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Into the Arena: Hunger Games PodcastEpisode 36 - Hunger Games in the College Classroom: A Chat with Dr. Camisha RussellWelcome back, tributes! On this week's episode we had the honor of talking with Dr. Camisha Russell. Dr. Russell is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Oregon, a professor of the course 'The Hunger Games and Social Philosophy". In the episode, we discuss how the trilogy can lead conversations on social theories and practices and reflect on current society and world situations. Dr. Russell discusses Katniss and care ethics, racial justice and inequality, and ethics in revolutionary practices. This episode is unlike any other we've had, and we were so grateful to have Dr. Russell on...2022-05-0146 min
JBI DialoguesInstitutional Racism, Whiteness, and Bioethics: symposium co-editor Chris MayesSend us a textIn this episode of JBI Dialogues, Dr Christopher Mayes talks about the journal's new symposium Institutional Racism, Whiteness, and the Role of Bioethics. Chris is a Research Fellow in the Alfred Deakin Institute at Deakin University and a Research-Affiliate in Sydney Health Ethics at the University of Sydney. He is an interdisciplinary scholar with disciplinary backgrounds in sociology and philosophy. He co-edited the Institutional Racism, Whiteness, and Bioethics symposium with Professor Yin Paradies and Dr Amanuel Elias. Yin is Professor of Race Relations and Amanual is a Research Fellow, also in the Alfred...2021-05-0421 min
UndisciplinaryRacial Justice & Consumer Choice in Reproductive Ethics - talking with Camisha RussellSend us a textIn this episode we talk with Camisha Russell, Assistant Professor in Philosophy at University of Oregon & author of The Assisted Reproduction of Race, about histories of race and their continued influence in reproductive medicine and technologies. We discuss how critical philosophy of race can help bioethical analyses of health inequalities and racial injustices in reproductive medicine and society in general. ReferencesGattaca Doctors VisitRussell, Camisha. "Questions of Race in Bioethics: Deceit, Disregard, Disparity, and the Work of Decentering." Philosophy Compass 11, no. 1 (2016): 43-55. Russell, Camisha A. The Assisted Reproduction of...2020-08-1254 min
New Books in Latino StudiesCamisha Russell, "The Assisted Reproduction of Race" (Indiana UP, 2018)Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) such as in vitro fertilization and surrogacy have been critically examined within philosophy, particularly by feminists and bioethicists, but the role of race—both in how the technologies are used and in the effects that they are having—has received less attention. In The Assisted Reproduction of Race (Indiana University Press, 2018), Camisha Russell undertakes this critical analysis. While there is a robust scientific consensus that there is no meaningful genetic basis for race, Russell’s analysis of the role of race in ARTs reveals that when it comes to producing kinship, race is still doing a great...2019-06-201h 18
New Books in Asian American StudiesCamisha Russell, "The Assisted Reproduction of Race" (Indiana UP, 2018)Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) such as in vitro fertilization and surrogacy have been critically examined within philosophy, particularly by feminists and bioethicists, but the role of race—both in how the technologies are used and in the effects that they are having—has received less attention. In The Assisted Reproduction of Race (Indiana University Press, 2018), Camisha Russell undertakes this critical analysis. While there is a robust scientific consensus that there is no meaningful genetic basis for race, Russell’s analysis of the role of race in ARTs reveals that when it comes to producing kinship, race is still doing a great...2019-06-201h 18
New Books in PhilosophyCamisha Russell, "The Assisted Reproduction of Race" (Indiana UP, 2018)Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) such as in vitro fertilization and surrogacy have been critically examined within philosophy, particularly by feminists and bioethicists, but the role of race—both in how the technologies are used and in the effects that they are having—has received less attention. In The Assisted Reproduction of Race (Indiana University Press, 2018), Camisha Russell undertakes this critical analysis. While there is a robust scientific consensus that there is no meaningful genetic basis for race, Russell’s analysis of the role of race in ARTs reveals that when it comes to producing kinship, race is still doing a great...2019-06-201h 18
Behind the Cover with Indiana University PressCamisha Russell, "The Assisted Reproduction of Race" (Indiana UP, 2018)Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) such as in vitro fertilization and surrogacy have been critically examined within philosophy, particularly by feminists and bioethicists, but the role of race—both in how the technologies are used and in the effects that they are having—has received less attention. In The Assisted Reproduction of Race (Indiana University Press, 2018), Camisha Russell undertakes this critical analysis. While there is a robust scientific consensus that there is no meaningful genetic basis for race, Russell’s analysis of the role of race in ARTs reveals that when it comes to producing kinship, race is still doing a great...2019-06-201h 18
UO TodayUO Today With Camisha RussellCamisha Russell, assistant professor of Philosophy at the University of Oregon, discusses her book The Assisted Reproduction of Race, which examines how concepts of race are reinforced by reproductive technologies. Russell talks about how race is a social construct and asks, "what does the idea of race do?" and posits that race is a technology (something made and used).2019-06-1328 min