Jennifer Parks

Jennifer Parks is a Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Undergraduate Bioethics Minor Program at Loyola University Chicago. She specializes in health care ethics, feminist theory, and social philosophy with a focus on reproductive technologies and end-of-life issues.

• PhD, McMaster University
• MA, Queens University, Ontario
• BA, Queens University, Ontario

Her research explores feminist moral theory, women's reproductive health, aging ethics, and relational care frameworks. She has published extensively in journals including The Hastings Center Report, Bioethics, and Hypatia, addressing topics like gestational surrogacy, medical aid in dying, and pandemic eldercare.

Journals featuring her work span bioethics, feminist philosophy, and medical humanities. Her recent articles analyze gendered moral status, degendering birth certificates, and feminist responses to reproductive technology. She advocates for relational approaches to autonomy and care ethics.

As Bioethics Minor Director, she mentors Loyola's Ethics Bowl and Bioethics Bowl teams. Her academic contributions include co-authored books like Ethics, Aging, and Society: The Critical Turn and Bioethics in a Changing World, emphasizing care labor recognition and technological impacts on vulnerable populations.