Jordan MacKenzie is a philosopher working in normative ethics, feminist philosophy, practical ethics and moral psychology. She is mainly interested in ethical issues related to self-knowledge and self-deception, the rational defensibility of emotions like survivor guilt and our ethical obligations at the end of life. Her work has appeared in journals such as Philosophical Studies, Bioethics, Philosophical Quarterly, and The Journal of Moral Philosophy. 

MacKenzie holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from UNC Chapel Hill (2017), as well as a B.A. in philosophy (with honors) from Queen's University (2011). Before joining UVA, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the NYU Center for Bioethics and an assistant professor at Virginia Tech. 

As an incoming assistant professor in the Corcoran Department of Philosophy, MacKenzie looks forward to teaching courses in moral philosophy, bioethics and feminist philosophy. This fall, she will be teaching PHIL 3720 — Contemporary Ethics.