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Dr. Andrea Pitts promotes student award for serving Latinx community

   March 7, 2023

Dr. Andrea Pitts, Associate Professor of Philosophy, was recently interviewed by Inside UNC Charlotte, in part to promote the new Yvette M. Huet Sí Se Puede Scholarship, to be awarded to junior and senior undergraduate students who...

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Dr. Damien Williams awarded Mellon Foundation grant

   February 3, 2023

Dr. Damien Williams, co-appointed at UNC Charlotte in Philosophy and Data Science, was just awarded a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support the creation of a Disability Community Technology Center that provides guidance for developing disabled-led technology and disability-forward technological futures through humanities-based scholarship and arts outreach. He is collaborating...

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Philosophy major interviewed

   November 21, 2022

Annabeth Jones, a double major in Philosophy and Political Science, was recently interviewed by Inside UNC Charlotte.

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Dr. Damien Williams takes up joint appointment in Philosophy and Data Science at UNC Charlotte

   August 15, 2022

Dr. Damien Williams has taken up a joint appointment at UNC Charlotte as Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Data Science, having recently completed his PhD in Science & Technology Studies at Virginia Tech. His research focuses on how technologies such as algorithms, machine intelligence, and biotechnological interventions are impacted by the values, knowledge systems, philosophical...

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Dr. Martin Shuster joins Philosophy department as the new Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies

   July 1, 2022

Dr. Martin Shuster has joined the Philosophy department at UNC Charlotte as the new Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies. He is the author of several books, including the recent How to Measure a World? A Philosophy of Judaism. You can read more about Dr. Shuster's research...

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Dr. Pitts publishes in world's top medical journal

   June 15, 2022

Dr. Andrea Pitts co-authored an article that was recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the world's top medical research journal. You can read more about their article in...

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Dr. Andrea Pitts interviewed

   May 18, 2022

Dr. Andrea Pitts was recently interviewed by Shelley Tremain in the long-running series "Dialogues on Disability." Check it out here.

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Dr. Robin James interviewed by WUNC's Anita Rao for an Instagram Live coffee chat

   February 3, 2022

You can watch the conversation here.

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Dr. Elisabeth Paquette featured on the Below the Radar podcast

   January 30, 2022

Faculty member Elisabeth Paquette was recently interviewed by Alyha Bardi on the Below the Radar podcast about some of her transformative moments as a continental philosopher, her experience joining the Black Lives Matter Charlotte Protests in 2016, and her recent book Universal Emancipation: Race Beyond Badiou. You can...

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Dr. Mark Sanders Featured on The Center for Hip-Hop Advocacy's "Hip-Hop Can Save America!" Podcast

   April 22, 2021

Dr. Mark Sanders was interviewed by Manny Faces on the Center for Hip-Hop Advocacy's podcast, "Hip-Hop Can Save America!" The interview covers Dr. Sanders' academic work at the intersection of Hip-Hop and philosophy.


The episode, and more information about the podcast series, is available here: ...

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