News: Faculty and Staff

Large impeach sign in from of Capitol Building
Michael Blake makes a case for impeaching President Trump
January 13, 2021
Book Cover - Justice, Migration, & Mercy
Justice, Migration, & Mercy is one of the Best of 2020 Philosophy from Oxford University Press 
January 8, 2021
Jana Mohr Lone
7 Values to Teach Your Child By Age 10
November 24, 2020
Aaron Novick
Interview with Professor Aaron Novick
November 12, 2020
José Jorge Mendoza
Interview with Professor José Jorge Mendoza
November 12, 2020
headshot of Professor Amelia Wirst
Interview with Professor Amelia Wirts
November 12, 2020
Remembering Bruce Lee, and his time in Seattle, on the 80th anniversary of his birth
November 12, 2020
Black and white dice on a loaded scale, the white dice weights heavier although they look the same size
Carole Lee & collaborators pen Lancet letter on anticipated Black-white disparities in alternative grant funding processes  
October 7, 2020
Erosheva, Grant, and Lee’s article on racial disparities on NIH funding featured on The Lancet
October 7, 2020
Ian Schnee addressing the new student convocation
Ian Schnee addresses the New Student Convocation
September 29, 2020
UW’s 37th annual New Student Convocation goes online
September 27, 2020
Protestors holding up the letters LIAR in front of the White House.
Michael Blake discusses Presidential lies
September 17, 2020
From Washington to Trump, all presidents have told lies (but only some have told them for the right reasons)
September 17, 2020
Poster with speakers and titles
Benjamin Rabinowitz Symposium in Medical Ethics - Emotion and Empathy [VIRTUAL]
September 8, 2020
It takes more than shame to make people put on a mask
September 4, 2020
Worker at taco restaurant in front of sign that reads "no mask no taco"
Colin Marshall discusses how to approach those who refuse to wear a mask during pandemic
August 24, 2020
Conor Mayo-Wilson
Conor Mayo-Wilson co-teaches "Statistics and Philosophy of Voting"
August 17, 2020
Open book in sunbeam
Faculty Summer Reading Recommendations 2020
June 25, 2020
Colin Marshall - UW Simpson Center Mellon Faculty Fellowship
Colin Marshall and Ian Schnee awarded Mellon Summer Fellowship for New Graduate Seminars in the Humanities
June 18, 2020
Screen Gems
June 17, 2020
Melissa Diamond - Outstanding Graduating Senior Award
Awards Ceremony 2020
June 4, 2020
Carole Lee Partners with Other UW Researchers to Examine Racial Disparities in Peer Review Scoring of NIH Grants
June 4, 2020
Black Scientists Face a Big Disadvantage in Winning NIH Grants, Study Finds
June 3, 2020
Awards of Excellence
June 1, 2020
Ian Schnee
Philosophy Senior Lecturer Ian Schnee chosen for the prestigious 2020 UW Distinguished Teaching Award!
May 14, 2020
Birds-eye-view of two man drinking coffee at small table
New class “Persuasion or Manipulation?” explores the ethics and psychology of influence
May 12, 2020
Why are kids asking such big questions during the pandemic?
May 1, 2020
2020 Awards of Excellence Recipients Announced
April 27, 2020
UW Center for Philosophy for Children helps families explore ‘big questions’ around COVID-19
April 15, 2020
José Mendoza, Amelia Wirts and Aaron Novick
Announcing Three New Faculty Members!
March 26, 2020
Illustration of hands on a keyboard participating in webinar
Philosophy Faculty lead as UW transitions in the face of COVID-19
March 12, 2020
Third place team Garfield High School
7th Annual Washington State High School Ethics Bowl
March 9, 2020
Image of Plant covered scales
Ben Rabinowitz Workshop on Environmental Ethics: Climate Justice & Responsibility
February 13, 2020
Ian Schnee
A textbook that can be read on a phone? It’s logical!
February 13, 2020
Alex Lenferna
How social 'tipping points' could limit global warming
January 30, 2020
Climate Ethics World Cloud
Cambridge Global Conversations: Climate Ethics with Stephen Gardiner
January 23, 2020
Professor Potter receiving his Padma Shri Award from the President of India.
Professor Emeritus Karl Potter Completes 25th Volume of the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies
December 11, 2019
Gina Gould
Undergraduate Adviser Gina Gould Shares Her Experience of Being FirstGen
November 7, 2019
Carina Fourie
Pre-med student column recommends taking philosophy course to prepare for medical school
November 1, 2019
We're hiring!
Assistant Professor position (AOS: Philosophy of Race or Philosophy of Law)
October 29, 2019
time-lapse photograph of planes at night showing many paths out of a single hub
Videoconferencing for Climate: A Proposal
October 16, 2019
Attendees of the 2016 United Nations Climate Conference in Marrakech, Morocco. CREDIT: UN Climate Change (CC).
Professor Stephen Gardiner discusses climate change on the Global Ethics Weekly podcast
October 7, 2019
ArtsUW Roundup: Creating Alternative Worlds, Bulrusher, Final Week of James Coupe: Exercises in Passivity and more!
August 16, 2019
Open book in foreground with beach in background
Faculty Summer Reading Recommendations 2019
July 14, 2019
What Students Gain From Learning Ethics in School
May 24, 2019
Andrea Woody, Bev Wessel and Sara Goering
Celebrating Beverly Wessel's Retirement
March 21, 2019
Ian Schnee portrait
Ian Schnee Uses Technology in the Classroom as Part of Evidence-Based Teaching Study
January 11, 2019
Professor Alison Wylie named Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of the Social and Historical Sciences 
December 12, 2018
Tim Brown, a doctoral student in the UW’s philosophy department and a researcher involved in the Center for Neurotechnology project, is already embedded in the UW’s BioRobotics Lab. He studies autonomy issues that arise for people with Parkinson’s disease
UW-led philosophy team receives $1.5M grant to study the ethics of neurotechnology research
November 29, 2018
Border between San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Mexico. http://www.ngb.army.mil
What exactly is the point of the border?
July 27, 2018

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