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Dr. Lisa Rasmussen recently was awarded her third National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, to fund a project on “Assessing Ethical Challenges in Conducting Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Science During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” For this project, the research team will investigate ethical issues in unregulated research performed outside of traditional laboratory settings, with the aim of identifying key […]
Dr. Gordon Hull is co-PI on a recently awarded NSF grant related to public policy and technology. Much of the public policy U.S. citizens encounter every day regarding their health, welfare, education, jobs, and security are state and local level policies, with little coordination of or sharing of information on their societal impacts. Dr. Hull […]
The philosophy department hosted the Queen City Philosophy conference on August 26, 2019. It featured papers from undergraduate, graduate, and post-bac students on topics ranging from ethics, political philosophy, and phenomenology to philosophy of religion, epistemology, and language/signification. Ethan Butt, University of Virginia, won the Best Paper Prize for his paper on “Is Agency Possible […]
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UNC Charlotte’s Department of Philosophy offers outstanding and competitive undergraduate and graduate programs in the study of philosophy. Our faculty engage in a broad range of research projects, and they bring their expertise into the classroom.
How to Declare a Philosophy Major or Minor
Students interested in declaring a philosophy major or minor (or who have questions about the major or minor) should email Dr. Mark Sanders, the Undergraduate Coordinator for the Philosophy Department at msander2@charlotte.edu