Ph.D. in Philosophy, Boston University, (2016)
M.A. in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, The New School, (2008)
B.A. in Philosophy and Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross, (2003)
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
- "College of Arts & Letters Summer Research Grant" $3,500. Old Dominion University. June 1, 2017 - August 1, 2017
Expertise
Articles
- McDonald, M. (2018). Hysterical girls: Combat trauma as a feminist issue. IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 11 (1) , pp. 3-22.
- Senecal, G. and McDonald, M. (2017). Mission completion, troop welfare and destructive idealism: A case study on the phenomenology of a combat veteran's social reintegration. New Male Studies 6 (2) , pp. 64-89.
- McDonald, M. (2017). Haunted by a Different Ghost: Rethinking Moral Injury. Essays in Philosophy 18 (2) , pp. 1-16.
- McDonald, M. (2013). Life as a Narrative: Re-thinking Strawson’s Anti-Narrative Stance. Philotheos 13 , pp. 219-237.
- McDonald, M. (2012). Trauma, Embodiment, and Narrative. Idealistic Studies 43 (2-3) , pp. 247-264.
Book Chapters
- McDonald, M. (2010). On Emerson’s ‘Friendship’ Critical Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson (pp. 112-116) New York: Facts on File.
Presentations
- McDonald, M. (April , 2017). Honey, Please: Emerson & Merleau-Ponty on the Human Condition Paper Association for Core Texts and Courses Dallas, TX.
- McDonald, M. (April , 2017). Who Run The Word? Beyoncé & Bell Hooks – Feminism and the Subversion of Patriarchal Power Paper Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association San Diego.
- McDonald, M. (February , 2017). I’ll Meet You in the Overwhelm Paper Society for Humanistic Psychology Richmond, VA.
- McDonald, M. (November , 2016). PTSD, Imaging & Phenomenology Paper Philosophy of Science Association Biennial Meeting Atlanta, GA.
- McDonald, M. (September , 2016). Returning to the Lived Experience: Myopic Views of Mental Illness Paper Southeastern Ethics and Philosophy of Technology Charlotte, NC.
- 2016: Summer Fellowship Research Grant, Old Dominion University
- 2015: Research Grant, College of the Holy Cross
- 2012: Teaching Fellowship, Boston University
- 2010: Dissertation Fellowship, Boston University
- 2010: Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award, Boston University
- 2008: Metcalf Fellowship, Boston University
- 2005: Departmental Scholarship, New School for Social Research
- 2005: Research Assistantship, New School for Social Research