Expertise
Ethics, Feminist theory, Oppression theory
Research Interests
I work primarily in normative ethics and analytic feminism, concentrating largely on the moral obligations that arise in oppressive social conditions. My other interests include liberal social and political philosophy, feminism in the liberal political tradition, oppression studies, and Kantian ethics.
Education
Ph.D. The Ohio State University, (2008)
MA: Dalhousie University, (2000)
BA: University of Saskatchewan, (1999)
Biosketch
I'm a professor and department chair in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
My book "Think Like a Feminist: The Philosophy Behind the Revolution" (W.W. Norton & Co., 2020, 2022) has been called "a crisp, well-informed primer on feminist theory" by "Publisher's Weekly" and "a winning mix of scholarship and irreverence" by Kirkus Reviews. It's been translated into French, Korean, Chinese, and German.
My academic work focuses primarily on issues in analytic feminism, liberal social and political philosophy, oppression studies, Kantian ethics and the philosophy of sex and love.
My co-edited anthology "The Philosophy of Love & Sex" was published with Oxford University Press in October 2023. My 2019 op-ed "Who Counts as a Woman?" received the American Philosophical Association's Public Philosophy Op-Ed Prize. My 2013 book "Kantianism, Liberalism, & Feminism: Resisting Oppression" received the American Philosophical Association's Gregory Kavka/UCI Prize in Political Philosophy.
My public philosophy has appeared in venues such as The New York Times, The Conversation, The Boston Globe, Aeon magazine and IAI News. I'm a director for the Mentoring Workshop for Early Career Women in Philosophy and an elected member of the nominating committee for the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association.
I grew up in small-town, Saskatchewan, Canada and was a first-generation university student. I now split my time between Boston and San Francisco with my spouse Nico, my sweet cat Dinah, and even sweeter daughter Becca.
Selected Awards and Honors
- Gregory Kavka/UCI Prize in Political Philosophy (2015), Scholarship/Research - American Philosophical Association
Selected Publications
Trade Books
Think Like a Feminist: The Philosophy Behind the Revolution (W.W. Norton & Co., 2020).
Academic Monographs
Kantianism, Liberalism, & Feminism: Resisting Oppression (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).
Textbooks
Ethics for Everyone, Carol Hay & Julinna Oxley (W.W. Norton & Co., forthcoming)
The Philosophy of Love & Sex, eds. Carol Hay & Clancy Martin (Oxford University Press, 2023).
Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks: Feminist Philosophy, ed. Carol Hay (Macmillan Reference USA, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017).
Recent Academic Articles
“Kant on Sex & Gender,” Oxford Handbook of Kant, eds. Anil Gomes & Andrew Stephenson (Oxford University Press, 2024).
“Radical Kantian Rational Reconstruction,” Routledge Handbook of Non-Ideal Theory, eds. Hilkje Hänel & Johanna Müller (Routledge, 2024).
“Kant on Moral Dilemmas,” Radicalizing Kantianism? special issue of Kantian Review, eds. Charles Mills & Corey Dyck (2022).
“Kant on the Value of Animals & Other Non-Intrinsically Valuable Things,” Kant on Animals, eds. Lucy Allais & John Callanan (Oxford University Press, 2020).
Selected Presentations
- Tips of the Trade Book - American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, 2019
- Reconciling Feminism & Trans Activism - Ethics & Epistemology Workshop, 2019 - New York, NY
- Power in Science - Postdocs in Complexity Conference, 2019 - Santa Fe, NM
- Solidarity, Intersectionality, & Resisting Oppression, 2019 - Conway, SC
- Conflicting Duties & Multiple Oppressions - American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, 2018