Curriculum Vitae
Taylor Rogers
http://www.emotionalphilosopher.com
1 University Pkwy, University Park, IL, 60484
trogers8@govst.edu
EDUCATION
Northwestern University
Ph.D Philosophy, Certificate Gender & Sexuality Studies (2021)
Indiana University, Bloomington
M.A. Philosophy (2012)
Oberlin College
B.A Philosophy, High Honors, B.A. Third-World Studies (2011)
Additional Education
-Feminist Pedagogy facilitator accreditation, Women Writing
for (a) Change, Cincinnati, OH (July 2022- December 2022)
-4 grad credits, Women in the History of Philosophy, University
of Jyvaskyla, Finland (August 2021)
-12 B.A. credits (2010), Pontificia Universidad Católica de
Valparaíso, Chile (January-August 2010)
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
August 2023Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Interdisciplinary Studies | Gov. State University
August 2021- July 2023
Instructor of Philosophy | Loyola University Chicago
DISSERTATION
TITLE: Knowing How to Feel: Mapping Affective Epistemologies of Numbness
COMMITTEE:
José Medina (Chair), Charles Mills, Jennifer Nash, Rachel Zuckert
SUMMARY:
My dissertation engages questions in anti-colonial feminisms about the emotional
dimension of our social and political lives, and how art can help. I argue that emotional numbness is
one mechanism by which oppression thrives, and to resist oppression, we should target how we fail to
feel. I highlight the reparative potential of cultivating various emotional capacities through art and
storytelling, an important method for theorizing within Latinx and Black feminist thought.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Areas of Specialization
Feminist Philosophy, Social/Political Philosophy, Political
Epistemology
Areas of Competence
History of Modern Philosophy (especially Kant), Aesthetics,
Bioethics, Ethics
Languages
Spanish (advanced), Sanskrit (beginner)
PUBLICATIONS
Articles:
“NOA, a Music Film: An Exchange,” co-authored with Kelly Gawel, Symposium special issue
Feminist Philosophies of Making, ed. Ada Jaarsma. (Fall 2024)
“Curdled Contracts: Reading Charles Mills through a Lugonesian Spirit” (10,000 words). In
Charles W. Mills: Race and the Relation of Power, edited by Mark Westmoreland. Routledge (under
contract, 2023)
“Knowing How to Feel: Racism, Resilience, and Affective Resistance,” Hypatia 36, no. 4: 1-23
Fall 2021. DOI: 10.1017/hyp.2021.47. (November 2021)
"Resisting Epistemic Oppression." HUMANA. MENTE Journal of Philosophical Studies 14, no. 39:
175-193. (Fall 2021)
“Impartiality and Patriotism” (8,000 words), co-authored with Marcia Baron, Patriotism Handbook,
Springer. (February, 2018)
Entries in Reference Works:
“vulnerability” entry in Encyclopedia of Diversity, Springer. (Forthcoming, 2023).
“Charles W. Mills” biographical entry in Encyclopedia of Critical Political Science. (Forthcoming,
2023).
Under Peer-Review:
“Shapeshifting Through Grief: What Loss Makes possible,” journal article
PRESENTATIONS
“Shapeshifting Through Grief” (Refereed), philoSOPHIA, Mount Royale, March 2024
“Water Kinship” (Refereed), Imagining America, Rhode Island, Oct. 2023 (unable to attend)
“Curdled Contracts” (Refereed), MANCEPT, Manchester, UK (online), Sept. 2023
“Multiplicitous Grief: Butler, Anzaldúa, and Reparative Ontologies of Loss” (Refereed), philoSOPHIA,
UNC-Charlotte, June 2023
“NOA: A Music Film Screening and Discussion” (Invited), WGSS Research Collaborative events, Elon
University, April 2023
“Reading Charles Mills with a Lugonesian Spirit” (Invited), Charles Mills Conference, UIC, Sept. 2022
“Grieving Ghosts with Mariana Ortega” (Refereed), Midwest SWIP Conference, Marquette, Sept. 2022
“NOA: Grieving Ghosts of Collective Trauma” (Refereed), philoSOPHIA Text and Experimental
Writing Workshop, George Mason University, June 2022
“The How of Public Philosophy” (Invited), American Philosophical Association Central Division,
Chicago, Feb. 2022
“Emotional Numbness and World-Traveling: a paper and performance” (Refereed), Midlands Music
Research Network, April 2021.
“Purity, Fragmentation, and Numbness: a paper and performance on the legacy of María Lugones”
(Invited), American Philosophical Association Central Division, Feb. 2021
“Philosophy and Activism” (Invited), American Philosophical Association Central Division, Chicago,
Feb. 2020
“Emotional Numbness and the Case of False Confessions” (Refereed), UCLA Grad Conference, Feb.
2020; also accepted at UIC Grad Conference (Refereed, March 2020), cancelled due to COVID.
“Racism, Resilience, and Affective Resistance,” Feminist Pragmatism, Rochester, NY, Nov. 2019; also
accepted at Columbia Grad Conference (Refereed, March 2020), cancelled due to COVID.
“Affectively Ignorant” (Refereed), Political Epistemologies, Villanova University, Philadelphia, PA,
March 2019; also presented at Resistant Imaginations (Refereed), University of Oregon, Eugene,
OR, Feb. 2019
“Intersectionality & Lawless Violence” (Refereed), American Philosophical Association Eastern
Division, NYC, Jan. 2019; also accepted at University of South Florida PGSO conference (April
2018), but unable to attend.
“Resisting Epistemic Resilience” (Refereed), American Philosophical Association Central Division,
Chicago, IL, Feb. 2018; also presented at Brown Graduate Conference (Refereed), Providence, RI,
November 2017; also presented at Inclusiveness Philosophy (Refereed), Purdue Univ. Lafayette, IN,
March 2017; also accepted at UEHIRO Graduate Philosophy Conference (Refereed), University of
Hawaii at Manoa (March 2014), but unable to attend.
“Rawls, Basic Liberties, and Epistemic Injustice” (Refereed), Western Michigan Graduate Conference,
Dec. 2017 (accepted but unable to attend)
“Epistemic Injustice” (Invited), Northwestern University Women in Philosophy, Nov. 2017; also
presented at Northwestern at Shepard Residential College (Invited), Chicago, IL March 2017
“Democracy, Epistemic Diversity, & Kant’s Regulative Ideas” (Refereed), Loyola Grad Conference,
Chicago, IL, Oct. 2017
“The Moral Order of Commitment” (Refereed), North American Kant Society, Evanston IL, October
2015; also presented at Indiana Philosophical Association (Refereed), Indianapolis, IN, March 2014
“The Ethical Significance of Abstract Art” (Refereed), UEHIRO Graduate Philosophy Conference,
University of Hawaii at Manoa, March 2014; also accepted at Chilean Society of Philosophy
(Refereed, March 2014), but unable to attend
AWARDS
Semi-Finalist, Blow-Up International Arthouse Filmfest, NOA: A Music Film, Chicago, IL Nov. 2023
Best Film, NOA: A Music Film, Bloomington Indiana Film Festival, April 2023
2022-2023 Honorary Member of Loyola’s Women Basketball Team, Loyola University, February 2023
-Honored for positive impact on student-athletes.
Gender & Sexuality Studies Competitive TA-ship ($40,000). Northwestern University, Summer 2021
(declined).
Buffet Global Impacts Fellowship ($40,000). Northwestern University, Fall 2020
The Sexualities Project Travel Grant ($500), Northwestern University, February 2020
Duke Feminist Theory Workshop Award, Northwestern University, October 2019
Center for Interdisciplinary Research and the Arts Grant ($3,000), Northwestern University, June 2018
Purdue Women in Philosophy Travel Award, Purdue University, March 2017
The Graduate School Conference Travel Award ($700), Northwestern University, August 2016
Erasmus Gender & Philosophy Summer School Award, University of Jvaskyla, August 2016
UEHIRO Graduate Philosophy Travel Award ($600), University of Hawaii Manoa, January 2014
College of Arts and Humanities Graduate Student Conference Travel Award ($300), Indiana University,
January 2014
Indiana University Graduate Fellowship ($12,000), Indiana University, September 2012- May 2013
Nelson Summer Research Fellowship ($3,000), Indiana University, Summer 2013
Creativity and Leadership Fund Grant ($500), “Empowerment through Jump Rope,” Fall 2010,
Oberlin, OH (declined)
USA Today’s All College Academic Third Team for outstanding undergraduates, USA TODAY, 2010
Charles Sister Memorial Endowed Scholarship for academic achievement, Oberlin College, 2007-11
TEACHING AND ADDITIONAL PEDAGOGICAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Ethics | Governors State University
-Interdisciplinary Ethics, Fall 2023- Spring 2024
-Healthcare Ethics, Fall 2023- Spring 2024
-Freshman Seminar: Truth-telling & Justice – Fall 2023
Instructor of Philosophy | Loyola University
-Social & Political Philosophy, Spring 2023,
-Environmental Ethics, Fall 2022-Spring 2023
-(Decolonial) Healthcare Ethics, Fall 2021-Fall 2022
-Philosophy of Persons, Fall 2021-Spring 2022
Northwestern University, School of Professional Studies
-The Nature of Value, July 2020
Teaching Assistant
| Northwestern University
-Philosophy of Race, José Medina, Winter 2019
-Bioethics, Mark Sheldon, Fall 2018
-Early Modern Philosophy, Baron Reed, Spring 2017
-Social Epistemology, Jennifer Lackey, Fall 2021
-Foucault, Penelope Deutscher, Spring 2017
-Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, Rachel Zuckert, Fall 2016
| Indiana University
-Thinking & Reason, Fall 2013-Spring 2014
Guest Lecturer
| Northwestern University
- Simone De Beauvoir’s The Ethics of Ambiguity, Rachel Zuckert, Fall 2020
| Northwestern Prison Education Program (NPEP)
-Kant’s Moral Philosophy, Jennifer Lackey, Winter 2016
Tutor/Facilitator
| Northwestern Prison Education Program (NPEP)
- Northwestern Philosophy Courses, Stateville Prison, Winter 2017-2020
- Epistemic Injustice Reading Group (self-designed syllabus, Stateville
Prison, Winter 2019
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Commenting and Chairing:
Commenter on Yarran Hominh, “Oppression, Domination, and the Structure of Graded Hierarchy,”
Social Philosophy Workshop, UIC & Northwestern, February 2022
Commentator, Annual Colloquia, Oberlin College, May 2020 (rescheduled due to COVID)
Commentator on Beth Barker, “Epistemic Injustice and Intellectualist Know-how,” American
Philosophical Association Central Division, Chicago, IL, March 2019
Commentator on Naomi Fisher, “Genius and the Supersensible in Kant’s Third Critique,” German
Philosophy Workshop, DePaul University, March 2019
Chair, Aesthetic Reasoning, American Philosophical Association Central Division, Denver, CO
Feb 2019
Chair, Queer Temporality & Aesthetics Critical Theory Workshop, Northwestern University, May 2016
Chair, Epistemic Norms, American Philosophical Assoc. Central Division, Chicago, IL, March 2016
Chair, Moral Philosophy, Indiana Philosophical Association, Indianapolis, IN, November 2013
Refereeing:
Reviewer, Critical Studies in Education, November 2022, and August 2022
Reviewer, Social Theory and Practice, January 2022
Reviewer, Hypatia Journal of Feminist Philosophy, Summer 2021
Reviewer, TOPOI Journal of Philosophy, Summer 2021
Reviewer, Ergo Journal of Philosophy, January 2021
Service:
Organizing Committee, philoSOPHIA Feminist Society Annual Conference, June 2023-April 2024
Helped to organize conference from start to finish, including visioning, grant applications, conference art and
promotion, issuing calls for papers, helping with accessibility requirements, space needs, etc.
Civic Engagement Committee, Governors State University, August 2023-November 2023
Helped plan events for Voter Engagement Season at Governors State University, provided faculty support in visioning,
moderating panels, student outreach, etc.
Sustainability Committee, Governors State University, August 2023-present
Will help plan Earth Day events on campus in 2024.
Curriculum Committee, Division of Arts & Letters, Governors State University, August 2023-present
Reviewed syllabi for acceptance into University catalogue
Inclusiveness Committee Member of the APA, July 2022-July 2023
Organized a session entitled “Experimental Philosophy” for the 2022 Pacific APA, reviewed grant applications, helped
overhaul APA “Diversity and Inclusion” syllabus collection, etc.
Climate Committee Member, Northwestern University Philosophy Department, Fall 2016-Spring 2017
I responded to concerns related to climate in the department, providing an interface between students, faculty, and other
relevant institutional programs.
Research Assistantships:
Research Assistant, Critical Epistemology: Knowing through Gender and the Decolonial Mellon
Initiative, Dr. Penelope Deutscher, Northwestern Univ., May 2018- July 2021
- I developed a ‘critical epistemology lexicon’ for a wide number of scholars to draw from
(https://criticaltheory.northwestern.edu/documents/critical-epistemology-lexiconjan-2019.pdf), attended workshops at
Rutgers, National Autonomous University of Mexico, and Northwestern on decolonial praxis, conducted interviews, and
collaborated with visiting scholars on developing decolonizing syllabi and events, drawing especially from the Latin
American context.
Research Assistant, Theories of the Flesh, Dr. José Medina, Northwestern University, Winter 2018
I compiled and edited the bibliography for a forthcoming co-edited volume on Latina Feminism.
Intern and Researcher, Parr Center for Ethics, UNC-CH Philosophy Department, Summer 2009
Event Organizing:
“Image-Text Experimental Adjacent Workshop,” philoSOPHIA feminist society annual meeting,
Charlotte, NC, June 2023.
“Experimental Philosophy,” American Philosophical Association Pacific Division, San Francisco, CA,
April 2023
“Becoming Abolitionist at Loyola and Beyond Roundtable,” Loyola University, Chicago, IL, October
2022
“The Racial Contract at 25: A Conference in the Memory of Charles Mills,” UIC, Chicago, IL,
September 2022
Decolonial Aesthetics Workshop, Northwestern University, Fall 2018
Northwestern Society of Ethics and Politics (NUSTEP) conference, Chicago, IL May 2015
Annual Inclusiveness Lecture, Northwestern University Philosophy Department, Spring 2017
Invited Scholar:
Interviewee for my work NOA: A Music Film, Symposium, Fall 2024
Bloomington Film Festival (Refereed), April 2023
Midlands Music Network Podcast, September 2022
Louisville International Film Festival (Refereed), October 2022
Contributor, “Education in Prison: Remote Learning During COVID-19 Has Failed Students,”
Teen Vogue, March 2021, https://www.teenvogue.com/story/education-prison-coronavirus
NPR’s Session at Studio A, Dekalb, IL, August 2019
Contributor, ‘Most Patriotic States,’ Wallethub, June 2020 (https://wallethub.com/edu/most-patrioticstates/13680/#expert=taylor-rogers)
‘Equalizing Power Dynamics,’ TA Workshop, Northwestern University, Spring 2018
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SERVICE
Employment:
Graduate Assistant, Residential Services, Northwestern University, Fall 2018-Spring 2019
I worked as the Graduate Assistant to a Faculty in Residence, Benjamin Gorvine, doing administrative work, overseeing
financial expenditures, and organizing regular events for undergraduate students, including events that center
on art and resistance.
Assistant Chair of Shepard Residential College, Northwestern University, Fall 2015-Spring 2018
I worked as Assistant Chair to a Northwestern Residential College, doing administrative work, overseeing
financial expenditures, leading an executive board of ten undergraduates, and organizing regular events aimed towards
fostering community at Shepard Residential College.
Lawyers Assistant, Ann Petersen Attorney at Law, Chapel Hill, NC, Summer 2012
Summarized transcripts for a defense lawyer working to get convicts off death-row.
Administrative Assistant, Indiana University Philosophy Department, August 2012-May 2013
Substitute Teacher, Oberlin City Schools, Oberlin, OH, Fall 2012-Summer 2013
Prison Education:
Co-Director of Student Wellness and Reentry Services, NU Prison Education Program, Northwestern University,
Feb 2020-May 2023
I develop resources for incarcerated students at Stateville and Logan prisons to navigate their wellness. Other
activities include organizing community hours, providing faculty support for the Graduate Student Advisory
Council, remote tutoring work, program development, and more.
Volunteer, Prison and Neighborhood Arts Project, June 2022-present
I help organize on-campus events that are in partnership with PNAP, and help develop our programming for
the new Logan prison initiative.
Other Community Outreach:
Coach, CircEsteem, Spring 2014-Summer 2019
I founded and coached the jump rope program at CircEsteem, a social youth circus in Chicago’s Uptown
neighborhood that aims to unite diverse youth and reduce gang violence through circus arts.
Facilitator of young girls writing circle, Women Writing for (a) Change, Bloomington, IN, Fall 2013
Founder and Coach, OBJUMP, Oberlin, OH, Fall 2009-Fall 2013
Founded and coached Oberlin’s nationally competitive youth jump rope team, OBJUMP
GRADUATE COURSEWORK
Northwestern University:
Gender & Sexuality Studies Colloquia, Jennifer Nash, Fall 2018-Winter 2019, Northwestern University
Critical Race Theory, José Medina, Spring 2019
Intersectionality and Its Discontents, Jennifer Nash, Spring 2017
Hannah Arendt, Mary Dietz, Spring 2017
Foucault and Biopower, Penelope Deutscher, Spring 2017
Global Capitalism and Law, Christina LaFont, Winter 2017
Queer Theory, Ryan Dohoney, Winter 2017
Social Epistemology, Jennifer Lackey, Fall 2016
Eighteenth Century Philosophy of History, Rachel Zuckert, Fall 2016
Nietzsche, Mills, Tocqueville, Mary Dietz, Spring 2016
Biopower and Gender, Penelope Deutscher, Spring 2016
Rawls and Nozick, Charles Mills, Spring 2016
Marx, Charles Mills, Winter 2016
Spinoza’s Ethics Books I & II, Kenneth Seeskin, Winter 2016
Advanced Feminist Theory, Mary Dietz, Winter 2016
Kant’s Third Critique, Rachel Zuckert, Fall 2015
Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Richard Kraut, Fall 2015
Kant’s Ethics, Kyla Ebels-Duggan, Fall 2015
Theory of Desire, Kyla Ebbels, Duggan, Spring 2015
Indiana University
External World Skepticism, Adam Leite, Spring 2014
Contemporary Ethical Theory, Marcia Baron, Spring 2014
Sanskrit I & II Fall 2013-Spring 2014
The First Critique, Allen Wood, Fall 2013
Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, Sandra Shapshay, Fall 2013
Philosophy of Art, Sandra Shapshay, Spring 2013
Kant’s Ethics, Allen Wood, Spring 2013
Feminist Philosophy, Kate Abramson, Spring 2014
Metalogic, Joan Weiner, Fall 2012
Fichte’s Ethics, Allen Wood, Fall 2012
Buddhism and Hinduism, Richard Nance, Fall 2012
REFERENCES
Dr. José Medina
Professor of Philosophy
Northwestern University
Jose.medina@northwestern.edu
Dr. Jennifer Nash
Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies and Black Studies
Duke University
Jennifer.nash@Duke.edu
Dr. Rachel Zuckert
Professor of Philosophy
Northwestern University
r-zuckert@northwestern.edu
Dr. Allen Wood
Professor of Philosophy
Indiana University
awwood@indiana.edu
Dr. Penelope Deutscher
Professor of Philosophy
Northwestern University
pdeutscher@northwestern.edu