Dissertating Like a Distance Runner: Ten Tips for Finishing Your PhD
The above photo is of Sir Mo Farah running past Buckingham Palace into the home stretch of the London Marathon. I took the photo...
Syllabus Showcase: Ignorance, Distraction, and Confusion, Georgi Gardiner
We started the semester in ignorance, we ended with confusion, and there was lots of distraction along the way. That was the overarching structure...
Undergraduate Philosophy Club: College of Southern Nevada
The College of Southern Nevada’s philosophy club has been active since 2016. Professor John Min served as the faculty advisor during the first year,...
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...
The Free Syllabus System: A New Course Paradigm for Theory-Based Philosophy Classes
Since the dawn of time undergraduates have used "fluff" to addend their work in the classroom. Students bemoan the busy work that comes with...
Syllabus Showcase: Thrills, Chills, and Some Spills: The Philosophy of Horror, Kenneth Brewer
About ten years ago, I started idly musing about how horror movies are able to frighten and disgust viewers when they know that what...
Special Pleading in Fox and Friends’ Lingerie Football Romp: A Critical Thinking Lesson.
I employ a segment from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart titled “Fox & Friends’ Lingerie Football Romp” (2009 season) in my critical thinking...
Neutrality and the Politicized Classroom
In his book Varieties of Academic Freedom, Stanley Fish argues that academic work should be free of politics. Capturing well the impatience of critics...
Syllabus Showcase: Perspectives on Work and Leisure, Mark Coppenger
Back around 1980, when I was a philosophy professor at Wheaton College in Illinois, I introduced a course on work and leisure, and, in...
Teaching an Accelerated Online Course
The Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies program at Montclair State University provides full-time students with the option to complete their degree in an...