Lori Gallegos de Castillo Department of Philosophy Texas State University 601 University Drive San Marcos, TX 78666 Email: LoriGallegos@txstate.edu Website: LoriGallegos.weebly.com Areas of Specialization: Areas of Competency: Latin American and Latinx philosophy, moral psychology, philosophy of race Feminist philosophy, philosophy of emotion ACADEMIC POSITIONS Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Texas State University, 2016 Present EDUCATION Ph.D. Philosophy, Stony Brook University, 2016 Dissertation: Empathy s Contribution to Moral Knowledge: Cultivating Agency under Conditions of Social Inequality B.A. Philosophy and Foreign Languages, double-major, University of New Mexico, 2012 PUBLICATIONS Conflicts of Home-Making: Tactics of Survival and the Politics of Assimilation, Journal of Intercultural Studies: Special Issue on Critical Philosophy of Race (9:2, forthcoming) Colonial Legacies of Visibility/Invisibility : Response to María Josefina Saldaña-Portillo s Indian Given: Racial Geographies across Mexico and the United States, Syndicate Network book symposium. Running dates: Jan. 14, 2019 - Feb. 3, 2019. https://syndicate.network/symposia/literature/indian-given/ On the Distinctive Value of Mexican-American Philosophy: Beginning with the Concerns and Intuitions of Mexican Americans, co-authored with Francisco Gallegos, Inter-American Journal of Philosophy 9:2 (Fall 2018), 22-42 Unconscious Racial Prejudice as Psychological Resistance: A Limitation of the Implicit Bias Model, Critical Philosophy of Race 6:2 (July 2018), 262-279 Professional Philosophy in Pursuit of Genuine Dialogue: Embracing Radical Friction, Journal of Speculative Philosophy 34:1 (March 2018), 92-111 Moral Bioenhancement, Social Biases, and the Regulation of Empathy, co-authored with Keisha Ray, Topoi: An International Journal on Philosophy (Spring 2017). DOI 10.1007/s11245-017-9468-6 Page 1 of 6
Review of Philosophy and the Mixed Race Experience, ed. Tina Fernandes Botts, Hypatia Reviews Online (March 2017). http://hypatiareviews.org/content/philosophy-and-mixed-race-experience Skillful Coping and the Routine of Surviving: Isasi-Díaz on the Importance of Identity to Everyday Knowledge, APA Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy 15:2 (Spring 2016), 7-11. (Winner of the APA Essay Prize in Latin American Thought) Sketch of a Decolonial Environmentalism: Challenging the Colonial Conception of Nature through the Biocultural Perspective, Inter-American Journal of Philosophy 6:1 (May 2015), 32-47 Review of Serene Khader s Adaptive Preferences and Women s Empowerment, Journal of Applied Philosophy 31:3 (Aug 2014), 324-26 Review of José Medina s The Epistemology of Resistance: Gender and Racial Oppression, Epistemic Injustice, and Resistant Imaginations, APA Newsletter on Hispanics in Philosophy 13:2 (Spring 2014), 15-17 Under Review Rethinking the Good Life: Social Inequality and the Promise of Philosophy, chapter for volume on philosophy and well-being, edited by John Stuhr and James Pawelski (Oxford University Press) Metaphilosophy: What are Latin American and Latinx Philosophy?, co-authored with Francisco Gallegos, chapter for Latin American and Latinx Philosophy: An Introduction, edited by Robert Sanchez (under contract with Routledge) Works in Progress The Interpreter s Dilemma: On the Moral Burden of Consensual Heteronomy The Role of Empathy in Fostering Inter-Group Solidarity (accepted colloquium paper at the APA Central Division meeting, February 2019) Inequality-Based Empathy Deficits TEACHING Courses Taught Graduate courses Moral Psychology Texas State University (Fall 2018) Philosophy of Emotion Texas State University (Fall 2017) Undergraduate courses Latin American philosophy (Spring 2019) Ethics and Society Texas State University (regularly taught since Fall 2016) Ethics and Society Multicultural Curriculum Endorsement Texas State University (Fall 2018) Introduction to Philosophical Thought Central New Mexico Community College Concepts of the Person Stony Brook University Page 2 of 6
Modern and Contemporary Philosophy Farmingdale State College Ethics Farmingdale State College Introduction to Moral Reasoning Stony Brook University Professional Development Multicultural Curriculum Transformation and Research Institute, Texas State University, May 2018 Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institute (PIKSI), Graduate Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University, Summer 2015 Center of Study and Investigation for Decolonial Dialogues, Barcelona, Summer 2014 Graduate Certificate, Women s and Gender Studies, Stony Brook University, 2012 PRESENTATIONS Rethinking the Good Life: Social Inequality and the Promise of Philosophy. University of Portland. Portland, Oregon, October 25, 2018 (invited talk) Navigating Irreconcilable Conflicts. Philosophy and Well-being Conference of the Humanities and Human Flourishing Project. Shawnee-on-the Delaware, PA. June 2, 2018 The Role of Empathy in Cross-Cultural Solidarity. Toward Decolonial Feminisms: A Conference Inspired by the Work of María Lugones. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, May 11, 2018 Outsiders and Assimilationists: The Moral Psychology of Making a Home. Justice and Immigration: A Workshop in Philosophy and Social Justice. Our Lady of the Lake University. San Antonio, Texas, April 19, 2018 (invited talk) The Ethics of Home-Making: Strategies of Survival and the Politics of Assimilation. The American Philosophical Association 2018 Pacific Division Meeting. San Diego, California. March 30, 2018 Academic Philosophy and the Pursuit of Genuine Dialogue: Embracing Radical Friction. Texas A & M University. College Station, Texas, September 7, 2017 (invited talk) Empathy s Contribution to Moral Agency: The Epistemic Value of Sharing Emotions. Mentoring Workshop for Pre-Tenure Women in Philosophy. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 11, 2017 Toward a Program for Mexican-American Philosophy: Beginning with the Concerns and Intuitions of Mexican-Americans, co-presented with Francisco Gallegos. Society for Mexican-American Philosophy. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, May 17, 2017 Knowing Thyself-In-Relation: Practices and Dispositions for a Coalitional Philosophy. St. Mary s University. San Antonio, Texas, September 1, 2017 (invited talk) Loving Perception in Cross-Racial Contexts: The Moral Psychology of Lugones and Ortega. Roundtable on Latina Feminism. University Heights, Ohio, May 5, 2017 Page 3 of 6
Cross-Cultural Mediation in Philosophy: A Latina Feminist Approach to Ethical Translation. University of Texas, El Paso. El Paso, Texas, April 18, 2017 (invited talk) World-Traveling and the Task of Responsible Translation. American Philosophies Forum. Atlanta, Georgia, April 8, 2017 Affective Tools for Epistemic Aims: Loving Perception and Solidarity in Latina Feminist Philosophy. PhiloSOPHIA. Boca Raton, Florida, March 31, 2017 Navigating the Borders of U.S. Philosophy: Latina Feminism and Methods for Cross Cultural Mediation. St. Mary s University. San Antonio, Texas, November 17, 2016 (invited talk) Unconscious Racial Prejudice as Psychological Resistance: A Limitation to the Implicit Bias Model. California Roundtable for Philosophy and Race. Atlanta, Georgia, September 17, 2016 Unconscious Racial Prejudice: The Limits of the Cognitive Scientific Account. Department of Philosophy, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, August 11, 2016 Isasi-Díaz s Latina Feminist Particularism as a Method for Global Ethics. Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. Portland, Oregon, March 3-5, 2016 Moral Responsibility for Implicit Bias: A Character-Based Approach. Department of Philosophy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 20, 2016 Moral Responsibility for Implicit Social Prejudice. Conference of Ford Fellows, The National Academies and the Ford Foundation. Washington, DC, September 2015 Skillful Coping and the Routine of Surviving: Dreyfus and Isasi-Díaz on Everyday Knowledge. University of New Mexico s Annual Philosophy Graduate Student Conference. Albuquerque, NM, April 10-11, 2015 Sketch of a Decolonial Environmentalism: Challenging the Colonial Conception of Nature through the Biocultural Perspective. The American Philosophy Association 2014 Pacific Division Meeting. San Diego, CA, April 18, 2014 The Affective Dimensions of Active Ignorance. Georgetown University Philosophy Conference 2014. Georgetown University, Washington D.C., April 12, 2014 The Limitations of Emotion-Based Accounts of Morality: Implicit Bias and the Inhibition of Empathic Response. Cognitive Science in the Arts and Humanities: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives. Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, March 13, 2014 Response to Yasha Rohwer s Thinking about Coalitions: The Third Man. The American Philosophy Association, 2012 Eastern Division Meeting. Atlanta, GA, December 2012 Can Personal Identity be the Basis of Moral Obligation? The Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, The 51 st Meeting. Rochester, NY, November 2012 Response to Serene Khader s Adaptive Preferences and Women s Empowerment. Department of Philosophy, Philosophy Book Celebration. State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, November 2012 Page 4 of 6
The Evangelical Question: A Religious Challenge to the Habermasian Post-Secular Ideal. Conference of Ford Fellows, The National Academies and the Ford Foundation. Irvine, CA, October 2011 Autonomous Endorsement and the Sources of Normativity. Center for Inclusive Education Research Café. State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, September 2011 Undocumented Immigration in the United States: Examining the Human Rights Approach. Celebrating Diversity and Academic Excellence. State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, May 2011 Rethinking Egoism in the Evaluation of Aristotle s Nicomachean Ethics. International Conference on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy. Fordham University, New York, NY, October 2010 AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 2015-16 AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship, 2015 (declined) President s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student, 2014 Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, 2011-14 Turner Summer Research Grant, Stony Brook University, 2011, 2012, 2014 SERVICE Department Strategic planning committee on research, 2016-present Strategic planning committee on graduate studies, 2016-present Profession Co-Editor, APA Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy, Fall 2018-present Committee for Hispanics, American Philosophical Association, 2016-present Reviewer for Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 2019 Referee for New Mexico Texas Philosophical Society conference, 2017 Reviewer for Critical Philosophy of Race, 2016 Community Roundtable on immigration for 21 st Congressional District candidate. Intercultural Development Research Association, San Antonio, TX. August 22, 2018 Introducing Critical Race Theory. Community Dialogue Facilitator at San Marcos Public Library, Texas State University Philosophy Dialogues Series, San Marcos, TX. March 21, 2018 Panel presenter on restorative justice and immigration. 2017 Summer Dialogues on Activism, Texas State University Philosophy Dialogue Series, San Marcos, TX. June 21, 2017 Page 5 of 6
Panel presenter at An Uncertain Future Film Screening and Discussion on state immigration legislation. Jolt Texas and Latinx Spaces, Austin, TX. June 9, 2017 Board of Directors. Olé, Albuquerque, NM. 2014-2016 Page 6 of 6