Loyola University Maryland

Faculty & Staff

Mavis Biss
Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011
  • M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008
  • B.A., Swarthmore College, 2002

Areas of Specialization

  • Ethics, including feminist ethics
  • Kant’s ethical, social and historical philosophy
  • 19th century German philosophy

Recent Publications

  • “Aristotle on Friendship and Self-Knowledge: The Friend Beyond the Mirror,” History of Philosophy Quarterly 28.2 (April 2011)

Recent Awards

  • American Dissertation Fellowship from the American Association for University Women (AAUW), 2010
  • Spindel Emerging Scholar Prize, 2nd place, 2010
  • APA Graduate Student Travel Award, Central Division, 2011

Contact Us

  • For more information, or to ask questions, about the philosophy department, please contact Richard P. Boothby at boothby@loyola.edu or 410-617-2890.