Education

Teaching

Programs

Programs

• Applied Ethics
• Legal Studies
• Philosophy BA
• Philosophy Pre-Law
• Religious Studies

Teaching

Courses

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

Research

Research interests

• Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Happiness, Critical Thinking, and Philosophical Pedagogy
• Ethics, Applied Ethics, Political Philosophy, History of Early Modern Philosophy, Metaphysics, and Asian Philosophy

Select publications

See curriculum vitae for more publications

• Mulnix, Jennifer Wilson, and M.J. Mulnix (2015).
  Happy Lives, Good Lives: A Philosophical Examination
  
• Mulnix, Jennifer Wilson, and M.J. Mulnix, eds. (2015).
  Theories of Happiness: An Anthology
  
• Mulnix, Jennifer Wilson (2013).
  Reliabilism and Demon World Victims
  Tópicos, 44, 35-82.
  
• Mulnix, Jennifer Wilson (2012).
  Rethinking the A Priori/A Posteriori Distinction
  Logos & Episteme, 3(2), 261-277.
  
• Mulnix, Jennifer Wilson (2012).
  “Semantic Externalism, Self-Knowledge, and Slow Switching
  Synthesis Philosophica, 26(2), 375-390.
  

Dr. Mulnix is a Professor of Philosophy, the Chair of the UMassD Philosophy Department, and President of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers. Most of her current research focuses on happiness and well-being. She is also interested in Buddhism as well as theories of knowledge and the mind. Dr. Mulnix has two published books (co-authored with M.J. Mulnix of Salem State University): Happy Lives, Good Lives: A Philosophical Examination and Theories of Happiness: An Anthology from Broadview Press. She loves philosophy, comedy, watching movies and sports, playing tennis, watercolor painting, and traveling around the world.

Additional links

• academia.edu

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• Jun 9, 2022 Philosophy Professor receives Manning Prize for teaching excellence