Biography:Samantha Brennan
Samantha J. Brennan is a British-born philosopher and scholar of women's studies who is currently dean of the College of Arts and faculty member in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Guelph.[1] She was previously a professor in the Department of Women's Studies and Feminist Research at Western University, Canada.[2][3][4] She remains a member of Western's Rotman Institute of Philosophy and the graduate faculty of the Departments of Political Science and of Philosophy. Brennan was Department Chair of Philosophy at Western from 2002 to 2007, and 2008–2011. She is a past president of the Canadian Philosophical Association (2017–18).[2][5][failed verification]
Education and career
Brennan received her BA in philosophy from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and her PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she wrote her dissertation, Thresholds for Rights, under the supervision of Shelly Kagan.[6][7] Brennan grew up on the east coast of Canada, living in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. She was born in Lancashire, England.[8][9]
Brennan has been a Visiting Faculty Fellow in Philosophy, RSSS, the Australian National University and a Taylor Fellow in Philosophy and a visiting fellow in bioethics at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.[10][11]
Brennan co-founded Feminist Philosophical Quarterly, an online, open access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting feminist philosophical scholarship.[2][12][13][14][15]
In 2018 Brennan began a new position as Dean of the College of Arts at the University of Guelph.[16]
Research interests
Brennan's research focuses on contemporary normative ethics, applied ethics, political philosophy, and feminist philosophy.[8][17][18][19] In work on children's rights and family justice, Brennan argues that adults should enter into parenting contracts rather than marriage contracts.[20][21] In normative ethics, Brennan has developed a moderate deontological account according to which rights can be overridden on the basis of the amount of good that can be brought about by doing so.[22][23] Brennan has also published on the topics of gender identity and fashion, bioethics, philosophy of sport, the moral significance of death, and on feminist approaches to fitness.[24][25][26]
References
- ↑ "Samantha Brennan | College of Arts" (in en). https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/philosophy/people/samantha-brennan.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cleary, Skye (2016-08-26). "APA Member Interview: Samantha Brennan". http://blog.apaonline.org/2016/08/26/apa-member-interview-samantha-brennan/.
- ↑ Fracassi, Sabrina. "Western's recreation dress policy sparks debate on campus". The Gazette • Western University's Student Newspaper. http://www.westerngazette.ca/news/western-s-recreation-dress-policy-sparks-debate-on-campus/article_43ae5be8-7abc-11e6-a327-87ff54bbac8b.html.
- ↑ Rahmati, Rita. "Study says more attractive women get better grades". The Gazette • Western University's Student Newspaper. http://www.westerngazette.ca/news/study-says-more-attractive-women-get-better-grades/article_9bd48bfe-b644-11e5-84d5-27eab5ff8d00.html.
- ↑ "cpa-acp: officers and editors". http://www.acpcpa.ca/en/officers.php.
- ↑ "Forwarding to Samantha Brennan's New Homepage". Publish.uwo.ca. http://publish.uwo.ca/~sbrennan. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
- ↑ "Samantha Brennan | The Rotman Institute of Philosophy". Rotman.uwo.ca. http://www.rotman.uwo.ca/members/samantha-brennan/. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Samantha Brennan - Department of Women's Studies and Feminist Research - Western University". http://www.uwo.ca/womens/people/Brennan.html.
- ↑ "Samantha Brennan (Author of Philosophy And Death)". Goodreads.com. 2013-04-13. http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2967393.Samantha_Brennan. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
- ↑ "Samantha Brennan". Carnegiecouncil.org. 2012-02-09. http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/people/data/samantha_brennan.html. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
- ↑ "Otago Philosophy - Visitors". Otago.ac.nz. http://www.otago.ac.nz/philosophy/gfx/visitors.html. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
- ↑ "A new open access journal: Feminist Philosophy Quarterly - New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science". http://www.newappsblog.com/2014/03/a-new-open-access-journal-feminist-philosophy-quarterly.html.
- ↑ alpha (2014-02-28). "Feminist Philosophy Quarterly: coming soon to an internet near you!". https://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/feminist-philosophical-quarterly-coming-soon-to-an-internet-near-you/.
- ↑ KateNorlock (2015-07-22). "Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, launched". https://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2015/07/22/feminist-philosophy-quarterly-launched/.
- ↑ "Feminist Philosophy Quarterly | Western University". http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/fpq/.
- ↑ Newsrelease. "University Names New Dean of Arts". University of Guelph. https://news.uoguelph.ca/2017/07/u-g-names-new-dean-arts/.
- ↑ "Samantha Brennan". http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/people/data/samantha_brennan.html.
- ↑ "Analytic Feminism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)". Plato.stanford.edu. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/femapproach-analytic/. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
- ↑ "8: To Be a Parent...Or Not". 2016-03-30. http://examiningethics.org/2016/03/8-parent-not/.
- ↑ "Parenthood and Procreation (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)". Plato.stanford.edu. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/parenthood/. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
- ↑ "The Not-So-Revolutionary Single Woman | Boston Review". 2016-04-27. https://bostonreview.net/books-ideas/jessa-crispin-traister-single-ladies.
- ↑ Brennan, Samantha (1995-06-01). "Thresholds for Rights" (in en). The Southern Journal of Philosophy 33 (2): 143–168. doi:10.1111/j.2041-6962.1995.tb00737.x. ISSN 2041-6962.
- ↑ Rice, Eugene (2004). "Resolving Human Rights Conflicts: Evaluating Judith Jarvis Thomson's High-Threshold Thesis" (in en). The Journal of Value Inquiry 38 (2): 203–216. doi:10.1007/s10790-004-4303-x. ISSN 0022-5363.
- ↑ University, Department of Communications and Public Affairs, Western (2012-10-04). "Western News - Professors redefining fitness, feminism and 50" (in en-US). Western News. http://news.westernu.ca/2012/10/professors-redefining-fitness-feminism-and-50/.
- ↑ "Samantha Brennan CV". https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14196149/Samantha%20Brennan%20-%20Regular%20CV.pdf.
- ↑ Cacciola, Scott (2016-09-26). "Chris Bosh's Desire to Play Leaves Heat at an Ethical Crossroads". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/27/sports/basketball/chris-bosh-miami-heat-blood-clots.html.
External links
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- "Samantha Brennan on Microinequalities", Public Ethics Radio, Episode 16.
- "Thinking Philosophically about the Family"
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