4 philosophy students presented their honors theses in the spring of 2016. Allison Rogers (pictured) wrote on "Justice in the Workplace: A Rawslian Theory of Corporate Governance" (advisor: Dr Jonathan Peterson), Patrick Klena's thesis was on "Duns Scotus and the Problem of Individuation" (advisor: Dr Mark Gossiaux), Andres Neidl wrote on "A Theory of Embodied Intersubjectivity" (advisor: Dr Joseph
Philosophy students Brittney Esie, Thanh Mai, and Emily Polvado presented their paper "Regenerative Medicine and the Environment" at the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio on April 9, 2016.
On March 2, 2016, Dr. Kahn participated in a panel titled "Why We Need Feminism Today in America” as part of the first annual Loyola University New Orleans Feminist Festival.
Tara Malay, philosophy senior, presented a paper entitled "Saint Augustine of Hippo’s Refutation of Skepticism in Contra Academicos and Stoic and Manichaean Philosophies and Doctrines in his Confessions" at the 2016 Eastern Michigan University Undergraduate Philosophy Conference.
Dr. Leonard Kahn, assistant professor of Philosophy, presented a paper titled "Robophobia: Military Robots and the Ethics of Armed Conflict" the annual conference of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) in Reston, Virginia on February 19, 2016 and at the conference for the Humanities and Education Research Association (HERA) in New Orleans, LA on March 25, 2016.
The Loyola Ethics Bowl team competed for the first time in the 2015 Texas Regional Ethics Bowl competition, placing 8th out of 20 teams. The team traveled to San Antonio, where they competed against teams from various universities in Texas and Oklahoma. The team consists of students Laura Cordell, Brittney Esie, Kalyn Lueck, Thanh Mai, Tara Malay, and Liam Sheridan, with Dr. Joel MacClellan and Dr. Leonard Kahn as coaches.
To students, she is forever a role model and mentor. To fellow faculty members, she is a devoted colleague known for her steadfast commitment to Jesuit education. To Loyola University New Orleans, philosophy professor Constance Mui, Ph.D., is the recipient of the university’s top faculty honor—the 2013 Dux Academicus Award. She received the accolade Friday, Jan. 10 at the Spring 2014 Faculty and Staff Convocation.
The Loyola Philosophy Department is pleased to announce the creation of “Big Ideas for Little Kids,” a philosophy education program aimed at elementary aged school children. Once a week for a period of six weeks, six Loyola undergraduate students, along with Dr. Jon Altschul of the Philosophy Department, attended the Good Shepherd School to work with their third grade class of 15 children. The class was divided into two groups, and each group began by reading a story centered on some philosophical theme.
Dr. Jonathan Peterson has been busy educating audiences about political theory on multiple continents.
Reverend Youree Watson, S.J. Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Constance Mui, served as a Visiting Scholar in Residence at Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China.