UCSC Philosophy

Ellen Suckiel

Professor of Philosophy
Provost, Adlai E. Stevenson College, UCSC

Office: Provost's Office, Adlai E. Stevenson College Mailing Address: Professor Ellen Suckiel Stevenson College University of California Santa Cruz, CA 95064 Phone: Office: (831) 459-2328 messages: (831) 459-3408 Email: suckiel@ucsc.edu

Areas of Interest

• Ethical Theory
• William James
• American Philosophy
• Philosophy of Religion
• Ethical issues in genetics
• Ethics of Biotechnology
• Ethics of Stem Cell Research

Program faculty for the UCSC B.S. in Bioengineering
Faculty member, UCSC Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering

Education:

• Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison
• M.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison
• A.B. Douglass College

Select Bibliography

• The Pragmatic Philosophy of William James (University of Notre Dame Press, 1982)
• Heaven's Champion: William James's Philosophy of Religion (University of Notre Dame Press, 1996)
• "Emerson and the Virtues," in American Philosophy (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1987)

Recent Courses Taught

• Advanced Ethics
• Seminar: William James
• Introduction to Ethical Theory
• Spirituality & the Sacred
• Bioethics in the 21st Century
• Ethical Issues in Stem Cell Research
• Brave New World: Ethical Issues in Genetics

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