Zahra Meghani is Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Having received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from Michigan State University, she joined the department in 2006.
Dr. Meghani's research interests are in Theoretical and Applied Ethics, Feminist Theory, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, and Philosophy of Technology.
Select Major Publications:
Michael Ryan's Medical Ethics Writings edited with Howard Brody and Kim Greenwald (forthcoming as part of the Philosophy and Medicine: Classics in Medical Ethics series, (Dordrecht: Kluwer)).
“The U.S.’ Food and Drug Administration, Normativity of Risk Assessment, GMOs, and American Democracy,” Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 2009, 22 (2), 125-39.
“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Evaluation of the Safety of Animal Clones: A Failure to Recognize the Normativity of Risk Assessment Projects,” (with Inmaculada de Melo-Martín) Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society 2009 29: 9-17.
“Beyond Risk: A More Realistic Risk-Benefit Analysis of Agricultural Biotechnologies” (with Inmaculada de Melo-Martín), European Molecular Biology Organization Report April 2008.
“Values, Technologies, and Epistemology,” Agriculture and Human Values. 25: 1 (2008), 25-34.
Professor Meghani regularly teaches PHL 314. |
