Please join us in giving our hearty congratulations to Associate Research Scholar Hady Ba, who has just been appointed Director of Cultural and Scientific Activities at the Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar in Senegal.
Keya Maitra (Ph.D. 2000): University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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.
Samuel Wheeler: Nonsite & American Philosophical Quarterly
Please check out Professor Emeritus Samuel C. Wheeler III’s two recent publications!
John Carney: Philosophy in Review
Please check out Professor John Carney’s most recent book review published in Philosophy in Review (Vol. 45 No. 1).
Ting-an Lin: Human-Centered AI Seed Grant
In a collaborative effort with Communication and Women’s, gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGGS) Professor Jiyoun Suk, the UConn Humanities Institute (UCHI) has awarded a “Human-Centered AI Seed Grant” to Assistant Professor Ting-an Lin!
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.
Tracy Llanera: Beyond the Ghetto
Congratulations to Associate Professor Tracy Llanera, who has a new public piece published in Beyond the Ghetto: “Well-Played: A Commentary on Professional Philosophy.”
Philosophy and Global Affairs Vol. 4, no. 2
Please check out the newest issue of Volume 4 of the Philosophy and Global Affairs journal edited by Professors Jane Gordon and Lewis Gordon.
Tracy Llanera: Institute of Art and Ideas – London
Check out Associate Professor Tracy Llanera’s newest piece, “Everything doesn’t happen for a reason: The myth of modern stoicism.”
Michael Lynch: Psychology Today
In preparation for the launch of his new book On Truth in Politics: Why Democracy Demands It, Professor Michael Patrick Lynch has written two articles on Psychology Today addressing the state of political truth in modern democracy.