Elisabeth Camp

Elisabeth Camp is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Rutgers University. She holds a PhD from UC Berkeley and previously taught at the University of Pennsylvania before joining Rutgers in 2013. Her work bridges philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and aesthetics.

Education:

• BA: University of Michigan
• PhD: University of California, Berkeley
• Postdoctoral Fellow: Harvard Society of Fellows (2003-2006)

Research Interests:
Her work investigates non-propositional thought and speech, focusing on:

• Metaphor and figurative language
• Loaded terms (e.g., slurs)
• Cognitive perspectives and emotional frames
• Non-sentential representation (maps/diagrams)
• Semantic-pragmatic boundaries
• Antagonistic conversation dynamics

Scientific Awards:

• ACLS Fellowship (2020)
• NEH Fellowship (2019)
• Rutgers Board of Trustees Research Fellowship (2018)

Key Article Trends: Recent publications explore metaphorical cognition, visual-verbal representation differences, and ethical implications of non-literal communication. Her 2017 work on Trumpian language became a reference in political discourse analysis.