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Carmela Epright is a Professor of Philosophy at Furman University and a Clinical Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. She holds dual affiliations in academic philosophy and clinical medical ethics. Her professional activities include serving as a clinical ethicist for multiple medical institutions and directing Furman's ethics initiatives through a Piper Foundation Grant-funded faculty seminar. Dr. Epright's research bridges philosophy and applied ethics, focusing on mental health policy, forensic psychiatry, and bioethics.
Education: She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in Philosophy, along with an M.A. in Applied Ethics, all from Loyola University Chicago. Her teaching spans ethics, bioethics, gender studies, and philosophy of psychology.
Research Interests: Current projects emphasize evaluation and treatment of the criminally mentally ill, neuroethics, and feminist philosophy. She has published widely in bioethics, moral theory, and philosophy of law, contributing to edited volumes on mental health controversies and feminist theory.
Grants & Awards: Notable grants include a $500,000 Piper Foundation grant (2004–present) and a Mellon Foundation grant supporting her sabbatical research on forensic psychiatry. Awards include Furman's Meritorious Teaching Award (2004), recognition as Greenville's Best and Brightest Under 35 (2002), and finalist status for the APA's Kavka Prize (1997).
Professional Service: Serves as ethics consultant for institutions like the South Carolina Medical Association and collaborates with academic partners such as Case Western Reserve University and Dartmouth College's ethics institutes. She co-directs Furman's bioethics program highlighted in The Chronicle of Higher Education (2004).
