Johanna Oksala is a philosopher working in social and political philosophy, feminist philosophy, environmental philosophy, phenomenology, Marxist theory, twentieth-century European philosophy, and the thought of Michel Foucault.

She is the Arthur J. Schmitt Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. Before joining Loyola, she taught at Pratt Institute, the New School for Social Research, the University of Helsinki, and the University of Dundee.

Oksala is the author of six books and coauthor of a forthcoming introduction to ecofeminism. She has published over sixty refereed journal articles and book chapters, and her work has been translated into ten languages. She serves on the editorial boards of several academic journals and has given more than 140 conference papers and invited talks internationally.

Her books include Foucault on Freedom (Cambridge University Press, 2005), How to Read Foucault (Granta Books, 2007), Foucault, Politics, and Violence (Northwestern University Press, 2012), Political Philosophy: All That Matters (Hodder and Stoughton, 2013), Feminist Experiences (Northwestern University Press, 2016), and Feminism, Capitalism, and Ecology (Northwestern University Press, 2023). What is Ecofeminism?, coauthored with Sanna Karhu, is forthcoming from Polity Press in February 2027.

Further information about her publications and academic talks is available on this website. Her complete CV is available on request.