Professor Tollefsen (PhD, Ohio State University) joined the department in 2002. Prior to her PhD, she received a BA in philosophy from St. Anselm College and an MA in philosophy from the University of South Carolina. Her research and teaching interests include philosophy of mind, epistemology, and social ontology. Her work has appeared in such journals as Episteme, Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Philosophical Explorations, and Philosophy of the Social Sciences.

Prof. Tollefsen serves as Department Chair.

Curriculum vitae

"Group Testimony," Social Epistemology 21 (2008): 299-311.

"Group Deliberation, Social Cohesion, and Scientific Teamwork: Is There Room for Dissent?" Episteme 3 (2006): 37-51.

"From Extended Mind to Collective Mind," Cognitive Systems Research 7 (2006): 140-50.

"Let’s Pretend! Joint Action and Young Children," Philosophy of the Social Sciences 35 (2005): 75-97.

"Groups as Rational Sources, Workshop on Collective Epistemology, University of Basel, Switzerland (October 2008)

"Collective Intentionality and Joint Authorship," Collective Intentionality VI, University of California, Berkeley (July 2008)

"A Dynamic Theory of Shared Intention," Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, LA (March 2008)