Diane Perpich, Ph.D.
Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies; Director, Program in Women's Leadership
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Contact
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Office: 256C Sirrine Hall
Phone: 864-656-1532
Email: dperpic@clemson.edu
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago (1997)
Research Interests
Phenomenology, Ethics, Feminist Theory
Dr. Perpich is the founding Director of Clemson's first in the nation B.A. program in Women’s Leadership. She is also the director of the minor in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Chicago and her B.A. in Philosophy from Bryn Mawr College. Her research interests include contemporary continental philosophy, especially French philosophy and the work of Emmanuel Levinas, as well as feminism, gender and sexuality, social and political thought, and ethics. She is the author of The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas (Stanford 2008). She was the co-editor of the Journal of French Philosophy and also co-edited and translated with Brittany Murray a collection of writings by the French social movement, Ni Putes Ni Soumises. She teaches courses on gender and sexuality, women's leadership, social and political thought, and contemporary continental philosophy.
Awards
Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2009; Outstanding Woman Award, Faculty, Clemson Commission on the Status of Women, 2018
