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Jennifer M Morton is the Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania with a secondary appointment at the Graduate School of Education. As Graduate Chair of the Philosophy Department, she bridges philosophical theory with empirical research on poverty, social class, and upward mobility. Her work interrogates the ethical sacrifices of first-generation and low-income students, earning her the Grawemeyer Award in Education (2023) and the Frederic W. Ness Book Award for Moving Up Without Losing Your Way (2019). A Guggenheim Fellow (2023-2024), she integrates social psychology, policy analysis, and ethics to address structural inequities in education.
- Key Themes: Pessimism traps, cultural mismatch, and non-cognitive skill development.
- Awards: Grawemeyer Award, Scheffler Prize, Philosopher’s Annual Best Paper (2019).
- Media: Featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Hidden Brain podcast.
Her recent articles analyze poverty’s impact on prospective agency, planning capacity, and decision-making under uncertainty. She critiques online education’s limitations for marginalized students and explores the educator’s dual role in ideal vs. non-ideal contexts. As a senior fellow at Wisconsin’s Center for Ethics and Education, she advocates for inclusive institutional design, balancing pragmatic success with systemic critique.
