Description: Bridging inquiry across the humanities, social sciences, and life sciences, Dr. Reynolds' research explores foundational issues at the intersection of ethics, biomedicine, and society, with a special focus on identifying, mitigating, and eliminating health inequities faced by disabled people. Their work advocates for and facilitates research efforts that center the lived experience of historically marginalized…
Joel Michael Reynolds is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Disability Studies at Georgetown University, Senior Research Scholar in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Senior Bioethics Advisor to and Fellow of The Hastings Center, and Faculty Scholar of The Greenwall Foundation. Since 2021, Dr. Reynolds has been a Visiting Lecturer in Bioethics at the Yale School of Medicine and this year was named Visiting Professor in Critical Care Ethics & Decision-Making at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medi
At the broadest level, Dr. Reynolds’ work explores foundational issues at the intersection of ethics, biomedicine, and society. Bringing reflective and empirical studies together, their research spans the humanities and social sciences, with a special focus on identifying, understanding, and addressing disability health disparities. They are particularly concerned with the meaning of disability, the issue of ableism, and how philosophical inquiry into each might improve the lives of disabled people and the
Based on their 2018 AMA Journal of Ethics article, “Three Things Clinicians Should Know About Disability,” Dr. Reynolds regularly speaks with and consults for medical educators across specialties concerning how to improve the quality and equity of care for patients with disabilities, including recent talks at the schools of medicine at Harvard, Yale, Tufts, University of Washington, UCLA, and Oakland University, and for grand rounds in the USA and Canada, including Brown University’s Department of Emergency