Syllabus Showcase: Foundations of Educational Research, Michael Skyer
A graduate student approaches me, signing in ASL, “Dr. Skyer… can we have a meeting? I have something to ask you.” This question used...
The Trolley Problem Without a Trolley
When you present students with the trolley problem, they may respond that the various scenarios are implausible. After all, who has ever been in...
Syllabus Showcase: Death and Immortality, Heinrik Hellwig
In the Spring of 2022, I had the honor of teaching a capstone course for senior philosophy majors at the University of Alabama at...
My First Semester: Refining Argumentation Through Philosophy of Mind
In the first year of my program, I enrolled in a class titled Philosophy of Mind. By this time in my studies I had...
Syllabus Showcase: First Contact, Adam Etinson
In theory, philosophy can be about anything. In practice, this is mostly fantasy. Philosophy is today as specialized a discipline as any other, which...
The Pre-Doc Publications Arms Race
A recent tweet marveling at the accomplishments of new Philosophy Ph.D. students currently on the market has provoked some strong feelings. The tweet makes...
Undergraduate Philosophy Club: California State University, Fresno
Though we don’t know the exact year it was founded, Fresno State Philosophy Club has operated for over thirty years. Back in the 1990s,...
A Graduate Seminar With a Unique Topic: Teacher Training
It is not uncommon for graduate students in philosophy to be thrown into teaching without any formal training or preparation. This practice seems to...
Planning a Successful Academic Conference
One of the very first conferences that I presented for when I was a graduate student at Montclair State University was the Mid-Atlantic Region...
Positive Propaganda: Dave Chappelle and his White Buddy “Chip”
This video highlights, via humorous understatement in a brief narrative, the very different experiences white and black people often have with the police. An...