Faculty Fellows
2024-2025 Brady Faculty Fellows
The Brady Faculty Fellows are part of a team of Northwestern faculty and graduate students who work closely with Brady undergraduates. The Fellows participate in the intellectual and social life of the Brady Program, and devote time to the development of a new undergraduate course, or the revision of an already existing course, whose content is related to the goals and values of the Brady Scholars Program. These include the exploration of ethical and political issues, community service, domestic and international citizenship.
The Brady Faculty Fellows for 2024-2025 are Libby Southgate and Rowan Mellor.
Libby Southgate works (mostly) in ethics. She is particularly interested in the phenomenon of intractable moral disagreement, both as a datum to be explained in metaethics and as a challenge to be negotiated in applied ethics. She also does work in philosophy of education, particularly on issues in inclusive pedagogy. Libby is currently finishing up a PhD in Philosophy at Cornell University. She is from Scotland and before Cornell, she earned an M.Sc. and an undergraduate M.A.(Hons) in philosophy from the University of Glasgow. Libby can be reached at southgate@northwestern.edu.
Rowan Mellor completed his PhD at University College London in 2021. From 2021-2023, he was a Leverhulme postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto. Rowan’s main research interests are in ethics and political philosophy. His current project focusses on the idea of joint obligation. Specifically, he thinks that it can be true that we jointly ought to do something, even if each of us ought not to do our part. Rowan can be reached at rowan.mellor@northwestern.edu.
2025-2027 Brady Faculty Fellow applications now open
This is a two-year, full-time and benefits eligible, post-doc position as Postdoctoral Fellow for the Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life, beginning September 1, 2025. Candidates must complete all Ph.D. requirements before September 1, 2025. The successful applicant will teach two courses in moral and/or political philosophy, at least one of which will be a seminar for Brady sophomores. The recipient will be expected to participate fully in the intellectual and social activities of the Brady Program and be available to provide pedagogical mentoring and advising to undergraduate Brady Scholars throughout the year. To learn more about the program, please consult our website https://bradyprogram.northwestern.edu/. The position may be renewed for a third year. Candidates should submit a cover letter explaining your qualifications for this fellowship, a research statement, a writing sample, three letters of reference, and a complete CV (including classes that you have taught or are prepared to teach). Applications submitted by April 18, 2025 will be given full consideration. To apply, follow this link: https://facultyrecruiting.northwestern.edu/apply/MjM2OA== Contact Kathleen Arbuckle at brady@northwestern.edu with questions.
Salary
The expected base pay range for this position is $62,000 - $67,000.
This base pay range is for a nine-month academic appointment, does not include summer salary, and is subject to negotiation.
Benefits
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Northwestern University has provided a pay range representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for the position. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including years since terminal degree, training, and field or discipline; departmental budget availability; internal comparators; and external market pay for comparable jobs.
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