Anna Brinkerhoff

Anna Brinkerhoff is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Concordia University. Her research explores the intersection of ethics and epistemology, focusing on epistemic responsibility in morally significant contexts.

• PhD: Brown University (2021)
• MA: Brown University (2017)
• BA: Pepperdine University (2015)

Her work examines topics such as moral encroachment, the epistemology of prejudice, epistemic partiality in friendship, and the ethical dimensions of belief formation. She integrates feminist philosophy and philosophy of religion into her analyses.

Anna's publications address cognitive aspects of friendship, epistemic injustice in blame attribution, afterlife-related deprivation theories, and ethical constraints on evidence-based beliefs. Her research bridges abstract epistemology with real-world moral challenges.

She teaches courses including Environmental Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, Ethics of Belief, and Values & Biotechnology.