GREENWALL - Key Persons
Amy McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., is the Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine. She researches ethical and policy issues related to emerging technologies and innovative therapeutics, with a particular focus on genetics and genomics, neuropsychology, and the clinical integration of novel neurological devices. She receives research funding from the National Institutes of Health and is the founding director of the Ethical Legal Implication of PSychedelics in Society (ELIPSIS) program. Dr. McGuire has received numerous teaching awards at Baylor College of Medicine, was recognized by the Texas Executive Women as a Woman on the Move in 2016, and has been invited to give two TED talks: a TEDMed talk titled "There is no Genome for the Human Spirit" in 2014 and a TEDx talk titled "Can Creating Moments of Meaning Improve Mental Health?" in 2022. She has served as a member of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research and as an advisor to the X Prize in Genomics. Currently, Dr. McGuire is on the board of the Greenwall Foundation, is a Hasting's Center Fellow, and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Geisinger Research, The Morgridge Institute for Research, and Nurture Genomics.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Director
- Chairs the Executive Committee
- President and CEO of the S. H. Cowell Foundation
Ann Alpers is the president and CEO of the S. H. Cowell Foundation, which seeks to improve the quality of life of Northern and Central California's poorest children by making grants to support and strengthen these children's families and the communities where they live. Prior to joining Cowell in 2005, Ann was a faculty member of the Program in Medical Ethics at the University of California, San Francisco where she co-directed the required medical ethics course for third year medical students and sat on the hospital's ethics committee. She has taught health law and bioethics as a visiting professor at Stanford Law School, St. Louis University School of Law, and the University of California, Berkeley. From 1999-2003, Ann was Deputy City Attorney for Health and Human Services for the City and County of San Francisco where she served as general counsel to the Department of Public Health.
Ann chairs the Executive Committee for Friends of the Smith College Libraries and sits on the board of Legal Services for Children.
Job Titles:
- President Emeritus
- Award in Bioethics
Bernard Lo is President Emeritus of The Greenwall Foundation; he served as its President and CEO from 2012-2020. Previously he was Professor of Medicine and Director of the Program in Medical Ethics at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). A member of the National Academy of Medicine, Dr. Lo has chaired NAM committees on Sharing Clinical Trial Data (2015), Conflicts of Interest in Medical Research, Education, and Practice (2009), and Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Acute Pain (2019). Dr. Lo chairs the external advisory board of the Multiregional Clinical Trials Network and co-chaired the Standards Working Group of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which recommended regulations for publicly funded stem cell research in California. Dr. Lo serves on the Board of Directors of Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) and on the Medical Advisory Panel of Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
His recent articles include Beyond Legalization - Dilemmas Physicians Confront Regarding Aid in Dying and Protecting NIH's Integrity and Trustworthiness in Public-Private Partnerships. He is the author of Resolving Ethical Dilemmas: A Guide for Clinicians (6th ed., 2019). He continues to care for a panel of primary care internal medicine patients at UCSF.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Presidential Chair
Christine K. Cassel holds a Presidential Chair as Visiting Professor at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine, where she is working on projects in aging and longevity, the role of technology in health care, and biomedical ethics.
In March of 2018, Dr. Cassel completed her term as Planning Dean for the new Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine, based in Pasadena, CA. From 2013-2016 she was the President and CEO of the National Quality Forum and prior to that served as president and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the ABIM Foundation.
Dr. Cassel was one of 20 scientists chosen by President Obama to serve on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). She was the co-chair and physician leader of PCAST reports on health information technology, scientific innovation in drug development and evaluation, systems engineering in healthcare, technology to foster independence and quality of life in an aging population, and safe drinking water systems.
Dr. Cassel graduated from the University of Chicago and completed her MD degree at the University of Massachusetts. Among her many professional achievements and honors, Dr. Cassel was elected to membership of the National Academy of Medicine in 1992. She was the first woman to be President of the American College of Physicians and, subsequently, Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor at the University of Chicago
Dr. Monica Peek is an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago, where works as a clinician, bioethicist, and health services researcher. Dr. Peek is the Director of Research (and Associate Director) at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, the Associate Director of the Chicago Center for Diabetes Translation Research, and the Executive Medical Director of Community Health Innovation. Her research pursues health equity and social justice, with a focus on promoting shared decision-making among marginalized patient populations, integrating the medical and social needs of patients, and addressing healthcare discrimination and structural racism that impact health outcomes (e.g., diabetes, COVID-19).
Dr. Peek has authored over 100 peer-reviewed research papers and publications, and has served as the principal investigator of multiple grants from institutions such as the Greenwall Foundation, NIH/NIDDK, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Merck Foundation. Dr. Peek is a Senior Associate Editor for the journal Health Services Research and a recent member of the National Advisory Council (NAC) for the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) and the National Council for the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM).
Dr. Peek was named one of the "Top 40 under 40" in Chicago and has been ranked among Chicago's Top Female Physicians. She has been featured in national media outlets such as NPR, PRI/The World, CNN, Democracy Now, CBS, ABC, TIME Magazine, ESSENCE Magazine, the Melissa Harris Perry show, and The Huffington Post.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor
- Contributor to the American Public Health Association
Faith Fletcher is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine, a senior advisor to the Hastings Center, and a Hastings Center Fellow. Drawing from diverse disciplines and methodologies from bioethics, public health, and behavioral science, her empirical research investigates pressing health concerns and inequities facing traditionally marginalized populations. In her scholarship, she engages issues relating to reproductive health and autonomy, informed decision-making, structural stigma, and trustworthiness in both research and healthcare settings. Her K01 Award, funded through the NIH/National Human Genomic Research Institute uses a stakeholder engagement approach to develop ethical practices and guidelines for engaging Deep South residents in genomics research.
Dr. Fletcher is a contributor to the American Public Health Association's new Code of Public Health Ethics. She is also the former co-chair of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities RACE Affinity Group, a national special interest group committed to promoting bioethics discourse and collaboration around social and structural disadvantage. In 2017, Dr. Fletcher was named one of the National Minority Quality Forum's 40 under 40 Leaders in Health, a prestigious award that acknowledges the next generation of leaders primed to reduce health inequities. In collaboration with an antiracism task force, Dr. Fletcher recently co-edited the Hastings Center Special report entitled, "A Critical Moment in Bioethics: Reckoning with Anti-Black Racism Through Intergenerational Dialogue".
In 1949, Frank Greenwall and his wife Anna Alexander Greenwall established a small family foundation in memory of their daughter, Susan. The Foundation's goals were mostly general in nature, such as providing scholarships and fellowships "for worthy and qualified students without regard to sex, age, nationality, race, creed or color." A more specific goal, however, was to help conduct medical research and spread knowledge on "the nature, cause, prevention, cure, treatment and alleviation of children's diseases of all kinds."
Frank Greenwall was the CEO of National Starch Products, Inc., later to become National Starch and Chemical Corporation, and contributed his personal money in addition to National Starch stock to the Foundation. Upon his death, $20 million was contributed from his estate. In addition to medical-related grantmaking, the Foundation built a robust program to support small and midsize New York City arts organizations, especially those fostering experimentation and the creation of new and interdisciplinary work.
In the late 1980s, the Foundation's Board became increasingly interested in another developing area-bioethics. There was no other foundation with a clearly defined program in bioethics, and in 1991, an "Interdisciplinary Program in Bioethics" became part of the Foundation's mission. Over the next few decades, the bioethics program continued to grow, and in 2011, the Foundation decided to conclude the arts program to focus solely on bioethics. At that time, the Foundation determined that it would focus primarily on building and enriching its flagship Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics.
Job Titles:
- Director
- President and CEO of Blue Jar Private Trust Company
George L. Bunting, Jr. is President and CEO of Blue Jar Private Trust Company, LLC. He formerly served as Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Noxell Corporation (a Procter & Gamble Company as of November 1989). Mr. Bunting joined Noxell in 1966 and was elected, in 1968, to the Board of Directors of Noxell Corporation. In March 1970, he was elected to the position of Executive Vice President and served as President and Chief Executive Officer from November 1973 until April 1986 when he became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Bunting served as Chairman of Johns Hopkins Health System and Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1994-1998 as well as Johns Hopkins Medicine from 1996-1998. He is currently a Trustee of Johns Hopkins Hospital and Trustee Emeritus of Johns Hopkins Medicine and Johns Hopkins Health System. He was a Trustee for Johns Hopkins University from 1985 to 2011. Mr. Bunting also serves on the Boards several non-profit institutions including The Abell Foundation, The T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving, Inc., The Institute for Islamic, Christian, Jewish Studies, and Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
In addition, he chaired the Governor's Employment Training Commission under Governor Harry R. Hughes from 1984-86. He served on both the Board and Executive Committee of The Cosmetic, Toiletry & Fragrance Association (CTFA), having served as Chairman of CTFA from 1990-91 and from 1979-81. He served on both the Board and Executive Committee of The Nonprescription Drug Manufacturers Association from 1975-85.
A native of Baltimore, Mr. Bunting is a graduate of Loyola College in Baltimore and received his MBA degree in Marketing from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Poorvu Jaffe Chair
James Tulsky is Poorvu Jaffe Chair, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Chief, Division of Palliative Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Tulsky attended Cornell University as an undergraduate, completed his medical degree at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, and received his internal medicine training at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He continued at UCSF as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, and from 1993-2015 he was on faculty at Duke University where his last position was Professor of Medicine and Nursing and Chief, Duke Palliative Care. He is a Fellow of The Hastings Center, the recipient of the 2002 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (the highest national award given by the White House Office of Science and Technology for early career investigators), the 2006 Award for Research Excellence from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM), the 2013 George L. Engel Award from the American Academy on Communication in Healthcare for "outstanding research contributing to the theory, practice and teaching of effective healthcare communication and related skills," the 2014 American Cancer Society Pathfinder in Palliative Care award, and in 2017, was named a Hospice and Palliative Medicine Visionary by AAHPM. Dr. Tulsky has a longstanding interest in doctor-patient communication and quality of life in serious illness, and has published widely in these areas. He is a Founding Director of VitalTalk (www.vitaltalk.org), a non-profit devoted to nurturing healthier connections between clinicians and patients through communication skills teaching.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Professor of Medicine
Jason Karlawish is a Professor of Medicine, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, and Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania and Co-Director of the Penn Memory Center, where he cares for patients. A physician and writer, he examines issues at the intersections of bioethics, aging, and the neurosciences. He is the author of The Problem of Alzheimer's: How Science, Culture, and Politics Turned a Rare Disease into a Crisis and What We Can Do About It and the novel Open Wound: The Tragic Obsession of Dr. William Beaumont. His essays have appeared in Forbes, The Hill, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, STAT news, and The Washington Post. He is a member of the board of directors of The Greenwall Foundation.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Disability Studies at Georgetown University
- Co - Editor
Joel Michael Reynolds is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Disability Studies at Georgetown University, a Senior Research Scholar in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, a Senior Advisor to The Hastings Center, and core faculty in Georgetown's Disability Studies Program. He is the founder of The Journal of Philosophy of Disability and co-founder of Oxford Studies in Disability, Ethics, and Society.
Reynolds is the author or co-editor of five books, including The Life Worth Living: Disability, Pain, and Morality (University of Minnesota Press, 2022), The Disability Bioethics Reader (Routledge, 2022), and The Meaning of Disability (Oxford University Press, 2024). In 2020, he co-edited a special issue of The Hastings Center Report entitled, "For All of Us? On the Weight of Genomic Knowledge." Dr. Reynolds regularly speaks with medical students and practitioners across specialties concerning how to improve the quality and equity of care for patients with disabilities based on his AMA Journal of Ethics article, "Three Things Clinicians Should Know About Disability."
Reynolds' work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is an honorary fellow of the McLaughlin College of Public Policy at York University and sits on the board of The Society for Philosophy and Disability. He previously held the inaugural Rice Family Postdoctoral Fellowship in Bioethics and the Humanities at The Hastings Center and the inaugural Laney Disability Studies Fellowship at Emory University.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Secretary
- Independent Director of Invesco Mutual Funds
Joel Motley is an independent director of Invesco Mutual Funds and an independent director of the Office of Finance of the Federal Home Loan Bank System. Joel is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and Chairman Emeritus of the board of Human Rights Watch. Joel also serves on the boards of the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, Historic Hudson Valley and The Greenwall Foundation as well as the Vestry of Trinity Wall Street.
Joel began his career in investment banking at Lazard Freres & Co. in 1985, and he was a founder of Carmona Motley Inc. in 1992. Prior to investment banking, he served as an aide to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, serving as chief of the Senator's staff in New York City and surrounding counties. Joel joined the Senate staff after five years of corporate law practice which he began at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett upon graduation from Harvard Law School in 1978. He graduated from Harvard College (magna cum laude) in 1974.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University
Keith Andrew Wailoo is Henry Putnam University Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University where he teaches in the Department of History and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He is former Chair of the Department of History, former Vice Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School, and Past President (2020-22) of the American Association for the History of Medicine. Elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2007, he is author of multiple works exploring the cultural meanings of health, and political debates over healthcare and identity. These include: Pain: A Political History (Johns Hopkins, 2014); How Cancer Crossed the Color Line (Oxford, 2011); The Troubled Dream of Genetic Medicine (Johns Hopkins, 2006); and Dying in the City of the Blues: Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race and Health (UNC, 2001). His co-edited books include: Medicare and Medicaid at 50: America's Entitlement Programs in the Age of Affordable Care (Oxford, 2015); Genetics and the Unsettled Past: The Collision of DNA, Race, and History (Rutgers, 2012); and Three Shots at Prevention: The HPV Vaccine and the Politics of Medicine's Simple Solutions (Hopkins, 2010). He has lectured widely, and published in the New York Times, the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and many other venues.
Job Titles:
- Professor of Law, Associate Director and Head of Domestic Programs and Initiatives
Kimani Paul-Emile is a Professor of Law, Associate Director and Head of Domestic Programs and Initiatives at Fordham Law School's Center on Race, Law & Justice, and Faculty Co-Director of the Fordham Law School Stein Center for Law & Ethics. Dr. Paul-Emile specializes in the areas of law & biomedical ethics, antidiscrimination law, race and the law, and health law. Her scholarship has been published widely in both law and medical journals, including the Virginia Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, UCLA Law Review, and the New England Journal of Medicine among others. Her co-authored article on the clinical, ethical, and legal challenges attendant to dealing with racist patients in the hospital setting has been viewed over 144,000 times, placing it in the 99th percentile of articles published in the New England Journal of Medicine, and 99th percentile of all medical journals. For her article, "Blackness as Disability?", Dr. Paul-Emile received the Law & Society Association's 2019 John Hope Franklin Prize, which recognizes "exceptional scholarship in the field of Race, Racism and the Law."
Prior to pursuing her doctoral degree, Dr. Paul-Emile served as Associate Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, and practiced civil rights law at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she was a National Association for Public Interest Law (now Equal Justice Works) Fellow and later the William Moses Kunstler Fellow for Racial Justice. Dr. Paul-Emile also served as Senior Faculty Development Consultant at the New York University Center for Teaching Excellence.
Kyle Ruempler joined The Greenwall Foundation in 2021, and serves as the Program & Office Manager. Among other duties, Kyle provides support to the Foundation's staff, Board, and grantees, helping to ensure that all grant programs and Board and grantee meetings run smoothly.
After receiving a BA in Music & Studio Art from the University of Virginia in 2014, Kyle has held digital, communications, and operational positions in a variety of fields. His skills and experiences include event promotions, real estate contract processing, social media and website management, and graphic design.
Kyle now resides in Arlington, VA, and spends his free time playing trumpet with jazz and symphonic ensembles in the DC area.
Lisa H. Harris, MD, PhD, has been named the recipient of The Greenwall Foundation's 2023 Bernard Lo, MD Award in Bioethics. The Lo Award recognizes Dr. Harris for forging connections across division through bioethics. It conveys a cash prize of $25,000.
Michelle is President & CEO of The Greenwall Foundation. She has wide-ranging experience in translating bioethics scholarship into real-world applications that affect everyday lives and draws on that experience to help realize the Foundation's vision of making bioethics integral to decisions in health care, policy, and research.
Michelle previously served as the Foundation's Chief Operating Officer (2018-2020) and Director of Bioethics Grants, Strategy, and Special Projects (2015-2017). Prior to joining the Foundation, Michelle was Associate Director at the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues where she oversaw work on diverse topics including neuroscience and related ethical issues, pediatric medical countermeasure research, and human subjects research protections.
A graduate of Harvard Law School, Michelle also practiced law in Washington, DC and clerked for the Honorable Bruce M. Selya on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She has published articles on various legal issues and topics in bioethics including end-of-life decision-making, research ethics, and emerging genetic technologies.
Misti is Program Director of The Greenwall Foundation. She is experienced in bioethics, science policy and education, and human research protections. She previously served as Senior Advisor for Public Health Education at the HHS Office for Human Research Protections and as Senior Policy and Research Analyst at the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. At the Bioethics Commission, she served as staff lead for both bioethics education and for the Commission's work on neuroscience and ethics.
Misti holds a BS in Microbiology from Clemson University, an MA in Science Education (chemistry) from UNC-Chapel Hill, and an MS in Biomedical Science Policy and Advocacy from Georgetown University.
Paul P. Christopher conducts bioethics research that aims to enhance public policy, inform medical research, and improve clinical care. Dr. Christopher has a particular interest in identifying how to best promote the interests of "vulnerable" populations in research, including individuals who are incarcerated or under correctional supervision, and those who have treatment refractory psychiatric illnesses. Using a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods, he examines ethics topics ranging from informed consent, voluntariness, decisional capacity, undue influence, and therapeutic misconception. In some cases, his research has identified deficits in research protections; in other instances, it has revealed ways in which research may be overly restricted. Dr. Christopher also studies policies that allow for the compulsory treatment of opioid and other substance use disorders and factors that lead to criminal justice involvement among individuals with psychiatric disorders. To date, his work has been funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Mental Illness, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, the Substance and Mental Health Services Administration, and The Greenwall Foundation.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Treasurer
- Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer of the Josiah Macy
Peter Goodwin is Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation having served for the past 13 years. In this role, Peter oversees the Foundation's investments, finances, communications, and operations, and serves as secretary to the Foundation's Board of Directors.
Peter has spent more than 40 years working as a professional in the non-profit sector. After serving as a hospital administrator at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, he joined the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) in 1984. With more than two decades of experience at RWJF, he served as financial officer, and in the senior leadership positions of Vice President for Financial Monitoring, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and Vice President for National Program Affairs.
Mr. Goodwin holds an undergraduate degree from Boston College and an MBA from The City University of New York, Baruch College. He is active in both national and local leadership roles in the nonprofit sector. He served for two terms on the Board of Directors of Grantmakers in Health, during which he also served as Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee. He completed a fifteen year tenure as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Sikora Center, Camden New Jersey. Sikora Center is an outpatient treatment facility for substance abusing women. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Garden State bioEnterprises, which produces commercial grade algae byproducts for the pharmaceutical, nutriceutical and agricultural industries. Peter is a fellow in Leadership New Jersey, a statewide program to identify and connect leaders in government and the nonprofit and business communities.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Vice Chair
- Senior Fellow in the Health Program at the Kresge Foundation
Phyllis D. Meadows is a Senior Fellow in the Health Program at The Kresge Foundation. Since joining The Kresge Foundation in 2009, she has advised the Health team on the development of its overall strategic direction and provided leadership in the design and implementation of grantmaking initiatives and projects.
Phyllis' 30-year career spans the nursing, public health, academic, and philanthropic sectors. She is the former Associate Dean for Practice at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health and Clinical Professor in Health Management and Policy - where she designed and implemented community-based health strategies, evaluation, research and courses on leadership, policy, population health and health equity. Phyllis' work in public health includes serving as Deputy Director and then Director/Public Health Officer for the city of Detroit. In addition to serving as adjunct faculty with Wayne State's and Oakland University's Schools of Nursing, Phyllis' professional experience includes leadership roles across the health sector, working to deliver programs and services with an array of multi-disciplinary professionals in health, education and human services. Phyllis was selected for the Kellogg International Leadership Program - Group I. After completing the three-year fellowship, she joined the W.K. Kellogg Foundation as a program director working to advance quality programs for children and youth in education and higher education, and communities nationally and internationally. She maintains an active advisory role on several national, statewide initiatives and boards that focus on improving the health of marginalized and low-income communities.
For more information, visit: https://kresge.org/who-we-are/phyllis-d-meadows
Dr. Salzer is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in joint replacement surgery, who practices at Englewood Orthopedic Associates.
Job Titles:
- Communications Manager
- in 2022 As the Communications Manager
Tim Badmington joined The Greenwall Foundation in 2022 as the Communications Manager. He is primarily responsible for reaching external audiences and amplifying the Foundation's message centering bioethics in critical decision-making, leveraging platforms including social media and the Foundation's blog and newsletter.
Tim received a BA in Philosophy from Colby College in 2014. Since then, he has held editorial, marketing, communications, and public engagement roles, including with the research ethics organization Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R). He lives in Baltimore, MD.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor of History and of African
Wangui Muigai is Assistant Professor of History and of African and African American Studies at Brandeis University, where she is also a core faculty member of the Health: Science, Society, and Policy Program. A scholar of race and health, her research examines historical experiences of birth and death, sickness and health in Black communities. She is particularly interested in how notions of trust shape medical interactions, expectations, and health outcomes. Through her published work on topics including Black midwifery, the birth certificate, and maternal and infant health, Dr. Muigai brings historical insight into ongoing dilemmas in health and health care. Prior to her current faculty position, she was the Florence Levy Kay postdoctoral fellow in Race, Science and Society at Brandeis University. She has served as the History Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and, most recently, was named an Andrew Carnegie Fellow.
Job Titles:
- Professor of Islamic Studies
Zahra Ayubi is a professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Religion at Dartmouth College. She specializes in ethics and gender in Islam. She is the author of Gendered Morality: Classical Islamic Ethics of the Self, Family, and Society (Columbia University Press, 2019). She has published on ethics, justice, and religious authority, and on Muslim feminist thought and American Muslim women's experiences in divorce. With support from the Greenwall Foundation's faculty scholars program, Dr. Ayubi is currently working on her next book on Muslim women's experiences with medical ethics decision making. The project titled, "Women as Humans: Authority and Gendered Ontology in Islamic Medical Ethics," focuses on practical medical ethics concerns of patients, care providers, and families as well as Muslim ontological, metaphysical, and existential conceptions of women.