Graduate Student Reflection

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Graduate Student Reflection Series: Ode to Chalk

Nothing sounds more like a classroom to me than the rhythm of chalk on a chalkboard. Really, I associate very few sounds with education at...
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Graduate Student Reflection Series: Deliberation in the Classroom

During the fall of 2021, I was fortunate enough to teach three courses at Rosemont College in Montréal. Rosemont College is part of the...

Graduate Student Reflection Series: On How to Understand Texts

The Graduate Student Reflection Series invites current students to share reflections on their experience in a philosophy graduate program. Reflections should focus on a...

Zooming Across Boundaries: Organizing a Reading Group during a Pandemic

A Philosophy PhD program is a long and difficult experience under normal conditions. If you add a pandemic on top of that, you have...
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Graduate Student Reflection Series: On the Upside of Zoom Courses

The woes of zoom fatigue have become a popular chorus oft heard ringing ‘round the halls of academia. The term refers to the cognitive...
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The Circle: How to Foster Community in the Classroom

In 2019 the University of Toronto offered a graduate course on German Idealism, taught by Owen Ware. I had no background nor prior interest...
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Graduate Student Reflection Series: The Value of Group Work

The Graduate Student Reflection Series invites current students to share reflections on their experience in a philosophy graduate program. Reflections should focus on a...
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Graduate Student Reflection Series: A Call for Feedback on Rejected Grad School Applications

The Graduate Student Reflection Series invites current students to share reflections on their experience in a philosophy graduate program. Reflections should focus on a...