Congratulations to Associate Professor Tracy Llanera for being named a 2024 Philosophy in Media Fellow!
Check out the announcement here!
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Promotion of Tracy Llanera and Marcus Rossberg
Congratulations to Professors of Philosophy Tracy Llanera and Marcus Rossberg for their recent promotions! Tracy Llanera has been promoted to Associate Professor and Marcus Rossberg has been promoted to Professor.
Congrats, Tracy and Marcus!
Check out the announcement in UConn Today here!
Lewis Gordon: Fordham University’s 2024 Philosophy Suarez Lecturer
Congratulations to Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Dr. Lewis Gordon, for being chosen as Fordham University’s 2024 Philosophy Suarez Lecturer! Dr. Gordon’s lecture is titled “What Can We Learn from Black Existentialism?”
Dr. Gordon joins a renowned list of philosophers — check them out here!
Tracy Llanera: Featured in The Daily Campus
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera on being featured in The Daily Campus! The article features Dr. Llanera’s presentation, “The Misfits of Extremism: Brides, Moms, and Daughters,” and discusses the premise of her upcoming book that is currently in progress.
“This book interrogates the role, value, and agency of marginal actors in white supremacist and Islamic terror movements,” Llanera stated. “While becoming extremists may temporarily enhance their agency and feelings of importance and belonging, I argue that the empowerment of marginal actors is conditional, pernicious and often lethal.”
You can read the rest of the article here.
Tracy Llanera: Marginal Actors in Extremist Movements
Paul Bloomfield: “The Best Revenge” on 3 Quarks Daily
Congratulations to Professor Paul Bloomfield on his newest piece, “The Best Revenge,” which is now accessible through 3 Quarks Daily.
You can read an excerpt from the article below:
If we defeat our enemy by acting like them, if they succeed in bringing us down to their level, then we have lost regardless of the outcome. Maybe we survive, but we survive through degradation: we become as bad as those we revile. We cut off our nose to spite our face.
You can read the remainder of the article here, or by going to the 3 Quarks Daily website.
Lewis Gordon: New Interview with Tavis Smiley and the Boston Review
Congratulations to Professor Lewis Gordon for his latest appearances on The Tavis Smiley Podcast and the Boston Review!
On Dr. Lewis Gordon’s latest interview with Tavis Smiley, they discuss how to live more ethically and courageously. Listen to the episode here: The Tavis Smiley Podcast with Dr. Lewis Gordon
Dr. Lewis Gordon also appears on the Boston Review, with Nathalie Etoke, to discuss the space for freedom opened up by Black existentialist thought. Read the article here: What Does It Mean to be Free?
Lewis Gordon: Interview on the Stance Podcast
Congratulations to Professor Lewis Gordon for his most recent interview on the Stance Podcast where he provides a philosophical view on how people can tap into sources of hope, compassion, and humanity during turbulent times.
Check out the interview here!
On Humanity w/ Philosopher & Historian Professor Lewis R. Gordon
Professor Emerita Margaret Gilbert: New Book, Podcast Interview and APA Pacific Division President
Congratulations to Professor Emerita Margaret Gilbert for her accomplishments as the 2023 – 2024 President of the APA Pacific Division, publishing her new book this year, and being interviewed on The Phi Beta Kappa Society podcast!
Check out Dr. Gilbert’s new book, Life in Groups: How We Think, Feel, and Act Together here!
How We Think, Feel, and Act Together
Listen to The Phi Beta Kappa Society’s podcast where Dr. Gilbert is featured with Michael Bratman as winners of the APA Lebowitz Prize in 2019.
Michael P. Lynch: Collaborative Research and Intellectual Humility
Congratulations to Professor Michael P. Lynch for his work on intellectual humility and academic arrogance featured in Nature!
Check our Dr. Lynch’s featured story here!
Engaged in collaborative research? Try a touch of intellectual humility