Pandemic Ph.D. Preparedness or, I Don’t Know Things
The first year of my Ph.D. was conducted entirely online and was something of a blur. This was punctuated by my first experience with...
A (Re)Discovery and Validation of the Importance of Female Philosophers
One of the most formative courses of my graduate career has been taking a graduate seminar on moral psychology and philosophy, taught by Mike...
The Free Syllabus System: A New Course Paradigm for Theory-Based Philosophy Classes
Since the dawn of time undergraduates have used "fluff" to addend their work in the classroom. Students bemoan the busy work that comes with...
Expanding the Canon Through Storytelling: A Pedagogically Queer Approach
For much of philosophy’s past, the canon has been exclusively favorable to those whom society privileged. Think of any philosopher whose name you may...
The Importance of Meaningful Student Engagement in the Classroom: The See-Do-Teach Approach
“What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember. What I do, I understand.”
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember,...
Graduate Student Reflection Series: Self-Incrimination as Feminist Pedagogy
I’m all too familiar with the widespread (mistaken) belief that feminist philosophy is less philosophical or should be treated as such. I have encountered...
Graduate Student Reflection Series: Teaching Oppression During a Graduate Students’ Strike
During the spring of 2022, I taught the in-person P103 level class “Gender, Sexuality and Race in Philosophical Perspective” at Indiana University Bloomington. The...
Graduate Student Reflection Series: On Being A Luddite
I was born into a world of burgeoning technology, but I don’t particularly enjoy using it. So when I began teaching, it felt natural...
Graduate Student Reflection: Student Interaction for Asynchronous Learning
Though I had taught online philosophy courses before, it was still concerning when the COVID-19 pandemic moved everything online. It is simply not ideal...
Graduate Student Reflection Series: Cultivating Teaching Relations through Public Philosophy
During my studies, pursuing education beyond the classroom has been invaluable to experiencing and cultivating teaching relations in philosophy, opening me to the world...