Amy Reed-Sandoval

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Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
Expertise: Political philosophy, Latin American and Latinx philosophies, Bioethics, Feminist philosophy, Philosophy for children, Migration philosophy

Biography

Amy Reed-Sandoval is an associate professor of philosophy and participating faculty in UNLV's Latinx and Latin American Studies program. Her areas of expertise include political philosophy, with a special interest in issues of migration; Latin American and Latinx philosophies; bioethics; and feminist philosophy.

Reed-Sandoval's most recent research explores how crossing U.S. state and national borders for pregnancy-related medical care (including prenatal care, labor and delivery, and abortion care) impacts pregnant people’s self-trust and autonomy. She also studies what these medical encounters and related experiences can teach us about gender and global justice.

She is the founding director of the Philosophy for Children in the Borderlands program in El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. During the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, she launched its offshoot — Philosophy for Children Without Borders, a free online philosophy course for Spanish-speaking children and youth.

Reed-Sandoval is the author of Socially Undocumented: Identity and Immigration Justice (Oxford University Press, 2020).

Education

  • Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Washington
  • M.A., Philosophy, University of Washington
  • M.Sc., Philosophy and Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
  • B.A., Philosophy, Temple University

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UNLV develops philosophy practices with preschool children
Las Vegas Review-Journal En Español
Combining the education of children with that of future professionals is the perfect combination for the practice of UNLV philosophy students who have a joint preschool program on campus where they encourage children under 5 years old to do or think about big questions and interact with the world around them daily.
Claudia Sheinbaum at the intersection of sexism and antisemitism
San Bernardino Sun
In 1988, author and women’s studies professor Evelyn Torton Beck published an article entitled “The Politics of Jewish Invisibility” in which she lamented “the silence surrounding the recognition that anti-Semitism, whose shadow continues to fall on women’s lives, is, or ought to be, a feminist issue.”
Adults-only culture entails bad faith
The Nevada Independent
The invitation says no children, and where my children aren’t welcome, I’m not either.
Anti-abortion centers: Unregulated, misleading, and close as possible to abortion clinics
Nevada Current
Destinee G.’s period was late in February 2021. It wasn’t that abnormal. Until that year her menstrual cycle was irregular. But by the next month, she was taking two at-home pregnancy tests every two weeks. They were always negative. Friends, and the internet, told her testing negative early on in a pregnancy was normal. A blood test would be more accurate.
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UNLV Newsmakers 2022: September
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Campus News | October 4, 2022

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UNLV Newsmakers 2021: October
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Campus News | November 4, 2021

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UNLV Newsmakers 2020: Social Justice
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Arts and Culture | December 30, 2020

A sampling of university experts who sounded off on the year’s monumental movements surrounding race, ethnicity, and gender.

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