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Amanda Roth

Professor

Welles 107A

(585)245-6354

rothal@geneseo.edu

Roth joined the faculty in 2014. She attended Lafayette College as an undergraduate and the University of Michigan for her Ph.D. Her main areas of specialization include Moral & Political Philosophy, Bioethics, Feminist Philosophy, and Gender & Sexuality. Her 2026 bookis available through Routledge Press.

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Office Hours

Spring 2026 Mon: 8:45-10am Fri: 10-11am Wed (VIRTUAL on Teams): 10:30-11:15am [please email for the link] Also by appointment.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

B.A., Lafayette College (2004)

Ph.D. University of Michigan (2010)

Recent Publications

Routledge, 2026

“Justice for Women/Gestators: Superior Personhood or Plain Old Feminism?” Journal of Medical Ethics 50, 1 (2023): 22-23. (commentary on Heloise Robinson’s “Pregnancy and Superior Moral Status: A Proposal for Two Thresholds of Personhood”)

“When does the fetus acquire the moral status of a human being? The philosophy of gradualism can provide answers.” The Conversation, June 30, 2022

“Donor Conception, Genetic Knowledge, and Bionormativity: A Book Review of Daniel Groll’s Conceiving People” Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, (2023).

“Anonymous vs. Open Donation and Queerness as Political: Comments on Groll’s Conceiving People,” International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 16, 1 (2023): 166-81. (as part of a symposium on Groll’s book)

“Nonideal Theory and Ethical Pragmatism in Bioethics: Value Conflicts in LGBTQ+ Family-Making” in Applying Nonideal Theory to Bioethics: Living and Dying in a Nonideal World, edited by Elizabeth Victor and Laura Guidry-Grimes 2021

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