Patricia Grosse
Assistant Professor in Philosophy
Office
Mannerheim 411
Contact
Patricia.Grosse@finlandia.edu
Social Media

Joined Finlandia
Fall 2018
Education
PhD, Villanova University, Philosophy 2017
MA, Villanova University, Philosophy 2011
BA,Emory University, Philosophy and Religion (with High Honors) 2007
AA, Emory University, Liberal Arts 2005
Hours
MW 11:15am-1pm ; T 2pm-3pm
Current Courses
Phil 101: Introduction to Western Philosophy
Phil 212: Ethics: Classical Theories and Contemporary Issues
Phil 350: Philosophy of Sex and Love
Biography
I am an Assistant Professor in the Religion and Philosophy Department at Finlandia University and was recently an Assistant Teaching Professor in the English and Philosophy Department at Drexel University. I received my PhD in Philosophy from Villanova University in 2017. My research and teaching interests include feminist readings of religious thought, embodied and extended emotion theory, the thought of Augustine of Hippo, and the philosophy of pop culture.
Areas of Interest / Speciality
AOS: Feminist Philosophy Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Moral Psychology
AOC: Ethics Continental Philosophy Philosophy of Sex and Love
Professional Memberships
American Philosophical Association
International Society for Cultural History
North American Patristics Society
International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
Certifications
[6] Certificate and Training for Mental Health First Aid. Training led by Mental Health First Aid USA (February 2018)
[5] The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program International Instructor Training Institute. Training led by The Inside-Out Center, Temple University (September 2017)
[4] “Being an LGBTQ+Ally.” Training led by Jesse Krohn of the Office of Equality and Diversity, Drexel University (March 2017)
[3] Community-Based Learning Faculty Training. Led by Lindy Center for Civic Engagement, Drexel University (October 2016)
[2] Curriculum Development Workshop: Catholic Social Teaching and Issues of Justice. Led by The Office for Mission & Ministry, Villanova University (May 2015)
[1] Certificate of Mentored Teaching for Successful Completion of Seminars on University Teaching, with Observation of Class Performance. The Villanova Institute for Teaching and Learning, Villanova University (December 2012)
Publications
Journal Articles
[2] “Exploring the Wound: Fecund Women and Monstrous Wombs in Fantastic Horror.” Studies in the Fantastic. Under Review.
[1] “Love and the Patriarch: Augustine and (Pregnant) Women.” Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. Special Issue: Feminist Love Studies in the 21st Century. 32 (1), 2017: 119–134
Book Chapters
[4] “Love in the Time of Augustine: Rape, Suicide, and Resurrection in City of God.” In Augustine and Time. Under Review, Rowman and Littlefield
[3] “Bad Love: Concupiscentia’s Role in the Development of the Interior Self in Augustine’s Thought.” In Self, Consciousness, and Conscience in Late Antiquity: Sources and Legacy, edited by Diana Stanciu. Under Review, Brill
[2] “Love, Death, and Codependence: The Family in Supernatural.” In Time Lords & Tribbles, Winchesters & Muggles: The DePaul Pop Culture Conference, A Five Year Retrospective, edited by Isabella Menichiello and Paul Booth. Blurb, 2017. 146–148
[1] “Suffering Nuclear Reactors: Depictions of Soul from Plato to Supernatural.” In Supernatural, Humanity, and the Soul: On the Highway to Hell and Back, edited by Regina Hansen and Susan George. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. 41–52
Reviews
Robinson, Douglas. Feeling Extended: Sociality as Extended Body-Becoming-Mind. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2014. In “Enactivism: Arguments & Applications.” Avant V.2 (2012): 271–278
Translations
“No God, No Caesar, No Tribune!” In Postscript on Insignificance: Dialogues with Cornelius Castoriadis, by Cornelius Castoriadis, edited by Gabriel Rockhill and John Garner, translated by Gabriel Rockhill and the Villanova French Translation Workshop. New York: Continuum, 2011. Also published in Epoche, 15.1 (2010): 1–12
Conference Presentations
Refereed
[15] “Exploring the Wound: Fecund Women and Monstrous Wombs in Fantastic Horror.” 39th Annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts: “200 Years of the Fantastic: Celebrating Frankenstein and Mary Shelley.” Orlando, FL (March 2018)
[14] “When Faith and Reason Were Entwined: The Relationship between Consciousness and Love in St. Augustine.” Annual American Catholic Philosophy Association Meeting, 2017. Dallas, TX (November 2017)
[13] “Bad Love: Concupiscentia’s Role in the Development of the Interior Self in Augustine’s Thought.” 10ème Édition du Congrès Celtique En Études Classiques (Celtic Conference in Classics). Montréal, Canada (July 2017)
[12] “Moving St. Monnica’s Bones: The Sensual North African Roman Funerary Rites of the Fourth Century.” Annual Conference of the International Society for Cultural History: “Senses, Emotions, & the Affective Turn: Recent Perspectives and New Challenges in Cultural History.” Umeå, Sweden (June 2017)
[11] “Amas me? Diliges me?: Love and emotion in Augustine’s De ciuitate Dei 14.7.” Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society: “Emotion in Ancient Christianity.” Chicago, IL (May 2017)
[10] “Killing Fathers: Mythopoesis (not Mythology) in The Walking Dead and Supernatural.” 38th Annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts: “Fantastic Epics.” Orlando, FL (March 2017)
[9] “Checking the Lore: Resurrection Narratives and Leaky Spaces in Plato and Supernatural.” 37th Annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts: “Wonder Tales.” Orlando, FL (March 2016)
[8] “Augustine’s Two Flights and Our Two Cupidities: Loving Extension as Human Interaction.” XVII. International Conference on Patristic Studies. Oxford, UK (August 2015)
[7] “Time Travel and Borrowed Faces: Theories of Time in Supernatural, Doctor Who, and Augustine.” 36th Annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts: “The Scientific Imagination.” Orlando, FL (March 2015)
[6] “Augustine’s Impossibly Disembodied Reason: Looking Back to Look Forward.” Trends in Interdisciplinary Studies 1st International AVANT Conference: “Thinking with Hands, Eyes, and Things.” Torun, Poland (November 2013)
[5] “Eating God: Augustine’s Concupiscent Table.” 23rd World Congress in Philosophy: “Philosophy as Inquiry and Way of Life.” Athens, Greece (August 2013)
[4] “Suffering Nuclear Reactors: Depictions of Soul from Plato to Supernatural.” 34th International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts: “Fantastic Adaptations, Transformations, and Audiences.” Orlando, FL (March 2013)
[3] “Satyr and Slave: The Flautists of Plato’s Symposium.” Collegium Phaenomenologicum Participant’s Conference, 2012. Cittá di Castello, Italy (July 2012)
[2] “Love and the God from Elsewhere, Following Dionysus in Nietzsche and Plato.” The Prometheus Trust’s Summer Conference: “Logos, Mythos, Sophos: Reason and Myth in the Search for Wisdom.” Warminster, United Kingdom (July 2012)
[1] “Haraway’s Curiosity and Derrida’s Shame, the Radical Alterity of Cats.” SUNY Buffalo’s Comparative Literature Department’s Graduate Conference: “animal.machine.sovereign.” Buffalo, NY (April 2011)
Invited
[3] “‘But do you love me?’: The Place of Love and Sex in the Thought of St. Augustine of Hippo.” Annual Phi Sigma Tau End of the Year Lecture. Department of Philosophy and Religion, Stockton University. Galloway, NJ (April 2017)
[2] “Sex and Love in the World That Is to Come.” Drexel University Philosophy Colloquium Works in Progress Series. Philadelphia, PA (October 2016)
[1] “Little Women and False Wives in Augustine's Confessions.” Department of English and Philosophy, University of West Georgia. Carrollton, GA (October 2015)
Commentaries
[2] Panel on Simone de Beauvoir. 19th Annual Philosophy Conference at Villanova University Sponsored by PGSU: “Body, Image, Power.” Villanova, PA (March 2014)
[1] Devin Curry, “Sophist’s Sophists.” Penn Ancient Workshop. Philadelphia, PA (April 2013)
Invited Panelist
“Love, Death, and Codependence: The Family in Supernatural.” “A Celebration of Supernatural,” College of Computing and Digital Media, DePaul University (May 2015)
Teaching Experience and Development