Irene Oh, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor



Irene Oh teaches courses in religious ethics, biomedical ethics, and religion and politics. She regularly offers REL 151: Religion and Moral Choices, REL 353: Religion and Politics, and REL 360: Biomedical Ethics. Her research focuses upon the intersection of comparative religions and politics, especially religion and human rights, feminist ethics, and environmental ethics. She has authored The Rights of God: Islam, Human Rights, and Comparative Ethics (Georgetown University Press, 2007) and is currently working on a manuscript about the ethics of motherhood.