12 Facts About Naomi Scheman

Naomi Scheman is a guest professor at the Umea Center for Gender Studies in Sweden.

Naomi Scheman received her bachelor's in philosophy from Barnard College in 1968.

Naomi Scheman went on to receive a master's and doctorate in philosophy from Harvard University, in 1971 and 1978, respectively.

Naomi Scheman is currently a professor at University of Minnesota, and a guest professor at Umea University.

Naomi Scheman serves as a member of the editorial boards of Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy and NORA.

Naomi Scheman served as an associate editor of Signs between 1990 and 1993.

Naomi Scheman was one of the first academics to read Wittgenstein in a feminist light, and, likewise, was one of the first academics to bring Wittgenstein's ideas to feminism.

Much of Naomi Scheman's work has centered around the implications of the interactions between ontology and epistemology.

Naomi Scheman is especially interested in the ways in which transgressive practices shine light on the actions of normatively centered people, and on how insights gleaned from these observations allow for the chance of acting differently.

Naomi Scheman is a strong believer that phenomena such as race and class are socially constructed, and is a strong opponent of physicalism.

Naomi Scheman has written a significant number of peer-reviewed papers, as well as a number of articles, commentaries, and presentations including.

Naomi Scheman focuses especially on modern philosophy's apparent disdain for the body from which it, by necessity, sprung, and attempts to reground philosophy in the physical bodies and relationships it arose from.