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Professor Emerita of Philosophy and Religion Mary Ann Carroll (May 31, 1947-), was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She received a B.A. degree in philosophy from the University of New Orleans (1969) an M.A. degree (1971) and a Ph.D. degree (1973) in philosophy from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. At Chapel Hill, she was a graduate assistant from 1969 to 1972 and a special lecturer in the summer of 1973. She was awarded an NDEA fellowship for 1972-73. Carroll joined the faculty at Appalachian State University in 1973 as an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion. She received tenure in 1977, was promoted to associate professor in 1978, and earned the rank of professor in 1983. During her academic career, Dr. Carroll had numerous achievements in her field. In 1985-86, she received an Exxon Fellowship in Medicine and Ethics from the Baylor College of Medicine, and she was an invited visiting professor at the University of Richmond in 1986-87. Additionally, she was listed in The World Who's Who of Women, Personalities of America, the Dictionary of International Biography, Foremost Women of the Twentieth Century, Emerging Leaders in America, and International Biography. Dr. Carroll's teaching efforts included continually revising introductory philosophy courses, as well as teaching courses on ethical issues in the health care professions, on moral problems in medicine, on ethics in the practice of psychology, and on the philosophy of law. She also directed the university's Humanities Program. Dr. Carroll's service to the university included being a member of the Committee on Student Welfare, the University Committee on Research (chair 1977-79), the Faculty Grievance Committee, and various departmental committees. She also chaired and wrote recommendations for the Faculty Senate Committee on academic honesty. In 1976, Dr. Carroll was nominated for a White House Fellowship, and in 1980, she was nominated for the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation Recognition Award for Young Scholars. In addition, she received the Trustees Travel/Study Grant in 1992 to present a paper at the meeting of the International Society for Value Inquiry in Helsinki and in Moscow. Her publications include: • Moral Problems in Nursing: Case Studies (co-author), University Press of America, 1979. • "The Right to Treatment and Involuntary Commitment." Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (December 1980). • Ethics in the Practice of Psychology (co-author), Prentice-Hall, 1985. Dr. Carroll also published invited book reviews for Teaching Philosophy and was the initiator and editor of an ongoing column in the American Association of Philosophy Teachers Newsletter. She had professional affiliations with the American Philosophical Association, the Institute of Ethics, Society and the Life Sciences, the North Carolina Philosophical Society, the Society for Women in Philosophy, the Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs, and the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology. Dr. Carroll retired from Appalachian in June 1997 and was awarded emerita status the same year. Sources: Appalachian State University files. -Dr. Kay R. Dickson
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