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Jane Rodeheffer, Ph.D.
Office location:
Saint Mary's Hall #205
Mailing Address:
Saint Mary's University
of Minnesota
700 Terrace Heights #82
Winona, MN 55987-1399
507-457-1536
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Jane Rodeheffer is a tenured Professor of Philosophy at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota.
Areas of interest include: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Plato and Mysticism.
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Courses Recently Taught at SMU
Great Ideas/Justice
Ancient Greek Philosophy
Plato Seminar
History of Modern Philosophy
Existentialism and Phenomenology
Twentieth Century Women Philosophers
Senior Thesis
Asian Philosophy
Philosophy East and West
Professional Organizations
American Catholic Philosophical Association
Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy
Association for Core Texts and Courses
Education
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, TN, 1989
M.A., Vanderbilt University, TN, 1986
Ed.M., Interdisciplinary Studies, Harvard University, BA, 1982
B.A., Boston College, English Literature and Philosophy, MA, 1980
Teaching Experience
2002 to Present: Professor of Philosophy, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Winona, MN
2004-2005: Associate Dean for General Education, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Winona, MN
1999-2005: Director, Lasallian Honors Program, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Winona, MN
1995-2002: Associate Professor of Philosophy, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Winona, MN
1993-1996: Director, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Saint Mary's College, Winona, MN
1989-1995: Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Saint Mary's College, Winona, MN
1987-1989: Lecturer, Mayo Medical School, MN
1987: Graduate Assistantship, Center for Clinical and Research Ethics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, TN
1987: Instructor, Department of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, TN
1986: Teaching Assistant, Vanderbilt University, TN
Honors
2003: Brother Charles Severin Award for Excellence in Teaching, Saint Mary's Univerity of Minnesota
2002-2003: Brother J. Robert Lane Endowed Chair in Humanities, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
1993: Delta Epsilon Sigma
1980: Scholar of the College Award, Boston College
1980: William J. Kenealy, S.J., Award for Academic Excellence and Commitment to Social Justice, Boston College
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Presentations
"Flannery O'Connor's Understanding of Prophecy and its Thomistic Roots," Invited Lecture, Loyola College of Maryland, 2006
"Revisiting the Seminar-Tutorial Method in Teaching Great Books," Comtemlation, Crisis, Construct: Appropriating Core Texts in Curriculum Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 2005
"Philosophy with a Brush: The art of Calligraphy and the Study of Classical Chinese Texts," International Conference on Humanities and the Arts, Honlulu, Hawaii, 2005
"Three Moments in Plato's Republic," Core Texts, Community and Culture Conference, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX, 2004
"Servant Leadership and Spirtual Exercises: The Soul of Capstone," Christianity and the Soul of the University Conference, Baylor University, Waco, TX, 2004
"This is What I Call My Life: Contrition and Confession in the Fiction of Andre Dubus," A Narratabel World: The Theological Implication of Story Conference, Seattle Pacific Unversity, Seattle WA, 2003
"Trying On Lives: Narrative as an Agent of Moral Growth in the Fiction of Andre Dubus," The Place of Core Texts Conference, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2003
"Core Voices in Core Texts: The African American Experience in Tocqueville, Wright and Morrison," The Wider World of Core Texts Conference, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 2002
"Self Cultivation and Ritual in the Traditions of Confucius and Lao Tzu," Invited Lecture, Christ College Honors program, Valporaiso University, 2001
"The Legacy of The Last Gentleman: Reading Dubus Reading Walker Percy," The Work of Andre Dubus Conference, Loyola College in Maryland, 2001
"The Republic and The Analects: A Great Books Dialogue, " Invited Lectures given to the Great Book faculty of Pepperdine University, 2000
Publications
"Three Moments in Plato's Republic," in Core Texts, Community and Culture, edited by Ron Weber and J. Scott Lee, University Press of American, 2006
"Philosophy With a Brush: The Art of Calligraphy and the Study of Classical Chinese Texts, " Proceeding of the International Conference on Humanities and the Arts, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2005
"The Legacy of the Last Gentleman: Reading Dubus Reading Walker Percy," In Religion and the Arts, Boston College, 2002
Editor, with Paul Contino and Brennan O'Donnell, Religion and the Arts, A Journal from Boston College, Volume 6 1/2, "The Work of Andre Dubus," 2002
"From Manly Courage to Philosophical Courage: A Dialogue Between, Plato's Laches and Phaedo, in Issues in Contemporary Personalism, Edited by James McLachlan, Mellen Press, 2001
Editor, Core Texts In Conversation, University Press of America, 2000
"The Role of Piety and Learning in the Cultivation of Virtue: Reading Confusius Reading Plato," in Cores Texts in Conversation, Edited by Jane Kelley Rodeheffer, David Sokolowski and J. Scott Lee, University Press of America, 1999
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