Roth joined the faculty in 2014. She attended Lafayette College as an undergraduate and the University of Michigan for her Ph.D. Her main areas of specialization include Moral & Political Philosophy, Bioethics, Feminist Philosophy, and Gender & Sexuality.
Office Hours
Fall 2025
Mon: 12:30-1pm
Tues (VIRTUAL on Teams): 11am-12pm [please email for the link]
Wed 8:45-9:30am
Fri 9-10am
Also by appointment.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
B.A., Lafayette College (2004)
Ph.D. University of Michigan (2010)
Recent Publications
鈥淛ustice for Women/Gestators: Superior Personhood or Plain Old Feminism?鈥 Journal of Medical Ethics 50, 1 (2023): 22-23. (commentary on Heloise Robinson鈥檚 鈥淧regnancy and Superior Moral Status: A Proposal for Two Thresholds of Personhood鈥)
"When does the fetus acquire the moral status of a human being? The philosophy of gradualism can provide answers." The Conversation, June 30, 2022
鈥淒onor Conception, Genetic Knowledge, and Bionormativity: A Book Review of Daniel Groll鈥檚 Conceiving People鈥 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, (2023).
鈥淎nonymous vs. Open Donation and Queerness as Political: Comments on Groll鈥檚 Conceiving People,鈥 International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 16, 1 (2023): 166-81. (as part of a symposium on Groll鈥檚 book)
鈥淣onideal Theory and Ethical Pragmatism in Bioethics: Value Conflicts in LGBTQ+ Family-Making鈥 in Applying Nonideal Theory to Bioethics: Living and Dying in a Nonideal World, edited by Elizabeth Victor and Laura Guidry-Grimes 2021
Classes
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AMST 490: Research Seminar
This course functions as one of the Capstone options for students in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies programs and is cross listed and is aimed to serve students interested in conducting semi-independent research projects on social justice topics from interdisciplinary perspectives. The course will introduce students to an introductory topic area of the instructor's choice along with interdisciplinary research methods. Students will then engage in their own research project, producing an annotated bibliography, a public presentation (usually at GREAT Day), and a final written paper.
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AMST 491: Research & Present Prep
This course will function as preparation for a public presentation at GREAT DAY for students in AMST, BLKS, or WGST programs or others pursuing projects on social justice related topics. The course will involve scaffolded preparation including production of an annotated bibliography and oral presentation on a research topic of one's choosing along with an end of term reflective writing assignment. Students will attend AMST/BLKS/WGST 490 on select dates in relation to research work and presentation preparation.
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BLKS 490: Research Seminar
This course functions as one of the Capstone options for students in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies programs and is cross-listed and is aimed to serve students interested in conducting semi-independent research projects on social justice topics from interdisciplinary perspectives. The course will introduce students to an introductory topic area of the instructor's choice along with interdisciplinary research methods. Students will then engage in their own research project, producing an annotated bibliography, a public presentation (usually at GREAT Day), and a final written paper.
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BLKS 491: Research & Present Prep
This course will function as preparation for a public presentation at GREAT DAY for students in AMST, BLKS, or WGST programs or others pursuing projects on social justice related topics. The course will involve scaffolded preparation including production of an annotated bibliography and oral presentation on a research topic of one's choosing along with an end of term reflective writing assignment. Students will attend AMST/BLKS/WGST 490 on select dates in relation to research work and presentation preparation.
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PHIL 336: Topic: Reproductive Ethics
Bioethics is an interdisciplinary field that draws significantly on philosophical methods, theories, and approaches. Within this subtitled course, we will employ such methods, theories, and approaches to explore a major thematic issue within the contemporary field.
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WGST 490: Research Seminar
This course functions as one of the Capstone options for students in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies programs and is cross listed and is aimed to serve students interested in conducting semi-independent research projects on social justice topics from interdisciplinary perspectives. The course will introduce students to an introductory topic area of the instructor's choice along with interdisciplinary research methods. Students will then engage in their own research project, producing an annotated bibliography, a public presentation (usually at GREAT Day), and a final written paper.
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WGST 491: Research & Present Prep
This course will function as preparation for a public presentation at GREAT DAY for students in AMST, BLKS, or WGST programs or others pursuing projects on social justice related topics. The course will involve scaffolded preparation including production of an annotated bibliography and oral presentation on a research topic of one's choosing along with an end of term reflective writing assignment. Students will attend AMST/BLKS/WGST 490 on select dates in relation to research work and presentation preparation.