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pushing through!
Pushing through the final work on my dissertation, and looking forward to my upcoming trip to Nashville to participate in the Social and Political Thought Workshop! I can only imagine that the loss of tension I’ll feel next week will be highly disconcerting. I’ll be defending in just over a month! [UPDATE: FINI! on 4/14]
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accepted position at Stetson University
I am very excited to report that I am Florida-bound this fall! I start a tenure-track position at Stetson University’s Philosophy Department in August. My first semester I will teach Logic, Introduction to Philosophy, and Bioethics! Can’t wait! More updates to follow.
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APA presentation on negative genetic selection
Thanks to Massimo Pigliucci, of the Philosophy Department at the CUNY Graduate Center, for reviewing my talk (along with reviewing those of the other members of my panel) on his blog, Rationally Speaking. I really enjoyed reading it, as I thought it provided a fair and comprehensive representation of my argument as I presented it, and…
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conferences, upcoming, & news
Despite Hurricane Sandy, I had a wonderful time at SPEP last month and really enjoyed (chilly) Rochester! It was fun to be on a panel presenting work on Foucault with my former fellow colleague, Francey Russell. I received great feedback and the paper is under revision for publication in a special issue of the Disability…
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CSWIP, hosted by Mount Royal University
Thank you to Ada Jaarsma for organizing this year’s Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy conference in Calgary over the weekend! I was glad for the opportunity to present my paper on horror television’s translation of the Robert Pickton case as part of a larger panel on crime against women with Rebecca Tuvel and Chloë…
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Kristeva Circle
A big thank you to Fanny Söderbäck, Sarah Hansen, Kelly Oliver, and Siena College for organizing and hosting the inaugural meeting of the Kristeva Circle in New York! The conference was really stimulating and I can’t wait for the next meeting. Check out the program here. The Kristeva Circle and the Society for the Philosophy…
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Lisa Guenther on solitary confinement
Lisa Guenther of Vanderbilt recently published an incisive column in The New York Times’ The Stone entitled “The Living Death of Solitary Confinement.” Check it out! Her book, Social Death and Its Afterlives: A Critical Phenomenology of Solitary Confinement, is forthcoming from the University of Minnesota Press. Lisa would like this post to be read…
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editor-in-chief of JME wants to engineer “ethical” babies
Julian Savulescu, editor-in-chief of the prestigious Journal of Medical Ethics and director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, has recently reiterated his argument that using genetic engineering to create morally improved babies is an ethical obligation for all parents. But how does Savulescu know that genetic intervention will improve individual morality? To Savulescu,…
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anniversary of the passage of the ADA
Today is the 22nd anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, an incredible law that has lost its teeth because of a lack of support in the Supreme Court. To celebrate the spirit of the ADA, take a look at this video (recently posted on Feminist Philosophers) featuring activists who talk about…
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Medical Humanities at Western Michigan University
This week I was really pleased to get the news that I will be participating in the Medical Humanities Conference at WMU this September. The conference is hosted by the WMU Medical Humanities workgroup, which is directed by Fritz Allhoff and David Charlton. Last year I participated in the group’s first annual conference, and it’s…
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Melinda C. Hall, PhD 