Education
- B.A. English, University of Pennsylvania (1973)
- M.A. Philosophy, Fordham University (1977)
- Dipôme national, French studies, Université de Bordeaux III (1980)
- Licence en théologie, Centre Sèvres-Paris (1983)
- M. Theology, Weston School of Theology-Cambridge (1985)
- Licence en philosophie, Université catholique de Louvain (1986)
- Docteur en philosophie, Université catholique de Louvain (1988)
Courses Taught
- Philosophical Aesthetics
- Philosophical Foundations of Catholic Social Thought
- Philosophical Ethics
- Philosophical Foundations
- Project of Modernity
Publications
- The Suspicion of Virtue: Women Philosophers in Neoclassical France (Cornell University Press, 2002).
- Jacqueline Pascal, A Rule for Children and Other Writings, ed. and trans. J. Conley (University of Chicago Press, 2003).
- Madame de Maintenon, Dialogues and Addresses, ed. and trans. J. Conley (University of Chicago Press, 2004).
- “Suppressing Women Philosophers: The Case of the Early Modern Canon,” Early Modern Women 2006: 1, 99-114.
- “Eugenic Logic: Eliminating the Disabled,” Life and Learning XVI, ed. J. Koterski (Georgetown, 2006): 481-490.
- “Convent and Doctrine: Jacqueline Pascal,” in Teaching Other Voices: Women and Religion in Early Modern Europe, eds. M. King and A. Rabil (University of Chicago Press, 2007): 185-192.
Areas of Specialization
- Modern French Philosophy
- Ethics
- Aesthetics
Grants
- National Endowment for the Humanities; Mellon Foundation
- Folger Library and Institute; New York Council for the Humanities