Aubrial Harrington

Aubrial Harrington is a recent PhD graduate from the Philosophy PhD program at Arizona State University. Her research is grounded in applied ethics, political philosophy, and philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE). She is particularly interested in how we draw lines between people, morally, politically, and socially, and what those boundaries reveal about power, justice, and exclusion.

Her dissertation focuses on the moral and political dimensions of immigration and border theory. Drawing on border studies, Latinx philosophy, and immigration ethics, she examines four distinct issues related to immigration in the United States and the marginalization of undocumented Latina immigrants. Her work aims to reframe discussions of immigration by centering immigrant positionality and interrogating the structure of borders as forms of political architecture.

Harrington’s ongoing research also includes work in animal ethics, environmental ethics, the ethics of political discourse, and algocracy (the governance of society through algorithms). Across these areas, she is especially attentive to the ethical and political implications of structural systems.

Originally from Northern Arizona, Harrington is passionate about public philosophy and teaching. She has developed and taught courses on politics and ethics, environmental ethics, and business ethics. Whether in the classroom or through community engagement, she is dedicated to making philosophical reflection relevant to everyday life and to interrogate complex social issues. 

AOS: Applied Ethics, Political Philosophy, PPE (Politics, Philosophy, and Economics), Ethics of Immigration

AOC: Border Theory, Latinx Philosophy, Environmental Ethics, Feminist Theory