
Amy.R.Allen@dartmouth.edu

6035 Thornton Hall
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
FAX: (603)646-1699

Professor Allen received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from Northwestern University. Her research interests are in Contemporary Continental Philosophy, Social and Political Theory, and Feminist Theory. In 2003, she held an American Fellowship from the American Association of University Women. Her articles have appeared in journals such as Constellations, Hypatia, The Journal of Social Philosophy, and Philosophy and Social Criticism. Her book, The Power of Feminist Theory: Domination, Resistance, Solidarity, was published in 1999 by Westview Press.

Curriculum vitae (PDF download, 80kb)

Online Papers (PDF downloads)

• The Anti-Subjective Hypothesis: Michel Foucault and the Death of the Subject

• Foucault and Enlightenment: A Critical Reappraisal

• Pornography and Power

• Power Trouble: Performativity as Critical Theory

Teaching Schedule

2003-04:
On Leave

Fall 2004:
Not Teaching

Winter 2005:
Philosophy 18: Contemporary Continental Philosophy
Philosophy 80: Martin Heidegger's Being and Time

Spring 2005:
Philosophy 1: Introduction to the Problems of Philosophy
Women's and Gender Studies 21: Contemporary Issues in Feminism: Theory and Practice

Philosophy Department Website

Women's and Gender Studies Program Website