Accomplishments: Department of Philosophy
Amy Reed-Sandoval's (Philosophy) paper, "Socially, Not Legally, Undocumented," was published in The Latinx Philosophy Reader (Routledge, 2025), edited by Lori Gallegos, Manuel Vargas, and Francisco Gallegos.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published "The Transversal Spirit of the Feminist Strike" in Los Angeles Review of Books.
Cheryl Abbate delivered a keynote talk, "Spiritualizing Animal Rights Theory," at the 2025 Rice University Graduate Animal Ethics Conference.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published "Immigration and Social Identity Formation" in The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Immigration, edited by Sahar Akhtar.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) has been appointed to the American Philosophical Association's Committee on Hispanics/Latinxs.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "How Mexico's Forensic Anthropologists Are Resisting Forensic Extractivism" as part of the panel "Social Philosophy in Mexico" organized by the North American Society for Social Philosophy for the Central Division annual conference of the American Philosophical Association.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Feminist Antifascism in the Writings of Verónica Gago" as part of the panel "Philosophy of Social Movements" at the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division meeting in New York City.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) received a grant from the American Philosophical Association's Berry Fund for Public Philosophy to support Philosophy for Children outreach at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) gave a presentation entitled "Starting a Bilingual Pre-College Philosophy Program" as part of the virtual panel "Starting a K-12 Philosophy Program," hosted by the Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization (PLATO).
Amy Reed-Sandoval's (Philosophy) work on feminism and migration justice was profiled in the Dutch publication Filosofie Magazine.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) gave a virtual presentation on children's philosophy in Mexico to the Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas (Diplomado en FilosofÃa Para Niños) at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
Dave Beisecker (Philosophy) has been named Director of the Foundation for the Philosophy of Creativity. The foundation organizes conferences, conference sessions, and public lectures on the topic of creativity, and sponsors a pre- and post-doc fellowship program for scholars.