General News
Ash Williams Makes Charlotte’s “30 Under 30” List
The philosophy department congratulates Ash Williams for making Charlotte Agenda’s “30 Under 30” Class List for 2017. The annual list commends “young people [who] are leaving their marks on the city like never before.” Williams received their BA in Philosophy from UNC Charlotte in 2014 and their MA in Ethics and Applied Philosophy from UNC […]
Graduate Recruitment Of Underrepresented Philosophers (GROUP): November 13, 2017
Graduate Recruitment Of Underrepresented Philosophers (GROUP) is a one-day, expense-paid workshop to be held at UNC Charlotte on November 13, 2017, for up to ten promising prospective M.A. students in philosophy from traditionally underrepresented groups. GROUP is designed to increase the diversity of the academic pipeline in the discipline by recruiting a diverse group of […]
Department Awards Philosophy Prize to Lucas Carroll
Lucas Carroll is a triple major in Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics (although he tells us that philosophy is clearly the best!). His philosophical interests lie in ontology, semiotics, and the philosophy of logic, with his three favorite philosophers being Aquinas, Heidegger, and Hegel. After graduating, he hopes to continue his academic studies through the […]
Department Hires Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Philosophy
The philosophy department and WGST program are excited to welcome Elisabeth Paquette as Assistant Professor in fall 2017. Paquette specializes in feminist philosophy, queer theory, decolonial and critical race studies, social and political philosophy, and 20th century continental philosophy. Her dissertation From Indifference to Difference critically examines theories of emancipation in the work of Sylvia […]
Department Hires Distinguished Professor of Healthcare Ethics
The philosophy department is pleased to announce that Dr. Ruth Groenhout will join its faculty in fall 2017 as Distinguished Professor of Healthcare Ethics. Dr. Groenhout specializes in bioethics, ethical theory, and feminist philosophy. Her publications include Bioethics: A Reformed Look at Life and Death Choices (2009), Transforming Care: A Christian Vision of Nursing Practice […]
Philosophy Department Newsletter, Spring 2017
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How Much Money Do Philosophy Majors Make?
You might be surprised how well we do! Click here for information from The Wall Street Journal on entry and mid-career salaries for philosophy and other majors; and click here for data from Forbes Magazine on how “Humanities Degrees Provide Great Return on Investment.”
Dr. Trevor Pearce Awarded NSF Grant
The philosophy department congratulates Dr. Trevor Pearce for being awarded a 2016-2017 National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholars Award, which provides a twelve-month release to conduct scholarly research. Dr. Pearce’s fellowship will run through the NSF’s Science, Technology and Society program, and it will support his work on a book manuscript entitled Pragmatism’s Evolution: Organism and […]
“The Internship”
Philosophy major Brandon Nixon spent the summer working at Google’s global headquarters in Mountain View, California where he participated in the Building Opportunities for Leadership & Development (BOLD) Internship program. Read more about his experiences at Google, in the Levine Connections online magazine.