Rocío Zambrana, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of Graduate Studies, is the recipient of 2019 Director of Graduate Studies Excellence Award.

The UO Graduate School writes the following about this award:
This award recognizes that graduate program directors are charged with managing the essentials of a graduate program, a complex and multi-dimensional enterprise that also requires sensitive diplomacy. The UO Graduate School seeks to recognize faculty members who exceed expectations by making innovative or unique contributions that improve the quality of the graduate program and graduate student experience. The Graduate School also seeks to highlight best practices that can be shared to enhance the overall quality of graduate education at the University of Oregon.

Rocío will be recognized at the UO Faculty Excellence Award ceremony on Tuesday, May 28th at 5:00 pm in Global Scholars Hall.

Friday May 10 through Saturday May 11
Critical Genealogies Workshop
Plenary Session on Fri. May 10 at 4:00pm in Lease Crutcher Lewis Room (EMU); “Foucault And…” featuring Mary Beth Mader (Univ. of Memphis) and Nicolae Morar (Univ. of Oregon), moderated by Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson (Univ. of Memphis) and Colin Koopman (Univ. of Oregon).
Additional ‘pre-read’ workshops will take place throughout both days; contact the organizers to sign up.
Contact: Colin Koopman or Bonnie Sheehey

Doctoral Candidate Shannon Hayes will defend her dissertation “To Write the Body: Lost Time and the Work of Melancholy” on Wednesday May 29 at 9:30am in the Philosophy Department Seminar Room (250C Susan Campbell Hall) on the University of Oregon campus.

This Defense is free of charge and open to the public.

Hayes Dissertation Defense Poster

Rocío Zambrana, Co-Editor of Hypatia, reviews Philosophy’s exclusionary publication record, and interrogates the meaning of peer review.

The article is at:
http://www.radicalhistoryreview.org/abusablepast/?p=3016

Thursday May 2
2:00-3:50pm
Colloquium with Elena Cuffari, Worcester State University
“Linguistic Bodies: Autonomy and Vulnerability”
110 Willamette Hall
Graduate Student Center, 111 Susan Campbell Hall
Cuffari Flyer
Contact: Camisha Russell

Doctoral Candidate Bonnie Sheehey will defend her dissertation “Reparative Critique in Jamesian Pragmatism, Foucauldian Genealogy, and Contemporary Political Philosophy” on Friday May 24 at 12:00pm in the Philosophy Department Conference Room (250C Susan Campbell Hall) on the University of Oregon campus.

This Defense is free of charge and open to the public.

Sheehey Dissertation Defense Poster

Doctoral Candidate Lauren Eichler will defend her dissertation “Dehumanization and the Metaphysics of Genocide: A New Theory for Genocide Prevention” on Thursday May 23 at 3:00pm in the EMU Maple Room on the University of Oregon campus.

This Defense is free of charge and open to the public.

Eichler Dissertation Defense Poster

Friday April 26
Neuroscience, Ethics, & Law in an Era of Big Data
Knight Law Center, Room 141
Full Schedule
Contact: Nicolae Morar

Doctoral Candidate Celena Simpson will defend her dissertation “The Mixed-Race W.E.B. Du Bois: Historical and Contemporary Insights” on Wednesday May 15 at 2:00pm in the Philosophy Department Conference Room (250C Susan Campbell Hall) on the University of Oregon campus.

This Defense is free of charge and open to the public.

Simpson Dissertation Defense

Doctoral Candidate Claire Pickard will defend her dissertation “Pro-X: A Historical Approach to the Philosophical Problems of the Life/Choice Binary in American Abortion Discourse” on Wednesday May 15 at 9:15am in the Philosophy Department Conference Room (250C Susan Campbell Hall) on the University of Oregon campus.

This Defense is free of charge and open to the public.

Pickard Dissertation Defense Poster