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Philosophy of Economics, Patricia Marino

Philosophy of economics is a topic I became interested in during the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. A lot of my post-PhD research...
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Reducing Time to Degree in Philosophy Doctoral Programs

Doctoral programs in philosophy, and in the humanities in general, have several structural issues: high attrition rates; inadequate university teaching opportunities relative to the...

Undergraduate Philosophy Club: The University of North Alabama

The Philosophy Club at the University of North Alabama began meeting in Spring 2016. Prior to the pandemic, the club’s regular membership consisted of...
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Problems of Knowledge and Valuation, Daniel Drucker

I’m Daniel Drucker, an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. I’m presenting the second half of a two-semester course...

Letting Go, and Letting the Subject Come to You: Reintroducing the Graduate Student Reflection...

Before my Master’s program, I was a McNair scholar- a program aiding undergraduates in pursuing advanced degrees. I was looking forward to graduate school...
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Reflections on Teaching in the AI Age

I kind of miss plagiarism. Some turn of phrase in a student’s paper would sound a bit off, and some googling would uncover that...
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Syllabus Showcase: The Philosophy of Education, Kristopher G. Phillips

Part of what I love about teaching philosophy is that it affords me the opportunity to take things that students find familiar or banal...
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Syllabus Showcase: Society, Justice and Health Care, Giancarlo Tarantino

SYLLABUS REFLECTION Health Care Ethics and Society is a sophomore-level course at the Arrupe College of Loyola University Chicago. Arrupe is a small associate degree-granting,...

Syllabus Showcase: Education and Justice, Brynn F. Welch

“In the treatment of the child the world foreshadows its own future and faith.” ~W.E.B. DuBois “The classroom remains the most radical space of possibility...
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Why Am I So Tired?: How Work Email Makes Us Feel Overworked

Like most of us, I have been exhausted for the past few years. My workload went back to normal after the first crazy years...