Lisa McLeod
Visiting Lecturer, Philosophy and Religion
Lisa McLeod’s areas of interest include philosophy of race, critical race and gender theory, carceral studies, and health care ethics. She holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Stanford University and a J.D. from UCLA School of Law. Prior to teaching at Northeastern she was a professor of philosophy at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. Her book, Unveiling the Color Line: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Problem of Whiteness, was published in 2024 by the University of Massachusetts Press.
2023 Northeastern Excellence in Teaching (Part-Time Instructor)
2018 Du Bois Fellowship UMass Amherst
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Education
PhD, Philosophy, Stanford University
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Introduction to Economic Justice
PHIL 1160
Attempts to answer the questions: What is economic justice? What are the criteria by which we tell whether a society is (or is not) an economically just society? Looks at views on these issues developed by advocates of capitalism, socialism, and the welfare state.
