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- The Department of Philosophy is proud to announce that three former PhDs recently accepted tenure-track jobs or other positions as assistant professors. Seungil Lee has accepted a tenure-track position at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, South Korea. This news follows former... Read full story Three former PhDs accept tenure-track jobs or other positions as assistant professors
- The Department of Philosophy is proud to announce Professor Shelley Weinberg has been named acting director of the Unit for Criticism & Interpretive Theory. Read full story Professor Shelley Weinberg named acting director of Unit for Criticism & Interpretive Theory
- The Department of Philosophy is proud to announce Professor Helga Varden’s book, “Sex, Love, and Gender: A Kantian Account” (Oxford University Press, 2020) was awarded the 2023 North American Kant Society’s Senior Scholar Prize. The Senior Scholar Prize is awarded annually for an outstanding... Read full story Professor Helga Varden’s book Sex, Love, and Gender awarded 2023 North American Kant Society’s Senior Scholar Prize
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Alumni Spotlight: Maggie Wave (University Administration)
Maggie Wave is the Senior Regional Director at Washington University in St. Louis. She graduated from the University of Illinois in 2012 with degrees in Philosophy and Political Science.
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Faculty Spotlight: Shelley Weinberg
Shelley Weinberg is Associate Professor of Philosophy, who specializes in 17th and 18th century philosophy of mind, epistemology (both natural and religious), and metaphysics—with an emphasis on the philosophy of John Locke. She is author of the award-winning book, Consciousness in Locke (Oxford, 2016).