Rachel Keith

About Me

I am a philosophy PhD candidate at the University of Southern California with interests at the intersection of ethics, social philosophy, and moral psychology. I have secondary interests in philosophy of language and philosophy of science. Right now, I am primarily working on how individuals understand and interact with themselves. In my dissertation, I argue that the relationship agents have with themselves is a care-giving relationship, and is thus subject to moral constraints. 

I am currently a graduate fellow of the Conceptual Foundations of Conflict Project and serve as the secretary for the American Philosophical Association's Graduate Student Council

I received my MA in philosophy from Virginia Tech (go Hokies!) in 2019 and my BS in philosophy and psychology from Furman University (FU all the time!) in 2017.

Pronouns: she/her or they/them

Contact: rekeith [at] usc.edu


Recent & Forthcoming Publications

Designing an Undergraduate Philosophy Mentoring Program: A Response to the Leaky Pipeline

Teaching Philosophy, with Heather Brant, Robert Weston Siscoe, and Lesley Walker. Forthcoming.

Recent & Upcoming Talks

Doxastic Wrongs, Expanded

Indiana Philosophical Association, DePauw UniversityClick here for handout

December 1, 2023

An expanded account of doxastic wronging (invited)

University of California Irvine

September 29, 2023

Diagnosing Diagnosis

with Ethan Higginbotham (UC Davis)   

South Carolina Society for Philosophy Annual Conference, Hilton Head Island, SCClick here for video

March 31, 2023