Dr. Varner's work is in the intersections of environmental philosophy, classical American philosophy, and feminist philosophy. She earned a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Georgia in 2016. Her dissertation was titled "Looking Beyond Linguistics: A Pragmatist-(Eco)Feminist Framework for Democratic Deliberation with Nonhuman Stakeholders." Before coming to Concordia College, she taught at the University of Montevallo, the University of North Georgia, and Bevill State Community College.
Dr. Tess Varner
Program Director, Women's and Gender Studies; Assistant Professor, Philosophy; Programming Facilitator, Dovre Center
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