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About Maurice Hamington

Maurice Hamington’s work endeavors to provoke a different way of thinking about ethics by integrating feminist care theory, American pragmatism, and philosophies of embodiment. In particular, he has written extensively about care ethics as a theory of being at the nexus of ontology, epistemology, and morality emphasizing care’s embodied and performative aspects. In additional to theoretical works of moral philosophy, Maurice has written on a variety of applied subjects including same-sex marriage, animal welfare, doctor-patient relations, migration, education, business, and politics.

Maurice Hamington is Professor of Philosophy, and Affiliate Faculty in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Portland State University. He is a care ethicist interested in both the theory and application of care.

Positions

2019 - Present Affiliate Faculty, Portland State University Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
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2019 - Present Professor, Portland State University Philosophy
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2015 - June 2019 Executive Director, Portland State University University Studies
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Honors and Awards

  • 2014 National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Distinguished Member for Scholarship, Leadership and Service
  • 2012 Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender (OSCLG) Outstanding Edited Book Award for Contemporary Feminist Pragmatism (Routlege 2012).
  • 2011 Institutional nominee as U.S. Professor of the Year, sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Metropolitan State University of Denver.
  • 2010 Golden Key International, Outstanding Researcher Award, Metropolitan State University of Denver.
  • 2009 Ally of the Year, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer People on the Auraria Campus for the development and coordination of the Minor in Sexualities and Genders
  • 2009 Addams Prize for paper making outstanding contribution to feminism and pragmatism, “Feminist Prophetic Pragmatism” presented at Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy annual conference, College Station Texas
  • 2006 Dean’s Award for Outstanding Scholarship, College of Liberal Arts, University of Southern Indiana
  • 2017 Invited to become Steering Committee Member of the international Care Ethics Research Consortium, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 2016 Visiting Fellow, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London.

Education

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2001 Ph.D., University of Oregon ‐ Philosophy
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2000 M.A., University of Oregon ‐ Philosophy
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1994 Ph.D., University of Southern California ‐ Religion and Social Ethics
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1994 Graduate Certificate, University of Southern California ‐ Study of Women and Men in Society
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1989 M.A., Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles California ‐ Religious Studies
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1983 M.B.A., University of Southern California ‐ Marshall School of Business
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1982 B.A., Loyola Marymount University
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