Jami Anderson
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Biography
Jami L. Anderson is a teaching assistant professor of law at Wayne State University Law School.
Anderson's research and teaching interests have changed during the past thirty years. At the start of her career, she developed an analysis of Hegel’s theory of state punishment. The primary focus of this research concerned the question of whether punishing individuals unjustly disenfranchised from society is justified. Later, Anderson shifted her research to Critical Race Theory, and Whiteness Studies in particular. Anderson has published critical analyses of the nature of “whiteness” and the role white privilege plays in sustaining racism in the U.S. In the past twelve years, Anderson has taught courses in and published in the area of Critical Disabilities Studies (CDS). She is currently researching how the American legal system created and sustains ableist privilege. Finally, she is an advocate for the neurodiversity movement, and for individuals on the autism spectrum -
Degrees and Certifications
J.D., Wayne State Law School
Ph.D., University of Southern California
B.A. Arizona State University
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Courses Taught
Introduction to Philosophy
Critical Thinking
Introduction to Ethics
Race, Gender and Sexuality
Introduction to Bioethics
Disabilities Studies
Punishment and Responsibility
History of Modern Racism
Introduction to Feminist Theory
Theories of Punishment
Gender and Communication
Philosophical Reasoning
Philosophy of Health, Illness and Disease
Medical Ethics
Philosophy of Autism
Neuroethics
Metaethics
History of Ethics
Philosophy of Law
Philosophy in Literature
Existentialism
Junior Seminar: Legal Theory: Sex and Gender
Junior Seminar: Whiteness Studies
Philosophy of Race
Gender Theory
Selected Topics in Moral Philosophy
Selected Topics in Legal Philosophy
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Selected publications
Philosophy of Autism. Edited by Jami L. Anderson and Simon Cushing. Lanham, MD: (Rowman & Littlefield 2013).
“Annulment Retributivism: A Hegelian Theory of Punishment.” Legal Theory 5 (4): 363–388 (1999).
“Reciprocity as a Justification for Retribution.” Criminal Justice Ethics 16 (1): 13–25 (1997).
“Discipline and Punishment in Light of Autism.” In Punishment: Making Visible Bodies, Silence and De- humanisation, edited by Selina Doran and Laura Bottell. Oxford, UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press (2014).
“A Life Not Worth Living.” In Breaking Bad: Critical Essays on the Contexts, Politics, Style, and Reception of the Television Series, edited by David Pierson, 103–118. Lanham, MD: Lexington Press (2014) .
“A Dash of Autism.” In Philosophy of Autism, edited by Jami L. Anderson and Simon Cushing, 109–142. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield (2013).
“Comprehending the Distinctively Sexual Nature of the Conduct.” In Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll: Psychological, Legal and Cultural Examination of Sex and Sexuality, edited by Helen Gavin and Jacquelyn Bent, 67–73. Oxford, UK: Inter- Disciplinary Press (2010).
“Annulment Retributivism: A Hegelian Theory of Punishment.” Reprinted in G.W.F. Hegel, edited by Dudley Knowles, 363–388. London, UK: Ashgate Publishing (2009).
“Bodily Privacy: Toilets and Sex Discrimination: The Problem of “Manhood.” In Ladies and Gents, edited by Olga Gershenson and Barbara Penner, 90–104. Philadelphia, PA:
Temple University Press (2009).“A Unique Propensity to Engage in Homosexual Acts.” In Race, Gender and Sexuality: Philosophical Issues of Identity and Justice, edited by Jami L. Anderson, 350–358. Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Prentice Hall (2003).“The White Closet.” In Social Philosophy Today: Truth and Objectivity in Social Ethics, edited by Cheryl Hughes, 97–
107. Charlottesville, VA: Philosophy Documentation Center (2002).“Reciprocity as a Justification for Retributivism.” Reprinted in Analyzing Moral Issues, edited by Judith Boss, 342–353. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company (1999).
“Understanding Punishment as Annulment.” In Social Philosophy Today: Technology, Morality, and Social Policy, edited by Yeager Hudson, 215–226. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press (1998).
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Courses taught by Jami Anderson
Fall Term 2024 (future)
Spring-Summer Term 2024 (future)
Winter Term 2024
Fall Term 2023