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Phoebe Jean-Pierre
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812-855-9308
pjpierre@iu.edu
CG 3080
1275 E. 10th St.
Bloomington, IN
47405

Phoebe Jean-Pierre

  • Assistant Professor
Department: Business Law & Ethics
Campus: Bloomington

Biography

Phoebe Jean-Pierre is an Assistant Professor in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. Her research lies at the

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Phoebe Jean-Pierre is an Assistant Professor in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. Her research lies at the intersection of health and law and explores issues involving vulnerable communities and persisting disparities. She is interested in risk/crisis communication, doctor-patient confidentiality, health disparities and immigrant health, privacy and protected health information, social media and health, and ethical and legal issues in health communication. Currently, her research focuses on the health, inequality, and the disparate experiences across patient populations. She holds a PhD from Northwestern University in Media, Technology, and Society (with a focus on Health Communication), a JD from the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania in Communication and World History. Before coming to Kelley, she taught at the University of Iowa College of Law. She also has lectured in the Northwestern School of Communication in the Master of Science in Leadership for Creative Enterprises, the Master of Science and Health Communication, and in the undergraduate communication program. 

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Areas of Expertise

Health law, Health Communication, Health Disparities, Media & Communication, Social Media & Ethics, Immigration Law

Academic Degrees

  • PhD, Northwestern University, School of Communication
  • MA, Northwestern University, School of Communication
  • JD, Northwestern University, Pritzker School of Law
  • BA, The University of Pennsylvania

Selected Publications

  • Jean-Pierre, P., and Guevara, A. Diagnosing Discrimination: How Legal Gaps and Business Practices Fail Women with Disabilities in Healthcare. 27 The Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law 1 (2025).
  • Jean-Pierre, P. The misdiagnosis of women: Female hysteria, diagnostic errors, and legal implications. XX Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice XXX (2025, in press).
  • McCrory, M. A., Jean-Pierre, P., Moore, S. M. H., Levy, P., and Boruvka, E. What's the guy's name on second . . . I don't know: CERCLA, environmental health, environmental liability, and Guam. 31 Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights 68 (2025). 
  • Jean-Pierre, P. Justice Denied: Examining Implicit Bias, Vulnerable Communities, the Legal System, and Diagnostic Errors. 102 Alabama Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Law Review 327 (2024).
  • Jean-Pierre, P. Why Medical Error is Killing You (And Everyone Else). 57 University of Michigan Journal of Law and Reform 481 (2024).
  • Jean-Pierre, P. Medical Error and Vulnerable Communities 102 Boston University Law Review 327 (2022).

Edited on May 29, 2026

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