Samantha Noll

Dr. Samantha Noll is the Elma Ryan-Bornander Distinguished Chair and an Associate Professor in The School of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs (PPPA) at Washington State University. She is also the bioethicist affiliated with the Functional Genomics Initiative, which applies genome editing in agriculture research, and the Center for Reproductive Biology. Dr. Noll is the co-author or co-editor of two books, including a Field Guide to Formal Logic (Great River Learning, 2020) and the Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of the City (Routledge, 2019). She publishes widely on food justice and food sovereignty, local food movements, and the application of biotechnologies in food production. She is also the author or co-author of more than 30 other publications, in journals ranging from the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics to Environmental Ethics and Pragmatism Today. She is currently working with scholars from several disciplines on various projects that engage with ethical considerations at the intersection of philosophy of food, environmental ethics, and emerging technologies.