Surti Singh

Areas of interest

Frankfurt School critical theory, global critical theory, psychoanalysis, aesthetics, feminist philosophy, and 20th-century continental philosophy.

Education

• PhD, Philosophy, DePaul University

Biography

Surti Singh is an assistant professor at Villanova University. Before coming to Villanova University, she was an assistant professor of philosophy at The American University in Cairo (AUC) and instructor at DePaul University in Chicago, where she received her PhD in Philosophy and MA certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies. Her areas of specialization include 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Frankfurt School Critical Theory, Aesthetics, and Feminism. Surti was a steering committee member of the Theory and Practice Workshop in the Humanities and Social Sciences at AUC, an initiative supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and part of the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs at the University of California, Berkeley. In addition, she serves as Book Review Editor for Adorno Studies. Previously, she served on the advisory committee for the Cynthia Nelson Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies and organized the film series "Double Lives: Rethinking Identity Through Cinema." Her recent work has appeared in "The Aesthetic Ground of Critical Theory: New Readings of Benjamin and Adorno," and is forthcoming in "New Forms of Revolt: Essays on Kristeva’s Intimate Politics."