People

Director

Daniel P. Sulmasy, MD, PhD is the André Hellegers Professor of Biomedical Ethics, professor of medicine, and a world renowned scholar and clinician in bioethics, with joint appointments in the Department of Philosophy, the School of Medicine and the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics.

Faculty, Scholars, and Fellows

Sean Aas, PhD

Research Scholar
Associate Professor of Philosophy

Christine Grady, RN, PhD

Research Scholar; Professor of Neuroscience, School of Medicine;
Faculty, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics

Maggie Little, BPhil, PhD

Francis J. McNamara, Jr. Chair of Philosophy; Professor of Philosophy
Research Scholar; Director of Ethics Lab

Alyssa Newman, PhD

Research Scholar
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology

Joel Michael Reynolds, PhD, MA

Research Scholar; Associate Professor of Philosophy and Disability Studies;
Director, Disability Studies Program; Faculty, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics

Karen Stohr, MA, PhD

Ryan Family Professor of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy
Research Scholar

William F. Sullivan, MD, PhD

Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Chair in Bioethics
Research Scholar; Faculty, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics

Additional Faculty and Fellows

Laura J. Bishop, PhD

Associate Teaching Professor
Academic Program Director

Joel De Lara, PhD, MA

Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy, Ethics Lab and the Kennedy Institute of Ethics

Jason Farr, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Ethics Lab

Ben Frush, MD

2024-26 McDonald-Agape Fellow, Kennedy Institute of Ethics

Jonathan Healey, MArch

Assistant Professor of Practice
Assistant Director of Ethics Lab

Sydney Luken, MA

Senior Designer, Ethics Lab
Assistant Research Professor

Myles Sheehan, SJ, MD

Senior Clinical Scholar
Professor of Medicine

Carol Taylor, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN

Senior Clinical Scholar
Professor of Medicine & Nursing

Columba Thomas

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine

Emeritus Faculty

John Keown, DPhil, PhD, DCL, LLD

Senior Research Scholar Emeritus
Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics Emeritus

Madison Powers, JD, DPhil

Senior Research Scholar Emeritus
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy

Henry Richardson, JD, MPP, PhD

Senior Research Scholar Emeritus
Professor of Philosophy Emeritus

Visiting Researchers

Staff

Roxie France-Nuriddin

Reference & Program Specialist
IMSE Collection Curator

Maria Maisto, MA

Director of Communications

Patricia Martin, MA

Technical Services Manager

Gabrielle Sanchez, MLS, MA

Archivist for the Kennedy Institute of Ethics

Dawn Sjurset

Institute Administrator

Faculty Affiliates