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Jennifer Welchman is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Alberta. She completed her PhD at Johns Hopkins University and has had teaching appointments at institutions such as Colgate University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Welchman's research focuses on ethics, particularly normative and applied ethics, as well as the history of moral philosophy and environmental ethics. Her work often involves analysis of classic American pragmatists like John Dewey and William James, and she has published on various historical figures, including G.E. Moore and Bertrand Russell. Welchman has edited collections on virtue ethics and has presented her research at numerous conferences both remotely and internationally. She is also a founding director of the Canadian Society for Environmental Philosophy (CSEP/SCEP) and is currently leading a funded project by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) on the aesthetic appreciation of nature. Her upcoming publications reflect her ongoing commitment to addressing issues at the intersection of environmental philosophy and aesthetics.
Department: Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Management