Annie Schultz
Faculty

Annie Schultz

Assistant Professor, Classical & Liberal Education and the Core Curriculum, Co-Assistant Director, Honors Program

Professional Profile

Dr. Annie Schultz holds a PhD in Philosophy of Education from Loyola University Chicago, where she studied at the intersection of aesthetics of environment and educational theory.  Dr. Schultz explores socially and culturally informed theories of education in her teaching and scholarship, helping students see the connections between art, literature, environments, ecosystems, beauty, and more. Her research interests span a variety of areas in philosophy of education, including environmental education, aesthetics, and art education.  

Teaching

  • Aesthetics and Society  
  • Environmental Ethics  
  • Visual Culture  
  • First Year Seminar  

Research

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles  

2024     Schultz, A. Nature in Frames: The Miseducation of the Idle Stare, Journal of Aesthetic Education, 57  (in press).  

2024     Schultz, A. Publics of Animacy: Ecologizing Democratic Education, Philosophy of Education, 79, no. 3, 130-146. https://www.philofed.org/issue-3-3

2022     Schultz, A., Beauty as Fairness Toward an Ecoaesthetic Education, Philosophy of Education, 78, no. 2,  57-71. https://www.philofed.org/issue-2-2.

2021     Deane, S. & Schultz, A., Got Milk? From Growing Strong Bones to Nurturing Idealized Subjectivities. Ethics and Education. DOI: 10.1080/17449642.2021.1896633. 

2020     Schultz, A., & Mullen, J., Education qua Ecognosis: Reading Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles for an Ecological Philosophy of Education. Philosophy of Education, 76, no. 1, 115-128. https://www.philofed.org/volume-76

2020     Schultz, A., Sitting Still and Reading: Rethinking the Role of Literary Fiction in Civics  Education. Educational Theory, 70, no. 2, 187-198. 

2020     Deane, S., & Schultz, A., The Milk on Our School Lunch Trays: School Lunch, Milk,  and the Female Bodies on Whom We Depend. American Journal of Education Forum. https://www.ajeforum.com/the-milk-on-our-school-lunch-trays-school-lunch-milk-and-the-female-bodies-on-whom-we-depend-by-samantha-deane-and-annie-schultz/

 2019     Schultz, A., No Place Like Home: The Gendered Consequences of Outrage on  University Campuses. Philosophical Studies in Education, 50, 140-49.  

Encyclopedia Entries  

2021     Schultz, A., Gender, Nonhuman Animals, and Education. Oxford Research Encyclopedia  Education. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.1548

Manuscript in Preparation

2024     Messages in the Medium: An Appeal for a MOdernist Education in the age of Kitschy Information

 

Grants & Awards

2024    Educational Theory and Philosophy of Education Society Outstanding Paper Award winner for “Kitsch Life: Aesthetics of Misinformation,” distinguished as general session at the Philosophy of Education Society annual meeting, March, Salt Lake City.

2023    Educational Theory and Philosophy of Education Society Outstanding Award nominee for “Publics of Animacy: Ecologizing Democratic Education,” distinguished as a general session at the Philosophy of Education Society annual meeting, March, Chicago.

2022     Culture and Animals Foundation Grant, https://www.cultureandanimals.org/grantee/annie-schultz/

 

Invited Talks

2023     Invited panelist, “E27. On Ecological Education,” Thinking in the Midst podcast, Oct.13, 

https://open.spotify.com/show/2IjHBJpS21PSH0EIWLWooc

2023     Invited speaker, “What is Philosophy of education?” Philosophy and Religion Speaker Series, Flagler

College, Sept. 27.

Recent Conference Presentations

2024     “Vestiges of Sublime Visuality: Colonial Past and Presence in Nature-Based Edutainment,” presented at the International Network of Philosophers of Education annual meeting, August, Ormskirk, United Kingdom.

2024     “Kitsch Life: Aesthetics of Misinformation,” distinguished as a general session at the Philosophy of Education Society annual meeting, March, Salt Lake City.

 2024     “Kitschy Ideology and Misinformation: Rethinking Media Literacy,” presented at the Southeastern Philosophy of Education Society annual meeting, February, Greenville, S.C.

2023     “Picture Earth: Egoism and Aesthetics of Nature,” presented at the Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education  Society annual meeting, September, Nashville, Ind.  

2023     “Publics of Animacy: Ecologizing Democratic Education,” distinguished at the general session of the  Philosophy of Education Society annual meeting, March, Chicago.  

2022     “Art Education as Environmental Education,” presented at the American Educational Studies  Association annual meeting, November, Pittsburgh.  

2022     “The Moral Power of Appreciation: Aesthetics of Environment in Education,” presented at the Journal of Curriculum Theory’s Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, October, Dayton, Ohio.  

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Office Hours (on campus)  

Monday: 10-11 am 

Tuesday: 11:30-12:30 pm 

Wednesday: 10-11 am  

Thursday: 11:30-12:30 pm