JESSICA S ELKAYAM
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I am currently 
Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Psychology & Philosophy at Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX).  I teach Aesthetics, Existentialism & Self-Awareness, Philosophy of Film & Literature, Feminist Philosophies, and Introduction to Philosophy.

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My Research is specializes in 19th-20th century continental or post-Kantian European philosophy.  It examines temporality with a view to the ways time produces meaning in human experience, especially in the philosophies of Nietzsche and Heidegger, whose co-implicating tenses of time I phenomenologically explore to ground projects that both deepen engagement in and depart from traditional continental philosophy - particularly along contemporary feminist trajectories.   Recent projects conceptually focus on temporal transport via mood (attunement) as it facilitates the movedness of life – exigent, playful, aesthetic, and erotic.  My work has been published in Gatherings: The Heidegger Circle Annual, The Journal of Speculative Philosophy, Philosophy Today, Pli: The Warwick Journal of Philosophy, and diacritics.


​As with most of the phenomenologically inclined, I am passionate about the relation between philosophy and the work of art, especially philosophy and film.  When I am not working on philosophy per se, I enjoy traveling, cinema, and fine (though not necessarily expensive) wine among friends.
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  • Home
  • About
  • CV
  • Research
    • Publications
    • Upcoming Talks
    • Selected Presentations
    • Dissertation
  • Teaching
    • Courses Taught
    • Course Flyers
    • Sample Syllabi
  • Diversity
  • Contact