Feminist Philosophy of Trust Reading Group
Since the fall of 2024, I have been organizing a reading group in feminist philosophy of trust. We meet online to discuss published articles and works-in-progress.
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.
Reading Schedule: Fall 2025
September 16th : Jose Medina (2020) “Trust and Epistemic Injustice”
October 22nd: Hale Demir-Doğuoğlu (2025) “Only Tall Because Somebody’s On Their Knees”: Distrust, Power, and the Pursuit of Invulnerability
November 18th: Kristin Borgswald (2012) “Women’s Anger, Epistemic Personhood, and Self-Respect: An Application of Lehrer’s Work on Self-Trust”
December 17th: Matt T. Clark (2025) “The Harms of Being Trusted or Distrusted”
Reading Schedule: Summer 2025
June 26th: Hawley, K. (2017) “Trust, Distrust, and Epistemic Injustice”
July 3rd: Kelly Cunningham - “Why Honesty is (Still) a Hard Virtue” // 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” (Work-In-Progress)
August 28th: Carolyn McLeod - “Trust and Belonging” (Work-In-Progress)
Reading Schedule: 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” (Work-In-Progress)
Reading Schedule: 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” (Work-In-Progress)
December 5, 2024: C. Thi Nguyen (2023) “Hostile Epistemology”
Dec 12, 2024: Cayla Clinkenbeard - “Social Media Companies’ Responsibility for Disinformation” (Work-In-Progress)