Marcia Pally

Marcia Deborah Pally is an adjunct professor at the New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.[1]

Marcia Pally
Marcia Pally
Born
New York
NationalityAmerican
OccupationProfessor, Author
Notable work
Commonwealth and Covenant: Economics, Politics, and Theologies of Relationality / The New Evangelicals: Expanding the Vision of the Common Good
Parent(s)Sidney Pally
Nettie Rose Pally
RelativesIona M. Pally (b. Nov. 28, 1955) (sister)

Early life and education

Pally was raised in Elmhurst, Queens. She received her early education at the Solomon Schechter School of Queens.[2] She earned a B.Sc. in Human Ecology from Cornell University in 1971,[3] and an M.F.A. in choreography [4] from the University of California, Los Angeles.[5][6] In 1995, Pally earned a doctorate (Ed.D.) from New York University.[7]

Early career

Following her career as a dancer and choreographer,[8][9][10] Pally worked as a columnist, and a dance and film critic[11] in Europe[12] and the United States,[13] and as a prominent activist for gay and lesbian rights,[14][15] and an advocate for women's rights and freedom of expression.[16]

In 1985, Pally became one of the founders,[17][18] and original board members of GLAAD, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, an organization formed to protest against homophobic coverage of AIDS in the media,[19] and served as acting chair. Pally's tenure as acting chair was contentious, and led to the resignation of several board members, as well as to criticism of Pally's "supposed foray into heterosexuality", and to an assertion that she was unsuitable to hold a position of leadership in the organization due to her alleged refusal to identify as a lesbian. Pally categorically denied the allegations, describing them as "ludicrous"[20]

In 1992, Pally founded the advocacy group Feminists for Free Expression (FFE)[21][22] and served as president of the organization,[23][24] which primarily advocated for the First Amendment right to publish pornography.[25] Pally's involvement with FFE coincided with her tenure as film critic and contributing editor for Penthouse.[26][27] During that period, Pally also published two books on censorship: Sense and Censorship: The Vanity of the Bonfires, and Sex & Sensibility: Reflections on Forbidden Mirrors and the Will to Censor.[28]

After earning a doctorate (Ed.D.) from New York University[29] in 1995, Pally embarked upon an academic career.

Academic career

Marcia Pally teaches at New York University (adjunct),[30] at Fordham University,[31] and is a regular guest professor at the Theology Faculty of Humboldt University zu Berlin.[32] Her most recent books are Commonwealth and Covenant: Economics, Politics, and Theologies of Relationality (Eerdmans, 2016)[33] and The New Evangelicals: Expanding the Vision of the Common Good[34] (in German: Die neuen Evangelikalen: Freiheitsgewinne durch fromme Politik).[35] Pally's research interests include religion, culture, and politics as well as the intersection of language and culture.

Commonwealth and Covenant has been selected by the United Nations Committee on Education for Justice “to be distributed in their materials to “educators, academics, policy-makers, parents, students, teacher training institutes, and curriculum developers throughout the world” and it was nominated for a Grawemeyer Award in religion.

Pally spoke at the World Economic Forum[36] in 2010 and has been awarded the prestigious Mercator Guest Professorship (German Research Foundation)[37] as well as grants from the German Academic Exchange Service, from the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and the Telos/Paul Piccone Institute. In addition, she is the co-recipient of a German Research Foundation grant to compare the political ethics and activism of American and German evangelicals, the only study of its kind.

In 2007 and 2010, she was a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin).[38]

In addition to her academic work Pally has been a columnist in the U.S. and Europe for over 30 years, writing for both mainstream publications such as The Washington Post[39] as well as special-interest magazines like The Advocate.[40]

Selective bibliography
  • Mimesis and Sacrifice: Applying Girard's Mimetic Theory Across the Disciplines
  • Commonwealth and Covenant: Economics, Politics, and Theologies of Relationality
  • The New Evangelicals: Expanding the Vision of the Common Good
  • Lob der Kritik : warum die Demokratie nicht auf ihren Kern verzichten darf. Berliner Taschenbuch-Verl. ISBN 3833301376.
  • Die hintergründige Religion: der Einfluss des Evangelikalismus auf Gewissensfreiheit, Pluralismus und die US-amerikanische Politik
  • Warnung vor dem Freunde : Tradition und Zukunft US-amerikanischer Aussenpolitik (Orig.-ausg ed.). Parthas. ISBN 3866016018.
  • Sex & Sensibility: Reflections on Forbidden Mirrors and the Will to Censor
  • Sustained content teaching in academic ESL/EFL : a practical approach (1st ed.). Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0395960762.

See also

References
  1. NYU Faculty
  2. SSSQ Alumni Newsletter
  3. Cornell Sun
  4. UCLA Programs
  5. Marcia Pally at Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berliun
  6. SSSQ Alumni Newsletter
  7. Marcia Pally CV
  8. https://www.wiko-berlin.de/fileadmin/Jahrbuchberichte/2006/2006_07_Pally_Marcia_Jahrbuchbericht.pdf
  9. Mel Wong Dance Company - New York Times
  10. In the Pictures, Ithaca Video Project, video documentary about lesbian choreographer Marcia Pally in Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media, issue 24/25, p. 90 (March 1981)
  11. Marcia Pally in Film Comment
  12. FIPRESCI jury members
  13. Marcia Pally and Stuart Klawans at WBAI radio
  14. Marcia Pally, dance critic for the Native at GLAAD rally, Variety (April 6, 2006)
  15. Marcia Pally, AIDS and the Politics of Despair: Lighting Our Own Funeral Pyre, The Advocate, issue 436 (Dec. 24, 1985)
  16. Joan Kennedy Taylor, "Feminists for Free Expression" in Jill Nagle (ed.), Whores and Other Feminists, p. 256 (1997)
  17. Steven Capsuto, Alternate Channels, p. 254 (2000)
  18. Mark Thompson (ed.), Long Road to Freedom, p. 290 (1994)
  19. Marcia Pally representing the Gay & Lesbian Alliance (at 0:52)
  20. Politics or Ego: GLAAD Saga Unravelled, Gay Community News, p. 3 (March 1-7, 1987)
  21. Marcia Pally bio at Heinrich Boell Stiftung
  22. Patti Britton, Pornography: female directors
  23. OpEd by Marcia Pally, President FFE, New York Times
  24. Marcia Pally, New York Times
  25. Feminism and Free Speech: Pornography at National Coalition Against Censorship
  26. Marcia Pally at Taz Archiv
  27. Articles and reviews by Marcia Pally in Penthouse
  28. Sex & Sensibility: Reflections on Forbidden Mirrors and the Will to Censor
  29. Marcia Pally c.v.
  30. Marcia Pally at New York University
  31. Marcia Pally at Fordham University
  32. Marcia Pally at the Theology Faculty of Humboldt University zu Berlin
  33. Commonwealth and Covenant: Economics, Politics, and Theologies of Relationality (Eerdmans, 2016)
  34. The New Evangelicals: Expanding the Vision of the Common Good
  36. Marcia Pally at the World Economic Forum
  37. Marcia Pally at the Mercator Guest Professorship (German Research Foundation)
  38. Marcia Pally at the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin)
  39. Porn Didn't Make Him Do It, Washington Post (February 11, 1992) at A21
  40. Pally, Marcia (17 September 1985). "Lesbian Perspectives - Sorrow and Silk Stockings: The Woeful State of Femme". The Advocate (429). Archived from the original on 5 July 2006. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
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