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Jennifer Hawkins is an Associate Research Professor of Philosophy at Duke University's Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. She holds affiliations with the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, & History of Medicine and external institutions such as the National Institutes of Health and Tulane University's Murphy Institute. Her research spans normative theory, applied ethics (particularly in disability and dementia care), and the intersection of philosophy with medical ethics. She teaches courses like Introduction to Ethical Theory and Medical Ethics, emphasizing practical and theoretical ethical frameworks.
Education includes a PhD (2000) and MA (1997) from Princeton University, and a BA (1994) from Reed College. Hawkins has received recognition as a Faculty Fellow at Harvard's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics (2004). Her work challenges traditional approaches to decision-making capacity assessment and advocates for nuanced ethical frameworks in healthcare, including patient autonomy and surrogate decision-making. She also explores the philosophical implications of artistic creativity, suffering, and well-being beyond purely mental states. Her external collaborations reflect interdisciplinary engagement with global health ethics and disability studies.
Key contributions include critiques of cognitive-focused capacity assessments in medicine and arguments for integrating value-based perspectives in bioethics. Her publications bridge theoretical philosophy with applied challenges in clinical settings, emphasizing interdisciplinary solutions to ethical dilemmas in healthcare and beyond.
