Expert Source: Shari Stone-Mediatore, Ph.D.

Shari Stone-Mediatore, Ph.D., specializes in the philosophy of Hannah Arendt, feminist theory, the politics of knowledge from Marx through feminist epistemology, and theories of violence and nonviolence. The author of “Reading Across Borders: Storytelling and Knowledge of Resistance,” Stone-Mediatore teaches courses including feminist philosophy, social/political philosophy, environmental ethics, and philosophy of violence and nonviolence at Ohio Wesleyan.

Education:

• B.A., University of Michigan
• M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook
• Ph.D, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Areas of Expertise:

• Philosophy of Hannah Arendt
• Politics of knowledge from Marx through feminist epistemology
• Feminist theory
• Theories of violence and nonviolence

Selected Publications:

• “Reading Across Borders: Storytelling and Knowledge of Resistance” (Palgrave, 2003)
• Numerous articles, including
  • “Challenging Academic Norms: An Epistemology for Feminist and Multicultural Classrooms” (The NWSA Journal, summer 2007)
  • “Examined Lives in the Shadow of Iraq” (The Humanist, March/April 2006)
  • "Women's Rights and Cultural Differences," (Studies in Practical Philosophy, summer 2004)
  • "Realism, Postmodernism, and the Problem of Identity" (Diaspora, Spring 2002)
  • "Hannah Arendt and Susan Griffin: Toward a Feminist Metahistory" (in Presenting Women Philosophers, Tougas and Ebenreck ed.s, Temple University Press, 2001)