Valerie Tiberius is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota, an institution she has been affiliated with since 1998. She has published numerous reviewed papers, as well as two books - The Reflective Life: Living Wisely With Our Limits and Deliberation about the Good: Justifying What We Value. Much of her work has taken a practical, empirical approach to philosophical questions, trying to show how these disciplines can improve the world for the better.