Dr. Jennifer Hawkins

Biography

Jennifer Hawkins is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Duke University, where she has been a faculty member since 2010. She received her Ph.D. from Princeton University and has made significant contributions to the fields of normative theory and applied ethics. Her research interests encompass various aspects of well-being, emotional theories, practical reason, moral psychology, and personal identity. In applied ethics, she focuses on topics like the philosophy of disability and the care of patients with dementia. In addition to her teaching and research responsibilities, Hawkins is a Faculty Associate at the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine since 2017. Her notable publications include works addressing the connection between emotional pain and well-being, as well as critiques of the dominant models for assessing decision-making capacity in medical settings.

Research Interests