Penelope Mackie

Penelope Mackie (/ˈmæki/) is a philosopher and associate professor and reader in the department of philosophy at the University of Nottingham, and was the head of department from 2007 until 2010 [1] Mackie has also held positions at the University of Birmingham (1994–2004), as lecturer; a fixed-term fellowship at New College, Oxford, (1990–1994); assistant professor of philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University (1987–1990); a visiting lecturer at the University of Maryland (1986–1987); and, has lectured at various Oxford colleges. Research interests are from a variety of topics including metaphysics and the philosophy of causation.[2] Prof. Mackie is the daughter of philosopher J. L. Mackie.