Erica Bigelow

Graduate Student, Teaching Assistant
Erica Bigelow

Contact Information

SAV384
Office Hours
AU24: Wednesday 1-3 & by appointment

Biography

M.A., Philosophy, University of Washington, 2022
M.A., Philosophy, Miami University, 2020
B.A., Philosophy, Stonehill College, 2018

What do we owe to others' emotions? My dissertation project studies the relationship between disability, injustice, and emotion, with a particular eye toward emotional manipulation and weaponization via (so-called) 'therapy-speak'. The central positive argument in my dissertation is for a renewed regard for attentive care (with special attention to its roots in Iris Murdoch's ethical writings) as an ameliorative ethical principle that might guide our dealings with others' emotions.

I'm a philosopher-in-residence at Rainier Beach High School (Seattle, WA), and facilitate other precollege philosophy sessions with elementary, middle, and high school students through PLATO. I'm also a research assistant for the communications team at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. 

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