Judith Barad is Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies at Indiana State University. After graduating magna cum laude from Loyola University of Chicago in 1980, she attended Northwestern University. She received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from Northwestern in 1984. In 1985 she accepted a position in Philosophy at Indiana State, where she eventually served as the chairperson for nine years. She is the author of three books and numerous articles on ethics and the philosophy of religion, including such topics as feminist ethics, the role of emotion in moral judgments, the treatment of animals, the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, and the Ethics of Star Trek. She has given dozens of national and international scholarly presentations, and has been an ethics consultant for Boeing, Corp. A member of the Secular Franciscan Order, Dr. Barad is active in her local parish.
Judith Barad is Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies at Indiana State University. After graduating magna cum laude from Loyola University of Chicago in 1980, she attended Northwestern University. She received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from Northwestern in 1984. In 1985 she accepted a position in Philosophy at Indiana State, where she eventually served as the chairperson for nine years. She is the author of three books and numerous articles on ethics and the philosophy of religion, including such topics as feminist ethics, the role of emotion in moral judgments, the treatment of animals, the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, and the Ethics of Star Trek. She has given dozens of national and international scholarly presentations, and has been an ethics consultant for Boeing, Corp. A member of the Secular Franciscan Order, Dr. Barad is active in her local parish.
