About Me

Tamara Welsh, known to her friends, colleagues, and students as Talia, is a tenured faculty member at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). An Associate Professor at UTC since 2002, Talia Welsh is a member of the department of philosophy and religion; she teaches upper and lower division philosophy classes as well as courses in feminism and womens studies. Talia Welsh holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York, as well as a B.A. in Philosophy and Business Administration from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. A celebrated academic, Talia Welsh has put her education to use in a variety of ways.

A published author, Talia Welsh regularly speaks at universities within and outside the United States, among them Boston University, Glyndwr University, Lund University in Sweden, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Her research has appeared in publications such as Theory and Psychology, Human Studies, and Radical Psychology, among others. In 2010, Talia Welsh, also a scholar of French, translated a number of lectures by 20th century phenomenological philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty and released them as a book under the title Child Psychology & Pedagogy: The Sorbonne Lectures 1949-1952. Talia Welsh also recently authored another book, The Child as Natural Phenomenologist: Primal and Primary Experience in Merleau-Pontys Child Psychology, which is under review with Northwestern University Press. Besides authoring books, Talia Welsh, Ph. D, has reviewed articles for numerous journals.

In addition to her successful academic career, Talia Welsh is also active in her local community. She volunteers for Partnership for Families, Women, and Children as well as Open Arms Cares Human Rights Committee, an intermediate care facility for adults with mental and developmental disabilities. Simultaneously, Talia Welsh plays a large role in her universitys community, serving on the IRB committee, the Petitions committee, and the Women's Studies Advisory Council. Prior to The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, she taught at Dowling College in Oakdale, New York, and her alma mater, Stony Brook University.