Jill Delston

Jill B. Delston has interests in social and political philosophy, normative ethical theory, applied ethics with a special emphasis on bioethics, and ancient Greek philosophy. Her monograph, out now with Lexington Books, is entitled, Medical Sexism: Contraception Access, Reproductive Medicine, and Health Care. Delston is the co-editor of a textbook entitled Applied Ethics: A Multicultural Approach, Eds. 5, 6, and 7 (forthcoming). She has won UMSL's Legendary Triton Award (2015-2016), the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award (2018), the College of Arts and Sciences NTT Faculty Member of the Year (2019), and is a University of Missouri System Presidential Engagement Fellow (2020-2021). She received her B.A. in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Washington University in St. Louis. Before joining the department in 2012, she was visiting assistant professor of philosophy at Mount Holyoke College.

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