Accomplishments: Department of Philosophy
Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) delivered the Sixth Annual Tom Regan Memorial Lecture at Harvard Law School. In her talk, "The Philosophy of Animal Rights: A Way of Life or Religion?," she argued that the Philosophy of Animal Rights counts as a religion for all legal purposes (e.g., First Amendment and Title VII purposes) because it satisfies the most…
Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) published a co-edited book titled, New Omnivorism and Strict Veganism: Critical Perspectives (Routledge). This book puts defenders of new omnivorism and advocates of strict veganism into conversation with one another to further important debates in food ethics. The contributors debate whether it’s…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published an op-ed, "Adults-only culture entails bad faith," in The Nevada Independent.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) was a keynote speaker for the 40th Annual International Social Philosophy Conference hosted in Portland, Oregon, by the North American Society for Social Philosophy (NASSP). Her presentation was titled, "Feminism and the Open Borders Debate."
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Al Morir, Nos Volvemos Muertos: Perspectivas Filosóficas sobre la Muerte de Niños y Niñas en Tienguistengo, Hidalgo" for the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional de Hidalgo, as part of their Semana Nacional por la Diversidad y la Interculturalidad, 2023.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Overturning Birthright Citizenship in a Post-Roe v. Wade United States: A Specter of Dehumanization" at the symposium "The Ethics of Birthright Citizenship: Latinx Perspectives," which was hosted by the department of philosophy and College of Liberal Arts at Penn State University.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) spoke on a panel about immigration and asylum that was hosted by Stanford University's McCoy Family Center for Ethics and Society as part of its Intercollegiate Civil Disagreement Partnership, which aims to provide students with tools to engage in constructive disagreement. Other presenters included Michael Fisher,…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published "When We Die, We Become Muertos: Children's Philosophical Perspectives on Death in Tianguistengo, Hidalgo," in the Journal of Mexican Philosophy.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) participated in a symposium session titled, "Decolonizing Philosophy for Children," at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Can Borders Be Feminist?" at the Centre de Recherche en Éthique (Center for Research on Ethics) in Montreal, Canada.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) has received Fulbright Western Hemisphere Regional Travel Program Grant to Canada. She will spend two weeks as a Researcher in Residence at the Centre de Recherche en Éthique (Center for Research on Ethics) in Montreal.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) received a small grant from the Marc Sanders Foundation to support research and writing in public philosophy.