Professional Summary
Brianna is a Ph.D. Candidate in UC's Philosophy Department. Her research is on personal identity and feminist social epistemology. In particular, she critiques Marya Schechtman’s account of narrative self-constitution and argues that her criteria for grossly unsupported inferences is damaging for marginalized groups. Her research focuses on how one’s social environment can unjustly constrain our ability to narratively self-construct. As a result, her dissertation aims to introduce a new kind of epistemic injustice to the feminist social epistemology literature. She also has research interests in moral psychology, ethics, philosophical pedagogy, and values in science.
Before coming to UC, she did her Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Education
Bachelor of Arts: University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, Nebraska, 2022 (Philosophy Concentration: ethics, law, and social-political philosophy)
Service
American Philosophical Association (Graduate Student Council ) Member Type:Service to Professional Associations Level:National 2024 -2026