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Jeffrey Nielsen
Philosopher and Ethics Instructor at Utah Valley University
Jeffrey Nielsen is a philosophy instructor at Utah Valley University, where he teaches courses in applied ethics and coaches the university's ethics bowl team.1 He has a background in philosophy and ethics, having studied at Weber State University and Boston College. Nielsen is also known for his work in the ethics of leadership and disruptive models of caring for communities, with recent interests in the phenomenology of being human, focusing on Stoic and Buddhist philosophies.1
In addition to his role at Utah Valley University, Nielsen has taught at Westminster College in Salt Lake City and was previously a visiting lecturer at Brigham Young University (BYU).2 He is recognized for his advocacy of gay marriage, which led to his contract not being renewed at BYU after he published an editorial challenging the LDS Church's stance on same-sex marriage.2
Nielsen is the author of "The Myth of Leadership: Creating Leaderless Organizations" and founded the Democracy House Project, an educational initiative aimed at teaching political literacy through a peer-based model.2 His teaching and research focus on ethics, moral decision-making, and democracy.3
