Feminist Philosophy of Trust Reading Group

Since the fall of 2024, I have been organizing a bi-monthly, virtual feminist philosophy of trust reading group. We meet to discuss published articles and works-in-progress by members of the reading group. 

The reading group is open to anyone interested in thinking about trust philosophically through a feminist lens. If you would like to be added to the mailing list, please get in touch with me through the contact page on this website.

Summer 2025

June 26th: Hawley, K. (2017) “Trust, Distrust, and Epistemic Injustice”

July 3rd: Kelly Cunningham - Title TBD // Paired with Annette Baier (1990) “Why Honesty is a Hard Virtue

July 17th: Palafox-Harris, E. (2024) “Resisting Perceptions of Patient Untrustworthiness”

July 31st: Jason D’Cruz and Alexis Morin-Martel - “Vicarious Distrust”

August 14th: Carolyn McLeod - “Trust and Belonging”

August 28th: Frost-Arnold, K. (2014) “Imposters, Tricksters, and Trustworthiness as an Epistemic Virtue”

Spring 2025

January 24th: Annette Baier (1992) “Trusting People”

February 7th: Nicolas Kirby (2024) “Unjust shadows: living with the burden of distrust”

February 28th: Karen Jones (2019) “Trust, Distrust, and Affective Looping”

March 7th: Johnny Brennan (2021) “Recognition Trust” 

March 21st: Amy Mullin (2024) “Pregnancy, Gender Identity, Autonomy and Trust”

April 11th: Nancy Nyquist Potter (2002) How Can I be Trusted? (selected chapters)

May 23rd: Corinne Lajoie “Excessive Monitoring and the Institution’s Distrust”


Fall 2024

Oct 3, 2024: Annette Baier (1985) “Trust and Antitrust”

Oct 17, 2024: Elizabeth Barnes (2023) “Trust, Distrust, and Medical Gaslighting”

Oct 31, 2024: Mackenzie, Catriona (2020) “Vulnerability, Insecurity and the Pathologies of Trust and Distrust”

Nov 14, 2024: Laura Specker Sullivan - “Functional Behavioral Trust” and “Climates of Trust”

December 5, 2024: C. Thi Nguyen (2023) “Hostile Epistemology”

Dec 12, 2024: Cayla Clinkenbeard - “Social Media Companies’ Responsibility for Disinformation”