Daniel Robert Fogal

Daniel Robert Fogal is an Assistant Professor in the Program in Bioethics at New York University's School of Global Public Health, serving as Faculty Adviser for the Bioethics Minor. He holds a B.A. from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and a Ph.D. from NYU. His research focuses on intersections of bioethics, metaethics, epistemology, and philosophy of language, with recent work addressing decision-making capacity, irrational values, internet epistemology, and conceptual engineering. Previously, he served as Visiting Assistant Professor at NYU Center for Bioethics and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Uppsala University.

Education:

• B.A., Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Ph.D., New York University

Research interests include:

• Ethical rationality in medical decision-making
• Epistemological impacts of digital information
• Normative explanations in metaethics
• Conceptual engineering for bioethical discourse

Past academic roles:

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Uppsala University (Varieties of Normativity project)
• Visiting Assistant Professor, NYU Center for Bioethics