Yearly Archives: 2016

2016
Research

What Are You Reading…On Diplomacy

Nathan Eckstrand -
President Obama is on what will likely be his last tour of Asia as President. Most recently, this has taken him to China for...
Research

Taking Employment Seriously: Amending Rawls’s Theory of Justice

Nathan Eckstrand -
By Larry Udell John Rawls commented in A Theory of Justice that a just society will ensure “full employment in the sense that anyone who...
Work/Life Balance

APA Member Interview: Quayshawn Spencer

Skye Cleary -
Quayshawn Spencer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. He specializes on topics that intersect philosophy of...
Diversity and Inclusiveness

The Teaching Workshop: Diversifying the Syllabus

Blog Contributor -
It’s the start of a new academic year and The Teaching Workshop is back to answer your pedagogy related questions. Welcome back! Each post...
Research

What Are You Reading…On the Ontology of Moving

Nathan Eckstrand -
Since composing the last What Are You Reading? column, I have moved across several states to my new job at Marian University in Fond...
Work/Life Balance

APA Member Interview: Samantha Brennan

Skye Cleary -
Samantha Brennan is a philosopher and Professor at Western University (London, Ontario, Canada) where she is a member of the Department of Women’s Studies...
APA

Awards Roundup: June-July 2016

Jeremy Cushing -
APA Awards Sebastian Purcell, SUNY Cortland Winner of the 2016 Essay Prize in Latin American Thought Brian Epstein, Tufts University Winner of the 2016 Gittler Award Berislav Marušić, Brandeis...
Research

Early Career Research Spotlight: Kristen Irwin

Nathan Eckstrand -
This installment of the early-career research spotlight series looks at the work of Kristen Irwin. She is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Loyola...
Diversity and Inclusiveness

MAP Chapter Profile: University of Pennsylvania

Blog Contributor -
by Penn-MAP Penn-MAP got started in Spring 2014 as a collection of grad students who decided to get on board the wider MAP movement. With...
Research

What Are You Reading…On the Concept of Trans

Nathan Eckstrand -
Trans issues have been on the minds of many this summer (the Huffington Post has a whole page of articles that were written on...
Work/Life Balance

APA Member Interview: Jennifer Marusic

Skye Cleary -
Jennifer S. Marušić is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Brandeis University and works on the history of modern philosophy, with a focus on the...
APA

2017 Pacific Division paper submissions reminder

APA Communications -
Paper submissions for the 2017 APA Pacific Division meeting in Seattle, Washington, are currently open. Submissions close at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on September...
Teaching

The Teaching Workshop: August 2016 Roundup

Jeremy Cushing -
As the fall semester approaches, now is a good time to have a look at some of the advice and suggestions that have come out...
Research

Interview with Dale DeBakcsy, Author of The Cartoon History of Humanism

Nathan Eckstrand -
Later this month, The Cartoon History of Humanism, Volume One: Antiquity to Enlightenment will be published by Humanist Press. According to John Loftus, author...
Teaching

Stand Up, Stoicism, and Facing Death

Blog Contributor -
Comedians and philosophers have a lot in common. They both try to come up with theories to explain phenomena they’ve observed, spend long hours...
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