About Mind & Soul…

Elaine Yoshikawa received her B.A. in Philosophy from University of California, Berkeley and later received an M.A. and Ph.D. from Arizona State University. Her area of specialization is Ethics, specifically Virtue Ethics and moral psychology. While a graduate student she was the Editorial Assistant for the journal Philosophical Studies as well as the Undergraduate Academic Advisor for the Philosophy Department in Tempe. She is currently a Lecturer in Philosophy at ASU’s Polytechnic Campus. She has been teaching philosophy for 12 years and over the past five years has given presentations and talks in the community on various topics such as: Virtue Ethics, Happiness, and Business Ethics. She is presently writing a book entitled: Virtue, Happiness, and Self-Transformation and is developing a new university course on happiness. In addition she has been a computer programmer, a piano performance major at the Eastman School of Music, and a doctoral student in spiritual psychology. She also has a keen interest in Christian Ethics, Buddhist Ethics and Eastern Philosophy.