After a long career in the WSU Department of Philosophy, Dr. Jeffrey Hershfield is retiring at the end of the Fall 2024 semester. Recipient of the John R. Barrier Distinguished Teaching Award in Humanities and Social Sciences, he has most recently served as the Director of the Legal Education Accelerated Degree (LEAD) program, the Director of the MA in Liberal Arts (MALS) program, and as the Pre-Law Advisor for Philosophy. Please join us in wishing Dr. Hershfield all the best in his retirement.
Come celebrate the end of the semester with us by decorating cookies (and eating them) in the Philosophy Library Annex, Fiske 009 from 11:00am - 1:00pm on Friday, December 6, 2024 from 11:00am to 1:00pm.
On Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 3:30pm in McKinley 218, Dr. Jason Matteson will give a talk on the importance of "common values friendship" in professional fields like engineering.
Jay (Almer) Mandt, philosophy Professor Emeritus, passed away on June 20, 2024. Services are being provided by Downing and Lahey.
Please join us on Thursday, September 7th, when Emeritus Professors David Soles and Deborah Soles will deliver a talk entitled "Considerations on Loyalty." The talk will begin at 3:30pm in RSC 301 (Gridley Room).
The WSU Philosophy Department will host Prof. Symons on December 7, 5:00-6:30pm, in RSC 261. The talk is free and open to the public.
Please join me in congratulating our own Brian Hepburn for winning this year's John R. Barrier Distinguished Teaching Award in Humanities and Social Sciences. Well done, Brian! Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Hepburn has succeeded in impressing one of his students as a "beast", in the best possible way. To see the whole Commencement ceremony and Dr. Hepburn's spotlight in it, visit https://www.youtube.com/live/PK3JFwGOkvQ?si=EdTXeC1LW2qFs_Wu.
Dr. JS Johnson-Schwartz has resigned her position at WSU. We wish her all the best in all her upcoming projects and plans.
Curtis D. Gridley, a great friend to the Philosophy Department, sadly passed away last month.
The schedule for the 41st Kansas Philosophical Society meeting is now available. The meeting will take place at WSU on Saturday, April 13. Click this story for the schedule and additional information about this year's meeting.
Alumni News
Zohreh Dalirian has been admitted to the Doctoral program in Education at Southeastern
University (2021).
returned to his roots in the WSU Philosophy department to give talks on the philosophical significance and implications of the blockchain technology used
in cryptocurrencies for Internet 3.0, and a philosophical analysis of state intelligence
in democratic and authoritarian systems (2021).
is a civic engagement manager at the Kansas Leadership Center (2021).
is now enrolled in the PhD program in Philosophy at UCLA with 7 years of funding.
She's studying Philosophy of Law, Ethics, Political Philosophy, and Logic (2021).
finished his masters at York University and is now getting his PhD in Philosophy
at the University of British Columbia. He's studying Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Social Science and Philosophy of Medicine (2020).
is finishing his dissertation for a PhD in Communications at the Annenberg School
of Communications, USC (2020).
Curt Gridley and Tracy Hoover founded , a creative concept to market maker space in 成人头条's Old Town Opportunity Zone
(2019).
Alumni Spotlight
Class of 2014
Education:
成人头条, Political Science and Philosophy double major (2014)
UC Berkley Law School (2016)
Previous Employment:
U.S. Army Reserve
Associate Attorney, DLA Piper LLP.
Current Job Title:
Deputy City Attorney, Los Angeles CA
