Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D., Boston College, 2004
B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1991
Teaching Positions
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Notre Dame of Maryland University (former College of Notre Dame of Maryland), 2011-2019
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, 2000-2011
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, 1999-2000
Teaching Fellow, Boston College, 1993-96
Teaching Competencies
Agnotology: The Study of Ignorance
Celtic Phenomenology
Culture and its Philosophical Context
Disability and Moral Personhood
Epistemology: Knowledge and Ignorance
Feminist Philosophy
History of Philosophy
Perspectives on Education and Culture
Philosophical Issues in Human Experience
Philosophy of Mind: Robots, Disabilities, and Mental Life
The Ethics of Autism
The Mind-Body Problem
Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex
Recognition and Awards
Winner, Mullan Distinguished Teacher Award, Notre Dame of Maryland, 2013
“Redesign of Philosophy 201, Notre Dame of Maryland University,” Lumina Foundation for Education, Elizabeth Jones, Project Leader, Maeve O’Donovan, Principal Philosophy Faculty Member, Spring 2011-Fall 2013
“Modularity of Mind and Mild Cognitive Disabilities,” Faculty Research and Development Grant, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Summer 2011
Collegium: A Colloquy on Faith and Intellectual Life, Faculty Fellowship, Saint John’s University, June 5-12, 2009
“Standpoint Theory and Epistemic Privilege,” Faculty Research and Development Grant, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Summer 2006
Service Learning and Community Research, Faculty Fellow, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Spring 2003
Publications and Presentations
Why Race and Gender Still Matter: An Intersectional Approach.
Eds. Goswami, N., O’Donovan, M., Yount, L. London: Pickering & Chatto Publishers, Ltd. 2014
Why Race and Gender Still Matter: An Intersectional Approach - 1st Edi (routledge.com)
“Feminism, Disability, and Evolutionary Psychology: What’s Missing,”
Disability Studies Quarterly. Vol. 33, No. 4, 2013.
“Women in Philosophy: Why Race and Gender Still Matter,”
co-author with Namita Goswami and Lisa Yount, Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies. Vol. 22, 2012.
“The Practical and Theoretical Challenges of Mothering with Disability: A Feminist Standpoint Analysis,”
Philosophical Inquiry into Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Mothering: Maternal Subjects, Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy. Eds. Maureen Sander-Staudt and Sheila Lintott. London: Routledge. December 2011
“Cognitive Diversity and the Global Academy: Why the Voices of Persons with Cognitive Disabilities are Vital to Intellectual Diversity,”
Journal of Academic Ethics, Vol. 8, No. 3, 2010.
“Feminism, Disability and Women with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder,”
The Journal of Critical Studies in Business and Society, Vol. 1, No. 1-2, 2010.
“Women in Philosophy: Notes from ‘Making Connections IX,”
Connections, Volume 16, Number 1, 2008
Interviews
#365 Evolutionary Psychology, Science for the People Podcast, April 15, 2016
#365 - Evolutionary Psychology: Science for the People
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain interviews Maeve O'Donovan, Discrimination and Disadvantage, July 15, 2015
Dialogues on Disability – Maeve O’Donovan – Feminist Philosophers (wordpress.com)
Administrative Positions
Department Chair, Philosophy, Notre Dame of Maryland University, 2004-2005, 2013-2019
Department Chair Pro Tem, Religious Studies, Notre Dame of Maryland University, 2016-17
Chair, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Notre Dame of Maryland University, 2015-16
Director, Study Abroad in Connemara, Ireland, Notre Dame of Maryland University, 2013-2015
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Mount Saint Agnes Theological Center for Women, 2011-2014
Executive Secretary, Eastern Society for Women in Philosophy, 2009-2012
Professional Service
Chairperson, Committee on the Status of Disabled People in the Profession, American Philosophical Association, 2023-present
Member, Inclusiveness in the Profession Committee, American Philosophical Association, 2022-present
Member, Committee on the Status of Disabled People in the Profession, American Philosophical Association, 2020-2022
Member, Task Force on Virtual Meetings, American Philosophical Association, 2021-present
Member, Disability Task Force, American Philosophical Association, 2018-20
Ethics Bowl Coach, Notre Dame of Maryland University
Reviewer, PROTO: An Undergraduate Humanities Journal
Reviewer, Journal of Feminist Scholarship
Reviewer, HYPATIA: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy
Reviewer, Disability Studies Quarterly
Reviewer, Quality Matters Online Course Quality Reviews
Additional Service
Founding Member, Outer Cape Art Collective (OCAC) 2023
Co-coordinator, Northampton Street Community Garden, The Trustees of Reservations, 2022-present
Artistic Accomplishments
Shows
2023 Prompted! Inaugural Exhibit of the Outer Cape Art Collective, Oct. 31- Nov. 12 at the Provincetown Commons, Provincetown, MA
2022-present Student Showcase — Shabott/Barrett (shabottbarrett.com)
2021 Learning / Medium / Opportunity: Laura Shabott, Alana Barrett and their Cross-Country Students, Sept. 18-Oct. 9 at Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA (virtual)
2021 What is Push/Pull? Artists Respond, June 29-July 10 at Castle Hill Center for the Arts at Truro, Truro, MA
I also regularly participate in member shows at Castle Hill Center for the Arts at Truro and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Education and Training
I have studied with numerous artists over the years. Those who have most influenced me include: Paul Goodnight, Laura Shabott, Alana Barrett, Michael Prodanou, Jo Hay, and Mark Adams.