Career Objective:  to pursue a J.D., focusing on either intellectual property/copyright/scientific patents; or American constitutional law; or law and literature/philosophy
Educational Background
The Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D., Department of Philosophy, August 1996
Cambridge University, M.Phil., Department of History and Philosophy of Science, 1991
Ateneo de Manila University, M.A., Department of Philosophy, Quezon City, Philippines, 1989
Ateneo de Manila University, B.S. Biology (Pre-med Honor´s Program), Department of Biology, Quezon City, Philippines, 1987

Academic Employment
2004–08	Associate Professor of English, Florida State University
2004–08	Associate Professor of Law, Courtesy Appointment, Florida State University
2000-03	Assistant Professor of English, Florida State University
2001–03	Assistant Professor of Law, Courtesy Appointment, Florida State University
1999–2000	Assistant Professor of Philosophy, St. Lawrence University
1997–1999	Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
1996–1997	Instructor of Philosophy, Florida Atlantic University–Davie

Current Employment:  Producer and Host of “The Dr. Caroline (Kay) Picart Show,” which is built around current issues related to the arts, culture, law, science, and politics, particularly within an  American and a global context.  Nationally renowned guests include:  7th Circuit Judge Richard Posner, civil rights documentarian Keith Beauchamp, poet Kwame Dawes, criminology professor Lonnie Athens, Nobel Laureate Sir Harry Kroto, USA Dance Inc. President  Peter Pover, NASA  Project Orion Manager, James Reuther, and many others.  The show, within 4 months, has an approximate listenership of close to 2 million listeners, and is projected to continue to grow. See: www.drpicart.com
CEO, Kinaesthetics, LLC, a dance and art company
Research:  Books (13 Published or Forthcoming)
1.  Picart, Caroline J.S. and David Frank (Introductions by Dominick LaCapra and Edward Ingebretsen). Frames of Evil: The Holocaust as Horror in American Film.  Carbondale, IL:  Southern Illinois University Press, November 2006. Nominated for the National Communication Association “Best Book” Awards in both the Rhetorical Theory division and the Visual Communication Division.
2.  Picart, Caroline J.S. From Ballroom Dance to DanceSport: Aesthetics, Athletics and Body Culture. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press,January 2006.  Nominated for the National Communication Association “Best Book” Awards in both the Rhetorical Theory division and the Visual Communication Division.
3.  Picart, Caroline J.S. and Cecil Greek. Monsters in and Among Us: Towards a Gothic Criminology. Madison, New Jersey:  Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, October, 2007.
4.  Browning, John and Picart, Caroline J.S. Draculas, Vampires and Other Undead Forms  Lanham, MD:  Scarecrow Press, in press and forthcoming, 2009.
5.  Browning, John, and Picart, Caroline J.S. The Dracula Film, Comic Book and Game Sourcebook. Jefferson, NC:  McFarland Press, contracted and forthcoming.
6. Picart, Caroline J. S. Inside Notes from the Outside.  Lanham, MD:  Lexington Press/Rowman and Littlefield, 2004. 
7 and 8. Picart, Caroline J. S. The Holocaust Film Sourcebook (Fiction, Documentary, Propaganda) 2 Volumes. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004. 
9. Picart, Caroline J. S. Remaking the Frankenstein Myth on Film: Between Laughter and Horror. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2003. Nominated for the National Communication Association Rhetoric and Communication Emerging Scholar Award.
10. Picart, Caroline J.S. The Cinematic Rebirths of Frankenstein: Universal, Hammer and Beyond. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2001. Nominated for Current Research Session, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy and the National Communication Association Diamond Anniversary Award, (2002).
11. Picart, Caroline J.S., Frank Smoot and Jayne Blodgett. A Frankenstein Film Sourcebook Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2001.
12. Picart, Caroline J.S. Resentment and The Feminine in Nietzsche’s Politico-Aesthetics. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1999. Nominated for Second American Philosophical Association Book Prize for Younger Scholars; American Metaphysical Society, John Findlay Prize; Current Research Session, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (2001 and 2002).
13. Picart, Caroline J. S. Thomas Mann and Friedrich Nietzsche: Eroticism, Death, Music and Laughter in Thomas Mann and Friedrich Nietzsche. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Rodopi, 1999. Nominated for Second American Philosophical Association Book Prize for Younger Scholars.
	25 refereed and edited articles published or forthcoming in journals like Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, Qualitative Inquiry, The Long Term View, Women and Performance, Scope, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, Film and History,  p.o.v., A Danish Journal of Film Studies, Qualitative Inquiry, Jump Cut, Pacific Coast Philology, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Human Studies: A Journal for Philosophy and the Social Sciences, Philosophy Today, Social Studies of Science, Journal of Nietzsche Studies, Social Studies of Science, Journal of Speculative Philosophy, ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, Southern Journal of Communication
	Book Chapters: 17 published or forthcoming  with Praeger Press; Southern Illinois University Press, AltaMira Press, Routledge Press, Scarecrow Press and Peter Lang Publishing Group.
	Scientific Abstracts:  2 published with the Society for Neuroscience Abstracts and the  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 
	21 Research Awards and Nominations, 13 Teaching Honors and Awards, 3 Service Grant Awards, including grants for pedagogy and technology from the Andrew Mellon Foundation and St. Lawrence University; six from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and three from Florida State University.
	Manuscript referee or reader for 21 journals and presses, such as Science, Technology, & Human Values, Critical Studies in Media Communication, State University of New York Press, Journal of Nietzsche Studies, Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research, University of Wisconsin Press, Rhetoric and Public Affairs, Social Studies of Science, Kenneth Burke Journal, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture,  Review of Communication, American Ethnologist, W.W. Norton and Company, Prentice Hall, Critical and Cultural Studies, Florida Historical Quarterly, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Men and Masculinities, and Qualitative Inquiry 
	85 national and international refereed conference papers; 15 national and international refereed conference panels organized; 52 national and international invited presentations
	61 local and national radio and TV appearances, as a guest, on talks ranging from science and society, popular culture, women’s issues, film, critical theory and cultural studies, art
	87 print publications in newspapers and magazines in Seoul South Korea and in various parts of the US
	2006 US Open pro am Champion in Cabaret/Theatre Arts; Paintings and art exhibited and sold in the Philippines, South Korea, and various parts of the U.S. since 1986; UNICEF bought the rights to some of my black and white pieces