I teach classes in bioethics, metaethics, normative ethics, and the history of philosophy. I strive to work with my students from insights and developments in the history of philosophy toward pressing contemporary issues that bear on our communities and our self-understanding.
I have a Teaching Fundamentals Certificate from the Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation at the University of Toronto, which I earned through a series of workshops on topics including pedagogy, equity and diversity in the classroom, and engaging students through writing.
In Fall 2025, I will be teaching Introduction to Ethics and Values (PHIL 133).
In Winter 2026, I will be teaching Early Modern Philosophy (PHIL 206).
Past teaching:
At Vanderbilt University
American Ethics (Graduate Level) ~ Spring 2024
Theories of Well-Being (Graduate Level) ~ Spring 2023
History of Normative Ethics (Graduate Level) ~ Spring 2025/Spring 2021
Pragmatism & Value (Graduate Level) ~ Spring 2020
Ethics & Mental Health ~ Fall 2024/Fall 2020
Death & Dying ~ Fall 2023
Contemporary Moral Problems ~ Spring 2020/Fall 2019
Introduction to Medical Ethics ~ Fall 2020/Spring 2021/Fall 2022/Fall 2023
Introduction to Ethics ~ Spring 2025
Ethics & Medicine (Death & Dying) ~ Fall 2019
First Year Core Seminar (Being Human) ~ Fall 2024
First Year Writing Seminar (Ethics Life/Death) ~ Fall 2022
At Fordham University (Rose Hill)
Normative Ethics (Graduate Level) ~ Spring 2019/Spring 2018
Metaethics (Graduate Level) ~ Fall 2017
Philosophy of George Santayana (Graduate Level) ~ Fall 2016
Issues of Life & Death ~ Fall 2018
Ethics & Mental Health ~ Spring 2018/Spring 2017 (Honors progam)
Metaethics ~ Spring 2019/Fall 2016
Freedom & Responsibility ~ Summer 2018/Summer 2017/Spring 2016
Philosophical Ethics ~ F17/S16/F15/F14
Human Nature ~ F18/S17/F16/S15/F14
At the University of Toronto (St. George)
Bioethics ~ Spring 2014
Knowledge & Reality (Co-taught with Kenneth Boyd) ~ Spring 2013
DIANA B. HENEY 