Jada Wiggleton-Little

Jada Wiggleton-Little is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at The Ohio State University. Her research focuses on intersections of bioethics, philosophy of mind, and race, particularly addressing racial and gender disparities in pain management. She holds a PhD from UC San Diego (2023) and a BA from Davidson College (2017).

Education:

• PhD in Philosophy, University of California San Diego, 2023
• BA in Philosophy, Davidson College, 2017

Research interests include pain communication, neuroethics, and social epistemology. Her work critiques systemic biases in healthcare through frameworks like epistemic injustice and neurodiversity ethics. Current projects explore menstrual pain dismissal and racialized pain perception.

Professional affiliations include a Neuroethics Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic and Sadler Scholar role at the Hastings Center. She has contributed to projects at the John L. Lynch, MD Center for Ethics Program for Neuroethics and Clinical Consciousness.

Recent publications address pain communication ethics, neurodiversity in medical screening, and the burdens of racialized identities in clinical contexts. Grants and advising details are pending explicit documentation in provided texts.

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams in bioethics and neuroethics initiatives, though specific lab affiliations are not detailed in available materials.