[5] She has also explored such topics as: the nature of close interpersonal relationships, women in poverty, care and justice, partiality and impartiality, autonomy, gender identity, and multicultural education.
In 2009 she joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University,[7] working in social and political philosophy, ethics, and feminist theory.
Feminist Perspectives on Personal Relationships on Moral Theory,[8] discusses friendship, care ethics, partiality, and impartiality.
Throughout Friedman's career, she has earned several research fellowships and directed a woman's studies program.
Friedman was raised in the city of Chicago by parents who were poorly educated, working class Jewish immigrants.