Serene Khader
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Stony Brook University, 2008
B.A. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, 2002
Harriman Hall 239
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3750
Serene.Khader@sunysb.edu
Serene Khader joined the faculty at Stony Brook University in 2011. Her areas of expertise include global justice, normative ethics, political philosophy, and feminist philosophy. She is particularly interested in questions about how oppression shapes people’s capacities for autonomy and is the author of Adaptive Preferences and Women's Empowerment (Oxford University Press 2011). She has also published on issues such as reproductive rights, the ethics of international development, and philosophy of disability. She has taught courses in ethics, feminist theory, political philosophy, transnational feminisms, global ethics, and human rights.
Selected Publications
Books
- Adaptive Preferences and Women's Empowerment, Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Thinking with Irigaray, edited with Mary C. Rawlinson and Sabrina Hom, SUNY Press, 2011.
Articles
- "Must Theorising about Adaptive Preferences Deny Women’s Agency?" Journal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 29, Number 4, 2012
- "Beyond Inadvertent Ventriloquism: Caring Virtues for Anti-paternalist Development Practice," Hypatia, Volume 26, Issue 4, pages 742-761, Fall 2011. [PDF]
- "Adaptive Preferences and Procedural Autonomy," Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Volume 10, Number 2, pages 169-187, July 2009. [PDF]
Curriculum Vitae
Upcoming Events
Department of Philosophy Commencement
Friday, May 24th, 1:30 pm
Harriman 214
