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Kate Jackson-Meyer

United States
Institution Boston College
Position Part-time Faculty in the Theology Department and in the Faith, Peace, and Justice Minor
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Email Address jacksokv@bc.edu
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Prior Education Background
  • 2018, Ph.D., Theological Ethics, Boston College
  • 2011, M.A.R., Religious Ethics, cum laude, Yale Divinity School
  • 2006, B.A., Double Major in Biology and Religion, cum laude, University of Southern California
Research Interests
  • Bioethics/Medical Ethics
  • Feminist, Womanist, or Mujerista Ethics
  • Fundamental Moral Theology
  • Gender and Sexual Ethics
  • Nonviolence
  • Philosophical Ethics
  • Political Ethics
  • Virtue Ethics
  • War, Peace, and Peacebuilding
Recent Publications
  • Tragic Dilemmas in Christian Ethics, Georgetown University Press (under contract, final draft submitted)
  • “Just War, Peace, and Peacemaking: Moral Dilemmas,” in Reimagining the Moral Life: On Lisa Sowle Cahill’s Contribution to Christian Ethics, eds. Ki Joo Choi, Sarah M. Moses, Andrea Vicini (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2020):83-95.
  • “Moral Distress in Nurses and other Health Care Professionals,” Health Progress, Pandemic Coverage, Catholic Health Association, May 7 2020, https://www.chausa.org/publications/health-progress/article/pandemic-coverage/moral-distress-in-nurses-and-other-health-care-professionals
  • “Niebuhrian Insights on Human Nature and Anxiety for a Time of Crisis,” Political Theology Network, April 9, 2020, https://politicaltheology.com/niebuhrian-insights-on-human-nature-and-anxiety-for-a-time-of-crisis/
  • “The Principle of Proportionality: An Ethical Approach to Resource Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Bioethics.net, April 1, 2020, http://www.bioethics.net/?p=76459
  • “Book Review of Virtue and Theological Ethics: Toward a Renewed Ethical Method,” Catholic Books Review, 2019.
  • “Book Review of Born from Lament,” Catholic Books Review, 2017.
  • “Book Review of The New Kinship: Constructing Donor-Conceived Families,” Ethics & Medicine, The Bioethics Press, 32, no. 1 (Spring 2016): 55-56
Professional Activities and Affiliations
  • Society of Christian Ethics
  • Catholic Theological Society of America
  • College Theology Society
  • American Academy of Religion
  • Participant, Virtual Roundtable, Response to the Sexual Abuse Crisis in the Catholic Church: Perspectives from Theological Ethics, CTEWC