Alexandria Poole


Alex has been a Master's Student in the department since Fall of 2007. She is currently a research assistant for Ricardo Rozzi and Robert Frodeman.

Contact Information

alexandria.poole@gmail.com

Office:
Environmental Science Building, Room 320F
940-369-8126



Education Background


  • European College of Liberal Arts, Berlin, Germany, Summer Program 2003
    "Great Books" program studying political theory of the European Union
    http://www.ecla.de/about_ecla/
  • B.A. of Liberal Arts, St. John's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2003
    "Great Books" program studying the traditional western canon: logic, mathematics, astronomy, music, philosophy, history, science
    http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/about/main.shtml

Biographical Information


With Dr. Frodeman she is working on space policy, interdisciplinarity and an analysis of the state of modern academic philosophy. She also helps with updates to the Humanities Policy and New Directions (http://www.ndsciencehumanitiespolicy.org) websites.


With Dr. Rozzi, Alexandria is studying biocultural diversity and related conservation efforts in southern Chile. She attended the Tracing Darwin's Path Winterbreak 2007 - 2008 course, and was a member of Dr. James Kennedy's section in biology. In this course, she studied the Robalo watershed and freshwater aquatic invertebrates throughout the Los Dientes de Navarino mountains. Ongoing RA projects include work in the development of the UNT-Chile webpage (http://www.chile.unt.edu), an interdisciplinary project between the Biology and Philosophy UNT department that describes the interorganizational, interdisciplinary and international effort supporting the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of Cape Horn Chile.


Her main interests include: philosophical and practical problem solving; the biological foundation of the moral sense, education and natural history, energy and transportation infrastructure, bioenergetics and the self-organizing principle, philosophy of ecology and policy, space policy, philosophy and policy of food, US urban cultural values and economics, the disciplinization and theorization of knowledge, and international law of the global commons.


Personal
Most recently, Ms. Poole reported that a new meat source had been added to her predominately vegetarian diet, the invasive Beaver of Patagonia, Chile. When asked as to the taste of the meat, it is reported that she described it as "gelatanous". It is worth noting that the meat was served raw, in delicate slices. Perhaps to highlight the texture of the meat, Poole speculates.


Ms. Poole's hobbies include photography, sketching, swing dancing, "The Gym", and cooking.


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