Heather Lakey

Lecturer

Phone: 207-581-1228
Email: heather.lakey@maine.edu

205 Fernald Hall
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469

Heather Lakey holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in philosophy and gender studies from the University of Maine. She is currently a lecturer in philosophy at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, and an adjunct faculty member with the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at the University of Maine. Heather’s doctoral dissertation explores the rhetorical relationship between informed consent and abortion. Her teaching interests span a wide range of traditions, including feminist theory, bioethics, and the history of western philosophy.

Research & Teaching Interests: Professor Lakey’s doctoral dissertation explores the rhetorical relationship between informed consent and abortion. Her teaching interests span a wide range of traditions, including feminist theory, bioethics, and the history of western philosophy.

WGS-realted courses taught: WGS 101, Introduction to Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies;  WGS 410, Feminist, Gender & Queer Theory

Education History:

University of Maine. 2015. Interdisciplinary Ph.D., Philosophy and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

University of Oregon. 2008. M.A., Philosophy

College of the Atlantic. 2005. M.Phil., Human Ecology

College of the Atlantic. 2000. B.A., Human Ecology

Selected Publications:

“Appropriations of Informed Consent: Abortion, Medical Decision Making, And Antiabortion Rhetoric.” Spring 2018. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics.