Margret Grebowicz

Margret Grebowicz (born 1973) is a Polish philosopher, author, and former jazz vocalist. She was an associate professor of philosophy and an affiliate faculty member of the environmental studies program at Goucher College.

Margret Grebowicz
Born	Małgorzata E. Grebowicz 1973 Łódź, Poland
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1994) Emory University (M.A. 1998; Ph.D., 2001)
Thesis	Without a Knowing Subject: Thought, Responsibility and The “Future” of Science (2001)
Doctoral advisor	David Carr
Other academic advisors	Jean-François Lyotard
Academic work
Institutions	University of Houston–Downtown University of Dundee Goucher College University of Tyumen

Early life and education

Grebowicz is originally from Łódź, Poland[1] but was raised in Texas. In 1994, she earned a bachelor's degree in German literature, philosophy, and art history from University of Texas at Austin. While completing her undergraduate degree, Grebowicz worked in record stores. She completed a Master of Arts degree from Emory University in 1998. In 2001, she earned a doctorate in philosophy at Emory University where she studied under Jean-François Lyotard.[2] She completed her dissertation on late 20th century French philosophy and Anglo-American philosophy of science with doctoral advisor David Carr.[3]

Career

After her doctorate, Grebowicz taught at University of Houston–Downtown and wrote papers on feminist epistemology, radical democracy, French philosophy, and visual culture. She also translated poetry from Polish into English, including works by Ewa Lipska.[4] In September 2003, she sang in her debut performance as the lead vocalist for the bossa nova Brazilian jazz group Com Você. Grebowicz had previously not sung since she was a child. She performs songs in English and Portuguese.[5] In 2010, Grebowitz released an album called Com Você with Sunnyside Records along with musicians, Stan Killian, Ben Monder, Matvei Sigalov, Viviane Arnoux, and Scott Colley.[6] In 2010, she was a Leverhulme Fellow at University of Dundee where she researched Internet pornography and political ontology.[7] From 2010 to 2017, Grebowicz was a jazz vocalist living in New York City and worked as an associate professor of philosophy at Goucher College.[2] She was an affiliate faculty of the Goucher environmental studies program. She serves on the executive committee of the International Association for Environmental Philosophy.[3] In May 2018, Grebowicz announced that she was leaving Goucher.[8]

Personal life

From 2010 to 2017, Grebowicz resided in New York City.[2]

Selected works

Books

• Kinloch, Valerie; Grebowicz, Margret (2005). Still Seeking an Attitude: Critical Reflections on the Work of June Jordan. Contributed by Christina Accomando. Lexington Books.
• Grebowicz, Margret, ed. (2007). Gender after Lyotard. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0791480779.[9]
• Grebowicz, Margret (2007). SciFi in the Mind's Eye: Reading Science Through Science Fiction. University of Michigan. ISBN 978-0812696301.[10]
• Grebowicz, Margret (2013). Why Internet Porn Matters. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0804786621.[11]
• Grebowicz, Margret (2013). Beyond the Cyborg: Adventures with Donna Haraway. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0231520737.[12]
• Grebowicz, Margret (2015). The National Park to Come. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0804793421.[13]
• Grebowicz, Margret (2017). Whale Song. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1501329265.

Discography

• Com Você (CD) (in English and Portuguese). Sunnyside Records. 2010.[6]

References

1. "AGNI Online: Author Margret Grebowicz". www.bu.edu. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
2. "Margret Grebowicz » School of advanced studies". sas.utmn.ru. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
3. "Margret Grebowicz". Goucher College. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
4. Lipska, Ewa; Grebowicz, Margret (2006). "At Rest". World Literature Today. 80 (6): 61. doi:10.2307/40159253. JSTOR 40159253.
5. Cress, Sara (March 2, 2006). "Com Você". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
6. Com você, Sunnyside Communications, 2010, OCLC 687734829
7. "Notes on Contributors". Hypatia. 26 (1): 228–231. February 1, 2011. doi:10.1111/j.1527-2001.2010.01163.x. ISSN 1527-2001.
8. Greenberg, Josh (May 19, 2018). Military, Talia (ed.). "Goucher Says Farewell to Professors". The Goucher Eye. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
9. Reviews of Gender after Lyotard:
   • Soriel, S. (2009). "Book review: Margret Grebowicz, ed., Gender after Lyotard. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2007. 238 pp. (incl. index). ISBN 978--0--7914--6956--9, US$24.95 (pbk)". Feminist Theory. 10 (3): 381–382. doi:10.1177/1464700109343266.
10. Reviews of SciFi in the Mind's Eye: Reading Science Through Science Fiction:
    • Zinos-Amaro, Alvaro (Summer 2011). "SciFi in the Mind's Eye". Foundation. 40 (112): 106–109.
    • Kavetsky, Jennifer (2010). Grebowicz, Margret (ed.). "Science and Science Fiction". Science Fiction Studies. 37 (1): 124–126. JSTOR 40649595.
11. Reviews of Why Internet Porn Matters:
    • George, Lazaroiu (January 1, 2013). "Why Internet Porn Matters". Journal of Research in Gender Studies. 3 (1).
    • Dawson, R. Aaron (2014). "Why internet porn matters". Porn Studies. 1 (1–2): 206–208. doi:10.1080/23268743.2013.873578.
12. Reviews of Beyond the Cyborg: Adventures with Donna Haraway:
    • Gordon, Joan (2014). Merrick, Margaret Grebowicz and Helen (ed.). "Not Seminal but Generative". Science Fiction Studies. 41 (1): 220–223. doi:10.5621/sciefictstud.41.1.0220. JSTOR 10.5621/sciefictstud.41.1.0220.
13. Reviews of The National Park to Come:
    • Leung, Y. (2016). "The national park to come". Choice. 54 (2): 224.
    • Wirth, Jason M.; Philosophy, International Association for Environmental (August 10, 2016). "Margret Grebowicz. The National Park to Come". Environmental Philosophy. 13 (1): 150–154. doi:10.5840/envirophil201613139.