Grad Student Federica Bocchi Selected for 2022 Abner Shimony Prize
The Department is thrilled to congratulate graduate student Federica Bocchi for winning the Abner Shimony Prize this year. The Abner Shimony Prize is a permanently endowed fund named for Professor Emeritus Abner Shimony that provides annual awards to one or more undergraduate or graduate students of the College of Arts & Sciences. The student is […]
Grads Jordan Kokot and Rebeccah Leiby to Lead Teaching Hub Session at 2023 Eastern APA
The Department is pleased to share that two of our graduate students, Jordan Kokot and Rebeccah Leiby, have been selected to organize a Teaching Hub Session at the 2023 Eastern American Philosophical Association conference. Jordan and Rebeccah will lead “Teaching Narratives and Narrative Teaching” at the January meeting, and write this about their session: “The […]
Graduate Student Cansu Hepcaglayan Selected as Outstanding Teaching Fellow of the Year
The Department is pleased to announce that graduate student Cansu Hepcaglayan has been chosen for the award of Outstanding Teaching Fellow for the 2021-2022 Academic Year! Cansu was selected for this distinction for her extraordinary work in upholding the high standards of education in philosophy the Department offers and consistently contributing to our teaching mission. […]
Graduate Student Casey Grippo to Present at 2023 Eastern APA
The Department wishes congratulations to graduate student Casey Grippo on their paper’s acceptance into the 2023 American Philosophical Association’s Eastern Division Meeting. Casey will present a paper titled, “The Relationship Between Disease and Symptoms” at the meeting held next January in Montreal. Congratulations, Casey!
Graduate Student Joel Van Fossen Presents Paper at North American Nietzsche Society Conference, Receives NANS Graduate Student Prize
The Department would like to congratulate graduate student Joel Van Fossen on his recent achievements: Joel presented his paper, “Love in the Deepest Sense,” at the 2022 North American Nietzsche Society Conference, and was selected for the 2022 Graduate Student Prize at the conference for his paper. The North American Nietzsche Society is a philosophical […]
Graduate Student Joel Van Fossen to Present at 2023 Eastern APA
The Department wants to wish graduate student Joel Van Fossen a warm congratulations on his acceptance into the 2023 American Philosophical Association’s Eastern Division Meeting. Joel will present his paper, “Satisficing Love,” at the Eastern Division Meeting next January in Montreal. Joel is currently work on his dissertation and his areas of interests include normative […]
Graduate Student Andrew Butler to Present at 2023 Eastern APA
The Department wants to wish the newly graduated Andrew Butler a warm congratulations on his acceptance into the 2023 American Philosophical Association’s Eastern Division Meeting. Andrew will present his paper, “Essence and Hyperintensional Knowledge in Husserl’s Method of Free Variation,” at the meeting to be held next January in Montreal. Congratulations, Andrew!
Grad Student Marie Le Blevennec has Article Published in European Journal of Philosophy
The Department wants to wish a big congratulations to Marie Kerguelen Le Blevennec on her recent achievement: an article she wrote was published in the European Journal of Philosophy! Marie’s article, “The Genealogy as a Contribution to a Natural History of Morals”, was published digitally on May 19th. Her abstract states: “Nietzsche’s readers are often […]
Graduate Student Jordan Kokot Selected for BUCH Ph.D. Internship in the Humanities
The Department is excited to share that grad student Jordan Kokot has been selected for a BUCH Ph.D. Internship in the Humanities for Summer 2022. The Internships program, now in its fifth year, aims “at introducing PhD students in humanities fields to career opportunities at institutions beyond academia” by providing stipend-support internship positions at incredible […]
Graduate Students Micah Trautmann and Lewis Wang Selected for Awards, Give Papers at APA Pacific 2022
The Department is proud to share that two of its graduate students, Lewis Wang and Micah Trautmann, were selected for awards and to present papers at the 2022 Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association. The APA conference took place in Vancouver, BC, Canada two weeks ago and awarded Micah and Lewis each an […]