Taine Duncan
University of Central Arkansas, United States
Taine Duncan is the Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies and Director of Gender Studies at the University of Central Arkansas. She is president of the EWCA Executive Board for the East-West Center, serves as co-director of the Women’s Leadership Academy for the Women’s Leadership Network, and is co-Executive Editor of the professional academic journal Philosophy in the Contemporary World. She was recently awarded an American Philosophical Association Diversity and Inclusiveness grant for The Lavender Library: Institutionalizing Access to Queer Theory, Courses and Speakers at a Regional Comprehensive University in the South. She loves roller-coasters, cats, and cooking when she is not collaborating on presentations about philosophy, leadership, and teaching.
“It seems imperative, then, that any exploration of the cross-cultural issues we are facing today in justice, poverty, gender, and the environment must be rooted in transnationalism, rather than nationalism. In order to build solidarity across borders, understanding the needs of the particular is central, as is understanding that issues or problems may be shared but not identical. COIL gives students a hands-on way to understand this central truth in action!“
Project Information
Partner Institutions: Andrés Bello Catholic University (Venezuela), San Pedro College (Philippines)
Partner Name: María Fernanda Di Muro Pellegrino (Andrés Bello Catholic University)
Length of Collaboration: 4 years (Andrés Bello Catholic University), 1 month (San Pedro College)
Project Summary: Maternal Bodies, Gender Violence, and “Heridas atemporales. Visiones de la violencia pasada y presente / Timeless wounds. Visions of past and present violence.” (Andrés Bello Catholic University)
“Gender Studies: An Intercultural Discussion between San Pedro College and University of Central Arkansas students” (San Pedro College)