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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
Undergraduate Philosophy Club: Centenary College of Louisiana
I started teaching at Centenary College of Louisiana in August 2001. It was oppressively hot in Shreveport. I was just getting to know my...