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The Transformative Power of Philosophy

Democrat or Republican? Pro-life or pro-choice? Back the blue or defund the police? Support drag shows or homophobic ideas? News, social media, and laypeople sound as if we have to...

Sahar Joakim

Sahar Joakim is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at St. Louis Community College. Prior, Professor Joakim taught at St. Louis University, Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville), and Jefferson College. Beyond teaching, she...

Putting the Community back into Philosophy

...discourse is all too rare during this age of extreme political and social divisiveness, and its presence at our conference was due in no small part to Dr. Joakim’s thoughtful...

APA Announces New Committee Appointments

...Careers Carlin Romano (University of Pennsylvania) William Smith (University of Pennsylvania) Philosophy in Two-Year Colleges Timothy Davis (Community College of Baltimore County) Sahar Joakim (St. Louis Community College, Meramec) Kristen...

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To view a contributors bio, click Hsiang-Yun Chen Hsiang-Yun Chen is an assistant research fellow at The Institute of European and American Studies (IEAS) at Academia Sinica and works primarily...

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Defending a Dissertation During COVID-19

This post is a part of The COVID-Chronicles series. This series is dedicated to giving voice to graduate student experiences and needs during the course of the pandemic. It is...

Sahar Joakim

Sahar Joakim received her B.A. in Philosophy from UCLA in 2014 and her Ph.D. in Philosophy from St. Louis University in 2020. Dr. Joakim has been a philosophy professor at...

Mentoring the Mentors

...is incredibly important for them to have a well-trained support system. An attendee of the 2019 workshop, Sahar Joakim, explains, “In part because generic universal advice does not exist, the...

The Value of Variety in Planning an Introductory Course

The following argument appeared in a thoughtful post last May by Sahar Joakim on the Blog of the APA: To me, Socrates and Plato are the greatest philosophers in the...