Dr. Gayle Salamon

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Biography

Gayle Salamon is a Professor in the Department of English at Princeton University, where she also serves as the Associate Chair. She earned her PhD in Rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley in 2002. Salamon's research interests encompass phenomenology, feminist philosophy, queer transgender theory, contemporary Continental philosophy, and disability studies. She is the author of "Assuming Body: Transgender Rhetorics Materiality," published by Columbia University Press in 2010, which was awarded the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Studies. Her recent work, "Life Death Latisha King: Critical Phenomenology Transphobia," published by NYU Press in 2018, examines the case of Latisha King, a transgender girl tragically shot and killed in California in 2008. Salamon has contributed numerous articles to academic journals, highlighting her expertise in critical phenomenology and feminist philosophy. She is currently involved in multiple projects, including a manuscript on mid-century phenomenology and a monograph examining the corporeal experience of chronic pain.

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Requirements for Princeton University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Speaking
Required:27
IELTS
Speaking
Required:8
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in engineering or science Strong background in mathematics, materials, physics, or related engineering
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Specialization Notes

GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.