Announcing the Winners of the APA Blog Undergraduate Public Philosophy Award

After reviewing 96 submissions, we are pleased to announce the winners and honorable mentions of the APA Blog’s first Public Philosophy Award for Undergraduates, sponsored by John Kaag (University of Massachusetts-Lowell), Barry Lam of Hi-Phi Nation, and the American Philosophical Association.

The winner of the contest is Kristina Dukoski of the University of Toronto Scarborough for her piece “Why We Ought Not To Fear Regret.” She will receive a prize of $500 and a one-year membership with the American Philosophical Association.

The runner up is Héctor Hernández of Yale University for his piece “Finding the Chicken of the Woods: The World of Fungi.” He will receive a prize of $100.

Both the winner and runner up will have their pieces published this month here on the APA Blog.

The following entrants were named honorable mentions (in alphabetical order):

Jonah Branding of Central Michigan University for “Changing Our Minds on Climate Science”

Rhona Flynn of University College Cork for “Science as Process and Science as Behemoth: Moving on Intractable Disputes”

Jake Gray of Columbia University for “Prison Labor: Modern Day Slavery under the Thirteenth Amendment”

Christopher Gregorio of Marquette University for “The Virtues of Being a Humble Knower”

Zacaria Manning of Nazareth College for “Humanism, Hermeneutics and Instagram”

Eric Rawot of the University of Pennsylvania for “What Cavendish Can Teach Us about Neuroimaging”

Liana Thomason of Haverford College for “Frat Boys with Tiki Torches: Exclusion, Exploitation, and Racialized Myth in Higher Education”

Xuerui (Sherry) Yang of Yale-NUS for “Basic Capabilities: How Universal Are They?”

We congratulate the winners and thank everyone who participated, including the sponsors, judges, and David V. Johnson and Asia Forcucci for managing the process.

The Award Committee included Myisha Cherry, Skye C. Cleary, Lewis Gordon, Sally Haslanger, David V. Johnson, John Kaag, Barry Lam, Nathan Oseroff, Massimo Pigliucci, Jason Stanley, and Adriel Trott.