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Marjorie Jolles
Assistant Professor

Roosevelt University
Women's and Gender Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences

Office Chicago Campus
Room 701 B (Auditorium Bldg.)
Phone 312-341-6592
Hours Fall 2009: Mondays & Wednesdays, 1:00 - 2:00 PM, and by appointment
E-mail mjolles@roosevelt.edu
Classes Taught
Fall 2009
WGS 210: Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
WGS 404: The Body: Agency, Pain, Desire

Spring 2009
WGS 210: Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
WGS 304: Global Feminist Ethics
WGS 404: Global Feminist Ethics

Fall 2008
WGS 210: Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
WGS 404: Feminism and Western Philosophy

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Research Interests
Feminist philosophy, with emphasis on theories of subjectivity, agency, the body, and ethics; Feminist cultural studies; Queer theory; Fashion theory.
Recent Publications
Fashion Talks: Undressing the Power of Style. Co-edited with Shira Tarrant. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2010.

“Contradiction and Comfort: The Fashion of Feminist Ambivalence.” Fashion Talks: Undressing the Power of Style. Eds. Shira Tarrant and Marjorie Jolles. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2010.

"'Real Women' in Women's Studies: A Reflexive Look at the Theory/Practice Dilemma." Feminist Teacher 18.1 (2007): 74 - 85.

"Knowing For Sure: Epistemologies of the Autonomous Self in O, The Oprah Magazine." The Oprah Phenomenon. Eds. Elwood Watson and Jennifer Harris. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 2007. 259 - 276.

"Chic Radicals: Feminism as Self-Determination in Women's Popular Culture." Critical Matrix: The Princeton Journal of Women, Gender and Culture 16 (2007): 57 - 75.

"The Subject in this Class: Teaching Feminist Critical Theory." The American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy 4.2 (2005): 3 - 9.
Education
Ph.D., Philosophy
Temple University, 2003

Graduate Certificate, Women's Studies
Temple University, 2003

B.A., Philosophy
George Washington University, 1992
Community Work
I volunteer at Chicago Books to Women in Prison, a feminist collective that distributes books to incarcerated women throughout the U.S. Learn more at: http://chicagobwp.org/about-us/
Links
National Women's Studies Association (http://www.nwsa.org/)
Society for Women in Philosophy (http://www.uh.edu/~cfreelan/SWIP/)
American Philosophical Association (http://http://www.apaonline.org/)
Cultural Studies Association (http://http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/cultural_studies/)
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