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Cynthia Willett is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Philosophy at Emory University. Her work integrates intersectional and multicultural approaches across ethics, aesthetics, political theory, and philosophical psychology. She established Emory's Institute for the History of Philosophy (2006) and co-directed the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (2008-2011).
Education: PhD in Philosophy from Pennsylvania State University (1988), MA from University of Toronto (1980), BA in Political Science/Psychology from University of Missouri (1977).
Her research explores music's role in ethical cultures, transspecies cosmopolitanism, and humor's subversive potential. Current projects include A Musicology of Everyday Life and collaborative work on animal ethics with scientists.
Key awards include Emory's Winship Distinguished Research Scholar (1998-2001) and Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award (1995). Over 40 peer-reviewed articles span topics from African American pragmatism to environmental ethics.
Active in public philosophy, she collaborates with artists and scientists on disaster ethics and animal sociality. Served on APA committees, editorial boards, and led interdisciplinary initiatives at Emory.
