Charley Maples, PhD

Clinical Ethics Fellow 2025-26

Dr. Maples is a clinical ethics fellow at the Alden March Bioethics Institute. He completed his doctorate in philosophy in 2025. Prior to his doctoral studies, Dr. Maples received a B.A. from St. Edward’s University, where he graduated Valedictorian in 2015. He then spent a year in Germany as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant. Dr. Maples’ research focuses on personal identity in medical decision-making, particularly narrative identity. He has additional research interests in disability ethics, personhood, and medical ethics pedagogy.