EMAIL

nmitchell3@luc.edu

STANDING:

PhD Candidate

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Political, social and theological ethics, public policy, everyday life, American transcendentalism, continental philosophy

PUBLICATIONS:

Mitchell, N. (2022) “Self-Interpretive Event or Responsive Failure? Reading Foucault’s Confessions via Bernhard Waldenfels” Human Studies Vol. 45, 761 – 776.

Mitchell, N. (2023) “On Metaphysics and Supersessionism: A Critique and Recovery of Badiou’s Concept of Evental Recurrence” Journal for Continental Philosophy of Religion Vol. 5, Issue 2, 188 – 208. 2023.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

“Responsibility’s Roots: Looking at and beyond Iris Marion Young’s Social Connection Model in the Time of Coronavirus” at The Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, Graduate Student Conference, “Pandemic and Religion.” February 27, 2021.

COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS:

“Social Impact and Everyday Life” at Imago Dei Church, Peoria, IL. Social Impact Series, Local Politics Workshop. 2019.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

"State Plan to End Homelessness: Data-driven Decision-making" at the Supportive Housing Providers Association's annual Supportive Housing Summit in Bloomington, IL. November 17, 2022

EDUCATION:

BA, University of New Mexico, Double-major: Philosophy and Religious Studies (2013)

MA, University of Illinois, Religion (2016)

MUP (Master of Urban Planning), University of Illinois (2016)

OTHER: 

US Navy - 2008-2011

6 years of professional experience in community development, affordable housing, and homeless programs