Michele Moody-Adams | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Title | Joseph Straus Professor of Political Philosophy and Legal Theory |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Wellesley College (B.A.) Somerville College, Oxford (B.A.) Harvard University (Ph.D.) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Philosophy |
| Sub-discipline | Moral philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of law |
| Institutions | Columbia University Cornell University Indiana University |
Michele Moody-Adams is an American philosopher and academic administrator. Between July 1, 2009, and September 2011, she served as Dean of Columbia College and Vice President for Undergraduate Education at Columbia University. She was the first woman and first African-American to hold the post.[1][2] She has since resigned as dean, citing the decreasing autonomy of Columbia College. She remains a faculty member in the department of philosophy. In 2021, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[3]