The 2001-2002 Whichard Distinguished Professor is Dr. Elizabeth Kamarck Minnich. Dr. Minnich was educated at Sarah Lawrence College (B.A. in liberal arts, 1965) and The New School for Social Research (M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy, 1972 and 1977 respectively). She studied and worked under philosopher Hannah Arendt and studied history, Italian language, and art on a Doris Riker Scholarship in Florence, Italy. She has been awarded two Fulbright fellowships, one for teaching and conducting research on Post-Colonial Education and dance in India; the other, for participating in a conference on Hannah Arendt in Australia. She has published more than 70 monographs, essays, conference proceedings, and reviews and has two new books in progress. In 1990 Dr. Minnich received the Frederick W. Ness Book Award for Transforming Knowledge (Philadelphia: Temple University Press). She has made presentations at the John F. Kennedy Library and at universities in Sweden, Hungary and Poland. Her scholarship has established her international reputation and taken her to four continents. Her current research includes examinations of the political and personal roots and implications of particular knowledge constructs, with emphasis on philosophy compatible with democracy. While at East Carolina University Dr. Minnich will teach a course entitled, "Thinking Women: Philosophy, Politics, Morality," present public lectures, and give workshops for university and regional organizations.
