Join us at the 2024 Eastern Division Teaching Hub
The 2024 AAPT-APA Eastern 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 this meeting’s hub include the Socratic method, philosophy careers in secondary education, AI and teaching, pedagogy for first-gen or low income students, non-ideal pedagogy, teaching middle school students, and more. The hub concludes with a poster session presenting scholarship of teaching and learning from faculty/graduate students and research projects from undergraduates.
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
9:00–10:50 p.m., The Socratic Method
Sponsored by the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) and the APA Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy (CTP)
Chair: Joseph Forte (Rivier University)
Presenters:
- “Vulnerability and the Socratic Method,” James William Lincoln (Lasell University)
- “Embracing Uncertainty,” Zenon Culverhouse (University of the Incarnate Word)
- “Shaking You from Your Sleep: Hannah Arendt’s Socrates as Pedagogical Provocateur,” James M. Ambury (King’s College)
- “The Socratic Method, Scaffolding, and the Friendly Socrates?,” Robert Colter (University of Wyoming) and Joseph Ulatowski (University of Waikato)
11:00 a.m.–12:50 p.m., Grad School to High School: Philosophy Careers in Secondary Education
Co-sponsored by the APA Committee for Pre-College Philosophy, the APA Committee on Non-Academic Careers, and the Graduate Student Council
Chair: Joshua Duclos (St. Paul’s School)
Presenters:
- Ariel Sykes (Ethics Institute, Kent Place School)
- T. M. Fisher (The Hotchkiss School)
- Kyle Bucy (The Hun School of Princeton)
2:00–5:50 p.m., The Impact of AI on Teaching
Chair: Paul J. Kelly (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Presenters:
- “The Legal Brief Turing Test: ChatGPT and Cognitive Skills in PHIL of Mind and PHIL of Law,” Kevin Jobe (University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley)
- “How to Implement Oral Presentations in Your Course,” Bada Kim (University of Kansas)
- “Using ChatGPT to Facilitate Assignment Feedback and Evaluation,” Bram Vaassen (Umeå University) and Diego Arana (Rutgers University)
- “Let’s Address AI by Improving Student Motivation,” David Goldman (Rutgers University)
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
9:00–10:50 a.m., First-Generation and Low Socioeconomic Status Student Pedagogy
Sponsored by the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) and the APA Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy (CTP)
Chair: Chris Blake-Turner (Oklahoma State University)
Presenters:
- Arianna Falbo (Bentley University)
- Merritt Rehn-Debraal (Texas A&M University, San Antonio)
- Heather Stewart (Oklahoma State University)
11:00 a.m.–12:50 p.m., Nonideal Pedagogy
Co-sponsored by the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) and the APA Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy (CTP)
Chair: Cassie Finley (University of Iowa)
Presenters:
- “The Dangers of Classroom Dialogue,” Aaron Yarmel (The Ohio State University)
- “Another ‘Talk to Teachers’: James Baldwin and Teaching Philosophy in the Midst of White Supremacy,” Grant J. Silva (Marquette University)
2:00–3:50 p.m., Philosophy in Middle School: New Directions and Initiatives
Sponsored by the APA Committee on Pre-College Instruction
Chair: Dustin Webster (University of Pennsylvania)
Presenters:
- “An Ethical Case Writing Initiative,” Roberta Israeloff (Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization)
- “The Middle School Ethics Bowl,” Karen Rezach (Kent Place School)
- “A ‘Thought Mapping’ Activity for Middle School,” Phillip Horne (Walden University)
6:00–8:00 p.m., Undergraduate Research and Faculty SoTL Poster Session
Organizers:
- Jane Drexler (Salt Lake Community College)
- Adam Thompson (University of Nebraska–Lincoln)
Faculty and Graduate Students
- “Immersive Philosophical Exercises and Philosophy as a Way of Life,” Stephen Angle (Wesleyan University)
- “The Investigative Philosophy Learning Environment (IPLE),” Julie Maybee (Lehman College, CUNY)
- “Philosophy & STEM: Overcoming Obstacles to Encourage Enrollment,” Sabina Boudames (McGill University) and Sarah Clairmont (McGill University)
- “How the Philosophy of Understanding Can Inform Philosophical Pedagogy,” Paul J. Kelly (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
- “Engaging Assignments for Embodied Teaching and Learning,” Emily Fitzgerald (Columbia University and Purchase College)
- “Kantian Spontaneity and Ethics in AI in the Classroom,” Cassandra Ysobel Teodosio (University of the Philippines)
Undergraduate Students
- “Unmasking the Patriarchy: Exploring bell hooks’ Insights in Philosophy Education,” Paige Adzema (University of Colorado Boulder)
- “Logic-Based Therapy — A Revived Educational Approach,” Cybele Galai Bronkema (University of Colorado Boulder)
- “The Ontology of Racial Capitalism,” Victor Chung (University of Toronto)
- “The Moral Wrongness of Prohibiting Artificial Intelligence in Academia,” Mackenzie Dubrule (University of Colorado Boulder)
- “Epistemology of Animal Oppression: How We Teach Children About Animals,” Tess Kuczun (University of Colorado Boulder)
- “The Aesthetic of Starbucks Coffee and Postcolonial Values,” Duncan Levandoski (University of Colorado Boulder)
