Professor Callahan received her PhD in Philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park,  in 1982. She joined the University of Kentucky Department of Philosophy 1986. Before that, she taught in the Department of Philosophy  at Louisiana State University (1982-1986). Her research interests span ethical  theory, practical ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of law,  feminist theory, critical race theory, and the places where these areas of  study intersect. Her current research involves digitally filming in-depth interviews  of feminist philosophers, many from the first cohort of feminist philosophers in North America. These interviews will form the basis of a digital archive on feminist philosophy at the University of Kentucky and the Pennsylvania State University.  Two hour excerpts from the completed interviews are available through the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State as the editing is completed.  Professor Callahan was Director of the UK Gender and Women's Studies Program for nine years.  She has served as the editor of the American Philosophical Association  Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy, and on the American Philosophical  Association Committee on the Status of Women. She is a founding member of FEAST,  the Association for Feminist Ethics and Social Theory. She has also served on the American Philosophical  Association Board of Officers, the Council to the Chair of the APA Board,  the APA Committee on the Status and Future of the Profession, and as Chair of the APA's Committee on Inclusiveness in the Profession. In 2007 Professor Callahan was honored  as the U.S. Society for Women in Philosophy's Distinguished Woman Philosopher.  In 2008, she was the faculty recipient of the President's Award for Diversity at the University of Kentucky. She is currently on long-term medical leave.