Professor Hady Ba, Associate Research Scholar of UConn Philosophy, has won the prestigious Frantz Fanon Outstanding Achievement Award. The Philosophy Department wishes to extend our congratulations!
Awards
Ananda Griffin: Selected as Richard Brown Dissertation Fellow by UCHI
Philosophy graduate student Ananda Griffin has been selected as the Richard Brown Dissertation Fellow by UConn’s Humanities Institute (UCHI) for her project titled “What We Learn from Tears and Laughter: Emotions as an Epistemic Resource”. The Philosophy department wishes to extend our congratulations!
Mark Dickson: Finalist for the 3MT and Graduate Student Showcase Competition
Philosophy PhD student, Mark Dickson, has been selected as a finalist for the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) and Graduate Student Showcase Competition! The event will take place on Wednesday, April 8th 2026 from 8:00 AM until 1:00 PM in the Konover Auditorium of the Dodd Center for Human Rights. Mark will present his 3-minute talk, “Truth […]
Ting-An Lin : “AI, Normality, and Oppressive Things” Wins Best Paper Award at AIES
Please join us in congratulating Assistant Professor Ting-An Lin, who’s co-authored paper (with Linus Ta-Lun Huang), “AI, Normality, and Oppressive Things” has just won a Best Paper Award at AIES (the AAAI/ACM conference on AI, Ethics, and Society), a top interdisciplinary conference on AI ethics. The extended abstract can be read here.
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.
Katie Peters: Awarded 2024 Wood/Raith Gender Identity Fellowship
Congratulations to student Katie Peters for being awarded the 2024 Wood/Raith Gender Identity Living Trust Summer Fellowship!
Lewis Gordon: UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
Congratulations to Professor and Department Head, Lewis Gordon, for receiving the honor of being named one UConn’s Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors!
Alexandra Stamson: Winner of the 2023 Wood/Raith Gender Identity Living Trust Fellowship
Congratulations to Alexandra Stamson for winning the 2023 Wood/Raith Gender Identity Living Trust Summer Fellowship!
Tracy Llanera: Awarded Humanities Institute Faculty Fellowship
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera for being awarded a Humanities Institute Faculty Fellowship! Professor Llanera will write a new book titled The Misfits of Extremism. Her book aims to place non-traditional extremist agents of Islamic fundamentalism and white supremacy at the front and center of philosophical and political debates. The work will offer a […]
Heather Muraviov: Awarded Residential Fellowship from the University of Notre Dame
Congratulations to Heather Muraviov for being awarded a residential fellowship at The Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame to study the nature and value of intellectual humility in contexts of oppression. Check out more information on the award here.