Check out Professor Tracy Llanera’s recent article in Philosophy and Global Affairs, “Pragmatism, Language Games, and the Philippine Drug War.”
Faculty
Mitch Green: Editor-in-Chief of “Philosophia”
We are pleased to announce that Professor Mitch Green will be the new Editor-in-Chief of Philosophia, a general philosophy journal that welcomes broadly accessible submissions on all topics of current philosophical interest.
Julian Schlöder: Editorial Board for Logique et Analyse
Please join us in congratulating Julian Schlöder, who has joined the editorial board of Logique et Analyse.
Logique et Analyse is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes research in logic, philosophy of logic and/or mathematics, argumentation-theory, and analytical philosophy, broadly conceived.
Lewis Gordon: The Chronical of Higher Education
Check out Professor and Department Head Lewis Gordon in a recent article published on The Chronicle of Higher Education titled “A Philosopher Laughs at Death — and the Public Listens.” Gordon discusses the German philosopher Martin Heidegger and his impact on society today.
Ayanna De’Vante Spencer: Believing Black Girl Survivors?
Check out Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Ayanna De’Vante Spencer, in The Review’s recent articled titled “Believing Black Girl Survivors?” Spencer addresses unjust treatment of Black female survivors, incorporating the justice system and criminalizing survivors over supporting them.
Tracy Llanera: “Yes, You Do Deserve a Little Treat”
Check out Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera’s recent article in The New York Times, “Yes, You Do Deserve a Little Treat” *Excerpt* Tracy Llanera, 35, a philosophy professor at the University of Connecticut who studies nihilism, said that this treat-forward approach is one way people are reclaiming some of the freedom and stability that has been lost […]
Tracy Llanera: “I Am An American Philosopher”
Check out Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera’s recent interview with the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (SAAP), “I Am An American Philosopher.” *Excerpt* The pragmatist tradition has no problem about being level-headed and getting muddy. There’s no bizarre or elitist hang-up in using (and re-forging) concepts from philosophy or other disciplines to make sense […]
Ayanna De’Vante Spencer: Inclusive Knowledge Theory & Activism
Check out UVU Philosophy Department’s new series, Inclusive Knowledge: Theory & Activism, where Assistant Professor Ayanna De’Vante Spencer will be giving a keynote lecture titled “Beyond Believing Survivors: Epistemic Oppression and the Criminalization of Black Girl Survivors in the US” on Tuesday, March 29th at 2:30 PM.
Ayanna De’Vante Spencer: me too. International Annual Report
Check out me too. International’s Annual Report 2021-2022, featuring key programmatic updates and the team behind the organization, including Assistant Professor Ayanna De’Vante Spencer, who serves as their Framework Consultant.
Lewis Gordon: LARB Radio Hour
Check out Professor and Department Head Lewis Gordon on The Los Angeles Review of Books Radio Hour with Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher. In this episode Professor Gordon discusses his new book, Fear of Black Consciousness, and the historical development of racialized Blackness and the larger issues this type of consciousness leads too. Gordon also discusses the responses Black and non-Black […]