Sara Goering works in feminist bioethics, ethics, and justice theory; she regularly teaches feminist topics courses that focus on the family, and brings feminist perspectives to bear in courses on medical ethics, moral issues in life and death, and philosophy of disability. Ingra Schellenberg is interested in feminist analyses of current medical practice, especially as these bear on psychiatric diagnoses; she writes on depression and borderline personality disorder, both of which are often seen as "women's diseases". Ken Clatterbaugh and Jean Roberts are both interested in the construction of gender and its political consequences. Ken was not only the first member of the Philosophy Department to become adjunct with Women Studies but the first person to develop a course on masculinity at the University. Several other faculty incorporate feminist literature and analyses into courses taught on topics in history of philosophy, political theory, aesthetics, and epistemology.

The first biennial meeting of FEMMSS (Feminist Epistemology, Metaphysics, Methodologies, and Science Studies) was organized by Nelson and hosted at UW in November 2004, and the journal Hypatia will be hosted at UW beginning in July 2008.


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