Curriculum Vitae Erin Cecilia Bradfield Santa Clara University Department of Philosophy

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1 Curriculum Vitae Erin Cecilia Bradfield Santa Clara University Department of Philosophy Education Ph.D. in Philosophy, December 2012 Vanderbilt University M.A. in Philosophy, December 2008 Vanderbilt University B.A. in Philosophy with honors, May 2002 Colgate University Areas of Specialization Aesthetics; Social and Political Philosophy; Philosophy of Film Areas of Concentration Modern Philosophy; Ancient Philosophy; Ethics, especially History of Ethics and Applied Ethics Academic Positions Held Santa Clara University, Academic Year Lecturer of Philosophy, 2014-present. Sewanee: The University of the South,, Sewanee: The University of the South, Instructor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, Graduate Instructor of Philosophy, Publications Silence. The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, 2 nd Edition, ed. Michael Kelly. Oxford University Press, Productive Excess: Aesthetic Ideas, Silence, and Community. The Journal of Aesthetic Education 48 (2) (2014): Papers Under Review Mature Almodóvar: Broken Embraces Formal Facility and Reflexivity. Book Reviews Katalin Makkai, ed. Vertigo: Philosophers on Film (Routledge, 2013). In Philosophy in Review. 33 (5) (2013): Alessandro Giovanelli, ed. Aesthetics: The Key Thinkers. (Bloomsbury, 2012.) In Philosophy in Review. (forthcoming October 2014).

2 Erin Cecilia Bradfield / CV 2 Conferences and Talks Presentations Kant s Sublime Insights into the Ugly. American Society for Aesthetics, Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX. October I m So Melodramatic!: The Social and Political Reception of Later Almodóvar. American Society for Aesthetics, Eastern Division Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. April Commentary on William Britton s, The Role of the Schematism in Kant s First and Third Critiques. Tennessee Philosophical Association Meeting. Nashville, TN. October Commentary on Kathleen Kelley s, Towards the Very Idea of a Specific Medium: Fried s Essentialism. American Society for Aesthetics, Eastern Division Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. April Mature Almodóvar: Broken Embraces Formal Facility and Reflexivity. American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, Atlanta, GA. Society for the Philosophic Study of the Visual Arts. December The Liberatory Potential of Aesthetic Subcultures: The Transformation and Expansion of Expression Through Openness and Engagement. International Symposium: Contemporary Confrontations Between Art, Morality, and Politics. University of Paris-X, Paris, France. June Productive Excess: Aesthetic Ideas, Silence, and Community. American Society for Aesthetics, Eastern Division Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. April Shaping Identity: Humiliation, Memory, and Narrative, with Gregg Horowitz. Philosophical Collaborations Conference. Southern Illinois State University, Carbondale, IL. March Unlocking Praxis: An Aristotelian Reading of Do the Right Thing. Radical Philosophical Association Meeting. San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA. November Gallery Talks Electronic and Live: A Conversation with Composer Mark Volker. Indeterminacies Lecture and Performance Series, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN. June 2011.

3 Erin Cecilia Bradfield / CV 3 Dissertation Silence and Silencing: Aesthetic Response as the Impetus for Community Formation Committee: Gregg Horowitz (director), José Medina, Jonathan Neufeld, Michael Kelly, Boris Groys Innovations in aesthetic and linguistic expression contribute to the expansion of communication and understanding, yet are often the target of censure. In this dissertation, I explore the risks of marginalization and censorship involved in such restrictions. I examine several forms of innovation in expression: new expressions that do not yet have a meaningful place in discourse; works of genius as defined by Kant; and avant-garde, cult, subcultural, and liminal forms of expression. Following a Kantian line of argument, I show that restrictions on expression constitute restrictions on individual subjects and are therefore all the more hazardous and reprehensible. Chapter One examines the Wittgensteinian metaphor of language as an expanding city in relation to aesthetic ideas of community-building and communication. Chapters Two and Three examine different interpretations of Kant s notion of taste clipping the wings of genius for the sake of culture. The remaining chapters examine how expressions on the edge or border of culture are crucial to culture s advancement. Here, I investigate the ethics of expression with respect to avant-garde, cult, and subculture understood as different types of liminal expressions. I deploy this analysis in the work of Andy Warhol, Gordon Matta-Clark, and David Lynch in the final chapter. Professional Activities and Workshop Participation Referee Reviewed papers for Film and Philosophy. July 2012 present. Referee Reviewed papers for History of Philosophy Quarterly Reading Group Facilitator Co-led discussion of an interdisciplinary reading group at Vanderbilt University on aesthetics. I presented on Arthur Danto s The Philosophical Disenfranchisement of Art and issues of avant-garde art. November Workshop Facilitator Index Preparer In conjunction with the Writing Studio, organized and facilitated the workshop for undergraduate students writing senior theses in philosophy. Fall Spring Prepared the index for Pragmatism Reader: From Peirce Through the Present, edited by Robert Talisse and Scott Aikin. Princeton University Press. September 2010.

4 Erin Cecilia Bradfield / CV 4 Participant Selected to participate in Center for Ethics seminar on pedagogy entitled, Teaching Texts: The Difficult Stuff. This week-long seminar consisted of reading and discussing challenging, contentious, or otherwise controversial texts from across the disciplines with approximately twenty other graduate students. The workshop s focus was on how to approach difficult texts through effective teaching strategies and pedagogy. Vanderbilt University, May Teaching Experience Academic Year Lecturer PHIL 6: Ethical Issues in Business Department of Philosophy, Santa Clara University Fall 2014 A course that investigated the relationship of classical ethical theory and business practice. What economic structures undergird the free market? What are the rights and responsibilities of corporations? Is a corporation a person and what does that mean? What values should a business strive to uphold? PHIL 232: Business Ethics Spring 2014 A course that investigated the relationship of classical ethical theory and business practice. What economic structures undergird the free market? What are the rights and responsibilities of corporations? Is a corporation a person and what does that mean? What values should a business strive to uphold? PHIL 224: Philosophy of Film Spring 2013, Fall 2013 A course that investigated film as a mode of expression, film s relationship to its audiences, and film s modes of circulation and distribution. How does film work? How does film s medium and technological specificity affect how we understand its meaning? The course examined a combination of films, theoretical texts, and critical articles.

5 Erin Cecilia Bradfield / CV 5 PHIL 105: Modes of Expression and the Search for Meaning Fall 2013, Spring 2014 A course that investigated the relationship between form and content in philosophical texts. How does the medium in which ideas are presented affect how they are understood or interpreted? As a writing intensive course, it emphasized the development of thesis statements, organization, argumentation, and critical thinking skills. PHIL 223: Philosophy of Art Fall 2012 A course that investigated questions central to the study of aesthetics: What is art? What is beauty? What is taste? What can know about art? What can we communicate about our aesthetic experience? In particular, we examined the troubled relationship between art, expression, and culture. PHIL 101: Introduction to Philosophy, The Philosophical Life: Body, Mind, and Heart Fall 2012, Spring 2013 An introduction to philosophical modes of argumentation, inquiry, and writing. The course investigated the philosophical treatment of body / mind, body / soul, and body / heart / mind. Visiting Instructor of Philosophy PHIL 101: Introduction to Philosophy, The Philosophical Life: Body, Mind, and Heart Fall 2011, Spring 2012 An introduction to philosophical modes of argumentation, inquiry, and writing. The course investigated the philosophical treatment of body / mind, body / soul, and body / heart / mind. Instructor PHIL 294: Seminar: Dangerous Expression: Silence and Silencing in Philosophy and Art Spring 2011 A small seminar course that explored the risks of restrictions on linguistic, philosophical, and aesthetic expression.

6 Erin Cecilia Bradfield / CV 6 Instructor PHIL 102: General Logic Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2012 An introduction to logic and critical thinking. The course included the examination of arguments, validity, soundness, varieties of meaning and definition, fallacies, Venn diagrams, analogical reasoning, and symbolic logic, among other topics. Instructor PHIL 100W: Introduction to Philosophy, emphasis on writing Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2009 A general introduction to philosophical thinking and writing. Different foci included: The Relation of Form and Content in Philosophy, Discourse and Civic Responsibility, and Intellectual Curiosity and American Apathy. Instructor PHIL 105: Introduction to Ethics Summer 2006, Summer 2007, Summer 2010 A broad introduction to historical and contemporary ethical theories and issues. The course applied ethical questions to the contemporary situations. Teaching Assistant PHIL 105: Introduction to Ethics Fall 2003, Spring 2004 Each discussion section complemented lecture and provided students the opportunity to ask questions, discuss texts, and think through difficult issues with their peers. Grader Various Courses, Vanderbilt University Assignment assessment, advisement, and occasional responsibility for course lecture for: PHIL 210, Ancient Philosophy (Fall 2010, Fall 2011) PHIL 212, Modern Philosophy (Spring 2010, Spring 2011) PHIL 108, Medical Ethics (Fall 2009) PHIL 240, Aesthetics (Fall 2004) WS 150, Introduction to Women s Studies (Fall 2003).

7 Erin Cecilia Bradfield / CV 7 Specialty Teaching Experience Guest Lecturer, Spring 2004 * In charge of the entirety of the Introduction to Ethics class (enrollment of approximately 150 persons) for the lecture and discussion of Friedrich Nietzsche s On the Genealogy of Morality and The Gay Science by invitation of Professor Henry Teloh (4/19/04 and 4/21/04). Guest Lecturer, Fall 2003 * In charge of the entirety of the Introduction to Ethics class (enrollment of approximately 200 persons) for the lecture and discussion of Abortion and Infanticide by Michael Tooley by invitation of Professor Robert Talisse (10/22/03). Graduate Writing Fellow Writing Studio, Vanderbilt University, * Consulted with undergraduate and graduate students about their writing projects * Developed and presented in-house workshops on specific aspects of the writing process * Assisted with the development of staff training * Participated in the hiring of new undergraduate consultants * Facilitated training sessions for new and returning consultants on philosophical argumentation and logic, Writing Studio resources, and the Writing Studio library * Developed and conducted classroom visits and course-specific workshops * Assisted in the planning and coordination of Writing Studio events, including Dinner and a Draft and First Year Forum * Participated in overseeing and revising Writing Studio handouts * Categorized, organized, and annotated the Writing Studio library during summer 2008 * Served as ex-officio member of the Writing Studio Advisory Board * Collaborated on new and ongoing projects with the directors Teaching Assistant Trainer Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University, 2005 * Conducted observations of short lectures for new teaching assistants in the philosophy department. I facilitated conversations about each presentation and provided constructive criticism for each TA.

8 Erin Cecilia Bradfield / CV 8 Academic Fellowships and Awards 2008 Honorarium for Philosophical Collaborations Conference, Carbondale, IL Graduate Writing Fellowship at the Writing Studio, Vanderbilt University Franklin J. Matchette Graduate Teaching Award, Vanderbilt University Heinz Fellowship Vanderbilt University, Department of Philosophy College of Arts and Science Dissertation Enhancement Grant Professional Organizations American Philosophical Association American Society for Aesthetics Society for the Philosophic Study of the Contemporary Visual Arts Coursework PHIL 240: Aesthetics PHIL 340: The Critique of Pure Reason PHIL 242: Philosophy of Religion PHIL 340: Hegelian Aesthetics PHIL 247: Kierkegaard and Nietzsche PHIL 340: German Idealism PHIL 243: Philosophy and Film PHIL 330: Race and American Democracy PHIL 294: French Feminism PHIL 340: The Works of Kierkegaard (Indep. Study) PHIL 327: Heidegger: After Being and Time PHIL 340: Film and the Avant-Garde (Indep. Study) PHIL 330: Meaning and Identity PHIL 330: Art and the Public Sphere (audit) PHIL 330: Post Metaphysics, Politics, and Poetry PHIL 352: Kantian Aesthetics (audit) PHIL 330: Wittgenstein PHIL 352: Music Alone (audit) AHST 231: 20 th Century European Art (audit) Reading Languages Spanish German Proficient in Spanish language speaking, reading, and writing. Competent in German language reading and translation.

9 Erin Cecilia Bradfield / CV 9 References Gregg Horowitz Michael Kelly Professor of Philosophy and Chair of Professor of Philosophy Social Science and Cultural Studies University of North Carolina at Charlotte Pratt Institute mjkelly1004@gmail.com And (704) Adjoint Associate Professor of Philosophy Vanderbilt University ghorowi2@pratt.edu (718) José Medina Christopher Conn Professor of Philosophy Associate Professor of Philosophy Vanderbilt University Sewanee: The University of the South jose.m.medina@vanderbilt.edu cconn@sewanee.edu (615) (931) James Wetzel Professor of Philosophy and Chair of Augustinian Thought Villanova University james.wetzel@villanova.edu (610)