PPS 8.10 Form 1A

TEXAS STATE VITA

I. Academic/Professional Background

A. Name: Ross-Fountain, Rebekah J. Title: Senior Lecturer, Philosophy

B. Educational Background

Degree / Year / University / Major / Thesis/Dissertation
M.A / 2006 / Texas State University—San Marcos / Professional Counseling
M.A / 1995 / Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville / Philosophical Studies / “Recovering the Significance of the Body: Gender Identity and Merleau-Ponty”
B.A. / 1993 / Texas State University—San Marcos / English

C. University Experience

Position / University / Dates
Lecturer to Senior Lecturer / Texas State University—San Marcos / 1998 to present
Director , Critical Thinking Lab / Texas State University—San Marcos / 1996-1998

D. Relevant Professional Experience

Position / Entity / Dates
Psychotherapist / Shoal Creek Counseling, PLLC / 2006-Present

II. TEACHING

A. Teaching Honors and Awards:

Spring 2001 awarded “Favorite Professor” from the Alfred H. Nolle Chapter (SWT) of Alpha Chi, the National Honor Scholarship Society.

B. Courses Taught:

Philosophy & Critical Thinking, Feminist Theory, Philosophical Issues, Business and Professional Ethics, and University Seminar

I. Other:

Undergraduate Honor’s Thesis Director, 2005. Directed thesis for Amanda Jo Williams entitled A New Prescription of Enculturated Lenses..

III. SCHOLARLY/CREATIVE

A. Works in Print

2. Articles

a. Refereed Journal Articles:

b. Non-refereed Articles:

Creating Identity: Narrative Ethics, Intersex Infants, and the Surgical Assignment of Gender. Southwest Philosophical Studies. Publishing date pending.

3. Abstracts:

Abstract of “An Environmental Conscious Through Gender” Published in Southwest Philosophical Studies Journal, Spring 1999.

6. Other:

Master’s Thesis: Recovering the Significance of the Body: Gender Identity and Merleau-Ponty, ©1995

B. Works not in Print

1. Papers Presented at Professional Meetings:

John Broyer Philosophy Symposium, March 2007, Read Paper entitled Creating Identity.

New Mexico/West Texas Philosophical Society Annual Meeting, April 2004

Read Paper entitled Creating Identity: Narrative Ethics, Intersex Infants, and the Surgical Assignment of Gende.r

New Mexico/West Texas Philosophical Society Annual Meeting, April 2003

Read Paper entitled Philosophical Counseling: Constructing the Passageway.

New Mexico/West Texas Philosophical Society Annual Meeting April 1999

Read Paper entitled An Environmental Conscious Through Gender.

2. Invited Talks, Lectures, Presentations:

Guest lecturer for Texas State Sociology class, 10/11/07, topic "Sex Offenders and Social Deviance"

1999 to present, Presenting and leading a discussion in the Texas State University-San Marcos Philosophy Dialogue Series two to three times per year. Some examples include:

Does Religion Serve A Public Good?, March 19, 2001

Feminism: Is it Relevant?, Summer, 2001

Do We Need A New Mythology?, October 15, 2001

Gender, Ethnicity, and Wage Gaps, March 20, 2003

Philosophy and Current Issues, October 10, 2003

Gender Identities, October 17, 2005

Feminist Pedagogy, March 5, 2007

D. Fellowships, Awards, Honors:

Best Paper at Symposium. John Broyer Philosophy Symposium, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 2007.

IV. SERVICE

A. University:

Women’s History Month Planning Committee, 2002 to present

Texas State Ally, 2001 to present

Advisor to Freethought Society, student organization on campus, 2005 to present

Advisor to Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance (FMLA), student organization on campus, 2002

Advisor to Campus Greens, the student Green Party organization on campus, 2000-2002

Advisor to SETA (Student’s for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), 1998-2000

B. Departmental:

Co-Coordinator of the Philosophy Dialogue Series, 1998-2005

E. Organizations

Professional:

New Mexico/West Texas Philosophical Society

American Counseling Association

Please note: For all entries, list most recent items first.

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