

Email
bleddy@wpi.edu
Office
Salisbury Labs 223E
Phone
+1 (508) 8315000 x6729
Education
BS Northeast Louisiana University 1978
MA University of North Carolina, Greensboro 1992
PhD Princeton University 1998
Professor Eddy focuses on American pragmatism and American religion in her work. She also enjoys working with students on the moral aspects of the biological sciences. Improving student reading comprehension and writing skills are important to her as a teacher. She enjoys facilitating class discussions on important but controversial questions where the answers are not clear, but the issues remain important ones.
Research Interests
Pragmatism
American Religious Thought
Bioethics
Race and Gender Issues in Philosophy and Religion
Theory and Methods in the Study of Religion
Scholarly Work
The Rites of Identity: The Religious Naturalism and Cultural Criticism of Kenneth Burke and Ralph Ellison
“Struggle or Mutual Aid: Jane Addams, Petr Kropotkin and the Progressive Encounter with Social Darwinism,” The Pluralist, Spring 2010 (5.1).
“Activist Communities Advance by Focusing on the Specifics,” Capitalism Nature Socialism, Volume 19, Number 3 (September 2008) pp. 141-143.
“Henry Samuel Levinson: 1949-2010,” Overheard in Seville: Bulletin of the Santayana Society, Number 29, Fall 2011, p.33.
Professional Highlights & Honors