Jill Stauffer

Jill Stauffer is an Associate Professor of Peace, Justice, and Human Rights at Haverford College, where she directs the concentration program in her field. She co-directs the Kim Institute for Ethical Inquiry and Leadership and runs a restorative practice pilot project. Her work bridges political philosophy, ethics, and legal studies, with a focus on transitional justice, Indigenous rights, and international law.

• Education: Ph.D. in Rhetoric (2003), University of California, Berkeley, with specializations in philosophy of law and continental ethics.
• Teaching History: Has taught at Amherst College (LJST) and John Jay College/CUNY (Philosophy).

Research Interests include ethical loneliness, phenomenologies of listening, legal and ethical responsibility distinctions, settler colonialism, Indigenous land claims, and international law's treatment of child soldiers. Her forthcoming book Temporal Privilege explores competing temporalities in political conflict and everyday life.

Publications span interdisciplinary topics from 2003 to 2025, with recent works focusing on phenomenology, critical legal studies, Indigenous resistance, and ethical frameworks in transitional justice. Key themes involve voice amplification, temporal sovereignty, and moral motivation in secular politics.

Leadership and Advocacy include her role on the editorial board of Voice of Witness, an oral history project dedicated to human rights crises. She has also collaborated with Indigenous nations through dialogues leading to the Uluru Statement from the Heart.