I am a professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT, and Director of the MIT Women's and Gender Studies Program.  I have also been a member of the philosophy faculty at the University of Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and the University of California-Irvine.

My philosophical interests are broad.  I began my life in philosophy specializing in analytic metaphysics and epistemology, and in ancient philosophy (especially Aristotle).  Over time I have been able to develop my interests in social and political philosophy and feminist theory. I have published on the problem of persistence through change, pragmatic paradox, and Aristotle's theory of substance.  In feminist theory I have written on objectivity and objectification, and Catharine MacKinnon's theory of gender. My recent work is on the social construction of purportedly natural categories such as gender, race, and the family, and on topics in feminist epistemology.

I am married to another philosopher, Stephen Yablo, and we have two children.

For further information about my research, teaching, and other activities please see the link to my C.V. on the left or follow the links above.