Leadership
The Emergent Ethics Network is led by the directors of the four centers, who rotate the network directorship. The Network’s first director is Dan Sulmasy, MD, PhD, director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics.
Director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics
André Hellegers Professor of Biomedical Ethics, Center for Clinical Bioethics
Director, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
David Lauler Chair of Catholic Health Care Ethics and Professor of Medicine Georgetown University Medical Center
Acting Director, Environmental Justice Commons
Dean, The Earth Commons; Laudato Si’ Professor of Biology and the Environment Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy
Director of the Center for Digital Ethics
Professor and Endowed Chair in Technology, Ethics, and Society
Faculty
Faculty from the Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Sean Aas, PhD
Senior Research Scholar
Associate Professor of Philosophy
John Keown, DPhil, PhD, DCL
Senior Research Scholar
Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics
Maggie Little, BPhil, PhD
Francis J. McNamara, Jr. Chair of Philosophy; Professor of Philosophy
Senior Research Scholar; Director of Ethics Lab
Alyssa Newman, PhD
Senior Research Scholar
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology
Joel Michael Reynolds, PhD, MA
Senior Research Scholar
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Disability Studies; Director of the Disability Studies Program
Henry Richardson, JD, MPP, PhD
Senior Research Scholar
Professor of Philosophy
Karen Stohr, MA, PhD
Senior Research Scholar
Ryan Family Professor of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy
William F. Sullivan, MD, PhD
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Chair in Bioethics
Senior Research Scholar
Additional Faculty and Fellows
Laura J. Bishop, PhD
Associate Teaching Professor
Academic Program Director
Joel De Lara, PhD, MA
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ethics Lab
Jason Farr, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ethics Lab
Ben Frush, MD
2024-26 McDonald-Agape Fellow, Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Jonathan Healey, MArch
Assistant Professor of Practice
Assistant Director of Ethics Lab
Sydney Luken, MA
Senior Designer, Ethics Lab
Assistant Research Professor
Myles Sheehan, SJ, MD
Senior Clinical Scholar
Professor of Medicine
Carol Taylor, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN
Senior Clinical Scholar
Professor of Medicine & Nursing
Columba Thomas
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine
Visiting Researchers
Faculty from the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD
Director, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
David Lauler Chair of Catholic Health Care Ethics and Professor of Medicine
Georgetown University Medical Center
Anne L. Dalle Ave, MD, MS
Ethicist, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
Associate Professor of Medicine
Georgetown University Medical Center
G. Kevin Donovan, MD, MA
Former Director, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics
Georgetown University Medical Center
Miguel Fernandez, MD
Director of OBGYN Education and Director of the OBGYN Outpatient Clinic, Virginia Hospital Center
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georgetown University School of Medicine
James J Giordano, PhD, MPhil
Chief, Neuroethics Studies Program, Scholar-in-Residence, Director of the Sub-Program in Military Medical Ethics, and Co-director of the O’Neill-Pellegrino Program in Brain Science and Global Health Law and Policy at the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
Professor, Departments of Neurology and Biochemistry, Georgetown University Medical Center
Core Faculty, Graduate Liberal Studies Program, School of Continuing Studies
Ed Grant, JD, MA
Ethicist, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
Michelle Grant Ervin, MD, MHPE, FACEP
Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Ethicist, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
David G. Miller, PhD
Associate Director for Academic Programs, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Georgetown University Medical Center
Joel Michael Reynolds, PhD, MA
Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Disability Studies
Director of the Disability Studies Program
Allen H. Roberts II, MD, M.Div., MA Clinical Ethicist, PCCB; Physician Executive Director for Inpatient Operations and Associate Medical Director, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital; Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center; Chair, MGUH Clinical Ethics Committee; and Editor-in-Chief, The Pellegrino Report
Claudia Ruiz Sotomayor, MD, DBe, HEC-C,
Chief, Ethics Consultation Service and Clinical Ethicist, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Georgetown University Medical Center
Christopher J Spevak MD MPH JD
Clinical Ethicist, PCCB
Director, Cura Personalis Fellowship, Professional Identity Formation Curriculum
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Siva Subramanian, MD
Clinical Professor Emeritus and former Chief, Division of Neonatology, Georgetown University Medical Center
William F. Sullivan, MD, PhD
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Chair in Bioethics
Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Daniel P. Sulmasy, MD, PhD
André Hellegers Professor of Biomedical Ethics
Departments of Philosophy and Medicine
Georgetown University Medical Center
Director and Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Sarah B. Vittone, RN, MA, MSN, DBe, HEC-C
Associate Professor, Doctor of Bioethics; Sr. Director Undergraduate Studies and Masters Entry Programs, School of Nursing Professor, Department of Nursing
Clinical Ethicist Research subject advocate-GHUCCTS
Faculty from the Environmental Justice Commons
Environmental Justice Scholars
Randall Amster
Teaching Professor and Co-Director | Co-Director, Environmental Studies
Tim Bartley
Professor
Earth Commons and Department of Sociology
Nejm Benessaiah
Assistant Teaching Professor
William Buzbee
Edward and Carole Walter Professor of Law
Sara Colangelo
Visiting Professor of Law and Director of the Environmental Law and Justice Clinic
Kerry Danner
Adjunct Lecturer
Professorial Lecturer – Department of Theology
Marisa Ensor
Adjunct Lecturer
Senior Climate Research Fellow – Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace & Security Justice and Institute for the Study of Int’l Migration, School of Foreign Service
Jason Farr
Assistant Teaching Professor
Sheila Foster
The Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Urban Law and Policy and Professor of Public Policy
LaMonda Horton-Stallings
Professor | Chair, Department of Black Studies
Yuki Kato
Associate Professor
Monica Sanders
Adjunct Professor of Law
Barwendé Sané
Postdoctoral Associate
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
Associate Professor
Julia Watts Belser
Professor
Faculty from the Center for Digital Ethics
Founding Faculty
Laura DeNardis
Professor and Endowed Chair in Technology, Ethics, and Society | Director of the Center for Digital Ethics
Cal Newport Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor of Computer Science
Will Fleisher
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Meg Leta-Jones
Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor in Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT)
Anupam Chander, Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Technology
Affiliate Faculty
Brienne Adams, Assistant Professor, Department of Black Studies
Amanda Levendowski, Associate Professor of Law
Mark Maloof, Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies, Computer Science
Kobbi Nissim, Professor and Robert L. McDevitt, K.S.G., K.C.H.S. and Catherine H. McDevitt L.C.H.S. Term Chair in Computer Science
Seth Perlow, Associate Professor, Department of English | Faculty, American Studies Program | Faculty, Film & Media Studies Program
Micah Sherr, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Callahan Family Professor of Computer Science
Madhavi Sunder, Frank Sherry Professor of Intellectual Property, Georgetown Law
Rajesh Veeraraghavan, Associate Professor of Science Technology and International Affairs (STIA)
Matt Blaze, Professor of Computer Science and Law
Julie Cohen, Mark Claster Mamolen Professor of Law and Technology
Margaret Little, Professor & Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics and Director of Ethics Lab
Dewey Murdick, Director, Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) & Research Faculty, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
Paul Ohm, Professor of Law | Associate Dean and Chief Data Officer
Elissa Redmiles, Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Lisa Singh, Professor | Chair, Department of Computer Science
Nitin Vaidya, Robert L. McDevitt, K.S..G., K.C.H.S. and Catherine H. McDevitt L.C.H.S. Chair, Professor of Computer Science
Grace Yang, Associate Professor of Computer Science