Education:
Ph.D., Stony Brook University - 2008 (Philosophy with Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies)
B.A., University of Oregon - 2002 (Philosophy and International Studies)
Areas of Expertise:
Much of Serene Khader's work has been about how oppression shapes people's capacities for autonomy has addressed topics such as adaptive preferences, microcredit and transnational surrogacy.
Books and Publications
"Should the Capability Approach Be Paternalist," Routledge Handbook of Paternalism (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2018
"Victims' Stories and the Postcolonial Politics of Empathy," Metaphilosophy (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2018
Decolonizing Universalism: A Transnational Feminist Ethic (Oxford University Press) (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2018
"Transnational Feminisms, Nonideal Theory and Other Women's Power," Feminist Philosophy Quarterly (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2017
Khader, Serene J., Ann Garry and Alison Stone, eds. The Routledge Companion to Feminist Philosophy. 2017 (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2017
"Do Muslim Women Need Freedoms: Traditionalist Feminisms and Transnational Politics, Politics and Gender (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016
"Development Ethics, Intrahousehold Inequality, and Gender Complementarianism." Hypatia. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2014
"Empowerment Through Self-Subordination: Microcredit and Women's Agency." Poverty, Coercion, and Human Rights. Ed. Diana Meyers. Oxford University Press. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2014
"Epistemic Issues in Adaptive Preference Identification: Lessons From Postcolonial Feminisms." Journal of Global Ethics 9.3: 311-27. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2013
"Gendered Adaptive Preferences and End of Life Decisions." Adaptation and Autonomy. Eds. Juha Räikkä and Jukka Varelius. Springer. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2013
"Intersectionality and the Ethics of Transnational Surrogacy." International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 6.1. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2013
"Must Theorizing About Adaptive Preferences Deny Women's Agency." Journal of Applied Philosophy 29.4. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2012
"Beyond Inadvertent Ventriloquism: Caring Virtues for Participatory Development." Hypatia 26.4. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2011
Adaptive Preferences and Women's Empowerment. Oxford University Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2011
"Adaptive Preferences and Procedural Autonomy." Journal of Human Development 10.2. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2009
"Capabilities, Cognitive Disability, and Justice." Essays in Philosophy 9.1. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2008
"When Equality Justifies Women's Subjection: Irigaray's Critique of Equality and the Fathers' Rights Movement." Hypatia 25.4. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2008