Rajesh Sampath ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY

Rajesh Sampath, Ph.D., is an associate professor of the philosophy of justice, rights, and social change.  His teaching and research areas include ethics, applied ethics, bioethics, moral and political philosophy, philosophy of development, comparative religion, comparative humanities, theories of justice, development ethics, philosophy of law, comparative constitutional law, critical race theory and intersectionality, critical disability studies, gender and sexuality studies, indigineity and indigenous rights, minority rights, theories of human rights, and theories of democracy, sovereignty, and the state.  He does comparative research on Anglo-American, continental European and Eastern/Global South traditions of philosophical ethics, human rights, and theories of justice when applied to sustainable development issues.