Alexis Shotwell (b. 1974 [1] ) is a Canadian philosopher, currently employed as a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University in Ottawa, where she is cross-appointed with the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's and Gender Studies and the Department of Philosophy. [2] She was educated at University of California, Santa Cruz (PhD), Dalhousie University (MA) and McGill University (BA), Shotwell has also taught at Laurentian University.[ citation needed ]
She works in social philosophy, political theory, and feminist philosophy, especially on questions of moral complicity. [3] She is also the lead researcher for a project on the history of AIDS activism in Canada. [4]
Her publications include: