Joel Michael Reynolds (born 1985) is an American

philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

whose research focuses on

disability Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be Cognitive disability, cognitive, Developmental disability, dev ...

. His areas of specialization include Philosophy of Disability,

Bioethics Bioethics is both a field of study and professional practice, interested in ethical issues related to health (primarily focused on the human, but also increasingly includes animal ethics), including those emerging from advances in biology, med ...

Continental Philosophy Continental philosophy is a term used to describe some philosophers and philosophical traditions that do not fall under the umbrella of analytic philosophy. However, there is no academic consensus on the definition of continental philosophy. Pri ...

, and

Social Epistemology Social epistemology refers to a broad set of approaches that can be taken in epistemology (the study of knowledge) that construes human knowledge as a collective achievement. Another way of characterizing social epistemology is as the evaluation o ...

. He is an assistant professor of Philosophy and Disability Studies in th
Department of Philosophy
at

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

, a Senior Research Scholar at the

Kennedy Institute of Ethics The Kennedy Institute of Ethics (also known as Joseph and Rose Kennedy Institute of Ethics) is one of the most prestigious bioethics institutes in the world. Located at Healy Hall, it was established at Georgetown University in 1971 as a bioethi ...

, a senior bioethics advisor to

The Hastings Center The Hastings Center is an independent, nonpartisan bioethics research institute and think tank based in Garrison, New York. It was instrumental in establishing the field of bioethics and is among the most prestigious bioethics and health policy i ...

, and core faculty in Georgetown'
Disability Studies Program
In 2022, he was named a Faculty Scholar o
The Greenwall Foundation
(class of 2025) in support of his project “Addressing the Roots of Disability Health Disparities." He is the founder of th
Journal of Philosophy of Disability
which he edits with

Teresa Blankmeyer Burke Teresa Blankmeyer Burke is a Professor of Philosophy at Gallaudet University. She is the first signing deaf woman to receive a PhD in philosophy in the world, as well as the first deaf person to receive a PhD in philosophy at the University of New ...

, and co-founder o
Oxford Studies in Disability, Ethics, & Society
a book series from

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ...

which he edits with

Rosemarie Garland-Thomson Rosemarie Garland-Thomson is Professor of English at Emory University with a focus on disability studies and feminist theory. Her book ''Extraordinary Bodies'', published in 1997, is a founding text in the disability studies canon. Garland-Thomson ...

. Reynolds is the author of a number of books, including
The Life Worth Living: Disability, Pain, and Morality
' (University of Minnesota Press, May 2022), ''The Meaning of Disability'' (Oxford University Press, under contract), and ''Philosophy of Disability: An Introduction'' (Polity, under contract). He is also the co-editor of
The Disability Bioethics Reader
' (Routledge, May 2022) wit
Christine Wieseler
''The Art of Flourishing: Conversations on Disability'' (Oxford University Press, under contract) wit
Erik ParensLiz Bowen
and

, and of a 2020 special issue of ''

The Hastings Center Report The ''Hastings Center Report'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal of bioethics. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Hastings Center (Garrison, New York). The editor-in-chief is Gregory Kaebnick. According to the ''Journa ...

'', “For ''All of Us''? On the Weight of Genomic Knowledge,” also wit
Erik Parens
He earned his B.A. in philosophy as well as religious studies from the

Robert D. Clark Honors College The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a Public university, public research university in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1876, the institution is well known for its strong ties to the sports apparel and marketing firm Nike, Inc, and its ...

at the

University of Oregon The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1876, the institution is well known for its strong ties to the sports apparel and marketing firm Nike, Inc, and its co-founder, billion ...

and his M.A. and Ph.D. from

Emory University Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of ...

. He has received fellowships supported by the

National Endowment for the Humanities The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by thNational Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965(), dedicated to supporting research, education, preserv ...

, the

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York City in the United States, simply known as Mellon Foundation, is a private foundation with five core areas of interest, and endowed with wealth accumulated by Andrew Mellon of the Mellon family of Pitts ...

, and the

Howard Hughes Medical Institute The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is an American non-profit medical research organization based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It was founded in 1953 by Howard Hughes, an American business magnate, investor, record-setting pilot, engineer, fil ...

. Reynolds previously taught a
The University of Massachusetts Lowell
he held the inaugural Rice Family Postdoctoral Fellowship in Bioethics and the Humanities at

from 2017 to 2020; and he held the inaugural Laney Graduate School Disability Studies Fellowship at

from 2014 to 2015. At the University of Oregon, Reynolds won the George Rebec Prize for best essay by a philosophy student in 2007, 2008, and 2009. Also in 2009, he won the President's Award from the Robert D. Clark Honor's College for Distinguished Thesis.

References

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