ERIN BEEGHLY
Curriculum Vitae (Abridged)

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Ethics, Political Philosophy, Social Epistemology

AREAS OF COMPETENCE
Feminist Philosophy, Applied Philosophy (esp. Discrimination), Moral Psychology, Philosophy of Mind
 
EMPLOYMENT
  • University of Utah, Assistant Professor of Philosophy,  2014 - present
          
VISITING POSITIONS
  • National Humanities Center, Philip L. Quinn Fellow,  AY 2016 - 17
  • Humboldt Universtät Zu Berlin, Visiting Scholar, Fall 2015
  
EDUCATION
  • University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D., Philosophy, 2006 - 2014
  • Oxford University, B.A., Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (First-Class Honors), 2004- 2006
  • University of California, Berkeley, B.A., History (High Honors), 2001 - 2004

PUBLICATIONS
Book:
  • What's Wrong with Stereotyping? Oxford University Press. New Topics in Applied Philosophy Series. 4 of 9 chapters complete. Under Contract.

Edited Volume:
  • Introduction to Implicit Bias: Knowledge, Justice, and the Social Mind. Co-editor with Alex Madva.  Under Contract. Routledge.  Forthcoming 2019.

Special Issue:
  •  Bias in Context: Psychological and Structural Explanations of Injustice. Co-editor with Jules Holroyd. Journal of Applied Philosophy. Forthcoming 2019.

Articles:
  1. “Epistemic Appraisals of Bias: Two Metaphors” in Introduction to Implicit Bias: Knowledge, Justice, and the Social Mind, edited by Erin Beeghly & Alex Madva. Routledge, Forthcoming 2019.
  2. “Embodiment & Oppression: Reflections on Haslanger.” Australasian Philosophical Review, Forthcoming 2018.
  3. "Failing to Treat Persons as Individuals." Ergo, Forthcoming 2018.
  4. “Discrimination and Disrespect.” In Routledge Handbook to the Ethics of Discrimination, edited by Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, 83 - 96. London: Routledge, 2017.
  5. “What is a Stereotype? What is Stereotyping?” Hypatia, 30 (3), 2015: 675 - 691.
 
SELECTED ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS
  • Philip L. Quinn Fellowship, National Humanities Center, AY 2016 - 17
  • Selected Faculty Participant, NEH Summer Institute, Presupposition and Perception: Reasoning, Ethics, Politics, and Aesthetics, organized by Susanna Siegel and Nico Silins, Cornell University, 6/16 – 7/16
  • Conference Funding Grant Recipient from the University of Utah, College of Humanities for Bias in Context #4, 2/17, grant total: $13,358
  • Conference Grants Recipient (with Jules Holroyd) from the Society for Applied Philosophy, Analysis Trust, and Mind Association for Bias in Context #2, 9/16, grants total: £3,952 
  • Faculty Research and Creative Grant Recipient, University of Utah, Fall 2015
  • International Travel and Research Grant Recipient, University of Utah, 6/15, 10/15, 9/16
  • American Association for University Women, American Dissertation Fellowship, AY 2012 - 13
  • UC Berkeley Dissertation-Year Fellowship, (Declined to Accept AAUW Fellowship), 4/12
  • Townsend Center Dissertation Fellowship, AY 2011 - 12
  • UC Berkeley Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship, Spring 2011 & Spring 2010
  • UC Berkeley Ralph W. Church Fellowship, Spring 2008
  • Frank & Patricia Yeary Fellowship for Ethics in the Humanities, AY 2006 - 07
  • Harris Manchester College, Oxford University, Award for 1st class finals, 6/06
  • Phi Beta Kappa, UC Berkeley, 5/03
 
PRESENTATIONS                                                              
  1. "Embodiment and Oppression: Reflections on Haslanger," The Logic of Racial Practice Conference, University of Pittsburgh, 4/18
  2. "Stereotyping and Discrimination: Their Relationship & Why It Matters," Invited Session on Stereotypes and Stereotyping, Eastern APA, Savannah, 1/18; Minorities & Philosophy Conference, Stanford University, 5/17
  3.  “Discrimination and Disrespect," Departmental Colloquium, Connecticut College, 11/16; "Bias in Context: Conference #2, Sheffield University, England, 9/16
  4. “What is a Stereotype? What is Stereotyping?” Sociology Department Brownbag Series, University of Utah, 2/16         
  5.  "Does Morality Require Stupidity? The Case of Forbidden Base Rates,” Feminist Philosophy Workshop, Hamburg University, Germany, 10/15
  6. "Beyond the Pale: The Desert-Prioritarian View of Wrongful Discrimination,” NOMOS Network for Applied Philosophy, 10th Meeting, Berlin, 11/15
  7. "Stereotyping & The Wrong of Failing to Treat Persons as Individuals,” Legal Theory Workshop, University of Virginia School of Law, 11/17; Perception and Presupposition: Reasoning, Ethics, Politics, and Aesthetics, NEH Faculty Institute, Cornell University, 7/16; Bias in Context: Conference #1, California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, 5/16; Plenary lecture, 13th Annual Intermountain West Graduate Conference, University of Utah, 3/16;  Humboldt University Ethics Workshop, Germany, 11/15; VI Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy, University of Minho, Portugal, 6/15; Mentoring Workshop for Early Career Women, University of Mass. Amherst, 6/15; Colloquium Talk, Eastern APA, Baltimore, 12/14; 2nd Annual Dorothy Edgington Lectures, Graduate Workshop on Race, Gender, and Hate Speech, Birbeck College, University of London, 1/14; Quarante ans de Théorie de la Justice: de la théorie à la practique, L’École des Hautes Études des Sciences Sociales, Paris, 6/13
  8. “What’s the Wrong of Stereotyping?” University of Utah, Department Research Colloquium, 2/14; UC Berkeley, Philosophy Department Research Colloquium, 12/13         
  9. “What’s (Epistemically) Wrong with Stereotyping?" Workshop on Gender and Philosophy, MIT, 11/12; Poster Presentation, Implicit Bias Workshop, Sheffield University, 7/12; Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Conference, Oxford University, 6/12; Princeton Political Theory Graduate Conference, 4/12; UC Berkeley Townsend Center Research Working Group, 11/11   
  10.  “A Third Principle of Justice?” UC Berkeley, Richard Wollheim Society, 10/10
  11. “Will Discrimination Exist in a Just State?” London/Berkeley Graduate Conference, University College London,    5/10   
  12. “Should the Family Exist in a Just Society?” Berkeley/Stanford/Davis Graduate Conference, 3/08
           
COMMENTS
  • Comments on Shanna Slank’s "Using the Master's Tools to Dismantle the Master's House?  A Feminist Comment on the Way We Think about Imposter Phenomenon," Pacific APA, Seattle, 4/17
  • Comments on Sophie Archer’s “Doxastic Minimalism About Self-Deception,” London/Berkeley Graduate Conference, University College London, 5/12
 
TEACHING AWARDS
  • Daniels Funds Leadership in Ethics Teaching Award, University of Utah, 11/16
  • Nomination, University of Utah Career Center Faculty Recognition Program, 3/18

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Primary Instructor, University of Utah:
  •  The Philosophy of Implicit Bias,  Upper-division undergrad/graduate seminar, Fall 2014
  •  Discrimination and Equality in the Workplace, Upper-division undergrad/graduate seminar, Fall 2017; lower-division undergrad, Spring 2016.       
  •  Ethical Dilemmas: Food, Wealth, and Social Identity, Lower-division undergrad, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2018
  • Justice & International Affairs: War—at Home & Abroad, Lower-division undergrad, Fall 2017, Fall 2018
  • Philosophy in Literature: What is Justice? Lower-division undergrad, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2018
  • Inclusive Feminisms, Senior Seminar for Philosophy Undergraduates, Fall 2018
 
Primary Instructor, UC Berkeley:  
  •  Man, God, and Western Literature: The Concept of Justice, Lower-division undergrad, Summer 2011
 
Teaching Assistantships, UC Berkeley:     
  • Philosophy of Mind (Searle), Fall 2013
  • Personal Identity, Time, and Attitudes Toward Death  (Lee), Fall 2010
  • Philosophy of Mind (Flanagan), Summer 2010
  • Political Philosophy: John Rawls (Munoz-Dardé), Fall 2009
  • Moral Psychology (Flanagan), Summer 2009        
  • Personal Identity  (Noë), Spring 2009
  • Free Will (Buchak), Fall 2008
  • Ancient Philosophy (Gelber), Summer 2008
  • Moral Psychology (Wallace), Fall 2007
 
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
  • Referee for Ergo, Hypatia, Journal of Social Ontology, Noûs, Phil Quarterly, Philosophical Psychology, Social Theory & Practice, Synthese, Canadian Philosophical Association
  • Conference Organizer (with Jules Holroyd at the University of Sheffield and Alex Madva at California Polytechnic, Pomona) of Bias in Context: Psychological and Structural Explanations of Injustice.  Four conferences in the series: May 2016 at Cal Poly Pomona, September 2016 at University of Sheffield, January 2017 at University of Sheffield, and   October 2017 at University of Utah
  • Mentor, Job Candidate Mentoring Program for Women in Philosophy, 2015-16 & 2016-17
  • Invited Moderator for Amy Thomasson’s “Conceptual Ethics and the Work of Metaphysics,” 50th Chapel Hill Colloquium, 10/16
  • Session Chair for Elinor Mason’s “Do the Right Thing: An Account of Subjective Obligation,” Arizona  Normative Ethics Workshop, 1/16
  • Session Chair for Jacob Ross’s “Blame, Recognition, and the Demands of Morality,” Arizona Normative Ethics Workshop, 1/15
          
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Talks:  
  • “The Puzzle of Stereotyping,” Presentation to 4th graders, The Nueva School, Hillsborough CA, 3/16, 5/18
  •  “Feminist Philosophy,” University of Utah Undergraduate Philosophy Club, 3/16
  • “Distributive Justice” (with Cindy Stark), Presentation to 6th graders, Project Youth at the University of Utah, 5/16
Podcast:
  • “Stereotypes,” National Humanities Center Podcast, conversation with director Robert Newman, 4/17
Blog Post:  
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Society for Applied Philosophy, American Philosophical Association, Society for Analytical Feminism
 
LANGUAGES
French: Reading Proficiency