Terry Kelly

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Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
ADM 259

(907) 786-4664
tmkelly2@alaska.edu

Research Interests

My research focuses on the role of trust and promising in professional ethics and how the obligations created by inviting trust from clients, patients, and the public helps clarify problems such as conflicts of interest, whistle-blowing, client/patient autonomy and conscientious objection.

Publications

Books

  • Professional Ethics: A Trust-Based Approach (2018 Lexington Books)
  • Professional Ethics Case Study Workbook (Kendall Hunt, 2023).
  • Finding Your Way: Moral Mapping and Assessment in Professional Ethics (in progress)

Articles 

  • “A Little Bit Fun, A Little Bit Frustrating: Utilizing Photovoice to Document. University Student Responsibility During a Global Pandemic.”  With Brittney Howell, Sara Buckingham, Carrie King.  Educational Action Research 2023 DOI: 
  • “Conflicts About Conflict of Interest: A Comparison of “Performance” and
  • “Trustworthiness” Models of COI in the Context of Industry Relations with Physicians,” Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 25, no. 3 (2016): 526-535.
  • “The Good, the Bad, and the Ethical: Regulative Ideals and Role Obligations” with Stephanie Bauer, in Proceedings of the Âé¶ą´«Ă˝ Ethics Center Convocation (2014).

Conference Presentations

  • “UAA Core Competencies: A Journey of Engagement and Collaboration,” with Carrie King, NWCCU Annual Conference, November 2021.
  • “Organizational Conflict of Interest and Colonization of Professional Discourse,” Meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, March 2018.
  • “Professional Ethics as Professional Authenticity,” Meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, February 2017.
  • “Professional Ethics, Trust, and Second-Person Reasons,” Meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, February 2016.
  •  â€śProfessional Ethics for Professional Medical Associations: Impartiality, Conflicts of Interest and Institutional Design” with Stephanie Bauer.  2014 Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities, October 2014.
  • “Promises, Practices and Persuasion” The American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting, April 2014
  • “The Devil’s in the Detailing: The Ethics of the Physician/Pharmaceutical Representative Relationship”  2013 Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. October 2013.

Professional Ethics Trainings

"Governmental Ethics for Community Councils" Anchorage Community Council Summit, March 2024 

  • “Municipal Ethics and Elections,” with Dee Ennis.  Ethics training for Anchorage Mayor and senior staff on application of municipal ethics code to elections and political activity. April 2023
  • “The Bethel Municipal Ethics Code.”  Ethics training for Bethel, Alaska Municipal Assembly and officers.  February 2023.
  • “The Municipal Code of Ethics,” with Dee Ennis.  Ethics training for new Anchorage Assembly members.  September 2022.
  • “The Municipal Code of Ethics,” with Dee Ennis.  Ethics training for Anchorage Assembly, August 2017.
  • “Professional Ethics and the Legal Interpreter,” Alaska Immigration Justice Project Training for Court Interpreters, July 2017.
  • “Professional Ethics and the Landman” for The Alaska Association of Professional Landmen, Anchorage Alaska, May 2017.
  • “Professional Ethics and the Legal Interpreter,” Alaska Immigration Justice Project Training for Court Interpreters, October 2016.
  • “Legal Ethics and Marijuana Legalization,” for The Seminar Group, Anchorage, AK April 2016 (Certified by the Bar Associations of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California for continuing legal ethics education credit).