Professor Ting-An Lin’s paper, “AI, Normality, and Oppressive Things” (co-authored with Linus Ta-Lun Huang), has been published in Minds and Machines. The Philosophy Department wishes to extend our congratulations!
Publications
Michael Lynch: Quoted in TNR Cover Story
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Michael Lynch is quoted in the The New Republic June cover story, “Donald Trump Is Finally Cracking Up for Real,” discussing Trump’s brand of arrogance. The Philosophy Department wishes to extend our congratulations!
Keith Simmons’ Former Students Contracted for a Book with Routledge
Two of Professor Kieth Simmons’ former students, Jamin Asay and Susanna Melkonian-Altshuler, have secured a contract with Routledge for a book titled “Truth, Logic, and Paradox: Festschrift for Keith Simmons”. Among the contributors are esteemed Philosophy faculty: Dorit Bar-On, Michael Lynch, Lionel Shapiro, and Julian Schloeder, and two UConn PhDs, Susanna Melkonian-Altshuler and Rashed Ahmad. […]
Heather Battaly, “The Puzzle of Humility and Disparity” (2021) Referenced by U.S. Senator (D) Cory Booker
Professor Heather Battaly’s 2021 paper “The Puzzle of Humility and Disparity,” co-authored with Dennis Whitcomb, Jason Baehr, and Dan Howard-Snyder, is referenced and discussed in U.S. Senator (D) Cory Booker’s new book Stand. The paper itself can be found in The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Humility edited by M. Lynch, A.Tanesini, and M. Alfano. […]
Joel Lorenzatti: Published in Neuropsychologia
Joel Lorenzatti, one of last years winners of the Millikan Fellowship, has had his paper titled “What is aphantasia? A conceptual articulation and empirical evaluation,” published in Neuropsychologia. The Philosophy Department wishes to extend our congratulations!
Lewis Gordon: Featured on Tavis Smiley Podcast
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Global Affairs Lewis Gordon is featured in a recent episode of the Tavis Smiley podcast. The podcast can be found on Speaker by IHeart Radio. The Philosophy Department wishes to extend our congratulations to Professor Gordon!
“Jean-Luc Godard: Philosopher/Insurgent”, Jonathan Scott Lee
Jonathan Scott Lee, UConn Philosophy PhD, 1978, current Professor of Philosophy at Colorado College, had just published a new book titled Jean-Luc Godard: Philosopher/Insurgent (New York: Bloomsbury, 2026). Find more details about this book on the publisher’s, Bloomsbury, website. The Philosophy Department wishes to extend our congratulations to Professor Scott Lee!
Elena Comay del Junco: Published in Belladonna* Collaborative and Parapraxis
Professor Elena Comay del Junco has two new publications! The first, an essay on the novelist Pierre Guyotat titled “Morality, Obscene: Pierre Guyotat’s Empire of Filth” for Parapraxis and the second, a translation of an 18th century French comic opera with an accompanying essay titled “The Philosopher, Harnessed” for Belladonna* Collaborative. The Philosophy Department wishes to […]
Lynne Tirrell: Featured in El Confidential
Professor Lynne Tirrell has been interviewed by El Confidential, an online Spanish newspaper, about the rhetoric of the current US regime. The article is titled “Miedo y sangre en Mineápolis: “ICE va a por ciudadanos americanos”. The Philosophy Department wishes to extend our congratulations to Professor Tirrell!
Lewis Gordon: 30th Anniversary Edition of ” Bad Faith and Antiblack Racism” Published
The 30th Anniversary Edition of Professor Lewis Gordon’s Bad Faith and Antiblack Racism, with a Foreword by the eminent South African philosopher Mabogo P. More and Afterwords by Jacqueline M. Martinez (President of the Caribbean Philosophical Association) and the eminent Antiguan philosopher and sociologist Paget Henry, was published on December 11, 2025. The Philosophy Department […]