Peg O’Connor is the author of the forthcoming book on addiction and recovery titled, Recovering Character: Knowing How to Belong to Yourself. She is the author of three other books on addiction including Higher and Friendly Powers: Transforming Addiction and Suffering (Wildhouse Publishing, 2022), Life on the Rocks: Finding Meaning in Addiction and Recovery (Central Recovery Press, 2016), and The SoberPhilosopher Workbook for Exploring Addiction and Creating Recovery (Wildhouse Publishing, 2023).
O’Connor is the author of the popular blog series, Philosophy Stirred, Not Shaken. The title of the series is a wink and nod to martinis. She has written opinion pieces for The New York Times, The Minnesota Star Tribune, USA Today, The Daily Herald, and Dallas Morning Herald. O’Connor has appeared on numerous television, radio, and podcast programs and has been quoted as an expert in publications ranging from The New York Times to Cosmo.
PHI-147: Applied Ethics
PHI-246: Ethical Theory
PHI-371: Adv Seminar: What Is a Good Life?
FTS-100: FTS:The Good Life
GWS-212: Oppression and Privilege
PHI-212: Oppression and Privilege
PHI-108: Great Philosophers
PHI-290: Philosophical Methods
GWS-248: Gender, Knowledge, Reality
PHI-248: Gender, Knowledge, and Reality
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Master of Arts, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT