L ORI G ALLEGOS DE C ASTILLO
Department of Philosophy
Stony Brook University
Lori.GallegosDeCastillo@stonybrook.edu
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A REAS OF S PECIALIZATION : Ethics (esp. moral psychology), epistemology (esp. social epistemology), Latin American philosophy, feminist philosophy
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REAS OF
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OMPETENCE
: Philosophy of race, cognitive science
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DDITIONAL
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REAS OF
-20 th T EACHING C OMPETENCE : Philosophy of human rights, 19 th Century Continental philosophy (esp. Heidegger, Freud), philosophy of emotion
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DUCATION
2009-16 Ph.D., Stony Brook University
Dissertation: “Empathy’s Contribution to Moral Knowledge: Cultivating
Agency under Conditions of Social Inequality”
Committee: Eduardo Mendieta, Eva Kittay, Serene Khader, Gabrielle Jackson,
José Medina
2009-12 Graduate Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies, Stony Brook University
2004-08 B.A., The University of New Mexico
Philosophy and Foreign Languages (Spanish, German, and Ancient Greek)
Summa cum laude , Honors Program Distinction in International Studies
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ISSERTATION
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BSTRACT
To what extent does empathy contribute to moral knowledge? With respect to this question, philosophers typically divide into two camps. In the first camp are those, like Paul Bloom and
Jesse Prinz, who think that empathy undermines moral reasoning. In the second camp are those, like care ethicists Lori Gruen and Michael Slote, who insist that empathetic feelings are generally reliable indicators of moral obligation. My work charts a middle course between these two approaches, taking seriously the empirical motivations of the first while also appreciating the insightful moral psychology of the latter. Contrary to the anti-empathy camp,
I argue that empathy plays a constitutive role in our capacity for moral responsiveness.
Empathy sensitizes moral perception and enhances moral intuition by orienting one towards the interests and experiences of others. At the same time, empathy has some serious limitations. I argue that under conditions of social inequality, people internalize culturally mediated stereotypes and stigmas about socially marginalized groups in a way that diminishes their capacity to engage in perspective taking. Such internalization is often unconscious, raising a difficult question: what responsibility do moral agents have for their own inequalitybased empathy deficits? I propose that agents often exercise significant degrees of long-term control over the development of implicit prejudices, giving them substantial, albeit not unlimited, responsibility for the ways in which these prejudices influence their behavior.

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ANGUAGES
Spanish: Fluency
German: Basic working ability in reading and translation
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ELLOWSHIPS AND
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WARDS
2015
2015-16
2015
2014
2011-14
2011, 2012, 2014
2009-14
2007
2004-08
APA Essay Prize in Latin American Thought
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship (declined)
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
Turner Summer Research Grant
W. Burghardt Turner Fellowship, Stony Brook University
Ronald McNair Scholar
University of New Mexico Regents’ Scholarship
P UBLICATIONS
“Skillful Coping and the Routine of Surviving: Isasi-Díaz on the Importance of Identity to
Everyday Knowledge,” APA Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy (forthcoming,
Spring 2016).
“Sketch of a Decolonial Environmentalism: Challenging the Colonial Conception of Nature through the Biocultural Perspective,” Inter-American Journal of Philosophy 6:1 (May 2015), 32-47.
Review of Serene Khader’s Adaptive Preferences and Women’s Empowerment , Journal of Applied
Philosophy 31:3 (Aug 2014), 324-26.
Review of José Medina’s The Epistemology of Resistance: Gender and Racial Oppression, Epistemic
Injustice, and Resistant Imaginations , APA Newsletter on Hispanics in Philosophy 13:2 (Spring 2014),
15-17.
Under Review
“Empathy's Contribution to Moral Knowledge: The Epistemic Value of Sharing Emotions.”
Submitted.
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ONFERENCES
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APER
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RESENTATIONS
“Isasi-Díaz's Latina Feminist Particularism as a Method for Global Ethics.” Society for the
Advancement of American Philosophy . Portland, Oregon, March 3-5, 2016
“Moral Responsibility for Implicit Social Prejudice.” Conference of Ford Fellows , The National
Academies and the Ford Foundation. Washington, DC, September 2015
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“Skillful Coping and the Routine of Surviving: Dreyfus and Isasi-Díaz on Everyday
Knowledge.” University of New Mexico’s Annual Philosophy Graduate Student Conference .
Albuquerque, NM, April 10-11, 2015
“Sketch of a Decolonial Environmentalism: Challenging the Colonial Conception of Nature through the Biocultural Perspective.” The American Philosophy Association 2014 Pacific Division
Meeting . San Diego, CA, April 18, 2014
“The Affective Dimensions of Active Ignorance.” Georgetown University Philosophy Conference
2014 . Georgetown University, Washington D.C., April 12, 2014
“The Limitations of Emotion-Based Accounts of Morality: Implicit Bias and the Inhibition of
Empathic Response.” Cognitive Science in the Arts and Humanities: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives .
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, Invited talk, March 13, 2014
“Response to Yasha Rohwer’s ‘Thinking about Coalitions: The Third Man.’” The American
Philosophy Association , 2012 Eastern Division Meeting. Atlanta, GA, December 2012
“Response to Serene Khader’s Adaptive Preferences and Women’s Empowerment.
” Department of
Philosophy, Philosophy Book Celebration . State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony
Brook, NY, November 2012
“Can Personal Identity be the Basis of Moral Obligation?” The Society for Phenomenology and
Existential Philosophy , The 51 st Meeting. Rochester, NY, November 2012
“The Evangelical Question: A Religious Challenge to the Habermasian Post-Secular Ideal.”
Conference of Ford Fellows , The National Academies and the Ford Foundation. Irvine, CA,
October 2011
“Autonomous Endorsement and the Sources of Normativity.” Center for Inclusive Education
Research Café . State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, September 2011
“Undocumented Immigration in the United States: Examining the Human Rights Approach.”
Celebrating Diversity and Academic Excellence . State University of New York at Stony Brook,
Stony Brook, NY, May 2011
“Rethinking Egoism in the Evaluation of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics .” International
Conference on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy . Fordham University, New York, NY, October
2010
T
EACHING
Instructor
Fall 2015 Central New Mexico Community College, Albuquerque, NM
Introduction to Philosophical Thought: PHI 1110 (2 sections)
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Fall 2013 Stony Brook University - SUNY, Stony Brook, NY
Concepts of the Person: PHI 100
Summer 2012 Stony Brook Manhattan - SUNY, New York, NY
Introduction to Moral Reasoning: PHI 104
Spring 2012 Stony Brook University - SUNY, Stony Brook, NY
Introduction to Moral Reasoning: PHI 104
Spring 2012 Farmingdale State College - SUNY, Farmingdale, NY
Modern and Contemporary Philosophy: PHI 106
Spring 2012 Farmingdale State College - SUNY, Farmingdale, NY
Ethics: PHI 205
Teaching Assistant
Fall 2010 Stony Brook University - SUNY, Stony Brook, NY
Introduction to the History of Western Philosophy: PHI 101
Spring 2010 Stony Brook University - SUNY, Stony Brook, NY
Introduction to Moral Reasoning: PHI 104
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ROFESSIONAL
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CTIVITY
2013-15
2014
2013
Research Assistant to Eva Kittay: research and citations for manuscript in progress, A Humbler Philosophy: Disabled Minds and Things that Matter
Graduate Assistant, PIKSI (Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institute)
2010-15
Conference session chair: Linda Alcoff, “Decolonizing Philosophy,” The
Latino/a Philosopher: A National Symposium, Stony Brook University, March
15-17
Research Assistant to Eduardo Mendieta
Assistant to conference organizer: “The Latino/a Philosopher: A National
Symposium,” Stony Brook University, March 15-17, 2013
Prepared index for Decolonizing Epistemologies: Latina/o Theology and Philosophy , eds. Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz and Eduardo Mendieta (New York: Fordham, 2012)
Assistant translator: “Toward a Philosophy of (Intercultural) Dialogue in a
Conflicted World” by Raul Fornet-Betancourt, in Intercultural Dialogue: In
Search of Harmony in Diversity , ed. Edward Demenchonok (Newcastle upon
Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014)
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ROFESSIONAL
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ERVICE
2016-19 Committee on Hispanics, Member, American Philosophical Association (APA)
Stony Brook University
2015 Department Climate Survey Committee Member, Philosophy Graduate
Student Organization (PGS)
2015 Panel presenter on inclusive pedagogy: “Philosophical Training Ground: The
Benefits of a Skills-Based Approach,” Philosophy Department graduate student retreat
2013-14 Mentor of first-year graduate student, Community of Student Mentors
Program, Center for Inclusive Education
2013 Panel presenter: “Designing Your Course, Constructing Your Syllabus,”
Philosophy Department graduate student retreat
2013 Organized department’s annual Women’s Summer Retreat
2012, 2013 Panel presenter: “Writing to Win” Workshop Series, Center for Inclusive
Education
2011-12 Mentor of first-year graduate student, Community of Student Mentors
Program, Center for Inclusive Education
2011-12
2011-12
2009-10
Doctoral Professional Placement Committee Representative, PGS
Dissertation Prospectus Seminar Coordinator, PGS
Graduate Lab Technologies Coordinator, PGS
G RADUATE C OURSES T AKEN
Habermas on Religion and the Political, Jürgen Habermas and Eduardo Mendieta
“Decolonizing Knowledge and Power: Postcolonial Studies, Decolonial Horizons,” summer school, Center of Study and Investigation for Decolonial Dialogues, Barcelona, Spain, Linda
Alcoff, Nelson Maldonado-Torres, and Ram ó n Grosfoguel
Kant’s Moral Philosophy, Jeff Edwards
Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics , Lee Miller
Feminist Ethical Theory, Eva Kittay
Philosophy of Human Rights, CUNY Graduate Center, Carol Gould
Normative Ethical Theory, Fordham University, John Davenport
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Feminist Epistemology and Aesthetics, Ritch Calvin
Feminist Theory, Methodology, and Politics of Ethnography, Melissa Forbis
Teaching Practicum in Women’s and Gender Studies, Melissa Forbis
Teaching Practicum in Philosophy, Marshall Spector
Supervised Teaching in Philosophy, Marshall Spector
Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit , Mary Rawlinson
Body, Affectivity, and Emotion, Don Welton
Philosophical Conceptions of Community, Anne O’Byrne
The Other, Ed Casey
Nature and Event: Going to the Edge of Things, Ed Casey
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