Curriculum Vitae

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DANA SARAH HOWARD

Center for Bioethics and Department of Philosophy

Ohio State University 

2018 Graves Hall, 333 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210

howard.1146@osu.edu

thedanahoward.com

APPOINTMENT

 2017– Present

Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University    

OSU Medical Center, Dept. of Biomedical Anatomy and Education, Division of Bioethics

OSU College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Philosophy                                          

2015 – 2017

Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health 

Clinical Center Department of Bioethics                                                                        

2013 – 2015

Postdoctoral Fellow, The Ohio State University                                                                 

Department of Philosophy                                                                        

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:     

Bioethics 

Ethical Theory

Political Philosophy

AREAS OF COMPETENCE: 

Feminist Philosophy, 

Philosophy of Disability

Epistemology

EDUCATION

Ph.D.               Philosophy, Brown University                                                                   

Dissertation: On Behalf Of Another 

Committee: David Estlund (Principal Advisor), Charles Larmore, Sharon Krause

M.S.                 Education, Pace University                                                                                               

B.A./M.A.       Philosophy, Stanford University                                                                       

Honors in the Ethics in Society Program, Minor in Middle Eastern Studies

Peer Reviewed Articles

1. Svirsky, L. Howard, D., Fried, M., Richards, N., Thomas, N., Zettler, P. (Forthcoming) The Legal Landscape of Opioid Treatment Agreements. Milbank Quarterly

2. Howard, D. (Forthcoming) The Political Value of Letting Hopes Die. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP).

3. Richards, N., Fried, M., Svirsky, L., Thomas, N., Zettler, P., and Howard D. (2023) Clinician Perspectives on Opioid Treatment Agreements: A Qualitative Analysis of Focus Groups. AJOB Empirical Bioethics.

4. Brown, J. and Howard, D., (2023). The Importance of Defining Actionability as Related to Disclosure of Secondary Findings Identified in Research. The American Journal of Bioethics, 22(10), pp.93-95.

5. Howard, D., Rivlin, A., Candilis, P., Dickert, N.W., Drolen, C., Krohmal, B., Pavlick, M. and Wendler, D., (2022). Surrogate Perspectives on Patient Preference Predictors: Good Idea, but I Should Decide How They Are Used. AJOB Empirical Bioethics, 13(2), pp.125-135.

6. Wang, W., Howard, D., Giglio, P., Thomas, D. and Javier Otero, J., (2022). Bioethical implications of current state practices of molecular diagnostics in neuropathology. Neuro-oncology, 24(6), pp.853-854.

7. Howard, D., (2022) Transformative Choices and the Specter of Regret. Journal of the American Philosophical Association. 8(1), 72-91. doi:10.1017/apa.2020.51

8. McCarthy, A. & Howard, D. (2021) “Supported Decision-Making: Non-Domination Rather Than Mental Prosthesis” American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience. Oct 1:1-11.

9. Svirsky, L. Howard, D., and Berman, M. (2021), “E-cigarettes and the Multiple Responsibilities of the FDA” in The American Journal of Bioethics [Target Article]

10. Beck, A. S., Svirsky, L., & Howard, D. (2021). ‘First Do No Harm’: physician discretion, racial disparities and opioid treatment agreements. Journal of Medical Ethics.

11. Zealley, J. A., Howard, D., Thiele, C., & Balta, J. Y. (2021). “Human body donation: How informed are the donors?” Clinical Anatomy, 1–7.

12. Howard, D. (2020), Civil Disobedience, Not Merely Conscientious Objection, In Medicine. HEC Forum. Springer Netherlands.

13. Howard, D.S. (2019), The Scoundrel and the Visionary: On Reasonable Hope and the Possibility of a Just Future. Journal of Political Philosophy, 27: 294-317.

14. Berkman, B. E., Howard, D., & Wendler, D. (2018). Reconsidering the Need for Reconsent at 18. Pediatrics, 142(2)

15. Howard, D. and Aas, S., (2018) “On Valuing Impairment” Philosophical Studies, Volume 175, Issue 5: 1113.

16. Howard, D. (2017) “The Medical Surrogate as Fiduciary Agent” Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics, Vol. 45, No. 3.

17. Byron, K. and Howard, D. (2017). “‘Hey everybody, don't get pregnant’: Zika, the WHO, and an Ethical Framework for Advising” Journal of Medical Ethics Vol. 43.

18. Howard, D. (2015) “Transforming Others: On the Limits of ‘You’ll Be Glad I did It’ Reasoning” Res Philosophica, Vol. 92, No. 2.

II. Book Chapters

1.     Howard, D. and Wendler, D. (2020) “Beyond Instrumental Value: Respecting the Will of Others and Deciding On Their Behalf” The Oxford Handbook for Philosophy and Disability. ed. David Wasserman and Adam Cureton. Oxford University Press.

2.     Howard, D. (2018) “Disability, Well-Being and (In)Apt Emotions” The Ethics of Ability and Enhancement, ed. Terry Price and Jessica Flanigan, Palgrave Macmillan.

3. Howard, D. (2017) “Paternalism and Deciding For The Incompetent” The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Paternalism. ed. Kalle Grill and Jason Hanna. Taylor & Francis/Routledge.

III. Other Publications

1. Howard D. (2024) The Common Good According to Whom? Journal of Moral Philosophy.

2. Svirsky, L., Howard, D. and Berman, M.L., (2022). E-Cigarettes, the FDA, Public Health, and Harm Reduction: A Response to the Open Peer Commentaries. The American Journal of Bioethics, pp.1-4.

3. Brown, J. and Howard, D., (2022). The Importance of Defining Actionability as Related to Disclosure of Secondary Findings Identified in Research. The American Journal of Bioethics, 22(10), pp.93-95.

4. Howard D (2022) Review of Metagnosis: Revelatory Narratives of Health and Identity. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal.

5. Braverman D, Doernberg S, Runge C, Howard D, (2017). “OxRec model for assessing risk of recidivism: ethics.” Lancet Psychiatry 3(9): 808-809.

6.  Howard, D.  (2013) “The Public-Private Distinction," The Encyclopedia of Political Thought: Wiley-Blackwell Publications.

7. Howard, D. (2011) “Democratic Theory,” The International Encyclopedia of Political Science: Sage Publications, Washington D.C.

8. Howard, D. (2016) “Response to Hedberg: Unraveling the Asymmetry in Procreative Ethics” The Philosophy and Medicine Newsletter of the American Philosophical Association, Vol. 15, No. 2

9. Howard, D. (2010) “Paternalism as Non-Domination: A Republican Argument,” The Philosophy and Medicine Newsletter of the American Philosophical Association, Vol. 09, No. 2.

IV. Works Under Review

“The Office of Legal Counsel and the Abuses of Advising Others”

“An Endorsement View of Advising”

“Against Prescribing From the Bench”

“Putting Parents on a Pedestal: disability, reproductive decisions, and epistemic justice”

"Surrogate Views of Patient Preference Predictors"

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS

With David Wendler, NIH Clinical Center Department of Bioethics [NIH study CC-16-0168]. Focus group study interviewing surrogate decision-makers about their willingness to use a population-based statistical tool that predicts which treatment the patient would prefer based on the treatment preferences of similar patients in similar situations. 

With Martin Fried [OSUMC GIM], Patricia Zettler [OSU Moritz College of Law], Nicole Thomas [OSU, Office of Research], and Larisa Svirsky [OSU College of Public Health and Department of Bioehtics]. Mixed methods study assessing the views of clinicians about their views and utilization of opioid treatment agreements for long term opioid patients.

PRESENTATIONS

 2020

• Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society, “Joint Adventurers? Patient-Doctor Relationships and the Use of Opioid Contracts.” New Orleans, LA.

• APA Central, “On Paternalism, The Right to Information, and Advising in Medicine” Chicago, IL.

2019

• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Pittsburgh, PA: “Putting Parents on a Pedestal: Testimony, Admiration, and Epistemic Injustice”

• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Pittsburgh, PA: “Supported Decision-Making: Non-Domination Rather Than Mental Prosthesis” with Allison McCarthy

• APA Eastern, Divisional Program, “What can I learn from other parents? Adaptive preferences, Attachment, and Transformative Choices”

2018      

• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Annaheim, Ca: “Civil Disobedience, Not Conscientious Objection, In Medicine” and “Against Prescribing from the Bench” 

• Stanford University, McCoy Family Centre for Ethics in Society, Junior Scholars Workshop, “Transformative Choices and the Specter of Regret”

• APA Central, Divisional Program, Reply to Wendy Salkin, “Democracy Within, Justice Without”

2017    

• APA Pacific, Divisional Program, APA Committee Session: “Book Symposium: Elizabeth Barnes’s The Minority Body”

• University of Virginia, Philosophy Department and Bioethics Department: “Transformative Choices and the Specter of Regret”

• APA Eastern, Divisional Program, APA Committee Session: “Ethical Issues in ‘Wanted’ Pregnancies: Maternal Rights, Duties, and Prerogatives.” 

2016   

•  American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Washington D.C.: “Ethical Considerations Regarding Policy During the Zika Pandemic”; “Disability, Well-Being, and (In)Apt Emotions,” 

• National Institutes of Health: “The Zika Crisis and an Ethical Framework for Advising” (NIH Inter-Institute Bioethics Interest Group) 

• Dartmouth College: “Transformative Choices and the Specter of Regret” (Moral, Social, and Political Philosophy Workshop)

•  University of Notre Dame: “The Scoundrel and the Visionary: Reasonable Hope and the Possibility of a Just Future” (Hope and Optimism Conference)

•  University of Richmond, Jepson School of Leadership Studies: “Disability, Well-Being, and (In)Apt Emotions” (Jepson Colloquium: Ability and Enhancement)

•  University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Philosophy Department: “Transformative Choices, Medical Decision-Making and the Specter of Regret” (Invited Presentation)

•  APA Central, Divisional Program, Invited Presenter on Symposium on Disability

2015    

• APA Eastern, Divisional Program: Response to Trevor Hedberg Unraveling the Asymmetry in Procreative Ethics.”

2014    

• APA Pacific, Divisional Program: “A Humble Defense of Caring About Our Own Well-Being.” 

2013    

• Dartmouth Ethics Conference: “Response to Shah on ‘Why We Reason the Way We Do?’

•  Western Political Science Association Meeting: “Reclaiming Control and Strengthening Relationships: A Care Ethics Defense of Advanced Directives.” 

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville “The Perils of ‘You’ll Be Glad I did It’ Reasoning.” (Invited Colloquia) 

•  SUNY Binghamton: “The Perils of ‘You’ll Be Glad I did It’ Reasoning.” (Invited Colloquia)  

• University of Arkansas: “The Perils of ‘You’ll Be Glad I did It’ Reasoning.” (Invited Colloquia) 

2012    

• APA Central, Divisional Program: “On Advising Well.” 

2011    

• Association for Political Theory Conference: “You’re No Expert: On the Norms of Advising in a Trustworthy Manner.” 

2010   

•  APA Eastern, Society for Social and Political Philosophy Panel: “The Scoundrel and The Visionary: On Reasonable Hope and the Aims of Political Philosophy.”

•   Association for Political Theory Conference: “The Scoundrel and the Visionary: On Reasonable Hope and the Aims of Political Philosophy.” 

•   Workshop on Non-ideal theory and Institutional Theory at the Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting: “Rawls on Hope.”

•   Princeton University Graduate Conference in Political Theory: “What’s Wrong With Theories of   Justice Demanding More Than We Can Will?”

2009    

• Northwestern University Society for Ethical Theory and Political Philosophy Conference: “Paternalism as Non-Domination: A Republican Argument.”