Faculty Profile for Dr. Amy Marie Pommerening

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Dr. Amy Marie Pommerening
Assoc Professor of Instruction — Philosophy
phone: (512) 408-0062
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 I attended an all-women's college for my undergraduate degree and double majored in English and Philosophy. After graduating with my MFA from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University, I attended the Philosophy & Literature PhD program at Purdue University. Under the guidance of Dr. Leonard Harris, I researched and wrote my dissertation on the topic of prison abolition, time, and liberation.

Teaching Interests

 PHIL 4388: Philosophy and Prison(s)
PHIL 4388: Nihilism in Philosophy (and Rick & Morty)
PHIL 4373: Africana Philosophy
PHIL 1320: Ethics ​and Society

Research Interests

 Africana and Black Philosophy
Dr. Angela Davis/Prison Abolition
Giorgio Agamben
Continental Philosophy
Ancient Indian Philosophy & Sanskrit
Philosophy and Poetry

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Pommerening, A. M. (2016). The Time of Liberation: Angela Davis’s Prison Abolition and Giorgio Agamben’s Coming Community.
  • Pommerening, A. M. (2014). Prison Industrial Complex. In Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social Justice (pp. 573–574). London: Rowman & Littlefield.
  • Pommerening, A. M. (2011). [Review of Skin, Inc.: Identity Repair Poems, by T. S. Ellis]. Sycamore Review.
  • Pommerening, A. M. (2008). A (Half) Day in the Life of an Admin. Assistant. Monkey Puzzle #6. Boulder, CO: Monkey Puzzle Press.
  • Pommerening, A. M. (2008). Anarcha. Fact-Simile. Philadelphia, PA.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Student Veteran Appreciation of Campus Support program. August 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Award of Honor. January 2020 - May 2020

Selected Grants

  • Pommerening, Amy Marie. Interdisciplinary Studies Summer Research Grant (Purdue University), Institutional (Higher Ed). (Funded: May 1, 2016 - August 16, 2016). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Organizer
Philosophy Born of Struggle Conference
January 1, 2019-November 6, 2022
Participant
Department Representative for Bobcat Day
October 19, 2019
Reviewer / Referee
Rowman & Littlefield
2024-2024
Reviewer / Referee
Cambridge University Press
January 11, 2024-February 2, 2024
Member
The Center for Diversity and Gender Studies
February 14, 2023-March 31, 2021