My graduate teaching and supervision focuses on philosophical practice. Philosophical practice comprises much more than learning the literature and developing philosophical analyses and positions. It includes developing a philosophical voice. It also includes learning how to structure compelling communication for publication in philosophical journals, delivery at academic conferences, and engaging other academic disciplines, industry leaders, policymakers, and a wide range of publics. Developing trustworthy intellectual communities and taking social and ethical responsibility for our work is also a fundamental component of philosophical practice. A person is not born, but rather becomes, a philosopher. Just like anything else, it takes practice. Also, it is fun.
Recent Graduate Courses
- Resisting Incredulity and Silencing
- Epistemology of Ignorance
- Feminism and the Biological Sciences
- Feminism, Bodies, and Biology
- Objectivity
- Oppression and Human Nature
- The Social Epistemology of Science
Research Areas (intensive independent studies)
- Epistemology of Ignorance and Fat Studies, Pamela Dedman, in progress
- Epistemology of Ignorance and Disability, Cael Dobson, 2021
- Microaggressions and the Epistemology of Ignorance, Lynne Sargent, 2020
- Feminist Epistemology, Janet Jones, 2019
- Values in Science, Matt Silk, 2015
- Feminist Philosophy of Biology, Jamie Sewell, 2014
- Philosophy of Evolutionary Psychology, Sara Weaver, 2013
- Scientific Explanation, Cathy Gee, 2012
Current Graduate Students
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Sandra DeVries, PhD candidate
Working title: Multi-Racial Identity in the Philosophy of Race -
Blake Freier, PhD candidate
Working title: How to Responsibly Use Science in Policy -
Cael Dobson, PhD student
Topic: Feminist Epistemology and Disability -
Pamela Dedman, PhD student
Topic: Feminist Epistemology and Fat Studies
Past Graduate Students
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Sara Weaver, 2017 PhD
A Constructive Critical Assessment of Feminist Evolutionary Psychology -
Alexandra Kraushaar, 2015 MA
The Nature of Pluralism in Economics: A Case Study of the Gender Wage Gap -
Teresa Branch-Smith, 2014 MA
Reducing the Emergence of the Gaps: Computation for Weak Emergence