Syllabus Showcase: Medieval Philosophy, Michael Wiitala
Below is my syllabus for Medieval Philosophy at Cleveland State University. At Cleveland State, Medieval is a 200-level general education course that philosophy majors...
My Experience With Heidegger
One of the most conceptually challenging courses I took before starting graduate studies was a course I took at the University of Iowa, taught...
APA Member Interview: Matthew Jones
Matthew Jones grew up in a rural area with an active curiosity that left him interested in the wider world. This eventually led him...
Merging Plato’s Education as Midwifery and Pop Culture Philosophy
Ever since I was offered a teaching position as an adjunct junior faculty of Philosophy a couple of months after graduation, I have always...
The Transformative Power of Philosophy
Democrat or Republican? Pro-life or pro-choice? Back the blue or defund the police? Support drag shows or homophobic ideas? News, social media, and laypeople...
Undergraduate Philosophy Club: University of Alabama at Birmingham
The Student Fellowship of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, colloquially known as Philosophy Club, was revived in 2022 after a brief...
Syllabus Showcase: Ethical Issues in Health Care, Megan Dean
This is the most recent version of a healthcare ethics undergraduate course that I’ve been teaching since 2016. I first developed it as a...
Syllabus Showcase: Introduction to Philosophy, Samuel A. Taylor
I’ve been teaching Introduction to Philosophy at Tuskegee University for approximately five years. The course helps fulfill a general education requirement and, while we...
Effective Online Teaching
The underpinning of education is that teachers help students. Whether we are called teachers, instructors, faculty, professors, or facilitators, this is the essence of...
Undergraduate Philosophy Club: The University of North Carolina
UNC’s Philosophy Club emerged a few years ago in conjunction with the dissolution of our Phi Sigma Tau honors society chapter. It was founded...