Sophie Grace Chappell has been Professor of Philosophy at The Open University since 2006. Her main interests in philosophy are ethics, literature, sex and gender, ancient and medieval philosophy, epistemology, and philosophy of religion.

She has published over 100 articles, and her most recent book is Epiphanies: an Ethics of Experience.
Her next book will be available this June: Trans Figured: On Being a Transgender Person in a Cisgender World.

Sophie Grace Chappell is the first known openly transgender philosophy professor in the UK; she transitioned in 2014. She is married with four children, and is a long-term member of All Souls’ Episcopal Church, Dundee. 

Fireside chat at the Berkeley Center with Sophie Grace Chappell

Episode links:

• Professor Chappell’s open letter to JK Rowling
• Pre-order Trans Figured: On Being a Transgender Person in a Cisgender World at Barnes & Noble or bookshop.org
• Epiphanies: An Ethics of Experience on Amazon
• Full biography on The Open University website

Download the transcript.