Join us at the 2023 Central Division Teaching Hub

The 2023 AAPT-APA Central Division Teaching Hub is two days of programming focused on the practice of teaching philosophy. Instead of standard academic talks, Teaching Hub sessions are highly interactive and aim to leave participants with concrete and practical strategies. All APA attendees are welcome to come to as many (or as few) sessions as they like to develop relationships with other philosophers who care about teaching, learn from each other, and problem-solve together.

Topics at the 2023 Central Teaching Hub include navigating controversial topics in the classroom, teaching outside of your comfort zone, practical advice for job candidates about giving teaching demos and applying for teaching-focused jobs, strategies for students and teachers with ADHD, a conversation about labor issues and organizing in higher education, and more. The Teaching Hub concludes with a poster session presenting scholarship of teaching and learning from faculty and research projects from undergraduates.

Thursday, February 23, 2023

9:00 a.m.–12:00 Noon, Teaching Current Controversies

Chair: Nathan Wood (Central Piedmont Community College)

Presenters:

  • “Teaching Controversies Related to Free Speech,” Mark Satta (Wayne State University)
  • “Handling the ‘Other’ Side When You Are Committed to Social Justice: Teaching Race, Immigration, and Foreign Policy at PWIs,” Saba Fatima (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)
  • “Drawing to Express, Looking to Listen: Facilitating Difficult Conversations through a Quick-Draw Gallery Walk,” Haley Dutmer (University of Notre Dame)
  • “Creating a Philosophical Community through ‘Council’,” Brian Collins (California Lutheran University)
  • “Streaming Truth to Power: Responsive Assignment Design and Multimedia Resources,” Michael Starling (University of Georgia)
  • “Lifting the Veil: Co-Teaching Current Controversies Through Illusion and Transparency,” Jennifer Kling (University of Colorado Colorado Springs) and Colin Lewis (University of Colorado Colorado Springs)

1:00–4:00 p.m., All-Star Teaching Session

Chair: Ashley Comstock (College of St. Scholastica)

Presenters:

  • “Teaching and Writing with ADHD,” Johnathan Flowers (California State University, Northridge)
  • “Black Feminist Fat-Activist…Socrates? Pairing Plato’s Apology with Taylor’s The Body is Not an Apology,” Christina van Dyke (Barnard College and Columbia University)
  • “Developing and Using Curricular Resources for Teaching Philosophy of Education,” Harry Brighouse (University of Wisconsin–Madison) and Anthony Laden (University of Illinois Chicago)

5:15–7:15 p.m., The University Works Because We Do: Why (and How) to Organize in Academia

Chair: Alida Liberman (Southern Methodist University)

Presenters:

Friday, February 24, 2023

9:00 a.m.–12:00 Noon, Learning With Your Students: Teaching Outside Your Comfort Zone

Chair: Jennifer Lobo Meeks (Perimeter College, Georgia State University)

Presenters:

  • “Combatting Ableist Course Design in Bioethics Courses,” Kayla Bohannon (University of Kentucky)
  • “Introducing Racial Justice Issues through bell hooks in an Introductory Philosophy Course,” Katie Harster (Boston College)
  • “Rethinking Grades and Grading in Philosophy Courses,” Jason Flato (Perimeter College, Georgia State University)
  • “Collaborative Learning With RPGs,” Ryan Lake (Perimeter College, Georgia State University)
  • “Learning With and From My Students about Ethics at the Intersection of Race and Sexual Violence,” Micah Lewin (Perimeter College, Georgia State University)

1:00–4:00 p.m., Teaching and the Philosophy Job Market

Sponsored by the APA Graduate Student Council

Chair: Paul Kelly (University of Wisconsin–Madison)

Presenters:

  • “Teaching-Focused Job Market Applications,” Karl Aho (Tarleton State University)
  • “Ask Me Anything: Teaching in First-Round Interviews and Beyond,” Marcus Arvan (University of Tampa), Gretchen Ellefson (Southern Utah University), Laura Kane (Worcester State University), and Amy Flowerree (Texas Tech University)
  • “Teaching-Focused Flyouts and Teaching Demos,” Renee Smith (Coastal Carolina University)

7:00–8:00 p.m., Closing Reception: Undergraduate Research and Faculty SoTL Poster Session

Cash bar and light refreshments.

Organizers: Jessica Davis (Notre Dame of Maryland University) and Adam R. Thompson (University of Nebraska–Lincoln)

Faculty, Post-Doc, and Graduate Student Posters

  • “Knowing When to Walk Away: Teaching Students How to Identify Interlocutors Arguing in Bad Faith,” Paul Kelly (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
  • “Learning Processes for Proof Construction in Symbolic Logic,” Kevin Graham (Creighton University)
  • “Specifications Grading: How I’ve Done it and You Can Too!” Zak Alexander Kopeikin (University of Colorado Boulder)
  • “Contemplative Leadership, Ethics, and Sustainability: Developing Business Leaders for the ‘Triple Bottom Line’,” Deirdre Frontczack (Santa Clara University)

Independent Research by Undergraduates in Philosophy

  • “Restricting Incel Online Forums for the Safety of Women,” Ellie McDonald (University of Colorado Boulder)
  • “An Argument for the Moral Wrongness of Mandatory Standardized Tests,” Alexcis Escandon (University of Colorado Boulder)
  • “Refuting Vaccine Refusal Ethics: When Understanding Biology Goes Wrong,” Sara Maginot (University of Colorado Boulder)
  • “Guidelines for Esoteric Consequentialism,” Ross Combs (University of Colorado Boulder)
  • “Untitled,” Hannah Richardson (University of Colorado Boulder)
  • “Logic-Based Therapy in Ukraine,” Cybele Galai Bronkema (University of Colorado Boulder)
  • “Stochastic Fatalism: The Chilling Effect of Our Philosophical Outlook on Decision-Making,” Cooper Anstett (University of Colorado Boulder)
  • “Sexual Assualt, Rape and Reprocussion in the Virtual World,” Peter Muschinski (University of Colorado Boulder)
  • “The Metaphysics of Political Legitimacy in Hobbes’ Leviathan,” Delaney Sacia (University of Saint Thomas)
  • “HIPs, HIPs, Hooray!: Undergraduates Creating Their Own High Impact Undergraduate Research Opportunities,” Rachel Johnson (Ball State University), representing STANCE: An International Undergraduate Philosophy Journal

13. February 2023 by AAPT
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