Graduate Fellow Program
The Kennedy Institute of Ethics' Graduate Fellows Program was inaugurated in late fall 2009. This program is open to students enrolled in the PhD program in the Philosophy Department at Georgetown. The Program is authorized through the Georgetown University Graduate School to provide a distinct and unique opportunity for graduate students with concentrations in bioethics to have a close relationship with the Senior Scholars at the Institute, be assigned specific projects of interest, and contribute to outreach activities. Fellows are given office space at the KIE.
The Fellows Program is competitive and requires an application that is reviewed by committee for the one-year appointment. The Program allows for two fellows, dependent upon the applicant pool. To express interest, please contact Matt Burstein.
Graduate Fellows
Chong Un Choe
Chong Un Choe practiced law for eight years as an appellate research attorney before pursuing a second career in philosophy. As a doctoral candidate in philosophy at Georgetown, her main areas of interest are normative and applied ethics, bioethics, political philosophy, and the philosophy of law. Chong is writing her dissertation on international legitimacy and procedural justice and, in large part, the application of due process and equality as philosophical foundations of international law. Chong's other research projects are in environmental ethics, genocide and mass violence, poverty, and global health.
As one of her main areas of interest, bioethics is a central feature of Chong's academic pursuits. Chong's past research efforts include papers offering a collaborative approach to deliberation on bioethical issues and considering the parental rights and responsibilities implicated by the availability of reproductive technologies and genetic engineering. As a part of her doctoral program, Chong has worked as a teaching assistant and guest lectured for introductory courses on ethics and bioethics. Chong also has participated in the Joint Colloquium on Bioethics, served on the staff for the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, and looks forward to her two new projects: being a Kennedy Institute of Ethics Fellow for the 2011-2012 academic year and working on an NSF grant project evaluating the ethical considerations of the use of animals in research.
Aside from philosophy and bioethics, Chong loves to hike and spend time in the great outdoors with her faithful Pomeranian (please do not underestimate a dog's hiking abilities by its diminutive size). Chong also is a self-professed 'foodie' who enjoys all kinds of ethnic cuisine. Contact Chong »
Anne Langhorne
Anne Langhorne is a second year graduate student in philosophy at Georgetown, specializing in normative ethics. She graduated from Baylor University in 2010 with a B.A. as a University Scholar with concentrations in philosophy, classics, and creative writing. Her senior thesis, "The Problem of Paralysis," was a critique of Christine Korsgaard's account of the "unconditioned" in her neo-Kantian normative theory.
Anne's primary research is in Aristotelian and Kantian theories of practical reasoning. While working on a paper she presented in spring of 2011 on addiction and responsibility within a Thomistic and Aristotelian moral framework, she stumbled upon the problem of erring conscience; nine months later, she is still puzzling over it! She also has interests in bioethics and political philosophy, especially questions pertaining to the relationship between autonomy and authority. Last year, Anne helped coach the Georgetown undergraduates' bioethics bowl team, who took second place at the national competition. She currently serves as a coach for the ethics bowl team and will work with the bioethics bowl team again in the spring.
Outside the classroom, Anne enjoys riding her Sector 9 longboard (an activity that is both productive and an end in itself). Born and raised in Miami, Florida, her love of the ocean and Cuban food is only matched by her acquired affections for the Colorado rockies and Peruvian cuisine. She lived in Peru for seven months in 2009 and 2010 and hopes to be able to return and teach philosophy there one day.