▁Ber gen , ▁Norway . ▁She ▁lived ▁in ▁Oxford , ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁to ▁ 1 9 8 9 . ▁Mo i ▁lives ▁in ▁North ▁Carolina . ▁She ▁works ▁on ▁femin ist ▁theory ▁and ▁women ' s ▁writing ; ▁on ▁the ▁inter sections ▁of ▁literature , ▁philosophy ▁and ▁a est het ics ; ▁and ▁is ▁fund ament ally ▁concerned ▁with ▁" find ing ▁ways ▁of ▁reading ▁literature ▁with ▁philosophy ▁and ▁philosophy ▁with ▁literature ▁without ▁reducing ▁the ▁one ▁to ▁the ▁other ." ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁she ▁was ▁awarded ▁an ▁honor ary ▁degree , ▁doctor ▁phil os . ▁honor is ▁causa , ▁at ▁the ▁Norwegian ▁University ▁of ▁Science ▁and ▁Technology . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁she ▁won ▁Duke ' s ▁University ▁Te acher ▁of ▁the ▁Year ▁Award ▁and ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁she ▁won ▁the ▁Dean ' s ▁Award ▁for ▁Ex cell ence ▁in ▁M ent oring ▁of ▁Gr adu ate ▁Stud ents . ▁ ▁She ▁is ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Norwegian ▁Academy ▁of ▁Science ▁and ▁Let ters . ▁ ▁On ▁femin ist ▁theories ▁ ▁Mo i ▁made ▁her ▁name ▁with ▁Sex ual / Text ual ▁Polit ics ▁( 1 9 8 6 ), ▁a ▁survey ▁of ▁second - wave ▁femin ism ▁in ▁which ▁she ▁contrast ed ▁the ▁more ▁empir ical ▁Ang lo - American ▁school ▁of ▁writ ings , ▁such ▁as ▁g yn oc rit ic ism , ▁with ▁the ▁more ▁theoretical ▁French ▁pro ponents ▁of ▁E crit ure