SUMMER HENDERSON

snhenderson@gmail.com

Current Address: 108 Fieldcrest Drive

1412 Hawthorne Street Stanfield NC 28163
Apartment #6 USA
Houston, TX 77006 (704) 888-3692
(713) 817-3709
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EDUCATION

Graduate: Rice University,

Houston, TX, Fall 2008 to Present
Philosophy

Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, DK, Summer 2006 and

present
Faculty of Theology

Undergraduate:

Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, VA, May 2007

B.A., Philosophy with Honors, Summa Cum Laude
Concentration in Psychology and International Studies

Denmark’s International Study Program, Copenhagen, Spring

2006
Humanities and Social Sciences

Interests: Continental
Philosophy, 19th century existentialism, German Idealism, history of
philosophy

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

• “Anxiety Embodied: A Phenomenology of the Body in

Breakdown,” presentation at the North Texas Philosophical
Association Annual Meeting, Denton, Texas, March 2009
• “Hegel, Schlegel, and Romantic Irony,” presentation at the Hegel
and German Idealism, University of Notre Dame, March 2009
• “Anxiety and Authenticity: Theological Structures in Kierkegaard
and Heidegger,” Honors Thesis, May 2007
• “Endangered Species and our Duty to Dignity,” Paper contest
presentation to the Undergraduates of Virginia Philosophical
Association, Lynchburg, VA, April 4, 2007.
• “How do We Explain Cruelty: Nietzsche’s Challenge to
Hedonism,” presentation to the Undergraduates of Virginia
Philosophical Association, Lynchburg, VA, November 8, 2006.
• “Anxiety as the Path to Authenticity,” presentation to Mid-Atlantic
Regional Conference of Undergraduate Scholarship, Sweet Briar
College, October 7, 2006.

PROFESSIONAL WORK

Editing
 • David Schwartz, “Chapters One and Two” in the forthcoming
Consuming Choices: Ethics and Personal Responsibility in a
Global Consumer Age (Rowmand and Littlefield Inc., 2008)
• “Volume 2: Kierkegaard and the Greek World” in the forthcoming
Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception, and Resources ed.
Brian Söderquist, (Ashgate Publishing Ltd.: Hampshire, UK).
○ “Kierkegaard’s Socratic Point of View” by Paul Muench
○ “The Symposium and the Phaedrus: Kierkegaard and
Platonic Eros” by Rick Anthony Furtak
○ “Giving Birth: Kierkegaard’s Socratic Maieutics” by Marius
Timmann Mjaaland
• Brian Söderquist, Introduction from The Isolated Self: Truth and
Untruth in Kierkegaard’s On the Concept of Anxiety (C.A. Reitzel
Press: Copenhagen, 2007)

WORK EXPERIENCE

European Culture and History Program Assistant, August 2006 -

Present
Danish Institute for Study Abroad, Copenhagen, Denmark

• Serve as faculty assistant, editing syllabi, finding and distributing

materials and developing field studies
• Work closely with students answering program related questions
• Organize and host program social and educational events
• Research and develop as well as plan and attend study tours to
Western Denmark
and various European capitals.

Philosophy Department Research Assistant, August 2006 – May 2007

Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, VA

• Worked closely with faculty member, Dr. David Schwartz on his current
book Consuming Choices: Ethics and Personal Responsibility in a
Global Consumer Age (Rowman and Littlefield)
• Researched articles and pertinent information such asconsumer issues
and consumer responsibility

Tutor in Philosophy and Psychology, August 2006 - May 2007

Learning Resources Center, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, VA

• Tutored students in introductory philosophy and psychology

courses
• Counseled in test preparation and time management
HONORS/AFFILIATIONS

Phi Beta Kappa, May 2007

Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Society, April 2007
UVPA Philosophy Paper Contest Winner, April 2007
Psi Chi National Honor Society for Psychology, April 2005
New Century Scholarship, August 2003 - May 2007
Gravely-Hampson International Study Scholarship, January 2006
Dorothy Hughes Memorial Award (for Resident Assistantship), April 2005

ACTIVITIES

Undergraduates of Virginia Philosophical Association, October 2005 -May

2007
English Teacher (Red Cross, Copenhagen, Denmark), January 2006-June 2006
Vice President (Young Democrats), August 2004 - December 2005
Delegate, Model European Union, November 2005
Gold Key Guide, Admissions Office, August 2004 – May 2005

LANGUAGES

• Spanish, Danish (reading knowledge)