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Christine Vitrano

Asst Professor   Department: Philosophy   Location: 3315 Boylan Hall   Phone: 718-951-5000 x6212   Fax: 718-951-4675   Email:

I received my Ph.D. in philosophy from the CUNY Graduate Center. While pursuing my degree, I was an ethics fellow at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. I taught at the City College of New York before coming to Brooklyn College. Education: DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, CUNY Graduate Center - 2006 (PHILOSOPHY) M.A., CUNY Graduate Center - 2004 (Philosophy) B.A., New York University - 1999 (Philosophy) Areas of Expertise: My main areas of research are ethics and bioethics. My dissertation was on contemporary philosophical theories of happiness. I recently co-edited an anthology of classic and contemporary readings on happiness. Books and Publications "The Unhappy Immoralist." In A Teacher's Life: Essays for Steven M. Cahn, eds. Robert Talisse and Maureen Ecker. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2009. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2009 Review of Ethics and the Beast by Tzachi Zamir, The European Legacy 14:2 (2009). (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2009 "Grading Examinations in Large Classes." In the APA Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy, vol. 8 no. 1 (Fall 2008). (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2008 Happiness: Classic and Contemporary Readings in Philosophy, eds. Steven M. Cahn and Christine Vitrano. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2008 "Happiness and Morality." In Happiness: Classic and Contemporary Readings in Philosophy, eds. Steven M. Cahn and Christine Vitrano. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007 Review of After Harm: Medical Error and the Ethics of Forgiveness by Nancy Berlinger, Theoretical Medicine 28 (2007): 83-86. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007 Review of Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction by Tony Hope, American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Philosophy and Medicine, 2007. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007 Awards, Honors and Fellowships PSC-CUNY 40 Research Award, 2009-2010. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009 Whiting Fellowship, Fall 2009. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009 PSC-CUNY 39 Research Award, 2008-2009. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008 Medical Ethics Fellowship, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 2002-2006. (Grants and Fellowships) 2002 Robert E. Gileece Fellowship, CUNY Graduate Center, 2000-2004. (Grants and Fellowships) 2000 Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums "Of Love and Death." New Jersey Regional Philosophical Association Fall Meeting, Bergen Community College, November 2008. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008 "On Love and Death." Long Island Philosophical Society Meeting, St. John's University, October 2008. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008 "A New Perspective on the Good Life." Long Island Philosophical Society Meeting, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, October 2007. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007 "Happiness and Morality." Philosophy, Ethics and Religion at the Community College and in the Community, Norwalk Community College, February 2007. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007 "The Problem of Personal Identity and Its Impact on Advanced Directives." Oxford-Mount Sinai Consortium on Bioethics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, April 2007. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007 "Well-Being: A New Approach." New Jersey Regional Philosophical Association Fall Meeting, Ramapo College, November 2007. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007 "Happiness and Well-Being." New Jersey Regional Philosophical Association Fall Meeting, Ramapo College, November 2006. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006 "The Search for Well-Being." Long Island Philosophical Society Meeting, St. John's University, October 2006. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006 "Kantian Autonomy and Its Implications for Paternalism." Oxford-Mount Sinai Consortium on Bioethics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, April 2005. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005