Bell, Linda A.

Linda A. Bell, born in 1940, grew up in the Daytona, Florida area. Bell began teaching in Georgia State University's Philosophy Department in 1968 as a part-time instructor, becoming full-time in 1970, an Assistant Professor in 1973, an Associate Professor in 1978, and a full Professor in 1986. Bell worked to offer feminist philosophy classes and other women-centric courses at GSU as part of a larger goal to introduce a Women's Studies program at the university. In 1998, Bell became the director of the Women's Studies Institute at GSU where she remained until her retirement in 2004. In addition to her service at Georgia State University, Bell served in numerous official capacities on committees, task forces, and associations pertaining to collegiate academia, philosophy and women's studies, including the American Association of University Professors, the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy and the Women's Studies Group of the University Center of Georgia. Bell has written an extensive number of books, articles, papers and essays, as well as book chapters on philosophical and women's topics.