My name is Taylor ("Tay") Rogers, and I'm a feminist scholar, artist, and activist in Chicago, IL. I earned my PhD in Philosophy with a certificate in Gender Studies in 2021 from Northwestern University. I currently teach courses on themes of social justice and storytelling as an Assistant Professor at Governors State University in Chicago. Recent published articles include in leading feminist philosophy journal Hypatia (Cambridge), the Charles Mills Critical Reader (Routledge), and the co-edited volume Feminist Doing, Sensing, Making (Duke). My interdisciplinary work as a feminist epistemologist tackles questions about how to combat emotional numbness and it's constitutive & oppressive ignorance (often as they relate to the criminal justice system, where I have spent a decade teaching and learning). My first book project on the relationship between loss and knowledge (in progress) can be seen as the scholarly counterpart to my multi-media film with Indiana-based cinematographer Lillian Walker, "NOA: A Music Film," which explores the liberatory role of grief using philosophy, music, dance, poetry, cinematography, and more. NOA recently won “Best Film” at the Bloomington Indiana Film Festival. My art has had coverage from Folk Radio UK, Chicago's Broadway World, Substream, and most notably, NPR's Sessions at Studio A. In all facets of life, I'm committed to embracing emotional presence for purposes of social health.