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Aana M. Vigen, Ph.D.
Professor
Department:  Theology

Aana Vigen earned a Ph.D. in Social and Theological Ethics from Union Theological Seminary in New York City and then joined Loyola's faculty as Assistant Professor of Ethics, offering courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Her area of specialization is healthcare and medical ethics. In particular, she is interested in the quality of, and access to, healthcare along with racial-ethnic and socio-economic disparities in care. She incorporates an interdisciplinary method of study, drawing upon the disciplines of sociology, anthropology, ethnography, and theology.

Dr. Vigen frequently gives papers at professional meetings and has published several articles. In addition, she wrote a chapter in Disrupting Racism from Within: White People on What WE Need to Do (Pilgrim Press, 2004), entitled "To Hear and To Be Accountable Across Difference: An Ethic of White Listening."

This expert is listed in the following categories:

• Healthcare/Medical/Bioethics
• Feminist Ethics and Theology
• Protestant Ethics
• Health Care Ethics

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