Department News and Events Archive

News Archive: AY 2020 and 2021

Summer Faculty Fellowships
Jeanne Hossenlopp, Vice President for Research and Innovation announced 2022 Summer Faculty Fellowships for three in the Philosophy Dept: Kimberly Harris, Javiera Perez Gomez, and Pol Vandevelde. 

Philosophy Graduate Programs
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Way Klingler Sabbatical Award
Congratulations to Philosophy's Corinne Bloch-Mullins, recipient of the 2022-2023 Way Klingler Sabbatical Fellowship Award. More details here.

Current graduate student Heidi Hildemann is the recipient of the Irene Frances Gyzinski Scholarship fund award. The award is highly competitive and is given to long-term residents of Southeastern Wisconsin who are students of Polish Extraction.

Women in Philosophy Contribute
to New Book
Now available: On the Vocation of the Educator in This Moment, published in conjunction with Marquette University Press. The book was edited by Dr. Jennifer S. Maney from the Center for Teaching and Learning and Dr. Melissa M. Shew, Philosophy. Three other department members also contributed chapters: Noel Adams, Theresa Tobin, and Marisola Xhelili Ciaccio. More info

Congratulations to Society Scholars: Karolyn Burns and Bella-Rose Kelly
Graduate students Karolyn Burns and Bella-Rose Kelly have been selected as the "society scholars" of the Metaphysical Society of America, for the 2022 ACLS Intention Foundry on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-racism.  They and Prof. Tyler Tritten of Gonzaga University will work with other academic societies in virtual and live sessions at the Newberry Library in Chicago and at Rutgers University-Newark, to develop initiatives to diversify the field of metaphysics.  This is part of a $2 million dollar grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. More information

Jessica Wolfendale on the Myth of “Precision” Weapons and “Precise” Strikes
Philosophy Chair Jessica Wolfendale published an article, "When Drone Warfare is Terrorism."

911 and the Erasure of American Torture
In a newly published article, Philosophy Chair Jessica Wolfendale discusses how the ongoing pattern of the justification and erasure of torture is indefensible. Read more here.

Undergraduate Student Achievement Awards: Congratulations to Noelle Douglass for the Francis X. Boden Memorial Award; Marinella Krezic for the James Robb Memorial Award and Eric Miller for the Rev. John Naus, S.J. Award. More information

Congratulations Dr. Desiree Valentine
The Institute for Citizens & Scholars announced the 2021 class of Career Enhancement Fellows. Among this year’s class is Marquette University Philosophy’s Dr. Desiree Valentine. Press release

Brett Yardley has accepted a tenure-track position with DeSales University 
As a member of the Department of Philosophy & Theology, Yardley will be Assistant Professor responsible for teaching both core courses, including Philosophical Thinking, Ethics, and Bioethics, and philosophy electives in Ancient & Medieval Philosophy, including philosophy in the Abrahamic traditions.

Philosophy's Dr. Stephanie Rivera Berruz: Spotlight on Research
Marquette’s Institute for Women's Leadership features Dr. Stephanie Rivera Berruz who shares the work she is doing around Latin American Philosophy and Latinx feminisms as well as philosophy of race, gender, and sexuality. Listen here.

Philosophy Chair Dr. Jessica Wolfendale wrote an op ed about collective responsibility for the war crimes committed by Australian special forces soldier. Read here.

Dr. Kimberly Harris will be a panelist on Diversifying the Graduate Student Pipeline, Thursday April 29^th 1pm CST. The event is organized by The Chronicle of Higher Education. More information.

Melissa Shew is highlighted in Marquette Today. 

Karolyn Burns, Philosophy PhD candidate, has been selected to present a paper at this year's SEWSA conference, March 11th - March 14th.  More information. 

• Congratulations: Prestigious Awards for Philosophy Faculty 
  *Dr. Stephanie Rivera Berruz, recipient of a 2021 Way-Klingler Early Career Award.
  *Dr. Richard Taylor for the Way-Klingler Humanities/Social Sciences Fellowship.
  *Dr. Javiera Perez Gomez, recipient of the Center for Transnational Justice Summer Faculty Research Fellowship.
  *Dr. Desiree Valentine has been awarded a 2021 Summer Faculty Fellowship. 
  *Dr. Kimberly Harris received a $3500 Rynne Faculty Research Fellowship.

Jesuits.org published Undergrad and incarcerated students are learning side-by-side at Marquette. The result is transformative. 

Sterling Knox, PhD candidate, accepted a position as Director of Abinoojiyag Noojimoo-wigamig (Children's Healing Center) on Red Lake Nation, a safe Anishinaabe worldview based 24-hour residential living facility for young Anishinaabe relatives. More info.

Melissa Shew Promoted to Visiting Associate Professor
Dean of Arts & Sciences Heidi Bostic congratulated Shew on her promotion, calling it a well-deserved honor and thanking her for the work she does for Marquette.

Prestigious Fellowships Announced
Congratulations to Shaila Wadhwani-Greenhalgh, PhD Candidate, the recipient of an Arthur J. Schmitt Leadership Fellow for 2021-22. The fellowship dedicates its resources toward a better and more humane world. Shaila also received the University Award for Teaching Excellence for a Graduate instructor. 

And congratulations to Nathaniel Taylor, PhD Candidate, the recipient of the Raynor Fellowship, an award for promising graduate students to engage in advanced study and research to prepare for professional lives of service to their community and country.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant Awarded to Philosophers
Dr. Theresa Tobin, Philosophy and Marisola Xhelili Ciaccio, PhD candidate in Philosophy, are part of a team that received a $745,000 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to establish the Education Preparedness Program (EPP). 

International Reading Groups
Philosophy is sponsoring three levels of International Reading Groups in Medieval Arabic and Latin;1/30/2021- 4/3/2021 
More information

Philosophy's Anthony Peressini, Melissa Shew and Daniel Collette were awarded Course Revision Awards from the Center For Transnational Justice. With the awards they redesigned their spring '21 courses to better address issues of systemic racism.

Margaret Urban Walker, Donald J. Schuenke Chair Emerita Philosophy
Apology: Its Role in Social and Political Life; Thur, April 15th 12pm-1:30pm

For International Women's Day Philosophy’s Melissa Shew was quoted in “How women have shaped philosophy: nine female philosophers our authors admire.”

Jessica Wolfendale wrote about the importance of moral reckoning after the recent report on war crimes committed by Australian Special Forces in Afghanistan. Link to the article

114 Holiday (or any) Recipes Since 1986
Check out 2020’s newest recipe addition to Philosophy Richard Taylor's collection. 

Our Favorite Things
Philosophy’s Melissa Shew started a video series called Marquette’s Our Favorite Things, and was presented with an Excellence in Executive Education Award at a ceremony on December 5th.

2020 Undergraduate Philosophy Awards
Jason Hanselman, Francis X. Boden Award 
Jake Stavsky, James Robb Award 
Alanna McCauley Rev. John Naus, S.J. Award More details

Read Dr. Stephanie Rivera Berruz's open letter to Marquette University regarding racial justice (June 17, 2020).

Dr. Stephanie Rivera Berruz wrote about the meaning and impact of the ongoing protests against police brutality in Milwaukee

Read Dr. Grant's blog entry, The Lives that Matter in the Prevailing Social Order, for the American Philosophical Association 

Associate Professor Grant Silva, Coordinator of Race, Ethnic and Indigenous Studies (REIS) was interviewed about the 2019-2020 REIS Cluster Hire

Learn more about REIS

Dr. Curtis Carter, Donald J. Schuenke Chair in Philosophy, was quoted on the legacy of Milwaukee's underground comix scene