Janice McLane
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1988.
M.A. Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1980.
B.A. Philosophy, Bryn Mawr College, 1977.
Janice McLane’s areas of greatest interest are feminist theory, philosophy of the body, Continental Philosophy, and philosophy and literature. She has also worked on and taught social and political philosophy, metaphysics, early modern philosophy, history of philosophy, and ethics. Dr. McLane comes from Erie, Pennsylvania and lives in Baltimore with her husband and two children.
Sample Publications: Interrogating Ethics: Embodying the Good in Merleau-Ponty, co-edited with James Hatley and Christian Diehm (Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, June 2006).; “Entering the Place We Already Live: A Phenomenology of Female Voice,” in Intertwinings: Interdisciplinary Encounters with Merleau-Ponty, Gail Weiss, Editor (New York: SUNY Press, 2008), “The Boundaries of a Victim Life,” in Interrogating Ethics, “Encounter the World, Keep a Clear Eye,” in Encounters with Alphonso Lingis (New York: Lexington Books, 2003, The Voice on the Skin: Self-Mutilation and Merleau-Ponty’s Theory of Language,” Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, November, 1996.
Courses taught include: Senior Seminar, Senior Honors Directed Reading, Kant, Philosophy in Literature (War and Philosophy; Science Fiction and Fantasy; Gender, Race, and Sexuality), Power and Gender, Philosophy of the Body, Contemporary Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Writing Philosophical Arguments, Introduction to Ethics, Introduction to Philosophy of Knowledge, Critical Thinking, Ethics and Values, Introduction to Logic.
