The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University is happy to announce our Ethics Pedagogy Fellows for the 2019-20 academic year. 

The Edmond J. Safra Center Ethics Pedagogy Fellows:

Javier Caride is a PhD candidate in philosophy. His research centers around topics in metaethics, Aristotelian philosophy, and naturalism. He is particularly interested in questions about how we come to understand our natures as human beings and practical agents, and how this understanding might inform our ideas about ethics and well-being. At Harvard, he served as a teaching fellow for courses in ethics, philosophy of social protest, medieval philosophy, and philosophy of religion. He has also developed and led philosophy tutorials on contemporary neo-Aristotelian ethical theory, as well as on the intersection of empirical (especially evolutionary and neurological) research and ethics. Additionally, as a Bok Departmental Writing Fellow, he has worked with members of the Bok Center and the Harvard Writing Program to develop training materials for teaching fellows working with first-time philosophy students. He holds a BA in philosophy from Carleton College.  

Rachael Goodyer is a doctoral candidate in Philosophy with research interests in ethics, political philosophy and 19th and 20th century European philosophy. Her dissertation focuses on the ethical and political implications of controversial areas of bioscience such as stem cell research, natural and synthetic embryo cultivation and human genome editing. As a graduate teaching fellow, she has taught courses on the ethics of public policy, Kant and philosophy and literature. She also teaches an introduction to philosophy course every year at the Harvard Summer School. Prior to her doctoral studies, Rachael was an English as a Foreign Language teacher in international schools. She holds an MA in Philosophy from Columbia University and a BA in English from Oxford University. 

Ka Ya Lee is a PhD candidate in Education. Her research focuses on the intersection of education, epistemology, and ethics. In particular, she is interested in the notions of epistemic justice in school curricula. Her dissertation explores the normative grounds for teaching about historically marginalized social groups in K-12 education. At Harvard, she has taught courses in the philosophy of education, introductory, intermediate, and advanced statistics as well as developmental psychology. Before starting her doctoral studies, she worked as a curriculum developer and Philosophy for Children teacher in Tokyo, Japan and taught ethics, moral and political philosophy as well as ESL classes to Japanese youth. She holds a B.A. in the College of Social Studies (a multidisciplinary major that focuses on Economics, Government, History, and Political Philosophy) from Wesleyan University. 

Brian Palmiter is a PhD candidate in Political Theory in the Harvard Department of Government. His research interests span a range of topics in ethics and democratic theory. His dissertation explores the normative challenges posed to American constitutional practice by the use of legal-but-norm-violating political tactics. At Harvard, Palmiter has taught courses in bioethics, constitutional law, the history of political thought, and democratic theory, in addition to coordinating the Graduate Political Theory Workshop. Prior to starting his doctoral studies, he taught 8th and 9th grade English as a Teach for America corps member in Memphis, TN. He holds a BA in Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy from Michigan State University.