Philosophy senior Tara Malay pursues graduate work in the Department of Applied Linguistics at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland.
The Philosophy Department's Dr. Jonathan Peterson will spend the month of June, 2016 as a visiting fellow at the Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace where he will be working on a project on the destruction of cultural artifacts.
Dr. Jonathan Peterson of the Department of Philosophy hosted the New Voices in Legal Theory Roundtable in February 2016. This international workshop brings together philosophers and legal theorists to discuss current research in the philosophy of law.
Dr. Armin Kargol (Physics) and Dr. Kimberlee Mix (Biological Sciences) have received a $112k grant from the LA Board of Regents Support Fund Enhancement Program for the acquisition of two instruments, the Port-a-Patch (a compact patch clamp system to study electrical properties of cells) and the Nucleofector (a computerized device for cell transfections). Both instruments will be used in collaborative research and in courses taught by Dr. Kargol and Dr. Mix.
Dr. Kara Thompson is an assistant professor of English & American Studies at the College of William & Mary, and her work focuses on questions of indigeneity, national borders, and temporality. Her recent research interests have taken her into the interdisciplinary field of environmental humanities, and at Loyola Prof. Thompson will be presenting new work on how hydraulic fracturing relies on specific ways of reading the earth. Her talk at Loyola, “Fracking and the Art of Subtext,” shows how resource extraction depends on narrative structure.
Political Science Professor Sean Cain analyzed the 2016 Presidential Race on WWL-TV Channel 4 in New Orleans.
In his analysis, Cain said this has been one of the most unpredictable presidential races in history. Cain expects that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, may have a hard time unifying his party and gaining popular support during the general election because he has taken aim at critizing so many minority groups.
This academic year (2015-2016) philosophy professors Dr Patrick Leland published "Rational Responsibility and the Assertoric Character of Bald-Faced Lies" in Analysis 75 (4): 550-554, and Dr Jonathan Peterson authored "Legal Moralism, Interests, and Preferences: Alexander on Aesthetic Regulation" in
Emeritus philosophy professor John Clark's new book The Tragedy of Common Sense is to be published by Changing Suns Press later in 2016.
4 philosophy students presented their honors theses in the spring of 2016. Allison Rogers (pictured) wrote on "Justice in the Workplace: A Rawslian Theory of Corporate Governance" (advisor: Dr Jonathan Peterson), Patrick Klena's thesis was on "Duns Scotus and the Problem of Individuation" (advisor: Dr Mark Gossiaux), Andres Neidl wrote on "A Theory of Embodied Intersubjectivity" (advisor: Dr Joseph
A documentary on Cuban race relations, Código Color, Memorias, made its U.S. premiere on April 6, 2016 at Loyola University. Drs. Leopoldo Tablante and Dittmar Dittrich invited Cuban film maker William Sabourin O'Reilly to show his documentary and speak to the public afterwards. The film explores race relations in today's Cuban society, a critical issue that President Obama addressed during his historical visit to Cuba. The premiere brought a huge crowd to Loyola to share the opening of the film and to discuss race relations in Cuba and the filmmaker's techniques.