Professor, ݮƵ Chair in Social and Political Philosophy of Language
Areas of interest
Racist and sexist language, diversifyingacademia, implicit bias, pragmatics, deception
Areas of graduate supervision
- most areas of analytic feminist philosophy
- implicit bias
- philosophy of race
- pragmatics
- social and political
- philosophy of language
- deception
Current research
I'mcurrently mainly working onthe pragmatics of racist, sexist, and deceptive speech, particularly focusedon political discourse. (This keeps mevery busy these days!). I'malsoworking on a joint project with the UK Statistics Authority on misleading useof statistics. Icontinueto be involved in various efforts todiversify academia, including ongoing involvement with the BritishPhilosophical Association/Society for Women in Philosophy's Good PracticeScheme.
Selected publications:
- with Michael Brownstein, eds.)Implicit Bias and Philosophy Volume I: Metaphysics and Epistemology,Oxford University Press 2016.
- (with Michael Brownstein, eds.)Implicit Bias and Philosophy Volume II: Moral Responsibility, Structural Injustice, and Ethics,Oxford University Press 2016.
- Lying, Misleading, and What is Said: An Exploration in Philosophy of Language and in Ethics,Oxford University Press 2012.
- Simple Sentences, Substitution, and Intuitions,Oxford University Press 2007.
- Feminism: Issues and Arguments,Oxford University Press 2003.
- “What is Happening to our Norms Against Racist Speech?”,Aristotelian Society93(1): 1-23.2019.
- "Immigrationin the Brexit Campaign: Protean Dogwhistles and Political Manipulation", in Fox, C, and Saunders, J.,Media Ethics, Free Speech, and theRequirements of Democracy, Routledge.2019.
- "(How) Should We Tell Implicit Bias Stories?",Disputatio10 (50): 217-244. 2018.
- “Negligent Falsehood, White Ignorance, and False News”, in Elliott Michaelson and Andreas Stokke’sLying: Language, Knowledge and Ethics(OUP).2018.
- “Dogwhistles, Political Manipulation, and Philosophy of Language” in Daniel Fogal, Matt Cross and Daniel Harris’sNew Work on Speech Actsvolume (OUP).2018.
Selected grants, fellowships, awards:
- Leverhulme International Network Grant (April 2011-June 2013):Implicit Bias and Philosophy Research Network
- Distinguished Woman Philosopher Award 2011
- Philip Leverhulme Prize 2003