McLeod, Carolyn 1969–

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McLeod, Carolyn 1969–

PERSONAL: Born November 29, 1969, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; daughter of Roderick (a lawyer) and Mary Anne (a homemaker and nurse) McLeod. Ethnicity: "White, Anglo-Saxon Protestant." Education: Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, B.A. (philosophy, with first class honors), 1992, M.A. (philosophy), 1995; Dalhousie University, Ph.D. (philosophy), 1999.

ADDRESSES: Office—Department of Philosophy, Talbot College, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6C 1H1; fax: 519-661-3922. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: University of Tennessee at Knoxville, assistant professor of philosophy, 2001–02; University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, assistant professor of philosophy, 2002–. Dalhousie University, adjunct professor, 1996–98; University of Minnesota, postdoctoral fellow at Center for Bioethics, 1999–2000; University of Toronto, Lupina new faculty fellow at Munk Centre for International Studies, 2004–05; conference organizer; public speaker. London Health Sciences Centre, board member of Bioethics Committee, 2000–01.

MEMBER: International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, American Philosophical Association, North American Society for Social Philosophy, Canadian Philosophical Society (chair of Equity Committee, 2002–03), Canadian Bioethics Society, Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy, Feminist Ethics and Social Theory, Western Women's Caucus (member at large).

AWARDS, HONORS: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, fellowship, 1999–2001, grant, 2003–04; grants from Stem Cell Network, 2003–05, and Canadian Institutes for Health Research, 2003–07.

WRITINGS:

Self-Trust and Reproductive Autonomy, MIT Press (Cambridge, MA), 2002.

Contributor to books, including Relational Autonomy: Feminist Perspectives on Autonomy, Agency, and the Social Self, edited by Catriona MacKenzie and Natalie Stoljar, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1999; and Health Care Ethics in Canada, 2nd edition, Harcourt Brace (Toronto, Ontario, Canada). Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals, including Bioethics Examiner, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, American Journal of Bioethics, Journal of Social Philosophy, and Southern Journal of Philosophy. Newsletter editor, Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy, 1999–2001.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on the ethics of embryonic stem cell research; a moral exploration of single embryo transfer; research on conscience and moral persuasion in medicine.