This is, yet another, terrible loss. Thank you for
telling, Ellen, and for the link.
Lucinda was terrific and unique in all the world.
Joan
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From : Ellen K. Feder[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent : 7/28/2008 9:59:03 AM
To : [log in to unmask]
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Subject : RE: In memoriam
Our esteemed colleague
Lucinda Joy Peach died July 25, 2008, of sudden
complications following
treatment for a recurrence of breast cancer. She was 52.
Dr. Peach specialized
in moral philosophy, applied ethics (including
bioethics, feminist ethics, and
legal ethics), religion and politics, gender and
religion, and womens
studies.
As Co-Director of the
Ethics, Peace, and Global Affairs M.A. program in CAS
and SIS, Professor Peach
taught popular seminars in Ethical Theory, Modern
Moral Problems, and, Global
Ethics. She also taught a wide variety of courses in
the General Education
Program, both in Philosophy and in the Program in
Women's and Gender Studies.
She was an
internationally respected scholar with numerous
articles and chapters on gender
and violence, the ethics of war, and women's human
rights, including the
trafficking of women sex-workers as a human rights
violation. She is the author
of Legislating Morality: Religious
Identity and Moral Pluralism (Oxford University
Press, 2002), and the editor
of Women and World Religions
(Prentice Hall, 2002) and Women in
Culture: An Anthology (Blackwell Publishers 1998).
Her work was recognized
with prominent grants from the Rockefeller Foundation
and the Institute of International Education
Fulbright program,
which supported her ongoing research.
Dr. Peach earned a
Ph.D. in ethics from the Department of Religious
Studies at Indiana University (1995), a J.D. from New
York University
School of Law (1982), and a B.A. from the program in
International Education at
the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1974).
Her colleagues in
Philosophy and Religion will remember her invaluable
contributions to teaching,
scholarship, and service at all levels and her legacy
as a builder of the
Ethics, Peace, and Global Affairs Program. We honor
her leadership,
collegiality, commitment, and the courage and
determination with which she faced
her illness. We will miss her friendship, kindness,
and indefatigable
spirit.
Tributes to Lucinda
Peach may be sent to [log in to unmask] These
will be shared with
her family. A memorial service will take place at
American University after the summer
break.
Ellen K. Feder
Associate Professor
Department
of Philosophy and Religion
American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.,
NW
Washington, DC 20016-8056
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202-885-2931
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