Eva Feder Kittay
Distinguished Professor
Ph.D. City University of New York, 1978
B.A. Sarah Lawrence College, 1967
Harriman Hall 241
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3750
Tel: (631) 632-7589
Eva.Kittay@Stonybrook.edu
Areas of Specialization
Feminist philosophy, feminist ethics, social and political theory, metaphor, disability studies
Additional Interests
Philosophy of language, normative ethics, social thought
Eva Kittay's most recent books include Blackwell Guide to Feminist Philosophy, edited with L.Alcoff (Blackwell, 2007), Theoretical Perspectives on Dependency and Women, edited with Ellen Feder (Rowman and Littlefield, 2003), Love's Labor: Essays on Women, Equality, and Dependency (Thinking Gender Series, Routledge, 1999). Cognitive Disability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy, co-edited with Licia Carlson is forthcoming (Blackwell, 2009). She is co-editing a double special issue of Metaphilosophy with L. Carlson forthcoming July and October 2009 and has co-edited, Special Issue of Hypatia: Feminism and Disability with A. Silvers and S. Wendell, and Special Issue of Social Theory and Practice: Embodied Values: Philosophy and Disabilities with R. Gottlieb. Her other books include Metaphor: Its Cognitive Force and Linguistic Structure (Claredon Press, Oxford University Press 1987, 1985); Women and Moral Theory, edited with D.T. Meyers (Rowman and Littlefield 1985); and Frames, Fields and Contrasts, edited with A. Lehrer (Erlbaum, 1992). Her areas of expertise include feminist philosophy, feminist ethics, social and political theory, metaphor, and disability studies. She has taught and published more generally in philosophy of language and normative ethics and social thought. She is a Senior Fellow of the Stony Brook Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics and an Affiliate of the Women's Studies Program.
Selected Publications
Books
- Blackwell's Studies in Feminist Philosophy (edited with Linda Alcoff), Blackwell 2006.
- The Subject of Care (edited with Ellen Feder), Rowman and Littlefield 2003.
- Theoretical Perspectives on Dependency and Women (with Ellen Feder), Rowman and Littlefield 2002.
- Frames, Fields and Contrasts (edited with A. Lehrer), Erlbaum 1992.
- Love's Labor: Essays on Women, Equality, and Dependency, Routledge (Thinking Gender Series) 1999.
- Metaphor: Its Cognitive Force and Linguistic Structure, Claredon Press, Oxford University Press 1987, 1989.
- Women and Moral Theory (edited with D. T. Meyers), Rowman and Littlefield 1987.
Articles
- The Global Heart Transplant and Caring across National Boundaries, The Southern Journal of Philosophy (2008) Vol. XLVI.
- At the Margins of Moral Personhood, Ethics 116 (October 2005), pp. 100-131. [PDF]
- Dependency, Difference and the Global Ethic of Longterm Care (with Bruce Jennings and Angela A. Wasunna), The Journal of Political Philosophy, 13:4 (2005), 443-69. [PDF]
- Equality, Dignity and Disability, in Mary Ann Lyons and Fionnuala Waldron (eds.) (2005) Perspectives on Equality: The Second Seamus Heaney Lectures. Dublin: The Liffey Press, pp. 95-122. [PDF]
- Encyclopedia of Philosophy Article: Metaphor [PDF]
- Response to Peter Singer [PDF]
- A Feminist Public Ethic of Care Meets the New Communitarian Family Policy [PDF]
- Case Study: Shouldering the Burden of Care, Hastings Center Report, September-October 2005 [PDF]
Upcoming Events
Dissertation Defense: Roberto Toledo
Wednesday, May 1st, 4pm
Harriman, 214
Lecture: Virginia Held
Wednesday, May 8th, 1pm
Humanities 1008
