Rebekah Sinclair

Rebekah Sinclair’s research and teaching takes place on interdisciplinary shores where environmental and animal ethics, Native American philosophies, and feminist philosophies meet the sciences. Her recent publications, grant awards, and upcoming courses all critically examine epistemic and normative frameworks that render issues like climate change, invasive species, biological individuality, and ecosystem/species management intelligible in morally and often scientifically problematic ways. She is also currently immersing herself in the blue humanities and philosophy and sci-fi; creating international study abroad courses that center Indigenous persons and knowledges on issues like climate change and biodiversity loss (like PHL 476 in Peru); and developing both on- and off-campus experiential courses, including some at the Oregon coast (PHL 472) and one on Love, Sex, and Desire (PHL 225) that’s run like a Dungeons and Dragons campaign. She can usually be found scuba diving looking for sharks, reading a book that includes space ships, or doing some cliche PNW outdoor activity with her pup.