Meet the Speaker: Jennifer Hart Weed

Prof. Jennifer Hart Weed completed her doctorate in philosophy at Saint Louis University in 2003. She came to the University of New Brunswick in 2008 after holding tenure-track positions in Vermont and Toronto. During her time at UNB, she has taught history of philosophy, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, and contemporary analytic metaphysics, as well as courses in medieval philosophy, which is her specialization. She serves as the faculty advisor for the Hemlock Club, which is the undergraduate philosophy club at UNB.

Prof. Hart Weed has served on the executive of the American Catholic Philosophical Association and is a member of the Canadian Philosophical Association, the American Philosophical Association, Société Internationale pour l’Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale, and the Society of Christian Philosophers. She was the Aquinas lecturer at Emory University in 2008 and is a member of Alpha Sigma Nu. She has been a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds, La Fondation Hardt in Geneva, Switzerland, and KU Leuven.