“Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.”
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Happy to be featured in Berkeley’s Visiting Scholars and Postdoc Newsletter!
https://vspa.berkeley.edu/news/postdoc-spotlight-dr-nicoletta-montaners-pursuit-alternatives By William McCarthy | VSPA News Team | July 5, 2022 When Nicoletta Montaner went to college, her career goal was to compose music for films. “My research interests really started with aesthetics and then went to how inequality has been conceived of so differently by serious thinkers,” Montaner said. Growing up in Tampa, Florida, Montaner…
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Beyond Academia Conference 2022
Philosophy does have practical applications! Next Thursday, I am participating in Berkeley’s Beyond Academia conference, leading a general interest workshop for Humanities & STEM students on how to think about finding a job right now. It’s free to participate and there’s still time to register here.
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Practicing the Humanities Colloquium Course at Berkeley
This semester, I have been developing a graduate colloquium course for the Arts & Humanities division Ph.D. students at UC Berkeley. The course introduces graduate students from across the division to a range of work and career possibilities beyond the tenure track. Those presenting include Berkeley alumni, faculty and leaders in public policy, publishing, technology…
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AAAS: During the stay-at-home restrictions, Americans engaged in an average of five humanities activities at least sometimes
Interesting findings in an American Academy of Arts & Sciences survey of 1,000 people in the US. The main finding is in the title of this post. Click through for a graph of results. Other key findings: History: Watching shows with historical content was the most popular activity by a wide margin, with over 70…
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2020 ACLS Emerging Voices Fellow
This year, I will be working as an ACLS-funded post-doctoral fellow at University of California Berkeley’s “Practicing the Humanities” initiative.
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Nominated for 2020 APSA Dissertation Award
I just learned my dissertation was nominated for the American Political Science Association award for Best Dissertation in Political Philosophy. What a great way to begin what promises to be an exciting year.
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2020 Central APA Conference
Exciting news! I will be giving two short talks at the Central meeting of the APA in Chicago this coming February. Both papers come out of dissertation research that I look forward to sharing and receiving comments on from the panelists and participants. Thursday evening, 2/27 7:30pm – 10:30pm G3M. Society for German Idealism, Panel:…
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Adventures in online teaching: Meatspace edition
Today, as I was wrapping up a phone call, I walked into one of my regular cafe spots to get some work done. I put my bag and coat down at the large group seating area and walked away so as not to distract those working with my phone conversation. I was focusing on my…
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ISO Good Resources on Classroom Ethics
I am currently in search of some good resources on classroom ethics. What are your favorite articles, authors, journals or blogs on teaching philosophy and especially navigating the challenges involved in classes with diverse populations? The Teaching Philosophy journal is a valuable resource. There may also be less visible publications I don’t know about.…
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Excited to be joining Loyola’s part-time Computer Science faculty in the fall!
This fall, I’ll be joining the part-time faculty in Loyola’s growing Computer Science Department teaching Social, Legal and Ethical issues in computing. I will join a part-time faculty (which includes Loyola Philosophy alum Matt Butcher) who all work professionally in their respective fields, while teaching in computer science — it’s an interesting feature of that…
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