AlisonJaggar
- Professor of Distinction Emerita
- WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES & PHILOSOPHY
ALISON M. JAGGAR (PhD, Buffalo, 1970) joined the faculty at 鶹ѰBoulder in 1990 and holds a joint appointment with the. She is aCollege Professor of Distinctionand a Research Coordinator at the, University of Oslo, Norway. In 2011, Jaggar won the University of Coloradofor advancing women, interdisciplinary scholarly contributions and distinguished teaching. In August 2012, Jaggar receivedfor her exceptional teaching, educational leadership, and service. This award was given by the Graduate Teacher Program in coordination with the School of Education, the College of Arts & Sciences, and the Graduate School at 鶹ѰBoulder.
Areas of Interest: Jaggar works in the areas of contemporary social, moral and political philosophy, often from a feminist perspective. In the past decade, her work has introduced gender as a category of analysis into the philosophical debate on global justice. Currently, Jaggar is a member of a “Fempov,” a multi-disciplinary and international research team whose aim is to produce a new poverty standard or metric capable of revealing the gendered dimensions of global poverty.In addition, Jaggar is exploring the potential of a naturalized approach to moral epistemology for addressing moral disputes in contexts of inequality and cultural difference.(from )