Nancy Bauer (philosopher)

Nancy Bauer
Occupation(s)Academic philosopher, Dean of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts, Dean of Academic Affairs, School of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University
PartnerMark Richard
AwardsRadcliffe Institute Fellowship, Joseph A. and Lillian Leibner Award for Distinguished Advising and Teaching
Education
EducationHarvard University (Ph.D.)
Doctoral advisorStanley Cavell, Hilary Putnam
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolPostanalytic philosophy, Ordinary language philosophy, Existentialism
InstitutionsTufts University
Main interestsFeminism, Ethics, Higher education, Pornography
Notable ideasPornography as Illocutionary act

For the Canadian writer and editor, see Nancy Bauer.

Nancy Bauer is an American philosopher specializing in feminist philosophy, existentialism and phenomenology, and the work of Simone de Beauvoir. She was recently Chair of the Philosophy Department at Tufts University and is currently Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Philosophy as well as the Dean of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts. Her interests include methodology in philosophy, feminism, metaphysics, social/political/moral philosophy, philosophy of language, phenomenology, and philosophy in film.