Graduate Student Reflection Series: Cultivating Teaching Relations through Public Philosophy
During my studies, pursuing education beyond the classroom has been invaluable to experiencing and cultivating teaching relations in philosophy, opening me to the world...
A Boring Class and Philosophy of Education
A Boring Class is a short animated film about the monotony of traditional education, viewed in a comic and relatable way. The video raises...
Syllabus Showcase: Ethics Bowl and Democratic Deliberation, Michael Vazquez
This post is about an experiential education course I redesigned and have taught two times at UNC-Chapel Hill (Fall ‘20 and ‘21). As an...
Learning to Teach
Just as graduate faculty aid doctoral students in strengthening their research efforts, so the faculty should provide students with assistance in enhancing their teaching skills.
For...
Syllabus Showcase: Philosophical English, Peter Finocchiaro
For some students, the first day of my course might be the first time they see a numbered-premise argument. It might also be the...
Undergraduate Philosophy Club: Cornell University
We were founded in 2004, and have been publishing a journal annually since!
All officers are voted for by the general body. During the first...
Graduate Student Reflection Series: Ode to Chalk
Nothing sounds more like a classroom to me than the rhythm of chalk on a chalkboard.
Really, I associate very few sounds with education at...
Should Robots Have Rights? Lt. Commander Data v. The United Federation of Planets
In the following clip from “The Measure of a Man,” episode nine of the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989), we...
Syllabus Showcase: Rethinking Introduction to Philosophy, Brynn Welch
As I suspect is often the case, most of my students in Introduction to Philosophy are there to fulfill a general education requirement rather...
Reading the Room
In the world of business, those who understand the opinions and attitudes of others are said to know how to “read the room.” Every...