Professor Reflection Series

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Starting Where They Are at: Teaching Intro to Philosophy to Today’s Students

I was going to spend my career teaching the history of philosophy. I was off to a good start when I landed a tenure...
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First Steps on the Rocky Path to Diversity and Inclusion in Cognitive Science

I was initially asked to develop an Intro to Cognitive Science course as an upper-level Liberal Studies Option for Degree students (majors) in a...
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Professor Reflection Series: Environmental Ethics in Precarious Times

In my experience teaching philosophy, applied ethics courses always pose unique challenges. Because applied ethics goes beyond canonical texts and involves developments in current...
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Professor Reflections Series: Feminism for Philosophers, Philosophy for Feminists

Several weeks ago, I finished teaching the course Philosophical Foundations of Feminism for the second time. I teach at the University of Rochester, a...
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Introducing the Professor Reflection Series

I am excited to be editing the “Professor Reflection Series,” a new teaching-focused offering of The Blog of the APA. The series is based...