Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Parekh is an assistant professor of philosophy with primary philosophical interests in social and political philosophy, feminist theory, continental philosophy, and the philosophy of human rights. Her book, Hannah Arendt and the Challenge of Modernity: A Phenomenology of Human Rights, was published by Routledge in 2008. Though much of her research continues to focus on the philosopher Hannah Arendt, she has recently become interested in, and published articles on, questions of global responsibility, especially for women’s human rights violations; the impact of biotechnology on our autonomy and identity; and refugees and the problem of exclusion. l Full Bio