J. Paul Kelleher

Curriculum Vitae

 

                                                                                                                                   

Department of Medical History & Bioethics

School of Medicine and Public Health                                                                                jkelleher@wisc.edu

University of Wisconsin-Madison                                                                                www.paulkelleher.net

1300 University Ave., Room 1430                                                                                                   

Madison, WI 53706-1532                                                                                                  

(608) 263-8561                                                                                                                                      

            ____________________________________________________________________________________________

 

EMPLOYMENT

 

Assistant Professor, Department of Medical History & Bioethics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2009-present.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Program in Ethics and Health, Harvard University, 2007-2009.

Research Associate, National Fair Housing Alliance, 2006-2009.

Instructor, Department of Philosophy, Cornell University, 2005-2006.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Philosophy, Cornell University, 2002-2004.

 

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D.                    Cornell University, Philosophy, 2008.

Dissertation: Political Liberalism and the Possibility of Egalitarianism

Dissertation Committee: Richard W.  Miller  (chair), Terence Irwin,  Michele Moody-Adams.

 

B.A.                     Colgate University, Philosophy (magna cum laude), 2001.

 

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

 

Areas of Specialization: Social and Political Philosophy, Bioethics.

   

Areas of Competence: Ethics, History of Political Philosophy, History of Ethics, Metaethics.

 

           

PUBLICATIONS

 

ÒEmergency Contraception and Conscientious ObjectionÓ Journal of Applied Philosophy 27, no. 3 (August 2010): 290-304.

 

 

            WORK IN PROGRESS OR UNDER REVIEW

 

ÒHealth, Redress, and the Capability Approach.Ó

ÒJustice in Health Care: A Moderate Rawlsian Approach.Ó

ÒJustice and Profound Cognitive Disability.Ó

ÒLegitimacy and Stability in RawlsÕs Political Liberalism.Ó

 

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

 

ÒCapabilities and Resources for Health.Ó Northwestern University Society for Ethical Theory and Political Philosophy, 4th Annual Conference, May 2010.

ÒRespondent to Daniel Hausman.Ó Just Health: Current Debates: A Conference on Norman DanielsÕ Recent Book, Harvard University, November 2008.

ÒJustice in Health Care: A Semi-Redressive Approach.Ó Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado, Boulder, August 2008.

 ÒCoercion, Autonomy, and Prerogatives of Self-Advancement.Ó  International Graduate Conference in Philosophy, University of Toronto, May 2006.

ÒThe Practical Aims of Political Liberalism.Ó New York State Political Science Association, Annual Conference, April 2006.

ÒPerfectionist Political Liberalism?Ó Brennan Graduate Student Conference, Loyola University Chicago, March 2006.

 

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

 

Cornell University Sage Fellowship, 2001-2002, 2004-2005.

Cornell University Summer Fellowship, 2001-2006.

Phi Beta Kappa, Colgate University Chapter, 2001.

High Honors in Philosophy, Colgate University, 2001.

M. Holmes Hartshorne Memorial Award for Postgraduate Study in Philosophy and Religion, Colgate University, 2001.

Robinson Essay Prize for Philosophy and Religion, Colgate University, 2000.

(awarded annually for best undergraduate essay in philosophy or religion)

Alumni Memorial Scholar, Colgate University, 1997-2001.