Fritz Allhoff, JD, PhD

Adjunct Community Professor, Department of Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law

Primary Address
Office
Department of Philosophy
Western Michigan University
1903 West Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI, United States 49008

Biography

Fritz Allhoff, JD, PhD, Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Western Michigan University and Adjunct Community Professor in Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine's Department of Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law. In 2014, he graduated, magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School and went on to clerk for the Honorable Chief Justice Craig F. Stowers of the Alaska Supreme Court. After the clerkship, he was a Fellow at Stanford Law School's Center for Law and the Biosciences. In 2018, he was a Fulbright Specialist in the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Iceland.

Most of Dr. Allhoff's writing and teaching is in applied ethics, ethical theory, and philosophy of law. His popular articles have appeared in Slate and The Atlantic. The National Science Foundation has funded several of his research projects, with almost $1,000,000 in support.

Education

JD 2014, Law, University of Michigan Law School, University of Michigan
JD 2014, Law, University of Michigan Law School, University of Michigan
PhD 2005, Philosophy, University of California-Santa Barbara
PhD 2005, Philosophy, University of California-Santa Barbara
MA 2001, Philosophy, University of California-Santa Barbara
MA 2001, Philosophy, University of California-Santa Barbara
BS 1998, Physics, College of William and Mary
BS 1998, Physics, College of William and Mary