In Praise of (Auto) Mechanistic Philosophy
What skills do you need to be a philosopher? Common examples might include: strong writing skills, the ability to analyze an argument for background...
Community Service in Graduate School
During my undergraduate years, I was a youth soccer coach. I became involved in coaching, oddly enough, in the same way that a lot...
How Philosophy Departments in the U.S. Can Support Their International Graduate Students
In July 2024, I had the opportunity to attend the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) Teaching and Learning Seminar. The three-day, activities-packed seminar...
Learning about Learning Transformed the Way I Teach
Introduction
Being in academia, we are specially positioned to make a meaningful impact on the lives of our students. How often does anyone get the...
Hyperspecialization and All-You-Can-Eat Philosophy
In our youth, we often find ourselves being asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I think, for those of...
Get Organized
I love doing my PhD in philosophy. I love the autonomy I have over my work. I can write about anything from basically anywhere....
Musings On Service Work, Fit, and Graduate School Education
I transferred between philosophy Ph.D. programs after my first year in graduate school. A few weeks into the transfer, I called my long-distance partner...
A New Journal Survey: the PJIP Operations Survey
One of the most useful resources on philosophy journals is the Blog of the APA’s Journal Surveys Project. It shows the average wait time,...
Should We Continue to Read and Honor Immoral Historical Philosophers?
In 2020, the University of Edinburgh renamed what was then called Hume Tower, removing the name of the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume...
Treading Water, or Self-Care and Success as a Graduate Student
'caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.'
Audre Lorde
As I near the end of...