Dr. Nina Brewer-Davis
I work in the field of relationships: personal, social, and political. I am especially interested in understanding and supporting healthy relationships and connection with ourselves and others, whether that is through writing, teaching, public speaking, or consulting.
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I have been studying, writing and teaching philosophy since 1994. In 2012, I started a parallel journey in sex education. I am interested in the field of sex education as a space for healthy intimacy, whether that be physical, emotional, relational, or spiritual, and includes both healthy relationships with ourselves and others. I work with children and adults to provide education on bodies, reproduction, staying healthy, relationships, and more.
I have started and run two community-based sex education programs, in a small college town and in a big city. I continue to run Oak Park Our Whole Lives.
Official Things
PhD in Philosophy, University of California, San Diego
MA in Philosophy, University of California, San Diego
MSc in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh
BA in Philosophy, McGill University
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Trained facilitator in all levels of the Our Whole Lives Sex Education program (Kindergarten - Older Adults)
Certified Crisis Counselor
Certified in Logic Based Therapy and Consulting
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Here is a video of a sermon I gave at Unity Temple, a Unitarian Universalist congregation. If anything “religious” gives you the heebie jeebies, be reassured that this sermon does not mention God. Also, I am happy to discuss theology!
Some Academic Publications​​​​​
​"Roles and Relationships: On Whether Social Roles Ground Associative Reasons" in the European Journal of Philosophy Vol. 27 No. 2 (2018), 377-386.
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“Loving Relationships and Conflicts with Morality” in Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review 52 (2013), 1-17.
“Partiality and the Significance of Shared History” in International Journal of Ethics Vol. 8 No. 4 (2013).​​​​
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