Ally Peabody Smith, PhD Curriculum Vitae CONTACT INFORMATION allyhpsmith@gmail.com www.allypeabodysmith.com EDUCATION University of California, Los Angeles Sept. 2016- Dec. 2021 Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy Masters in Philosophy (Conferred May 2017) University Center for Human Values, Princeton University Oct. 2019-Jan. 2020 Visiting Student Research Collaborator New School for Social Research Sept. 2012-Aug. 2016 Masters in Philosophy Thesis: “Rationality as a Status-Conferring Attribute” Trinity College Sept. 2007- May 2011 Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy with Honors AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Philosophy of Disability, Ethics, Bioethics AREAS OF COMPETENCE Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, Nietzsche EMPLOYMENT University of California, Los Angeles Jan. 2022-Present Postdoctoral Researcher, David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles Sept. 2017-Dec. 2021 Teaching Associate, Philosophy University of California, Los Angeles Aug. 2021-Dec. 2021 Section Leader Coordinator, Philosophy University of California, Los Angeles May 2021-Sept. 2021 Graduate Student Researcher, David Geffen School of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles July 2020-July 2021 Teaching Associate Coordinator, Philosophy University of California, Los Angeles Sept. 2017-May 2017 Graduate Student Researcher, Philosophy, Prof. Daniela Dover PUBLICATIONS “Patient-centered communication, profound intellectual disability, and COVID-19 triage protocols” Disability Justice in Emergency Conditions (edited volume), forthcoming Review: Routledge Handbook of Disability Law and Human Rights Disability Studies Quarterly, forthcoming ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW “Philosophy’s exclusions: Profound intellectual disability and basic equality of human moral standing” Draft available upon request “Profound Intellectual Disability as Neutral Simpliciter” Draft available upon request “Conceptualizing profound intellectual disability” Draft available upon request WORKS IN PROGRESS “Neurodiverse Communication, Autistic Cognition, and Wittgenstein” Cripping the Canon (edited volume), abstract available upon request “Relationship-constituted and constituting meaningful expressions” Draft available upon request “Patient-centered communication and non-speaking intellectual disability” Draft available upon request “Advocacy and non-speaking intellectual disability” Draft available upon request “Piss on Pity”, But What About Compassion? Justified Emotional Responses Toward Disabled Individuals” with Sara Protasi Abstract available upon request “Informed consent in nontherapeutic intraoperative brain research” with Ashley Feinsinger Draft available upon request “The ‘R-word’: Master narratives and social imaginaries of severe-to-profound intellectual disability” Abstract available upon request TEACHING Lead Instructor: Medical Ethics (Summer 2021): Designed Syllabus, Sole Responsibility for Course Content; Online Teaching College Philosophy (Fall 2020): Designed Syllabus; Sole Responsibility for Course Content; Changed Format to Online; Pedagogy Course for new Teaching Assistants (Graduate Level) Teaching Associate or Fellow: Upper Division: Medical Epistemology (Spring 2019, Sherrilyn Roush) Philosophy of Biology (Winter 2019, Joshua Armstrong) Feminist Epistemology (Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Sarah Beach) Lower Division: Introduction to Political Philosophy (Winter 2018, Daniela Dover) Introduction to Ethics (Fall 2017, Calvin Normore) Introduction to Ethics, Writing Intensive (Spring 2021, Pamela Hieronymi) Introduction to Philosophy of Science (Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2020, Sheldon Smith) Guest Lectures: Scientific Foundations of Medicine (“Disability Ethics and Medicine”), David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Winter 2021, Ashley Feinsinger Introduction to Ethics, Writing Intensive (“Ethics of normalcy”), Department of Philosophy, UCLA, Spring 2021, Pamela Hieronymi Feminist Epistemology (“Why mental health is a feminist issue”), Department of Philosophy, Summer 2019, Sarah Beach PRESENTATIONS “Philosophy’s exclusions: Profound intellectual disability and basic equality of human moral standing” Minorities and Philosophy Annual Conference, Penn State University (April 2022) “How Much are You Worth?: QALYs and their Connection to Disability Justice in Healthcare Policymaking” Values in Science and Political Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College (April 2022) “The ‘R-word’: Master narratives and social imaginaries of severe-to-profound intellectual disability” Disability at the Intersection of History, Culture, Religion, Gender and Health, Marquette University (March 2022) “Advocacy and non-speaking intellectual disability” 37th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity: Mobilize for Change! (March 2022) “Patient-centered communication, profound intellectual disability, and COVID-19 triage protocols” Disability Justice in Emergency Conditions, Georgetown University (Nov. 2021) American Society for Bioethical Humanities (Oct. 2021) “Risks, Benefits and Values: Patient Participant Perspectives on Basic Intracranial Human Research” (with Feinsinger, Pouratian et. al.) International Neuroethics Society Poster Session (Nov. 2021) “Conceptualizing profound intellectual disability” Ethics Workshop, University of California, Los Angeles (Oct. 2021) “Patient-centered care and profound intellectual disability” (with Ashley Feinsinger) Bioethics Research Group, University of California, Los Angeles (May 2021) “Informed consent, autonomy, and paternalism” Bioethics Research Group, University of California, Los Angeles (April 2021) “Relationship-constituted and constituting meaningful expressions” Prospective Graduate Student Visits Talk (invited) (March 2021) Ethics Workshop, University of California, Los Angeles (Feb. 2021) Albritton Workshop, University of California, Los Angeles (Jan. 2021) “Lessons from Profound Intellectual Disability in Human Life: Communication and Relationship-Forming Capacities as Key to Moral Standing” Ethics Workshop, University of California, Los Angeles (May 2020) “Profound Intellectual Disability as Neutral Simpliciter” MAP Flash Talks, MAP International (April 2020) 3rd Biennial Philosophy of Disability Conference, University of North Carolina, Asheville (March 2020) Albritton Workshop, University of California, Los Angeles (Feb. 2019) “Speaking for those who cannot speak: Advocacy for profound intellectual disability” Atypical Agencies Works in Progress Group, Princeton University (Dec. 2019) “When is it okay to say that disability is not okay?” Proposition Series, University of California, Los Angeles (Jan. 2019) “Cognitive Disability and the Space for Moral Standing: Foot’s Answer to Aristotle” APA Eastern Poster Session (Jan. 2018) “Rationality’s Exclusions in Virtue Ethics” American Comparative Literature Association, Utrecht University (July 2017) “Becoming Political: The Metaphysics of Agency in Nietzsche and Arendt” Southwestern Seminar in Continental Philosophy, California State University, Northridge (June 2017) “Would De-ableizing Thought Experiments Destabilize Philosophy?” philoSOPHIA, Florida State University (March 2017) “Aristotelean Natural and Social Hierarchy: An Abridged Genealogy” New Frontiers in Ethics, University of Toronto (April 2014) HONORS, GRANTS AND AWARDS International Neuroethics Society Annual Conference, Best Abstract Nov. 2021 For “Risks, Benefits and Values: Patient Participant Perspectives on Basic Intracranial Human Research” (with Feinsinger, Pouratian et. al.) UCLA, Yost Prize for Excellence in Teaching 2019-2020 UCLA, Graduate Student Research Award Summers 2016 and 2017 NSSR, Double High Pass in Oral Exams Nov. 2013 NSSR, Merit-Based Scholarship Sept. 2012-Aug. 2016 CONSULTING Script consultant, “Suckers”: Ongoing feedback regarding accuracy of philosophical and neuroscientific dialogues for television comedy series slated to premier in late 2022. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE So-Cal MAP Workshop Organizer May 2018, 2019, 2020 UCLA MAP Coordinator Sept. 2018-May 2020 UCLA Public Philosophy Initiative Sept. 2017-Sept. 2019 UCLA First Year Mentor Coordinator March 2017-May 2019 UCLA Prospective Coordinator Sept. 2016-May 2017 Founder, “Insisting on Inclusivity” May 2017 Founder of a network of philosophy graduate students committed to increasing inclusiveness in academic philosophy NSSR Conference Organizer April 2016 “This Essentialism Which is Not One” Collegium Phaenomenologicum Participant July 2015 Citta di Castello, Italy; topic: “Derrida’s Seminars” NSSR Feminist Reading Group, Director Sept. 2014-May 2016 NSSR Graduate Student Forum Facilitator Sept. 2014-Sept. 2015 NSSR Conference Organizer Nov. 2013-March 2013 “Questioning Power: The Limits of Embodiment”
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