Dr. Abi Doukhan CV
Dr. Abi Doukhan CV
Dr. Abi Doukhan CV
Abi Doukhan
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: 136-28 62nd avenue,
Flushing, NY 11367
Tel: 269 930 0329
Email: doukhana@ayhoo.com
HIGHER EDUCATION
University of Paris X—Nanterre, 2000-2008, Ph.D. in Philosophy, received Summa Cum Laude.
Sorbonne University, 1999-2000, Masters in Philosophy.
Sorbonne University, 1998-1999, Licence in Philosophy.
Michigan State University, 1997-1998, B.A. in Philosophy.
Roosevelt University, 1995-1997, B.A. in Music.
EXPERIENCE
Queens College, 2010-2017, Assistant Professor, Philosophy Department.
Elon University, 2008-2010, Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy Department.
Andrews University, 2004-2016, Visiting Adjunct Professor, International Development.
Lycee Prive Maurice Tieche, 2001-2003, Instructor of Philosophy.
BOOKS
Womanist Wisdom in the Song of Songs: Secrets of an African Princess (Palgrave, 2019), 139 p.
EDITED BOOKS
The Redemption of Feeling, eds. Anthony Malagon and Abi Doukhan, (Lexington, 2019), 274 p.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
“Cain and Abel: Re-imagining the Immigration ‘Crisis,’” Religions 11 (112), 2020.
“From Exile to Hospitality: A Key to the Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas,” Philosophy Today,
54 (3): 235-246.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
“The Hospitality of Abraham: Reflections on a Levinasian Approach to Inter-faith dialogue,” in
The Three Sons of Abraham: Interfaith Encounters Between Judaism,Christianity and Islam, I.B.
Taurus and Co., 2014, 81-93.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
“The Redemption of Suffering: A Levinasian Portrait of Cain”, presented at “The Redemption of
Feeling” conference at Queens College, New York, Dec. 3-4, 2015.
“The Motif of the Lilies in the Song of Songs: A Rosenzweigian reading”, presented at the
Association of Jewish Studies Conference, Dec. 16-18, 2014, in Baltimore.
“Exile and Responsibility”, presented for the Evangelical Theological Society, 61st annual
meeting, in New Orleans, Nov. 17-19, 2009.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
“Towards a Hermeneutics of Compassion: A Levinasian Exploration,” 20 p. (final stage).
SERVICE
QUEENS COLLEGE
Faculty member of academic senate, Queens College, New York.
CERRU event (Feb-May 2014): “On Love: An Inter-Faith Exploration”, co-sponsor, panel
member, and reading group coordinator.
CERRU event (Feb. 2013): “Doubt: A Three-Part Series of Diverse Perspectives”, panel
member.
COMMUNITY
Served as president, secretary and vice-president of the Society of Adventist Philosophers
(2011-2016).
Regular contributor to Spectrum Magazine and Adventist Today, publications of the Seventh-Day
Adventist Church (2011-2016).