Faculty
Natalie Fuehrer Taylor 
Interim Dean of Faculty and VP of Academic Affairs
Email: ntaylor@skidmore.edu
Education:
- Ph.D. & M.A. received Fordham University
- B.A. received Kenyon College
Fellowships, grants, and awards:
- 911爆料 College Faculty Development Grant, 2007
- Bradley Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 2001-2002
- Fordham University Dissertation Fellowship, 2000-2001
- Earhart Fellowship, academic years 1997-1998, 1999-2000.
- Presidential Scholarship, Fordham University, academic years, 1995-2000, inclusive.
- Graduate Assistantship, Fordham University, academic years 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1998-1999
Published works:
Books and manuscripts:
- A Political Companion to Henry Adams, edited and with an introduction by Natalie Fuehrer Taylor (University Press of Kentucky, August 2010).
- . (Routledge, 2007)
Book reviews:
- Language and Revolution in Burke, Wollstonecraft, Paine, and Godwin by Jane Hodson, Modern Philology (forthcoming).
- Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of Manners by Laura Claridge, First Principles, www.firstprinciplesjournal.com (March 31, 2009).
- The Burke-Wollstonecraft Debate: Savagery, Civilization, and Democracy by Daniel I. O鈥橬eill, Perspectives on Politics, Vol. 6, No. 2, June 2008.
- The Presidency and Women: Promise, Performance, and Illusion by Janet M. Martin, Perspectives on Political Science, Vol. 33, No. 1, Winter 2004.
- The Jane Addams Reader edited by Jean Bethke Elshtain and Jane Addams and The Dream of American Democracy by Jean Bethke Elshtain, Society, Vol. 40, No. 3, March/April 2003.
- Real Choices: Feminism, Freedom, and the Limits of the Law by Beth Kiyko Jamieson, Perspectives on Political Science, Vol. 32, No. 2, Spring 2003.
- The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism is Harming Our Young Men by Christina Hoff Sommers, Society, Winter 2002.
- Woman, Nature, and the Art of Politics by Eduardo Vel谩squez, Perspectives on Political Science, Volume 30, number 2, Spring 2001.
Articles and book chapters:
- 鈥淭he Flowers of Freedom or the New Tyranny: Science, Art, & Religion in Henry Adams鈥� Esther鈥� in A Political Companion to Henry Adams, edited by Natalie Fuehrer Taylor.
- 鈥淭he Personal is Political: Women鈥檚 Magazines for the 鈥業鈥檓-not-a-feminist-but鈥� Generation鈥� in What Do Women Want?: Feminism and Contemporary Popular Culture, edited by Lilly Goren. (University ofKentucky Press, 2009).
- "Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem: the Popular Transformation of American Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century", Natalie Fuehrer and Daryl Tress in The History of American Political Thought, edited by Bryan-Paul Frost and Jeffrey Sikkenga, June 2003.
- "The Landscape of Democracy", Legal Studies Forum, Summer 1998. (In this article I consider Henry Adams' use of a landscape painted by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot in his novel Democracy. I suggest that Henry Adams understands nineteenth American politics in much the same way as Corot understands painting.)
Participation at professional conferences:
- The Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference, April 2009, panel discussant, 鈥淭he Ethics of Happiness.鈥�
- The Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association, August 2008, panel discussant, 鈥淔eminist History of Political Thought.鈥�
- The Annual Meeting of the Northeast Political Science Association, November 2007, paper, 鈥淭he Flowers of Freedom or the New Tyranny: The Princes of Art, Science, & Religion in Henry Adams鈥�Esther.鈥�
- The Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association, September 2007, paper, 鈥淎 Vindication of the Novel: Jane Austen鈥檚 Reading of Mary Wollstonecraft.鈥�
- The Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association, September 2006, chair and discussant, 鈥淩ousseau鈥檚 Continuing Influences on and Critique of the Literary Arts.鈥�
- The Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, January 2005, roundtable, 鈥淭eaching Feminist Theory.鈥�
- The Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 2004, paper, 鈥淭he Flowers of Freedom or the New Tyranny: The Princes of Art, Science, & Religion in Henry Adams鈥� Esther鈥�
- The Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2004, paper 鈥淎 Vindication of Marriage: Mary Wollstonecraft鈥檚 Legacy to Second Wave Feminism鈥檚 Daughters鈥�
- The Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (Politics & Literature Section), August 2002, panel discussant: 鈥淓ducating Citizens鈥�.
- The Annual Meeting of the Southern Science Association, November 2001, paper: 鈥淣avigating the Land of Chimeras: Wollstonecraft Departure of Locke鈥�
- The Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2001, paper presented: 鈥淭he Land of Chimeras: Mary Wollstonecraft鈥檚 Critique of Rousseau鈥檚 Natural Rights Theory鈥�.
- The Annual Meeting of the Northeast Political Science Association, November 1999, paper: presented: 鈥淎ristotle鈥檚 Treatment of Gender: A Reconciliation with Our Feminist Mothers鈥�.
- The Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (Politics & Literature Section), September 1999, panel discussant: 鈥淎merica as a Literary Idea鈥�.
Lectures:
- 鈥淲hat the Pretty Woman Can Learn from the Hyena in Petticoats: Mary Wollstonecraft鈥檚 Lessons for Julia Roberts & the 鈥楶ost-feminist鈥� Generation,鈥� University of Notre Dame, February 2007.