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Congratulations, Jessica Gordon-Roth, PhD!

The Philosophy Department is proud to congratulate Jessica Gordon-Roth ’04 on completing the requirements for a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Illinois at…

Getting to Philosophy

There’s a game you can play called “Getting to Philosophy.”

Wheaton Welcomes Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow Sylvia Reed

Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow Sylvia Reed joins the Wheaton English department this fall.

Lindsay Powell ’13 awarded Davis Fellowship

During the summer, Lindsay Powell will write reports on proceedings of the South African Parliament for the Parliamentary Monitoring Group

Joe Donahue ’10 in Morocco

Since I graduated from Wheaton in 2010, I have been a Peace Corps volunteer in a rural Moroccan town called Ait Oumghar.

Prof. Kendrick and Bishop Berkeley

Prentice Professor of Philosophy Nancy Kendrick gave a keynote address – “Turning Savage Americans into Indian Scholars: Berkeley’s Bermuda Project”.

Senior Seminar Celebration

Students in Prof. Mathis’ Senior Seminar joined the Philosophy faculty on Wednesday, May 16th for refreshments and conversation. After working hard all semester on Christine…

Literary programming

When it comes to digital humanities, Wheaton faculty lead the way. A number of professors are incorporating technology into the classroom and scholarship in novel…

Andy Osheroff ’11

For his Urban Politics class at Wheaton, Osheroff researched ABCD’s effectiveness at helping the community of Boston. Now he’s contributing to the excellent work that…

Phil 207 Students Visit George Berkeley’s House

Students from Professor Kendrick’s Modern Philosophy course visited Whitehall, George Berkeley’s house, in Middletown, RI, on Friday, April 27.

Culture Shock for an American English Major

By Ellen Parent, Class of 2013 My host parents here in Paris are party animals. On any given night, multiple dinner guests want to know…

Phil 329 students attend Nietzsche talk at UMass Boston

Students in Professor Partridge’s 19th C. Continental Philosophy Course attended a talk by Daniel Conway of Texas A&M University on April 24th, 2012 hosted by…