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Make a Welcome Vid for Your Online Philosophy Class

In the 2020s, text-based online classes simply won’t do. Students expect to see and hear their professors. You can find tips on how to...

Rallying Support for the Humanities Sector during the COVID-19 Crisis

As museums, libraries, scholarly societies, colleges, universities, and other humanities organizations shut down in mid-March due to COVID-19, we, at the National Humanities Alliance,...

Even More Burdens for Graduate Teaching Assistants?

This fall, I’ll be instructing a graduate level course on teaching for first-time TAs in the Philosophy Department of the University of Illinois at...
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Syllabus Showcase: American Philosophy, Katheryn Doran

In 2016 Hamilton College, a small liberal arts college in central NYS where I work passed an unusual (and possibly even unique) requirement: students...
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An Asynchronous Student Philosophy Conference

In the fall of 2019, before the global pandemic took hold, we, Greg Stoutenburg (York College Pennsylvania - YCP) Kristopher Phillips (Southern Utah University...
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Syllabus Showcase: Critical Thinking, Nathan Eric Dickman

I am now at the University of the Ozarks (AR) as an Assistant Professor of philosophy, transitioning from Young Harris College (GA) as an...

The Divine Mechanism: A Thought Experiment on Faith and Obedience

This video asks students consider the philosophical relationship between justified belief, faith, and obedience.
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Three Ways of Diversifying a Philosophy Syllabus

The current climate of soul-searching about race and racism has led to a wave of reactions among faculty at many universities.  Numerous departments of...

Hearing Loss and Face Coverings

This post is a part of The COVID Chronicles series. This series is dedicated to giving voice to graduate student experiences and needs during...

Syllabus Showcase: Philosophy and Film, Katheryn Doran

In 2016 Hamilton College, a small liberal arts college in central NYS where I work passed an unusual (and possibly even unique) requirement: students...