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

"We Did It: From Mere Contributors to Co-authors," with Sondra Bacharach, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 68 (2010): 23-32.

"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.

"Extended Mind, Extended Memory, and Alignment" with Rick Dale, presented at the 5th International Conference on Memory, York University, UK (August 2011).

"Trusting Groups," University of Arkansas, Epistemology Workshop (September 2011) and University of Georgia (October 2011) in the Scott and Heather Kleiner Lecture Series.