Dr. Joe Kotva is an Affiliate Faculty Member at the IU Center for Bioethics and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the IU School of Medicine - South Bend. 

Dr. Kotva recieved a bachelor's degree in Philosophy & Bible from Eastern Mennonite College, followed by a master's degree in Theological Studies from the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, and a PhD in Theology & Ethics from Fordham University. 

• Fundamentals of Clincal Practice 
• Intro to Medical Ethics: Virtue, Narrative, and Justice in Healthcare 
• Climate Change and Health 
• Stories of Ethics and Illness

Research Interests:

• Medical Ethics
• Virtue Ethics 
• Climate Health 
• Truth-indifference 
• Forgiveness 
• Medical Ethics Education 

Selected Publications:

• On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics, 3^rd Edition. M. Therese Lysaught and Joseph J. Kotva Jr., editors.  Eerdmans. 2012.

• “Medical Education Ethics: Why Medical Schools Need a Culture of Ethics,” in Bothering to Love: James F. Keenan’s Retrieval and Reinvention of Catholic Ethics. (Orbis Press, 2024), 135-146.

• “Suicide, Medical Aid in Dying, and Euthanasia,” in Oxford Handbook for Theological Bioethics. Warren Kinghorn and John Berkman ed. Oxford University Press, Forthcoming, 2025.

• Trustee's Teaching Award, IUSM, 2025

• Outstanding Faculty/Staff Advocate Award 2023