ERIN BEEGHLY portrait
  • Assistant Professor, Philosophy
  • Associate Professor, Philosophy
801-581-8161

Research Keywords

  • Prejudice & Stereotyping
  • Oppression
  • Implicit & Explicit Bias
  • Discrimination
  • Analytical feminism

Presentations

  • "No Harm, No Foul? Harm and Wrongful Stereotyping," Belief, Evidence, and Agency Seminar, Class Visit, Claremont McKenna College. Presentation, Presented, 11/11/2020.
  • “What’s Wrong with Stereotyping? The Falsity Hypothesis,” Discrimination Theory Seminar, Class Visit, University of Virginia Law School . Presentation, Presented, 11/02/2020.
  • “An Introduction to Implicit Bias: Knowledge, Justice, and the Social Mind,” with Alex Madva, Center for the Experimental Study of Discrimination,” University of Aarhus. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/26/2020.
  • "Stereotyping and Prejudice: The Problem of Statistical Stereotyping," Ethics Seminar, Class Visit, University of Edinburgh. Presentation, Presented, 03/11/2020.
  • "Does Stereotyping Constitute Discrimination? The Constitutive Claim and Why It Matters," University of Barcelona. Presentation, Presented, 02/11/2020.
  • "Stereotyping and Discrimination: Their Relationship and Why It Matters," Colloquium Talk, Queens University. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/13/2019.
  • "Prejudice and Wrongful Stereotyping: The Problem of Statistical Stereotyping," Political Philosophy Reading Group, Queens University. Presentation, Presented, 11/12/2019.
  • "Stereotyping and Discrimination: Their Relationship and Why It Matters," Workshop on Gender and Philosophy, MIT. Presentation, Presented, 10/10/2019.
  • "Stereotyping and Discrimination: Their Relationship and Why It Matters," Annual Moral Psychology Workshop, University of Utah. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/02/2019.
  • "Stereotyping and Discrimination: Their Relationship and Why It Matters," Midwest Philosophy Colloquium, University of Minnesota, Morris. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/09/2019.
  • "Structural Analysis, Bias, and Individuals," Informal workshop associated with Midwest Philosophy Colloquium, University of Minnesota, Morris. Presentation, Presented, 09/10/2019.
  • "Stereotyping and Discrimination: Their Relationship and Why It Matters," British Society for Ethical Theory, University of Glasgow. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/17/2019.
  • "Stereotyping and Discrimination: Their Relationship and Why It Matters," Legal Philosophy Workshop, University of Surrey. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 05/23/2019.
  • "Stereotyping and Discrimination: Their Relationship and Why It Matters," Bay Area Feminism and Philosophy Workshop. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 05/20/2019.
  • "Who’s Afraid of Stereotypes? Autonomy and Controlling Images/Ideas," Relational Autonomy and Equality Workshop, McGill University. Conference Paper, Presented, 04/20/2019.
  • "Embodiment and Oppression: Reflections on Haslanger". Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/27/2018.
  • "Stereotyping and Discrimination: Their Relationship and Why it Matters," Invited Panel on Stereotypes and Stereotyping, Eastern APA, 1/18. Invited Talk/Keynote, Other, 01/05/2018.
  • "Stereotyping & Discrimination: Their Relationship and Why It Matters," Educational Psychology Working Group, University of Utah. Presentation, Presented, 11/17/2017.
  • "Failing to Treat Persons as Individuals," Legal Theory Workshop, University of Virginia. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/14/2017.
  • "Stereotyping and Discrimination: Their Relationship & Why it Matters" Minorities and Philosophy Workshop, Stanford University. Invited Talk/Keynote, Other, 05/12/2017.
  • Comments on Shanna Slank's "'Using The Master's Tools to Dismantle the Master's House? A Feminist Comment on the Way We Talk About Imposter Phenomenon'" Pacific APA. Other, Presented, 04/20/2017.
  • "Discrimination and Disrespect," Connecticut College. Invited Talk/Keynote, Other, 10/19/2016.
  • "Discrimination and Disrespect," Bias in Context, Conference #2. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/06/2016.
  • "Stereotyping and the Wrong of Failing to Treat Persons as Individuals," NEH Faculty Institute, Cornell University. Presentation, Presented, 07/01/2016.
  • "Stereotyping and the Wrong of Failing to Treat Persons as Individuals," Bias in Context: Conference #1, California Polytechnic. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/06/2016.
  • "Stereotyping and the Wrong of Failing to Treat Persons as Individuals," Plenary Lecture, University of Utah Graduate Conference. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/18/2016.
  • "What is a Stereotype? What is Stereotyping?" Sociology Department Brown Bag Series, University of Utah. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/12/2016.
  • "Stereotyping and the Wrong of Failing to Treat Persons as Individuals," Ethical Theory Research Colloquium, Humboldt University, Berlin. Presentation, Presented, 11/17/2015.
  • "Does Morality Require Stupidity? The Case of Forbidden Base Rates,” at the Feminist Philosophy Workshop, Hamburg University. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/09/2015.
  • “Beyond the Pale: The Desert-Prioritarian View of Wrongful Discrimination” at the NOMOS Network for Applied Philosophy, 10th Meeting, Berlin, September 2015. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/21/2015.
  • "Stereotyping & The Wrong of Failing to Treat Persons as Individuals" at The Mentoring Workshop for Early Career Women in Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Presentation, Presented, 06/22/2015.
  • "Stereotyping and the Wrong of Failing to Treat Persons as Individuals" at the VI Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy, University of Minho, Portugal. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/15/2015.
  • "What's (Morally) Wrong with Stereotyping" Eastern APA, December 2014. Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 08/2014.
  • "What's (Morally) Wrong with Stereotyping?" 2nd Annual Dorothy Edgington Lectures, Graduate Workshop on Race, Gender, and Hate Speech, Birbeck College, UCL. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 01/24/2014.
  • Q & A with Ella Myers, author of The Gratifications of Whiteness: W.E.B. DuBois and the Enduring Rewards of Anti-Blackness, TRANSFORM Communitea, University of Utah. Other, Presented, 02/16/2024.
  • Disrespect, Harm, and Wrongful Stereotyping, Philadelphia Normative Ethics Conference, University of Pennsylvania . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/23/2023.
  • Disrespect, Harm, and Wrongful Stereotyping, University of Utah, Departmental Colloquium. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/23/2023.
  • Disrespect, Harm, and Wrongful Stereotyping, University of Amsterdam, Algorithmic Injustice Workshop. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/23/2023.
  • "Algorithmic Injustice,” Panel Discussion with Naomi Appleman, Erin Beeghly, Su Lin Blodgett, Nirit Peled, Moderator Laila Frank, Spui25, University of Amsterdam. Other, Presented, 06/23/2023.
  • Comments on Emmalon Davis and Orlando Hawkins, “The Future of Double Consciousness,” Central APA meeting, Denver. Other, Presented, 02/23/2023.
  • Comments on Gabbrielle Johnson's “Proxies Aren’t Intentional: They’re Intentional,” Algorithms and Workplace Justice Workshop, Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Institute, Stanford University. Other, Presented, 10/15/2022.
  • "Prejudice and Stereotyping: The Problem of Statistical Stereotyping," Arizona State University. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/15/2022.
  • "Stereotyping and Prejudice: The Problem of Statistical Stereotyping," MANCEPT CONFERENCE SERIES, 'My Culture Made Me Do It': Freedom and Choice in Multicultural Democracies, University of Manchester. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/2021.
  • "Stereotyping as Discrimination: Why Thoughts Can Be Discriminatory," Penn/Rutgers Race Reading Group. Presentation, Presented, 07/2021.
  • Stereotyping and Prejudice: The Problem of Statistical Stereotyping," Summer Colloquium Series on Stereotyping and Medical AI, Sowerby Philosophy and Medicine Project, Kings College London. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2021.
  • "Stereotyping as Discrimination: Why Thoughts Can Be Discriminatory," UC Davis Philosophy Department Summer Reading Group. Presentation, Presented, 06/2021.
  • "What's Wrong with Stereotypes? The Falsity Hypothesis," Discrimination Theory Seminar run by Sophia Moreau, Class Visit, University of Toronto Law School. Presentation, Presented, 03/2021.
  • "Stereotyping and Prejudice: The Problem of Statistical Stereotyping," Invited Session on the Epistemic Dimensions of Prejudice, American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Conference. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/2021.

Languages

  • French, functional.

Publications

  • Erin Beeghly & Brock Bahler (2021). "Embodiment and Oppression: Reflections on Haslanger, Gender, and Race" in The Logic of Racial Practice. (pp. 121-142). Rowman & Littlefield. Published, 05/01/2021.
  • Erin Beeghly & Jules Holroyd (2020). Bias in Context: An Introduction to the Symposium. Journal of Applied Philosophy. Vol. 37(2), 163-168. Published, 05/20/2020.
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/japp.1...
  • Erin Beeghly & Jules Holroyd (2020). Guest editors. A Symposium on Bias in Context: Psychological and Structural Explanations of Injustice. (pp. 163-232). Vol. 37(2). Journal of Applied Philosophy. Published, 05/20/2020.
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14685930/2020/...
  • Erin Beeghly & Alex Madva (2020). Editors. An Introduction to Implicit Bias: Knowledge, Justice, and the Social Mind. Routledge. Published, 04/09/2020.
  • Erin Beeghly & Alex Madva (2020). Introducing Implicit Bias: Why This Book Matters. (pp. 1-19). Routledge. Published, 04/09/2020.
  • Erin Beeghly & Saray Ayala-Lopez (2020). Explaining Injustice: Structural Analysis, Bias, and Individuals. (pp. 211-232). Routledge. Published, 04/09/2020.
  • Erin Beeghly (2020). Knowledge and Bias: Two Metaphors. (pp. 77-98). Vol. Introduction to Implicit Bias, Routledge. Published, 04/09/2020.
  • Erin Beeghly (2020). Embodiment and Oppression: Reflections on Haslanger. Australasian Philosophical Review. Vol. 3, 35-47. Published, 06/23/2020.
  • Erin Beeghly (2018). Failing to Treat Persons as Individuals. Ergo. Vol. 5, 687-711. Published, 09/13/2018.
    https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ergo/12405314.0005.02...
  • Erin Beeghly. "Discrimination and Disrespect." In The Routledge Handbook to the Ethics of Discrimination, ed. Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, 83-96 (Routledge). Published, 08/01/2017.
    https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/978...
  • Erin Beeghly (2015). "What is a Stereotype? What is Stereotyping?". Hypatia. Vol. 3, 675-691. Published, 06/30/2015.
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/hy...
  • Erin Beeghly (2023). Prejudice. Cambridge Dictionary of Political Thought. Accepted, 02/03/2023.
  • Erin Beeghly (2023). Discrimination and Lived Experience in Sophia Moreau's Faces of Inequality. University of Toronto Law Journal. Vol. 73, 112-132. Published, 01/01/2023.
    https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/50/article/874140
  • Erin Beeghly (2022). Sexism . Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Accepted, 11/15/2022.
  • ERIN BEEGHLY (2022). The Constitutive Claim: Payoffs and Perils. (pp. 52-60). Vol. 11. Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective. Published, 02/01/2022.
    https://social-epistemology.com/2022/02/28/the-con...
  • Erin Beeghly (2021). Stereotyping as Discrimination: Why Thoughts Can Be Discriminatory. Social Epistemology. Vol. 35, 547-563. Published, 06/2021.
  • Erin Beeghly (2021). What's Wrong With Stereotypes? The Falsity Hypothesis. Social Theory and Practice. Vol. 1, 33-61. Published, 01/2021.