Cressida Heyes, University of Alberta

Research

sleep unconsciousness sleep disorders liminal states gender sexuality feminist philosophy genealogy

Latest papers

Queer Phenomenology, Sexual Orientation, and Health Care Spaces: Learning From the Narratives of Queer Women and Nurses in Primary Health Care.
Journal of homosexuality · 2016 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Sleep is the new sex
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$119,408
Practising bodies: feminism and the subject of freedom
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$58,685
Canada Research Chair in the Philosophy of Gender and Sexuality
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$500,000

All 8 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Queer Phenomenology, Sexual Orientation, and Health Care Spaces: Learning From the Narratives of Queer Women and Nurses in Primary Health Care.

Heyes C, Dean M, Goldberg L

Journal of homosexuality2016First author

DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2015.1083775 PMID: 26295596

Sleep is the new sex

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Heyes, Cressida J.

Keywords: sleep; unconsciousness; sleep disorders; liminal states; gender; sexuality; feminist philosophy; genealogy; phenomenology; time; embodiment; activity; agency; ethics; political philosophy; health; medicine; parenting; family

$119,408

Practising bodies: feminism and the subject of freedom

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Heyes, Cressida J.

Keywords: feminist philosophy; political thought; gender; sex; sexuality; embodiment; freedom; the self; subjectivity; epistemology; power; theory and practice; Michel Foucault; experience; objectification

$58,685

Canada Research Chair in the Philosophy of Gender and Sexuality

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Heyes, Cressida

Keywords: political philosophy, gender, sexuality, health, mental disorder, embodiment, politics, personal identity.

$500,000

Communicating Feminisms: An Interdisciplinary Conference at the University of Alberta

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Heyes, Cressida J.

Keywords: feminism; philosophy; interdisciplinarity; communication; women; gender; social justice; representation; ethics; human rights; politics

$20,000

Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Gender and Sexuality

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Heyes, Cressida J

Keywords: feminist theory; gender; sexuality; the body; the self

$500,000

Gender and philosophical conceptions of sexual difference and of embodiment

Co-investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Deslauriers, Marguerite L.

Keywords: feminist theory; history of philosophy; political philosophy; phenomenology of the body; gender; sexual difference; embodiment; history of sex

$91,732

Sex and Gender: Rethinking Feminist Philosophy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Heyes, Cressida J.

Keywords: sex; gender; feminism; philosophy; sexuality; embodiment; identity; politics

$10,000

Fault lines: the ethics and politics of sexuality

Principal investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Heyes, Cressida

Keywords: Feminist politics; sexuality; lesbian and gay; gender; identity; community; theories of the self; intersubjectivity; ethics

$28,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Lisa Goldberg

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2016

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: sleep Dear Professor Heyes, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Queer Phenomenology, Sexual Orientation, and Health Care Spaces: Learning From the Narratives of Queer Women and Nurses in Primary Health Care." (2016), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]