I'm an Associate Professor of Philosophy
at Southern Methodist University.

From 2016 - 2018, I was an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Indianapolis.

From 2015 - 2016, I was a postdoctoral fellow in philosophy with a specialization in applied ethics at the Rotman Institute of Philosophy at Western University in Ontario. 

I received my Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Southern California in 2015. 

My main research areas include ethics at all levels of generality -- including practical reasoning, normative ethics, and applied ethics (especially bioethics) -- as well as feminist philosophy.  My dissertation defended a new theory of promissory obligation and of the relationship between promises and resolutions.
 
​I'm also interested in philosophical pedagogy, and how to make philosophy classrooms more inclusive.

Email: aliberman [at] smu [dot] edu