Emily Beck Cogburn

Part-Time Instructor of Philosophy

309 Coates Hall

ecogburn@lsu.edu

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Ms. Cogburn researches in the areas of philosophy of mind and epistemology of extraordinary experiences. She teaches classes in paranormal epistemology, paranormal metaphysics, and existentialism.

B.A. in Philosophy, University of Minnesota (1996)

M.A. in Philosophy, The Ohio State University (1999)

M.L.I.S. Louisiana State University (2002)

PHIL 1000: Introduction to Philosophy

PHIL 3020: Paranormal Epistemology

PHIL 3020: Paranormal Metaphysics

PHIL 3001: Existentialism

Honorable Mention for “Going Down South,” 2020 Words and Music contest, Peauxdunque
Review

"How to Win Friends," Minnesota Magazine, Summer 2010 (fiction contest winner)

"Million Dollar Pie," Country Roads Magazine, June 2008 (Summer Fiction Contest winner)

Books

A Steampunk Introduction to Philosophy (Kendall Hunt, 2025)

Ava’s Place (Kensington Books, 2017)

Louisiana Saves the Library (Kensington Books, 2016)

 

Short Stories

“Chainsaw,” Chapter Journal, SMR 22 (2022)

“Losing Everything,” Alluvian (2022)

“Tin Roof Café,” Untenured Magazine 1.2 (July 2022)

“Zelda and Han," Drunk Monkeys 7.5 (May 2022)

“Family,” Hash Journal (December 2021)

“The Throw,” Honorable Mention in the Little Tokyo 2021 fiction contest

“6264 Avenue Z,” Showbear Family Circus (June 7, 2021)

“City of the Dead,” Common Ground Review (Fall/Winter 2021)

“Cats,” Parentheses 6.4 (Spring 2021)

“Exit 2,” Dillydoun Review (December 2020)

"Jaguar,” Marathon Literary Review (August 2020)

“Crossing the River,” Miracle Monocle (Spring 2020)

"Truth and Consequences," Tom's Voice Magazine 9"

"Nice Things and Nasty Things," Gris Gris Rouge (September 2006)

"Live at the Lone Star Club," Jubilee Anthology (2005)

"Snakes in the Garden," Jubilee Anthology (2004)

"The Dream," Phantasmagoria 4.1 (2004)