Jill Delston

Jill B. Delston has interests in ethics (normative and applied), social and political philosophy, feminism, and ancient Greek philosophy. Her monograph is entitled Medical Sexism: Contraception Access, Reproductive Medicine, and Health Care (Lexington Books, 2019). Her research on health inequities in bioethics includes supporting the University of Missouri System NextGen Precision Health Initiative. 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, the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award, the College of Arts and Sciences NTT Faculty Member of the Year and was a University of Missouri System Presidential Engagement Fellow. 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.