Shannon Spaulding

Shannon Spaulding is a Professor and Department Head of Philosophy at Oklahoma State University. Her research focuses on social cognition, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of science, with recent projects on empathy, trust, perspective-taking, and implicit bias. She holds a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a postdoctoral fellowship from Washington University in St. Louis.

Education: PhD in Philosophy (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011), McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellowship in Philosophy, Neuroscience, and Psychology (Washington University in St. Louis).

Research Interests: Social cognition, cognitive science, empathy, implicit bias, embodied cognition, and folk psychology. Her work bridges philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches.

Publications include the book *How We Understand Others: Philosophy and Social Cognition* (2018) and co-editing *The Routledge Handbook of Embodied Cognition* (2024). She explores themes like mindreading, social explanation, and the epistemic utility of empathy.