Posted on May 24, 2002

Robert Baker, professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Bioethics and Clinical Leadership, has been appointed to the editorial board of the Encyclopedia of Philosophy and Sex, a 600,000 word volume to be published by Greenwood Press. Baker's work in the field began when he and a colleague in the philosophy department, the late Frederick Elliston, co-edited the first contemporary anthology of philosophical papers on the subject, Philosophy and Sex (Prometheus Books), a collection of papers considered unpublishable by the journals of the day because of their subject matter. Later editions of the book (currently co-edited with Kate Wininger, formerly of Union's philosophy department) broke ground for gay/queer philosophy and for English translations of French feminist writings.