J. Paul Kelleher

Curriculum Vitae

(May 11, 2011)

Department of Medical History & Bioethics

School of Medicine and Public Health

University of Wisconsin-Madison

1300 University Ave., Room 1430

Madison, WI 53706-1532

(608) 263-8561

jkelleher@wisc.edu

www.paulkelleher.net

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EMPLOYMENT

Assistant Professor, Department of Medical History & Bioethics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2009-present.

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011-present.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Program in Ethics and Health, Harvard University, 2007-2009.

Research Associate, National Fair Housing Alliance, 2006-2009.

Instructor, Department of Philosophy, Cornell University, 2005-2006.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Philosophy, Cornell University, 2002-2004.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Cornell University, Philosophy, 2008.

Dissertation: Political Liberalism and the Possibility of Egalitarianism

Dissertation Committee: Richard W.  Miller  (chair), Terence Irwin, Michele Moody-Adams.

B.A. Colgate University, Philosophy (magna cum laude), 2001.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Bioethics, Political Philosophy.

PUBLICATIONS

“Efficiency and Equity in Health: Philosophical Considerations” (forthcoming), entry for Anthony Culyer, ed., Encyclopedia of Health Economics (Elesvier).

“Real and Alleged Problems for Daniels’s Account of Health Justice” (forthcoming), Journal of Medicine & Philosophy.

“Energy Policy and the Social Discount Rate,” (forthcoming) Ethics, Policy & Environment.

“Emergency Contraception and Conscientious Objection” Journal of Applied Philosophy 27, no. 3 (August 2010): 290-304.

WORK UNDER REVIEW OR IN PROGRESS (manuscripts available upon request)

“Paternalism and Personal Responsibility: Conceptual and Ethical Tensions in the Fight Against Obesity.”

“Defending the Capability Approach.”

“Justice and Profound Cognitive Disability.”

COURSES

Upper level undergraduate/graduate

1. Justice and Health Care

2. Public Health Ethics

3. Health, Disability, and Social Justice

4. Ethics and Health Inequality

INVITED PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

“Defending the Capability Approach.” Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University, May 2011.

“What is Health Equity?” UW-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Population Health Sciences Monday Seminar Series, February 2011.

"Comparative Effectiveness Research: Is it Rationing?" Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 5, 2010.

“Health Equity and Metrics of Justice.” Philosophy Department Colloquium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 2010.

“Capabilities and Resources for Health.” Northwestern University Society for Ethical Theory and Political Philosophy, 4^th Annual Conference, May 2010.

“Respondent to Daniel Hausman.” Just Health: Current Debates: A Conference on Norman Daniels’ Recent Book, Harvard University, November 2008.

“Justice in Health Care: A Semi-Redressive Approach.” Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, University of Colorado, Boulder, August 2008.

“Coercion, Autonomy, and Prerogatives of Self-Advancement.” International Graduate Conference in Philosophy, University of Toronto, May 2006.

“The Practical Aims of Political Liberalism.” New York State Political Science Association, Annual Conference, April 2006.

“Perfectionist Political Liberalism?” Brennan Graduate Student Conference, Loyola University Chicago, March 2006.

ACADEMIC SERVICE (at UW-Madison)

Program Faculty, Masters in Public Health Program, 2010-present.

Faculty Affiliate, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars Postdoctoral Program, Population Health Sciences, 2010-present.

Annual Spring Bioethics Symposium Planning Committee, School of Medicine and Public Health, 2009-present.

GRANTS AWARDED

Robert Wood Johnson Faculty Grant ($10,000), 2010-2011.

OTHER AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Cornell University Sage Fellowship, 2001-2002, 2004-2005.

Cornell University Summer Fellowship, 2001-2006.

Phi Beta Kappa, Colgate University Chapter, 2001.

High Honors in Philosophy, Colgate University, 2001.

M. Holmes Hartshorne Memorial Award for Postgraduate Study in Philosophy and Religion, Colgate University, 2001.

Robinson Essay Prize for Philosophy and Religion, Colgate University, 2000.

(awarded annually for best undergraduate essay in philosophy or religion)

Alumni Memorial Scholar, Colgate University, 1997-2001.