Feminist Philosophy at Guelph

Feminist philosophy brings a critical lens to all areas of philosophical inquiry in the interest of uncovering biases and furthering philosophical inquiry as a tool for theorizing about gender, race, and social justice. Feminist philosophy has opened up new avenues of philosophical inquiry in traditional fields, such as ethics, epistemology, social and political philosophy, and metaphysics, and has also brought renewed interest to historical figures who had been left out of the philosophical canon (e.g. Anne Conway, Mary Astell, Catharine Trotter Cockburn), and as such, has served to widen philosophical discourse.

The Philosophy Department at Guelph boasts seven faculty members (almost half our faculty) who are actively engaged in feminist research and teaching in a broad array of areas, including applied and normative ethics, social and political philosophy, epistemology, history of philosophy, philosophy of science, and gender studies. We also have a growing number of graduate and undergraduate students who are engaging in feminist inquiry across these fields.

Faculty:

Rowan Bell- Trans Feminist Philosophy, Metaethics, and Social Epistemology

Samantha Brennan -Feminist Ethics, Political Philosophy

Monique Deveaux-Gender and multiculturalism, Women and Democracy, Political Philosophy

Sujaya Dhanvantari (Visiting CLA)
-Phenomenology, Social and Political Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Critical Philosophy of Race

Karyn Freedman- Epistemology, Feminist Philosophy, Trauma and Gender Inequality

Maya Goldenberg-Feminist issues in Philosophy of Medicine and Philosophy of Science

Patricia Sheridan-Early Modern Women Philosophers, Early Modern Women and Agency