F R AN CI S CO T . G AL L E G O S
Department of Philosophy, Georgetown University
37th & O Streets NW, Washington DC 20057
ftg2@georgetown.edu
P ROF IL E
Areas of specialization: phenomenology, moral psychology.
Areas of competence: existentialism, Latin American philosophy, ethics, social
and political philosophy
Dissertation: “Mood: A Phenomenological Account”
Committee: Bill Blattner (chair), Nancy Sherman, Kate Withy.
E DUC AT I ON
Georgetown University
Ph.D. in Philosophy, March 2017 (expected).
M.A. in Philosophy, May 2013.
University of New Mexico
B.A. summa cum laude in Philosophy, December 2007.
Advisor: Iain Thomson
PUBLICATIONS
“Seriousness, Irony, and Cultural Politics: A Defense of Jorge Portilla” (2013). APA
Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy 13.1: 11-18.
CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS
“Decolonial Phenomenology in 20th Century Mexico” (2014)
Invited lecture, American University.
“Cynicism and the Legacy of Colonialism” (2014)
Author-meets-critics panel, The Suspension of Seriousness: The Phenomenology of Jorge
Portilla by Carlos Alberto Sánchez, APA Pacific.
“Intersectionality in Implicit Cognition” (2014)
Commentary on “The Blurry Boundary Between Stereotyping and Evaluation in
Implicit Cognition,” Alex Madva and Michael Brownstein, Georgetown University
Philosophy Conference.
“Introduction to Latin American Philosophy” (2014)
Georgetown Latin American Philosophy Group.
“The Politics of Passive Resistance to Aesthetic Experience: Jorge Portilla’s Phenomenology of
Relajo” (2013)
University of New Mexico 11th Annual Graduate Student Conference.
“Hermeneutic Complicity, Uncertainty, and Imaginative Empathy” (2013)
University of Iowa Annual Philosophy Society Conference.
“Toward an Analytic Liberation Philosophy” (2013)
Commentary on “Implicit Bias, Philosophy, Latinos?” Manuel Vargas, SUNY Stony
Brook National Symposium on Latino/a Philosophy.
“The Existentialism of José Ortega y Gasset” (2013)
Georgetown 20th Century European Philosophy Workshop.
“Value, Freedom, and the Politics of Passive Resistance” (2013)
Georgetown 20th Century European Philosophy Workshop.
“Desire and Ontological Politics in Žižek and Heidegger” (2012)
University of New Mexico 10th Annual Graduate Student Conference.
"The Role of Emotions in Heidegger's Existential Pragmatism" (2012)
Georgetown 20th Century European Philosophy Workshop.
“Toward a Heideggerian Practical Philosophy” (2011)
Georgetown 20th Century European Philosophy Workshop.
TEACHING
Past Courses
Ethics of the Americas, PHIL 136, Spring 2015
Philosophy of Emotions, PHIL 154, Fall 2014
Logic, PHIL 200, Fall 2014 (American University)
Existentialism, PHIL 159, Summer 2013
Clear & Critical Thinking, PHIL 195, Summer 2014
Upcoming Courses
Phenomenology, Fall 2015
Moral Philosophy, Fall 2015 (American University)
Teaching Assistantships
Political and Social Philosophy, Madison Powers, Spring 2014
Political and Social Philosophy, Henry Richardson, Fall 2013
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Introduction to Philosophy, Bryce Huebner, Spring 2013
Introduction to Ethics, Steven Kuhn, Fall 2012
Introduction to Ethics, Karen Stohr, Spring 2011, Spring 2012
Introduction to Ethics, Terry Pinkard, Fall 2011
Ethics and Human Nature, Kate Withy, Spring 2010
Development
CTRL Online Teaching Certification Program: Summer 2015.
CNLDS Teaching Apprenticeship Program: Fall 2011 – present.
Diversifying the Syllabus Workshop, hosted by the GU Women in Philosophy
Climate Coalition: Summer 2014, 2015
GU Philosophy Pedagogy Group: Fall 2011 – present.
COURSES TAKEN
Topics in Neuroethics, NIH Joint Bioethics Colloquium, Spring 2014
Phenomenology, Bill Blattner, Fall 2013
Being & Time, Bill Blattner, Spring 2013
Latin American Thought, Amy Oliver (American University), Fall 2012
Feminism & Gender, Alisa Carse, Fall 2012
Emotions, Nancy Sherman, Fall 2012
Dennett & Haugeland, Bryce Huebner & Mark Lance, Spring 2012
Kant’s M&E, Rebecca Kukla, Spring 2012
Kantian Ethics, Karen Stohr, Spring 2012
Being & Time, Bill Blattner, Fall 2011
Hegel, Terry Pinkard, Fall 2011
Ethics (Pro Seminar), Mark Murphy, Fall 2011
Stoic Ethics, Nancy Sherman, Spring 2011
Wittgenstein, Rebecca Kukla, Spring 2011
Metaphysics (Pro Seminar), Bryce Huebner, Spring 2011
Philosophy of Mind/Cognitive Science, Bryce Huebner, Fall 2010
Logic, Steve Kuhn, Fall 2010
Epistemology (Pro Seminar), Mark Lance, Fall 2010
SERVICE
GU Latin American Philosophy Group: co-founder and coordinator, 2014 – present.
GU chapter of Minorities and Philosophy: member, 2014 – present.
2013, 2014 Georgetown Philosophy Conference: co-organizer and referee.
GU 20th Century European Philosophy Workshop: Coordinator, 2010-2011.
RESEARCH ASSISTANCE
Nancy Sherman: 2011 – 2014.
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