Abby Helgevold

Advisor: Diana Cates Status in Program: Completing comps in Fall 2009 and moving on to the dissertation. Area of Study: Modern Religious Thought: Theology, Philosophy, Ethics, and Culture with a concentration in Religious Ethics and Moral Philosophy Academic areas of interest: virtue ethics, feminist ethics, social ethics, religion and politics, teaching and the nature and role of education (Current) Dissertation focus: An exploration of the role that the virtue of humility might play in assisting individuals and groups in their pursuit of liberation under conditions of human finitude and within the context of diversity.