Joan Callahan (March 29, 1946 – June 6, 2019)[1][2] was a Professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky, an institution where she taught for more than twenty years and served in a variety of roles, including as director of the Gender and Women's Studies Program.
[3] Callahan received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth in 1976, before going on to receive a master's degree in the Humanities from Simmons College in 1977, and a master's and doctorate in philosophy from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1979 and 1982, respectively.
[4] After receiving her doctorate, Callahan accepted a position as instructor in the Department of Philosophy at Louisiana State University in 1982, before being promoted to assistant professor in 1983.
[4] Besides for her regular appointments, Callahan also served as an instructor in the Department of Philosophy at Simmons College during summer sessions between 1977 and 1980, was a research associate at the School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences from 1979 to 1981, and as a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park from 1979 to 1981.
[4] She's also contributed to and edited four volumes, Reproduction, Ethics, and the Law: Feminist Perspectives, Menopause: A Midlife Passage, Preventing Birth: Contemporary Methods and Related Moral Controversies, and Ethical Issues in Professional Life.