Marion Smiley

Marion Smiley is the **J. P. Morgan Chase Professor of Ethics** at Brandeis University's Department of Philosophy, with an affiliation in the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies. She holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University (1984) and joined Brandeis in 2002 after teaching at Wellesley, Wesleyan, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Her research focuses on **moral responsibility, collective responsibility, feminist ethics, democratic theory, multiculturalism, and pragmatism**, with notable works including *Moral Responsibility and the Boundaries of Community* and the forthcoming *Falling Through Tap Doors*. She is currently developing two book projects: *Needs and Norms: A Theory of Dependence for Social and Political Life* and *Democracy and Paternalism*.

Smiley has received prestigious fellowships from Princeton University, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, and others. She is also recognized for her teaching excellence, earning multiple awards.

Her office is located in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for the Humanities (Room 110). Research collaborations and grants are tied to her fellowships and institutional affiliations.