Jess Dillard-Wright

My research interests broadly reside in the intersection between nursing, philosophy, history, and activism informed by science and technology studies.

Current Research
My current research efforts examine the intersection between nursing - a form of healthcare delivery - and philosophy. I am preparing for a large-scale philosophical study on ethics as a practice in nursing using a framework of critical posthumanism. This relates to the CPHM because, in the provision of healthcare, nurses are frequently engaged with personalized health monitoring in technologically-mediated ways from before admission to after discharge and even in primary care settings.

Academic Background

Fellow, University of California Irvine Center for Nursing Philosophy 2021-2022
Posthumanism and New Materialism Intensive Summer Institute, University of Utrecht Summer 2021
PhD in Nursing, with distinction, Augusta University 2020
MSN in Community-based Nurse-Midwifery Education Program, Frontier Nursing University 2015
MSN in Clinical Nurse Leader, Medical College of Georgia 2009
MA in Women’s History, Sarah Lawrence College 2006
BS in Science, Technology and Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology 2004