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Ann E. Cudd is an American academic. She is the president of Portland State University as of August 1, 2023. She was previously the provost and senior vice chancellor and professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and dean of the college and graduate school of arts and sciences at Boston University.
She also served as vice provost and dean of undergraduate studies, as well as university distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of Kansas and was an affiliated faculty member in the Women, Gender, and Sexualities Studies Program during her time there. She was a founding member of the Society for Analytical Feminism, and served as its president from 1995 to 1999. On March 10, 2023, Cudd was formally selected as the 11th president of Portland State University.
In 2008, Cudd became the associate dean for humanities for the University of Kansas, and in 2012, Cudd was named distinguished professor, the highest academic honor the University of Kansas bestows on faculty members. In 2013, Cudd was named vice provost and dean of undergraduate studies.
Much of Cudd's work analyzes power relationships through rational choice theory. Cudd's analysis of oppression argues that in an objective moral theory it is necessary to know whether or not harms experienced by individuals were indeed actual harms that the person shouldn't have suffered and are thus, in fact, oppressive. Cudd argues that the simple absence of good choices is not a form of coercion – for coercion to occur, objectively better choices must have been available to the subject.
Research areas and publications
Cudd's research has focused in several areas, namely feminist theory, the philosophy of social science, and social and political philosophy. Cudd is one of the founders of analytical feminism, a branch of feminism which seeks to apply the methods of analytical philosophy to feminist issues and topics. She has written two books and co-edited three more: Capitalism For and Against: A Feminist Debate (co-authored with Nancy Holmstrom in 2011), Analyzing Oppression in 2006, co-edited Philosophical Perspectives on Democracy in the 21st Century with Sally Scholz in 2014, co-edited Feminist Theory: A Philosophical Anthology in 2006, and co-edited Theorizing Backlash: Philosophical Reflections on the Resistance to Feminism in 2002. She has also written dozens of articles in peer-reviewed journals, written several encyclopedia articles, and many book reviews.
Selected bibliography
Books
(2026). 9780742513747, Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780742513747
(2026). 9781405116619, Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405116619
(2026). 9780521132114, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521132114
Book chapters
(2026). 9780367870591, Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 9780367870591
Journal articles
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