Prof. Kirsten Gerdes
I am Associate Professor of Humanities and Philosophy at Riverside City College in Riverside, California. My primary fields are gender and women's studies, religious studies, and philosophy, where my work on the philosophy of personhood has spanned historical eras and disciplinary silos. I enjoy thinking about and discussing pedagogical strategies, especially concerning the use of technology in and out of the classroom.
Kirsten M. Gerdes
Professor & Scholar
Phone:
951-222-8758
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Riverside City College
Quad 21-C
4800 Magnolia Ave.
Riverside, CA 92506
EXPERIENCE
2021-present
Associate Professor
RIVERSIDE CITY COLLEGE
2017-2021
Assistant Professor
RIVERSIDE CITY COLLEGE
Courses taught: World Religions, Honors World Religions, Introduction to Philosophy, Honors Introduction to Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Arts & Ideas: American Culture; Social & Political Philosophy. Curriculum development includes: Philosophical Survey of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality.
2016-2017
Senior Adjunct Professor
AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
2012-2017
Adjunct Professor
AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
Courses taught: Introduction to Philosophy, Introduction to Philosophy. Curriculum development: Introduction to Philosophy (Online), Performing Justice through Theater & Film.
2014-2017
Adjunct Professor
CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY
Courses taught: Introduction to Christianity, Sexual Ethics, Christian Ethics, Women & Religion. Curriculum development: Sexual Ethics, Women & Religion.
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
2023
Ph.D., Women's Studies in Religion
Emphasis, Philosophy of Religion and Theology
CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
2006
M.A., Humanities and Social Thought
Emphases, Gender Politics and Literary Cultures
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
2001
B.A., Global Studies
Minor, Philosophy
AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
2000
B.A., Music Theory and Composition
AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION & COMPETENCY
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Gender and religion; religion and pop culture; philosophy of religion and theology; political theology
Courses: Christianity, World Religions, Gender and Religion, Religious Ethics, Sexual Ethics, Religion and Pop Culture
PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy of religion and theology; philosophy of personhood; feminist philosophy; critical theory
Courses: Introduction to Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, Philosophy of Gender, Feminist Thought, Performing Justice Through Theater and Film
WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES
Gender and religion; gender and pop culture; ecofeminism, feminism of the Global South
Courses: Gender and Religion, Arts and Ideas: American Culture, Philosophy of Gender, Feminist Thought, Transnational Feminisms, Third World Feminist Theologies
