Jennifer Parks, PhD

Professor; Bioethics Minor Director

Jennifer Parks is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Undergraduate Bioethics Minor Program at Loyola University. Her areas of specialization include health care ethics (with special interests in reproductive technologies and end of life issues), feminist theory (with a focus on care ethics), and social philosophy. She is currently working on medical aid in dying and global issues in reproductive technologies.

She has written a number of books, including No Place Like Home? Feminist Ethics and Home Health Care (2003), Bioethics in a Changing World (co-authored with Victoria Wike, 2009), and Ethics, Aging, and Society: The Critical Turn (co-authored with Martha Holstein and Mark Waymack, 2011). She has also published a variety of articles which have been printed in such journals as The Hastings Center Report, Bioethics, Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, The International Journal of Applied Philosophy, and the Journal of Medical Humanities.

Dr. Parks teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses in health care ethics, feminist theory, disability theory, reproductive ethics, and aging and ethics. She is faculty advisor and coach for Loyola's undergraduate Ethics Bowl and Bioethics Bowl teams.

Education

PhD, McMaster University
MA, Queens University, Ontario 
BA, Queens University, Ontario 

Research Interests

Feminist Moral Theory, Women's Reproductive Health, Health Care Ethics, Aging and Long-Term Care, Medical Aid in Dying