Sample 2026 Workshop-Conference Sessions
Registration is now open for this summer’s 50th anniversary workshop conference. Early-bird registration (which saves $50) closes on Sunday, June 7th.
While the full program is still being put together, here is a sampling of some sessions:
- Using Thought Experiments as an Accessible and Engaging Introduction to Philosophy
- Undergraduate Teaching Assistants in Philosophy Courses: Learning to teach and teaching to learn
- Philosophy Survival Strategy: Interdepartmental Collaborative Teaching
- Bullshit and propaganda: teaching information and media literacy in the philosophy classroom
- Fishbowls and Conversation Cards: Cultivating Philosophical Conversation in the Classroom
- And Who Said That Machines Ought to Take the Place of Livin?: Teaching Philosophical Skills in the Age of AI
- Oral Exams in the Age of Large Language Models
- Designing Creative Final Projects for Philosophy Courses
- That’s inconsistent! Ethical Theory and Ethical Argumentation in Ethics Bowl
- One and Done! What should (potentially reluctant) gen ed students get out of your class?
- Beyond “AI‑Proofing”: Next‑Level Out‑of‑Class Prompts for Real Philosophical Work
- How Do (and Should) We Think About Students’ Workload in Our Courses?
- Questing for the Good Life: Using TTRPGs in Philosophy Classes
- Telling Our Story: Communicating the Value of Teaching Philosophy In and Beyond the Discipline
- Cultivating Critical Epistemology in an Era of Fake News, Censorship, and AI
- The Virtues of Dialogic (Un)Grading
- Applying Philosophy to Real World Problem Solving: A Capstone Design
- Teaching Disability Theory: Threshold Concepts and Transformative Experiences
- Creating an Inclusive Classroom: Leaving the Metaphorical Cave to Teach Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Politics in and Outside the Classroom: Navigating Teaching in Our Current Time
- The Auditable Rubric: How and Why to use Grading Criteria that Novices can Decode
- How Should Critical Thinking Be Taught?
- Quiet Quitting in the Classroom: Coping with Student Disengagement
- Experiencing Inequality—An introduction to Feminist Philosophy
- Drawing to Learn
- Helping Students Develop Critical Thinking about AI
- From Class to Print: How to Transform Your Teaching Work into a Publication
Once again, we hope to see you in Ypsilanti in July, so make sure to register while the early-bird rates are still in effect!
