Jennifer Marra Henrigillis, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae Website: https://snc.academia.edu/JenniferMarraHenrigillis E-mail: jemhenrigillis@gmail.com Areas of Specialization History of Philosophy; Ethics; Philosophy of Humor Areas of Competency Critical Thinking; Philosophy of Culture; Kant; Ernst Cassirer; Carceral Studies Education PhD, Philosophy, Marquette University, 2019. Dissertation: “Humor, Power, and Culture: A New Theory of the Experience and Ethics of Humor” Director: Dr. Sebastian Luft Committee: Drs. Theresa Tobin, Michael Monahan, and Drucilla Cornell B.A., Philosophy, Writing, Metropolitan State University of Denver, 2010 A.A., English, Red Rocks Community College, 2007 Academic Positions Adjunct Professor. University of Wisconsin Green Bay (2022-present) Adjunct Professor. St. Norbert College (2022-present) Part Time Visiting Assistant Professor. St. Norbert College (2023) Assistant Professor. Georgia State University Perimeter College (2020-2021) Visiting Assistant Professor. Marquette University (2018-2020) Lecturer. Full Responsibility. Marquette University (2015-2018) Teaching Assistantship. Full Responsibility. Marquette University (2013-2016) Research Assistantship. Marquette University (2011-2013) Instructor. Rosa dels Vents Idiomas Summer English Program, Midleton College (2010, 2012) Courses Taught at UWGB PHIL 208: Biomedical Ethics PHIL 323: Modern Philosophy – Existentialism PHIL 403: Topics in Philosophy – Philosophy of Humor Courses Taught at SNC PHIL 120 ONLINE: Philosophical Foundations in the Study of Human Nature PHIL 120: Philosophical Foundations in the Study of Human Nature Courses Taught at GSU Perimeter College PHIL 1010: Critical Thinking PHIL 2010: Introduction to Philosophy PHIL 2030: Introduction to Ethics PHIL 1010 ONLINE: Critical Thinking PHIL 2010 ONLINE: Introduction to Philosophy PHIL 2030 ONLINE: Introduction to Ethics Henrigillis CV 1 Courses Taught at Marquette University PHIL 1001: Foundations of Philosophy PHIL 1001H: Honors Human Nature PHIL 1001: Human Nature PHIL 2310H: Honors Theory of Ethics PHIL 2310 ONLINE: Theory of Ethics PHIL 2310: Theory of Ethics HOPR 1953: Comedy and Philosophy HOPR 2953: Gender and Mass Incarceration (Co-Instructor) PHIL 4931: Gender, Race, and Mass Incarceration (Co-Instructor) Additional Pedagogical Training Training: Mastering Online Teaching. Georgia State University (August 2020) Training: Inside/Out Prison Exchange Program. Macomb Correctional Center. Temple University (May 2017) Training: Facilitating Your Online Course. Marquette University Center for Teaching and Learning (Spring 2017) Training: Small Teaching. Guided Reading Faculty Seminar. Marquette University Center for Teaching and Learning (Fall 2016) Training: How Learning Works. Guided Reading Faculty Seminar. Marquette University Center for Teaching and Learning (Fall 2016) Training: Advising Students with Academic Difficulties and Mental Health Issues. Organized by the Klingler College of Arts and Science and the Faculty Advising Committee. Marquette University (1 March 2016) Philosophy Department Shadow Teaching, Marquette University (Spring 2012) Philosophy Department Teaching Seminar, Marquette University (Fall 2011) Publications Edited Volumes It’s Funny ‘Cause It’s True: The Lighthearted Philosophers’ Society Introduction to Philosophy through Humor. Ed. Jennifer Marra Henrigillis and Steven Gimbel. Lighthearted Open Access. 2021. https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/oer/10/ Select Publications: Book Chapters “Louis C.K. as Philosopher: The King and His Fall”. The Palgrave Handbook on Popular Culture as Philosophy. Ed. David Kyle Johnson. (2023). “It Really Is Just a Joke”. It’s Funny ‘Cause It’s True: The Lighthearted Philosophers’ Society Introduction to Philosophy through Humor. Ed. Jennifer Marra Henrigillis and Steven Gimbel. Lighthearted Open Access (2021). “Toward an Objective Ethic of Humor”. Ethics and Comedy: Essays on Crossing the Line. Ed. Steven A. Benko. McFarland & Company (2020). "Humor as a Symbolic Form: Cassirer and the Culture of Comedy". The Philosophy of Ernst Cassirer. Eds. J Tyler Friedman and Sebastian Luft. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter (2015): 419-434. “You Couldn't Handle Real Life: The Villains of Labyrinth and Mirrormask”. Jim Henson and Philosophy: Imagination and the Magic of Mayhem. Eds. Tim Dale and Joseph Foy (Lanham: Rowan and Littlefield Publishers, 2015): 129-138. Henrigillis CV 2 Articles “Normativity of the Symbolic Forms as Objective Moral Standards in Culture”. Cassirer Studies XIII/XVI: Ernst Cassirer’s Post-War Afterlife. Eds. Ingmar Meland and Giulio Raio. (2020-2021): 185-199. “Make Comedy Matter: Ernst Cassirer on the Politics and Morality of Humor”. European Journal of Humour Research. Vol. 6.1. (2018): 162-171. “The Phenomenological Function of Humor”. Idealistic Studies. Vol. 46. No. 2. (2016): 135-161. Book Reviews “Review. Fellow Creatures: Our Duties to the Other Animals”. Review of Metaphysics. Vol. 73. No. 2. (Dec 2019): 372-373. “Review. The Importance of Being Funny”. European Journal of Humour Research. Vol. 6. N. 4. (2018): 155-157. “Review. Isn’t That Clever: A Philosophical Account of Humor and Comedy”. The Israeli Journal of Humor Research: An International Journal. Vol. 6. No. 2. (2017): 120-125. “Review. The Kantian Aesthetic: From Knowledge to the Avant-Garde”. The Review of Metaphysics. Vol. 66. No. 1. (2012): 138-140. Conference Reports “How to Create Dialogue Between Theory and Practice: Stand-Up Comedy's Demand for Interdisciplinary Engagement”. American Society for Aesthetics Graduate E-Journal. Vol. 9. No. 2 (Spring/Summer 2017). Selected Awards and Honors Cyril Smith Trust Scholarship, $500 (Fall 2018) Philosophy of Creativity Dissertation Research Fellowship, $2,200. Resident Fellow at the American Institute for Philosophical and Cultural Thought. (Summer 2018) Travel Grant, $1250. American Society for Aesthetics 75th Annual Meeting, New Orleans (17 November 2017) Joseph Ellin Memorial Prize for Best Paper, Lighthearted Philosophers’ Society 10th Annual Conference (1 April 2017) Travel Grant, $500. Ethics and Aesthetics of Stand-Up Comedy Conference. (Spring 2017) Travel Grant, $200. Marquette University Philosophy Department (Spring 2017) Arthur J. Schmitt Leadership Fellowship, $18,000 (2016-2017) Travel Grant, $250. Lighthearted Philosophers’ Society (Summer 2016) Travel Grant, $400. Marquette University Philosophy Department (Fall 2015) Joseph Ellin Memorial Prize for Best Paper, Lighthearted Philosophers’ Society 9th Annual Conference (11 Oct 2015) Thomas C. Anderson Graduate Instructor Teaching Award, Marquette University (2014-15) Travel Grant, $300. Marquette University Philosophy Department (Fall 2013) Magna Cum Laude, Metropolitan State University of Denver (2010) Service to the Profession Reviewer for Philosophy Compass Reviewer for The Southern Journal of Philosophy Reviewer for Philosophy of Humor Yearbook. Reviewer for The European Journal of Humour Research. Reviewer for Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. Reviewer for Teaching Philosophy. Organizer. “Cassirer in Contemporary Political Philosophy”. International Ernst Cassirer Henrigillis CV 3 Society. APA Central Division Meeting (February 2018) Organizer. “Cassirer’s Later Works: Politics, Myth, and Ethics”. International Ernst Cassirer Society. APA Central Division Meeting (March 2017) Co-Organizer (with Stephen Lofts). "Art and Myth in the Everyday". Centre for Advanced Research in European Philosophy Panel. Central APA (March 2016) For the Lighthearted Philosophers' Society: Vice President (2017) Secretary (2015-2017) Media Coordinator (2014-2021) Job Market Support Officer (2014-2015) Co-Organizer. Job Market Q&A. 9th Annual Conference (October 2015) Reviewer. 9th Annual Conference. 2015. Conference Assistant. Interdisciplinary Moral Forum for the Self, Motivation, and Virtue Project. Marquette University (12 March 2015) Co-Organizer. The Philosophy of Ernst Cassirer: A Novel Assessment. (18-21 June 2014) Service to the University (Invited) Interviewee. “The Ignatian Promise”. Advertisement for Scholarship Donors. Marquette University (aired Fall 2018) (Invited) “Education, Social Responsibility, and Community”. 2017 New Colleagues’ Convocation. Marquette University (21 August 2017) Graduate Student Organization Representative for the Sexual Violence Prevention Education Coordination Committee (2016-2017) Service to the Department Committee Member. Student Petitions Committee. Georgia State University Perimeter College (2020-2021) Co-Organizer. Graduate Philosophy Conference. Marquette Graduate Student Conference. Marquette University (2015-2016) Co-Organizer. Philosophy Graduate Student Orientation. Marquette University (17 Aug 2015) Shadow Teaching Mentor for Tracy Wietecha (Spring 2015) Graduate Student Mentor (2014-2017) Ombudsperson for Graduate Student Mentor Program (2014-2016) Philosophy Graduate Student Association, PhD Student Representative (2014) Graduate Student Handbook Revision Project, Lead (2014, 2015) Marquette University Historic Core Committee, Graduate Student Liaison (2013) Philosophy Department Graduate Committee, Graduate Student Liaison (2012-2013) Philosophy Graduate Student Association, MA Student Representative (2012-2013) Service to the Community - Bridging Academic and Local Communities Summer Philosophy Reading Group. Organizer, Facilitator. Milwaukee Women’s Correctional Center. Milwaukee, WI (2017) Organizer. Hari Kondabolu: Night of Standup Comedy – Unifying Communities through Humor. Marquette University. 7 Nov. 2015. Secured Funding for this event from: Marquette University Office of Diversity and Inclusion, $2000 Marquette University Department of Management, $500 Henrigillis CV 4 Marquette University College of Arts and Sciences, $500 Marquette University Center for Intercultural Engagement, $200 Marquette University Honors Program, $50 Lighthearted Philosophers’ Society, $150 Organizer. Local Comedian Shawn Shelnutt: Comedy and Ethics Q&A. Marquette University (PHIL 2310: Theory of Ethics, Spring 2015) Organizer. Local Comedian Scott Long: Comedy, Ethics, and Disability. Marquette University (PHIL 1001: Human Nature, Spring 2014) Secured Funding for this event from: Marquette University Center for Ethics Studies, $300. Selected Conference Participation Talks (Invited) “Cassirer and Eugen Fink on Play”. International Ernst Cassirer Society. APA Central Division Meeting (Feb 2019) (Invited) “Engendering Dignity in Philosophy: A partnership between Marquette University and the Milwaukee Women’s Correctional Center”. Co-Presented with Theresa Tobin and Marisola Xhelili Ciaccio. Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities 24th Annual Conference (24 Oct 2018) “Humor in Protest”. Lighthearted Philosophers’ Society 12th Annual Conference. (13 Oct 2018) (Invited Keynote Address) “Humor as Interpretation”. First Annual William S. Minor Lecture. American Institute for Philosophical and Cultural Thought (22 July 2018). (Invited) “Philosophy in the Public: Cassirer, Humor, and Political Power”. Philosophy of Creativity. APA Central Division Meeting (22 Feb 2018) “Human Rights and Comedy: How Jokes Tell Us Who Counts”. International Association for the Philosophy of Humor. APA Pacific Division Meeting (15 April 2017) “Cassirer on the Politics and Morality of Humor”. International Ernst Cassirer Society. APA Central Division Meeting (2 March 2017) (Invited) “It’s Funny ‘Cause It’s True: How Humor Reveals Culture Myths”. UW-Parkside Practical Wisdom Lecture Series (4 Nov 2016) “Cassirer, Comedy, and Contemporary Myth”. 2016 Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences (22 Oct 2016) “A Husserlian Function of Humor”. Lighthearted Philosophers' Society 9th Annual Conference (11 Oct 2015) “Humor as a Symbolic Form: Cassirer and the Culture of Comedy”. The Philosophy of Ernst Cassirer: International Conference (21 June 2014) “Contextualizing the Philosophy of Humor: Bolstering a Belief-Based Theory through Jamesian Pragmatism”. Wisconsin Philosophical Association (20 April 2013) Panelist (Invited) Author Meets Critic: Isn’t That Clever: A Philosophical Account of Humor and Comedy, by Steven Gimbel. Lighthearted Philosophers’ Society (29 Sept 2017) "Cassirer, Comedy, and Contemporary Myth". Art and Myth in the Everyday: Centre for Advanced Research in European Philosophy Panel. APA Central Division Meeting. (3 March 2016) “Teaching Philosophy of Humor/Comedy”. Lighthearted Philosophers' Society 9th Annual Conference (10 October 2015) Session Chair Comedy and Pedagogy Panel. PCA/ACA National Conference (22 March 2016) Henrigillis CV 5 Commentator “Self-Deprecating Humor” by Camille Atkinson. Lighthearted Philosophers' Society 7th Annual Conference (11 Oct 2013) Professional Membership American Philosophical Association American Society for Aesthetics The Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences International Association for the Philosophy of Humor Lighthearted Philosophers' Society International Ernst Cassirer Society Selected Graduate Coursework History of Philosophy: Philosophy of Kant PHIL 4760 - Mark B. Tanzer, University of Colorado-Denver (Fall 2009) History and Theory of Ethics - Theresa Tobin (Fall 2011) Aristotle - Owen Goldin (Fall 2011) Hume - William Starr (Spring 2011) Kant - Javier Ibanez-Noe (Spring 2011) Kant and His Contemporaries: Independent Study - H. Sebastian Luft (Fall 2012) Classical American Philosophy - Stanley Harrison (Fall 2012) Descartes - Joseph Cannon (Spring 2013) Augustine - James South (Summer 2013) Plato - Franco Trivigno (Fall 2013) Kierkegaard's Concluding Unscientific Postscript - Noel Adams (Spring 2011) German Philosophy and Philosophy of Culture: Philosophy of History - H. Sebastian Luft (Fall 2011) Race and Gender Issues in Communication and Culture: Independent Study - Ana Garner (Fall 2014) German Phenomenology and Existentialism - H. Sebastian Luft (Spring 2015) Aesthetics - Curtis Carter (Spring 2015) Painfully Funny: Exploring Slapstick in the Movies – Richard L. Edwards, Ball State University (Fall 2016) Social and Political Philosophy, Personal Identity: Problems in Ethics, Violence - Theresa Tobin (Spring 2013) Philosophy of Race and Racism - Michael Monahan (Fall 2013) Seminar in Metaphysics: Self, Time, and Narrative - Luca Ferrero, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Fall 2014) Caribbean Philosophical Association Summer School – Lewis Gordon, Jane Anna Gordon, Paget Henry, Drucilla Cornell, et. al. UCONN (Summer 2016) Pedagogy and Languages: Teaching Asian (Buddhist Philosophy) - Bronwyn Finnigan (Spring 2013) German for Reading Knowledge - John Pustejovsky (Fall 2012) French for Reading Knowledge - Jeanette Kraemer (Summer 2015) Henrigillis CV 6 References Sebastian Luft, Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Paderborn Address: University of Paderborn. Fach Philosophie. Warburger Str. 100. D-33098 Paderborn. Phone: +49 5251 60 2411 Email: lufts@mail.uni-paderborn.de Theresa Tobin, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Student Development, Department of Philosophy, Marquette University Address: Marquette University, 440 Marquette Hall, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881 Phone: 414-288-1414 Email: theresa.tobin@mu.edu Michael Monahan, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Memphis Address: University of Memphis, 325 Clement Hall, Memphis, TN 38152 Phone: 901-678-2535 Email: mjmnahan@memphis.edu James South, Professor, Department of Philosophy, Marquette University Address: PO Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881 Phone: 414-288-6729 Email: james.south@mu.edu Nancy Snow, Professor of Philosophy and Director, Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing, University of Oklahoma. Address: University of Oklahoma, 620 Parrington, Room 208, Norman, OK 73019 Phone: 405-301-7291 Email: nsnow@ou.edu Henrigillis CV 7