Karen S. Emmerman (she/her/hers)

Affiliate Instructor

Contact Information

emmerman@uw.edu

SAV M380

Office Hours

By appointment

Personal Website

Fields of Interest

Animal Rights Bioethics Children Ecofeminism Education Environment Feminism and Feminist Theory Philosophy for Children Social Justice

Biography

Ph.D., from University of Washington, 2012

M.A., Philosophy, University of Washington, 2005

M.A., Philosophy, Georgia State University, 2003

B.A., Philosophy and French, Oberlin College, 1996

Curriculum Vitae (102.68 KB)

Research

Selected Research

• Emmerman, Karen S. "Moral Arguments Against Zoos." In Routledge Handbook of Animal Ethics, edited by Robert Fischer, 381-93. New York: Routledge, 2019.
• Emmerman, Karen S. "What's Love Got to do With It? An Ecofeminist Approach to Inter-Animal and Intra-Cultural Conflicts of Interest." Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 22, no. 1 (2019): 77-91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-019-09978-6.
• “Inter-Animal Moral Conflict and Moral Repair: A Contextualized Ecofeminist Approach in Action.”  (2014).  Carol J. Adams and Lori Gruen, eds., Ecofeminism: Feminist Intersections with Other Animals and the Earth (Bloomsbury Press).
• “Sanctuary, Not Remedy: The Problem of Captivity and the Need for Moral Repair,” (2014).  Lori Gruen, ed., The Ethics of Captivity (Oxford: Oxford University Press).

Courses Taught

Autumn 2023

• PHIL 205 A: Philosophy for Children

Spring 2023

• PHIL 415 A: Advanced Topics in Animal Welfare

Autumn 2022

• PHIL 205 A: Philosophy for Children

Related News

Related News

• Karen Emmerman discusses zoo animal consent (May 6, 2022)
• Gerler Symposium on Race & Equity in Philosophy for Children [with videos] (June 27, 2018)
• Newsletter Spring 2015 Center for Philosophy For Children (March 31, 2015)
• Newsletter Fall 2014 UW Center for Philosophy for Children (February 6, 2015)
• Newsletter Summer 2014 Center for Philosophy for Children (June 29, 2014)
• Hypatia's 5th and Final Year at UW! (April 1, 2014)
• Awards and Achievements 2012 (April 1, 2014)
• Philosophy for Children Update Autumn 2012 (March 31, 2014)
• Newsletter Fall 2011 Awards and Achievements Students (March 31, 2014)
• Newsletter Fall 2010 Doing Philosophy with Children (March 27, 2014)
• Newsletter Winter 2012 Philosophy for Children (March 13, 2014)
• Newsletter Winter 2014 Philosophy for Children (February 23, 2014)
• Center for Philosophy for Children Update - Autumn 2013 (October 23, 2013)

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