Dr Natasha McKeever
- Position: Lecturer and Digital Education Specialist
- Areas of expertise: Philosophy of Love, Philosophy of Sex, Applied Ethics, Ethical Theory
- Email: N.McKeever@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 7487
- Location: LG.08 IDEA Centre, 17 Blenheim Terrace
- Website: academia.edu | Googlescholar | ORCID
Profile
I joined the IDEA Centre in 2017. Before that, I worked for a year teaching Philosophy at St Paul’s School, London, and for 18 months in the Civil Service Fast Stream, doing policy work at the Department of Education, the Department of Health, and the Department of Work and Pensions.
I completed a PhD in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield in 2014 under the supervision of Dr Christopher Bennett and Professor Jennifer Saul on the topic of Romantic Love and Monogamy. Before that, I did a PGCE at Leeds Trinity University College, and I have an MA in Political Theory and a BA in Philosophy from the University of Sheffield.
Responsibilities
- Programme Director
Research interests
My main research interests are in the Philosophy of Love and Sex, but I'm also interested in Applied Ethics more generally.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>
Qualifications
- PhD Philosophy
- MA Political Theory (Distinction)
- BA Philosophy (First)
- PGCE Religious Studies
Professional memberships
- Society for Applied Philosophy
Student education
I am the Programme Director for the Online MA in Biomedical and Healthcare Ethics and the MA in Applied and Professional Ethics at the IDEA Centre.
As well as teaching on these courses, I also teach ethics sessions in other schools across the university and I’m the module leader for a Level 2 discovery module: IDEA2001 – Love: Ethical, Social, and Political Issues.
Research groups and institutes
- Healthcare Ethics
- PRIA