Janna Thompson
{{Short description|Philosopher (1942–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}{{Use Australian English|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox academic
| name = Janna Thompson
| honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|FASSA|FAHA|size=100}}
| education = University of Minnesota
| alma_mater = University of Oxford
| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|11|12|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|06|24|1942|11|12|df=y}}
| birth_name = Janna Lea Thompson
| birth_place = Fairbault, Minnesota, United States of America
| death_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| occupation = Philosopher and ethicist
}}
Janna Lea Thompson {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|FASSA|FAHA}} (1942–2022) was an American-born philosopher and ethicist, who spent the majority of her academic career in Melbourne, Australia. She is best known for her work on reparative and intergenerational justice.
Early life and education
Janna Lea Thompson was born on 12 November 1942 in Fairbault, Minnesota, USA.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-10 |title=Janna Lea Thompson: Death Notice – Melbourne, Victoria |url=https://tributes.theage.com.au/obituaries/449194/janna-lea-thompson/?r=https://tributes.theage.com.au/obituaries/theage-au/ |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=The Age}} She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964 and won a Marshall Plan scholarship which took her to the University of Oxford where she completed a Bachelor of Philosophy in 1966.{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Laura |date=2022-07-05 |title=Vale Janna Thompson FASSA FAHA: 1942–2022 |url=https://humanities.org.au/our-community/vale-janna-thompson-fassa-faha-1942-2022/ |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=Australian Academy of the Humanities |language=en-AU}}
Career
Following her graduation, Thompson lectured at the University of Manchester from 1966 to 1970. Next, she moved to Melbourne, Australia to take up a lectureship at Monash University in 1970. While there she undertook a Diploma of Education (tertiary studies).{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Robert |date=July 2022 |title=Janna Lea Thompson (1942-2022) |url=https://humanities.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Janna-Thompson-obit.pdf |website=Australian Academy of the Humanities}} She then joined La Trobe University as a lecturer (1975–1981) and was promoted to senior lecturer (1981–2000) and reader/associate professor (2000–2007), before being made professor (2007–2012).
Thompson died in Melbourne on 24 June 2022, just months following diagnosis of brain tumours.
Honours and recognition
In 2001 Thompson was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and of the Australian Academy of the Social Sciences in 2011. She was awarded the Eureka Prize for Research in Ethics in 2006.{{Cite web |title=Professor Janna Thompson FASSA, FAHA |url=https://socialsciences.org.au/academy-fellow/?sId=0032v000033l9RrAAI |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia |language=en-AU}}
Writing
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In addition to her books and peer-reviewed journal articles, Thompson contributed to The Conversation{{Cite web |title=Janna Thompson |url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/janna-thompson-15394 |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=The Conversation |date=November 2012 |language=en}} and Inside Story{{Cite web |title=Janna Thompson Archives |url=https://insidestory.org.au/authors/janna-thompson/ |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=Inside Story |language=en}} and reviewed books for Australian Book Review.{{Cite web |title=Janna Thompson |url=https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/author/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=user&id=2845:jannathompson |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=Australian Book Review |language=en-gb}}
She wrote her final book, Lockdown, during the COVID-19 pandemic. A detective novel, it was launched posthumously.{{Cite web |title=Vale Professor Janna Thompson FASSA, FAHA (1942–2022) |url=https://aap.org.au/blog/12859625 |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=Australasian Association of Philosophy}}
= As author =
- {{Cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Janna |title=Justice and world order : a philosophical inquiry |year=1992 |publication-date=1992 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-07034-8}}
- {{Cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Janna |title=Discourse and knowledge : defence of a collectivist ethics |year=1998 |publication-date=1998 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-18544-8|author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Janna |title=Taking responsibility for the past : reparation and historical injustice |date=30 December 2002 |publication-date=2002 |publisher=Polity ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers |isbn=978-0-7456-2885-1|author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Janna |title=Intergenerational justice : rights and responsibilities in an intergenerational polity |year=2009 |publication-date=2009 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-99628-0 |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Janna |title=Should Current Generations Make Reparation for Slavery? |date=17 July 2018 |publication-date=2018 |author-mask=2 |publisher=Polity Press |isbn=978-1-5095-1645-2}}
= As editor =
- {{Cite book |author1= |title=The sorting society : the ethics of genetic screening and therapy |publication-date=2008 |editor-last2=Thompson |editor-first2=Janna |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-511-54557-3 |editor-last=Skene |editor-first=Loane}}
- {{Cite book |author1= |title=Historical justice and memory |date=28 July 2015 |publication-date=2015 |editor-last2=Thompson |editor-first2=Janna |editor-mask2=2 |publisher=The University of Wisconsin Press |isbn=978-0-299-30464-5 |editor-last=Neumann |editor-first=Klaus}}
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Category:Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
Category:Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Category:University of Minnesota alumni
Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford