Well-Being Working Group

Since the fall of 2015, I have organized, with Teresa Bruno-Niño (Rice) and Joseph Van Weelden (New Caledonia), a group of early career researchers working on topics in the philosophy of welfare and related issues. We meet most weeks via Zoom to discuss drafts of our own work or the published work of others. 


The group's main aim is to support the research aims of its membership. We also provide broader career support such as feedback on job-market materials. 


The group's research output includes presentations at venues such as the Eastern, Central, and Pacific Division Meetings of the American Philosophical Association, the Saarland Workshop on Welfare, the Vancouver Summer Philosophy Conference, the Madison Metaethics Workshop, the Chapel Hill Normativity Workshop, and the Axiology Workshop as well as publication in journals such as Philosophical Studies, Oxford Studies in Metaethics, Utilitas, the Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy, Ethical Theory & Moral Practice, the Journal of Medical Ethics, and Midwest Studies in Philosophy.  


Email me at akelley [at] lsu.edu to express interest in joining our group. We welcome early career researchers who are interested in talking philosophy in a friendly and supportive environment. 


Fall 2024 Schedule


Current membership


Amy Berg, assistant professor, Rice University


Teresa Bruno-Niño (co-organizer), lecturer, Rice University


Frederick Choo, graduate student, Rutgers University


Lorenza D'Angelo, postdoctoral research fellow, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa


James Goodrich, assistant professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison


Kellan D. L. Head, graduate student, Syracuse University


Chris Holland, graduate student, St. Louis University


Paul Forrester, graduate student, Yale University


Nikki Fortier, lecturer, Syracuse University


Christopher Frugé, junior research fellow, University of Oxford


Jared Liebergen, graduate student, Syracuse University


Thes Kascsak, graduate student, St. Louis University


Sherry Kao, assistant teaching professor, Georgetown University


Anthony Kelley (co-organizer), assistant professor, Louisiana State University 


Qiannan Li, assistant professor, University of California, Davis


Brian Sopan, graduate student, Louisiana State University


Ana Patricia Melchor Organista, graduate student, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa


Daniel Pallies, postdoctoral researcher, Lingnan University


Adam Patterson, graduate student, Syracuse University; lecturer at UNC-Greensboro


Willem van der Deijl, assistant professor, Tilburg University


Joseph Van Weelden (co-organizer), instructor, College of New Caledonia


Xiang Yu, assistant professor, Institute for Bioethics and Health Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch


Peter Zuk, assistant professor, University of Texas at Arlington


Past Schedules:


Fall 2023


Spring 2024