UPDATE: Thank you to all who attended and participated! We had a very candid and open discussion about the challenges and opportunities involved in studying philosophy at the graduate level, and the USU philosophy faculty are especially grateful for the participation of our recent alumni currently pursuing graduate degrees. Here are the slides for your reference:
Update: Thank you, Dr. Barrientos for organizing last week’s Homecoming Hike. We enjoyed perfect weather, beautiful Fall colors, and a great chat with an accompanying reading companion that Dr. Barrientos had prepared for the group! USU is very lucky to have him!!
Update: We enjoyed a great presentation before a large and engaged audience, with Q&A going almost an hour! Thanks Dr. Barrientos :)
Applications are now open for Undergraduate Teaching Fellowships (UTF) in Spring 2026. UTFs make easy money, get to know their philosophy professors better, and gain a sense of whether teaching might interest them.
Applications are due no later than October 10th:
https://usu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4O8KnbRhKvy4zIO
Feel free to ask you professors and current UTFs what the job involves.
Good luck!
Abstract: Children are too often regarded as “not-yet-persons, “silenced, underestimated, and even treated as possessions. Yet across the world, they also appear in strikingly different roles: as soldiers, as workers, and as advocates for peace and social justice. This talk examines the prejudice of “childism” and the risks we take when we fail to recognize children’s place in the global community. Their voices matter, in philosophy, in shaping social and political life, and in offering models for the future we are building together.
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