Graduate Student Reflection Series: Deliberation in the Classroom
During the fall of 2021, I was fortunate enough to teach three courses at Rosemont College in Montréal. Rosemont College is part of the...
Syllabus Showcase: Proseminar, Daniel Wodak
In many respects, the way I taught Proseminar – the first-year graduate seminar – in Fall 2020 was very down the line. We read...
Why Philosophers Should Become Academic Leaders
The department chair is one of the most maligned and misunderstood positions in academia. Department chairs are university leaders but they can also experience...
Professors as Teachers
When elementary and secondary school teachers are asked what they do for a living, they typically reply, “I’m a teacher.” The usual follow-up, “What...
Is it Better to Be Socrates Dissatisfied or Homer Simpson Satisfied? Higher and Lower...
A clip from The Simpsons Emmy-award winning episode HOMR (Season 12, Episode 9) provides a vivid illustration—and critique of—the contrast between higher and lower...
Syllabus Showcase, Philosophy of Women, Soon-Ah K. Fadness
One of the joys of teaching at San Diego City College, the oldest community college in San Diego, is the lived experience the students...
A College Teacher’s Mission
A few decades ago I served on the jury in a highly publicized, double-murder case. The woman who was charged admitted the crimes but...
Syllabus Showcase: Philosophy of Person, Amber George
When tasked with creating the course “Philosophy of Person,” I wished to focus on the great existential thinkers. I teach this course at an...
Graduate Student Reflection Series: On How to Understand Texts
The Graduate Student Reflection Series invites current students to share reflections on their experience in a philosophy graduate program. Reflections should focus on a...
Ethical Dilemmas in the Pharmacy (Teaching on TikTok)
This video is of an ethical dilemma posed by a Pharmacy student and illustrates the conflicts between respecting autonomy (by keeping medical information confidential)...