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Linda Lopez McAlister (born October 10, 1939 in Long Beach, California) has been, at various stages of her life, an actress, a philosopher, and a theatrical and radio producer.

/Education and Career McAlister, the only child of Manuel Lee McAlister and Elena Maria Sherwood McAlister, attended public schools in South Gate, CA graduating from South Gate High School in 1957. She studied acting privately with Kay Cousins in Hollywood and, with the help of a full scholarship from the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, enrolled in Barnard College in New York City (A.B. 1961) where she majored in philosophy and was active in theatre. Upon graduation she did summer stock in Michigan, became a member of Actors Equity Assn. and pursued an acting career until 1964 when she enrolled in the doctoral program in philosophy at Cornell University (Ph.D 1969). She taught philosophy at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York Graduate Center from 1968 to 1976 when she accepted the position of Dean of the Campus at the Imperial Valley Campus of San Diego State University in Calexico, CA. In 1982 she joined the University of South Florida as Dean of the Fort Myers Campus. From 1985-1987 she was Special Assistant to the Vice Cnancellor for Academic Affairs in the state's Higher Education Department in Tallahassee for two years before returning to USF as Professor of Women's Studies and Philosophy and Chair of the Women's Studies Department at the Tempa campus until she retired to New Mexico in 2000 and resumed her theatrical career. She was Company Manager with Santa Fe Stages (2001-2003); joined the staff of the Performing Arts Division of the National Hispanic Cultural Center (2004--present; became producer of KUNM's Radio Theatre Progam (2005--present); and founded Camino Real Productions, LLC, a theatre company in residence at NHCC (2006--present).

1 Education and career 2 Research and publications 3 Awards and distinctions 4 Bibliography 4.1 Books 4.2 Chapters in books 4.3 Journal articles 5 See also 6 References 7 External links