Please join us in congratulating Keya Maitra (Ph.D. 2000), who has accepted an offer from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as a Professor in Classical Indian Philosophy and the Lenney Distinguished Chair.
Alumni
Kristin Waters (Ph.D. ’81): Frantz Fanon Award
Please join us in congratulating alumna Kristin Waters (Ph.D. ’81), who is one of the recipients of the 2025 Frantz Fanon Award for her book Maria W. Stewart and the Roots of Black Political Thought. The Frantz Fanon Prize is awarded annually in recognition of up to three works in or of special interest to Caribbean thought.
Mary Gregg (Ph.D. 2022): Outstanding Instructor Award
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Mary Gregg (Ph.D. 2022), winner of the Outstanding Instructor Award at Yonsei University’s Underwood International College in Songdo, Republic of Korea!
Thomas Meagher: Remembering Robert L. Allen
Congratulations to philosophy alumni Thomas Meagher on publishing a new article on the APA blog’s Black Issues in Philosophy.
Thomas Meagher: On the Notion of Philosophy
UConn Philosophy Alum Tom Meagher’s (’18) new article, “On the Notion of Black Issues in Philosophy,” was published on the APA blog Black Issues in Philosophy last Friday.
Benjamin Nelson: Published in Journal of Modern Philosophy
Congratulations to Alumnus, Benjamin Nelson, for his recent publication in Journal of Modern Philosophy! Check out their article titled, “Hume’s “Of scepticism with regard to reason” and the Degeneration of Knowledge in Practice.”
Mary Gregg: Accepted for Publication in the Canadian Journal of Philosophy
Congratulations to Alumna, Mary Gregg, whose “Depictive Harm in Little Black Sambo? The Communicative Role of Comic Caricature,” has been accepted for publication in the Canadian Journal of Philosophy!
Thomas Meagher: Myisha Cherry’s Failures of Forgiveness Review
Please take a look at Thomas Meagher’s (UConn Philosophy PhD Alum; 2018) newest review essay: “Forgiveness, Obligation, and Cultures of Domination: A Review of Myisha Cherry’s Failures of Forgiveness”.
Alumna Mary Gregg: New Book “The Untold Help of Harmful Visual Jokes: No Funny Business”
Congratulations to fellow alumna, Dr. Mary Gregg, for her new published book, The Untold Help of Harmful Visual Jokes: No Funny Business, now available for purchase on Amazon!
Paul Bloomfield and Alumna Alycia LaGuardia-LoBianco featured in New Work in Philosophy
Professor Paul Bloomfield and Alumna Alycia LaGuardia-LoBianco’s article, “The Axiology of Pain and Pleasure,” has been featured in New Work in Philosophy!