Siobhain Lash

Education

Biography

Areas of Specialization:

• Applied Ethics, esp. Environmental Ethics and Medical Ethics
• Social and Political Philosophy
• Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
• Public Philosophy

Areas of Competence:

• Business Ethics
• Ethics
• Philosophy of Race
• Indigenous Philosophy
• Modern History of Politcal Philosophy

Fellowships, Grants, and Awards:

• Murphy Institute Graduate Fellowship, The Center for Ethics and Public Affairs, Tulane University, 2022-2023
• Adam Smith Fellowship, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, 2022-2023
• Humane Studies Fellowship, Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University, 2022
• Adam Smith Fellowship, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, 2021-2022
• Mellon Graduate Program Fellowship, 2020-2022
• Tulane Mellon Writing Grant, The Mellon Graduate Program in Community- Engaged Scholarship, Summer 2021
• Don Lavoie Fellowship, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Fall 2020

Public Philosophy Publications:

• "The Costs of Climate Change," American Philosophy Association's Blog, August 11, 2022
• "The Nightmare Before Christmas and Moral Responsibility," Philosophy Now's December 2020/January 2021 edition.
• "Louisiana’s Idiosyncratic Economic Incentive Programs and Cancer/Death Alley," American Philosophy Association's Blog, Section: Public Philosophy, August 16th, 2021.
• "The Hidden Economics of Environmental Racism in Cancer Alley: An Overview," The Mellon Graduate Program in Community Engaged Scholarship(July 2021)

Selected Presentations:

• "An Environmental Justice Case Study: Civic Associations and Alternative Institutional Approaches in Louisiana," APA Eastern Division Meeting, January 4-7, 2023.
• "Restoring Social Morality and Muldoon's Bargaining Model: A Case for Reparations for Environmental Injustices and Indigenous Communities," Philosophy, Politics, and Economics 6th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, November 3-5, 2022.
• "An Enviromental Justice Case Study: Civic Associations and Alterantive Institutional Approaches in Louisiana," Mercatus Center Markets and Society Conference, Falls Chuch, VA, October 21-24, 2022.
• "Environmental Justice, Governance, and Civic Associations in Cancer Alley," TEDx Tulane Talk, Tulane University, New Orleans, March 16, 2022.
• "Environmental Racism and Governance: A Case for an Ostromian Approach towards an Alternative Institution," Lighting Talk, The Public Philosophy Network (PPN) Sixth Conference, “Engagement, Policy, and Practice,”Online by George Mason University(October 2021).
• "The Saw III Variant," The Midwest Popular Culture Association (October 2021)
• "Environmental Racism and Governance: A Case for an Ostromian Approach towards an Alternative Institution," The Future as a Present Concern, Online International conference between National University of Ireland, Galway / Ollscoil Na hÉireann, Gaillimh; The Irish Philosophical Society / Cumann Fealsúnachta Na Héireann; and the British Society for Phenomenology (September 2021).
• "The Nightmare Before Christmas and Moral Responsibility" Popular Culture Association (June 2021)