Parker Crutchfield, PhD

Parker Crutchfield, PhD
Parker Crutchfield, PhD

Professor, Department of Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law

Biosketch

Parker Crutchfield, PhD, received his bachelors degree in philosophy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He completed his PhD in philosophy at Arizona State University, working in applied ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of science. Following graduate school, he was assistant professor of ethics and the inaugural director of research at the Missouri School of Dentistry and Oral Health at A.T. Still University, a school which he helped found. As Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law at WMed, Dr. Crutchfield conducts clinical ethics consultations, teaches medical students and residents, and conducts research in medical ethics.

  • Education and Training
    • PhD 2011, Philosophy, Arizona State University
    • BA 2003, Philosophy, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

  • Research
    • Moral Psychology
    • Cognitive Science

  • Publications

    • Carroll E., Crutchfield P. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 2024;33:290-295.

    • Crutchfield P. Mental Privacy, Cognitive Liberty, and Hog-tying Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. 2024

    • Crutchfield P., Redinger M. AJOB Neuroscience. 2024;15:W1-W3.

    • Crutchfield P., Redinger M. AJOB Neuroscience. 2024;15:3-16.

    • Crutchfield P., Scheall S. Bioethics. 2024;38:316-325.

    • Wasserman J.A., Crutchfield P., Brummett A. SHOULD WE CHANGE?: The Ethics of Human Enhancement The Routledge International Handbook of Changes in Human Perceptions and Behaviors. 2024:455-471.

    • Crutchfield P. PROTECTING FUTURE GENERATIONS BY ENHANCING CURRENT GENERATIONS The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Human Enhancement. 2023:282-292.

    • Crutchfield P. The Duty to Edit the Human Germline Res Publica. 2023;29:347-365.

    • Crutchfield P., Gibb T.S., Redinger M.J. The Journal of clinical ethics. 2023;34:258-269.

    • Crutchfield P., Scheall S., Justin Rzeszutek M., Dawn Brown H., Cardoso Sao Mateus C. Consciousness and Cognition. 2023;108

    • Brummett A., Crutchfield P. Bioethics. 2022;36:367-373.

    • Carroll E., Crutchfield P. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 2022;31:333-343.

    • Crutchfield P. Societal Collapse and Intergenerational Disparities in Suffering Neuroethics. 2022;15

    • Fogler J.M., Ratliff-Schaub K., McGuinn L., Crutchfield P., Schwartz J., Soares N. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 2022;47:189-194.

    • Kaplan H., Guidry-Grimes L., Crutchfield P., Hulkower A., Horner C., Burke J.E., Fedson S. The Journal of clinical ethics. 2022;33:303-313.

    • Crutchfield P. Moral Enhancement and the Public Good Moral Enhancement and the Public Good. 2021:1-174.

    • Crutchfield P. Delusion, Proper Function, and Justification Neuroethics. 2021;14:113-124.

    • Gibb T.S., Crutchfield P., Redinger M.J., Minser J. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 2021;68:607-619.

    • Scheall S., Crutchfield P. The Priority of the Epistemic Episteme. 2021;18:726-737.

    • Crutchfield P. Bioethics. 2020;34:679-686.

    • Crutchfield P. Extrapolating from Laboratory Behavioral Research on Nonhuman Primates Is Unjustified Journal of Applied Philosophy. 2020;37:628-645.

    • Crutchfield P. Bioethics. 2020;34:190-194.

    • Crutchfield P., Gibb T.S., Redinger M.J., Fales W. American Journal of Bioethics. 2020;20:84-86.

    • Crutchfield P., Scheall S. Epistemic Burdens, Moral Intimacy, and Surrogate Decision Making American Journal of Bioethics. 2020;20:59-61.

    • Kanungo S., Barr J., Crutchfield P., Fealko C., Soares N. Applied Clinical Informatics. 2020;11:755-763.

    • Redinger M., Fledderman N., Crutchfield P. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2020;33:147-151.

    • Crutchfie P. Bioethics. 2019;33:112-121.

    • Crutchfield P. American Journal of Bioethics. 2019;19:89-91.

    • Crutchfield P., Gibb T.S., Redinger M.J., Ferman D., Livingstone J. Chest. 2019;155:617-625.

    • Crutchfield P., Scheall S. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. 2019;22:613-621.

    • Crutchfield P. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (United Kingdom). 2018;43:568-584.

    • Crutchfield P. Science and Engineering Ethics. 2018;24(2):441-453.

    • Crutchfield P., Gibb T., Redinger M. Placebos and a New Exception to Informed Consent AJOB Neuroscience. 2018;9:200-202.

    • Crutchfield P., Pazdernik V., Hansen G., Malone J., Wagenknecht M. Being Hungry Affects Oral Size Perception i-Perception. 2018;9

    • Redinger M.J., Crutchfield P., Gibb T.S., Longstreet P., Strung R. American Journal of Bioethics. 2018;18(5):31-33.

    • Crutchfield P.A.S., Jarvis J.S., Olson T., Wilson M.S. Journal of Dental Education. 2017;81:1301-1308.

    • Crutchfield P. Decoded Neurofeedback Is Unlikely to Enhance Moral Capacities AJOB Neuroscience. 2016;7:125-126.

    • Crutchfield P. Bioethics. 2016;30:389-396.

    • Crutchfield P. The Future of Inductive Risk for Disorders of Consciousness AJOB Neuroscience. 2016;7:56-57.

    • Crutchfield P., Mahoney C., Pazdernik V., Rivera C. Archives of Oral Biology. 2016;61:89-97.

    • Crutchfield P. Representing high-level properties in perceptual experience Philosophical Psychology. 2012;25:279-294.

  • Presentations
    • Determining Drug-Seeking Behavior in the Emergency Department: Provider Perspectives. White J, Trainer N, Crutchfield P, Vos D, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021