Jeanne Proust

Jeanne Proust has studied Humanities, Philosophy and Visual Arts in Bordeaux, Berlin, and Paris. She has been teaching Philosophy for the last 12 years in the US. Her PhD dissertation (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) focused on the pathologies of the willpower, both in philosophical and psychological perspectives, but her interests are wide: among many fields, she does research in Ethics, Philosophy of Technologies, Bioethics, Feminist theory, and Aesthetics. While teaching at different universities in New York, Jeanne is advocating for a widening of philosophical education beyond the Academia frontiers by participating in different events open to the general public. She taught at Rikers Island as a volunteer, and regularly gives public talks in philosophy, leading her to recently produce her own podcast, "Can You Phil It?”.

Areas of specialization

• Continental Philosophy
• Normative Ethics
• Bioethics
• Feminist Philosophy, Gender Studies
• History of Psychology and Philosophy

Areas of competence

• Applied Ethics (including, but not limited to Bioethics)
• Philosophy of Technology
• Aesthetics, History of Visual Arts and Literature
• Epistemology
• Ethics and Philosophy within the Prison Environment

Education

• University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne
  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Philosophy, History of Psychology

• University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne
  Bac + 6, Philosophy

• Université Bordeaux Montaigne (ex - Bordeaux 3)
  Master 2, Philosophy

• Humboldt University of Berlin
  Bachelor's degree, Philosophy

• Université Bordeaux Montaigne (ex - Bordeaux 3)
  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Fine/Studio Arts, General