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Kelly Oliver

Kelly Oliver (born July 28, 1958) is an American philosopher specializing in feminism, political philosophy and ethics. She is W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She is also a founder of the feminist philosophy journal ''philoSOPHIA''.

Oliver is the author of 16 scholarly books, 12 edited volumes, and scores of scholarly articles. Her books include Response Ethics (2019), ''Carceral Humanitarianism: The Logic of Refugee Detention'' (2017), ''Hunting Girls: Sexual Violence from The Hunger Games to Campus Rape'' (2016), and ''Earth and World: Philosophy After the Apollo Missions'' (2015) and her most recognized work, Witnessing: Beyond Recognition (2001). She is also a novelist and the author of three mystery series: The Jessica James Mysteries, The Pet Detective Mysteries, and The Fiona Figg Mysteries. Provided by Wikipedia