Philosophy Department News

Courtney Minor helps develop city policy as a 2020 Battin-Lester Fellow

Philosophy major Courtney Minor was awarded a paid inaugural Battin-Lester Summer Research Fellowship.

Dr. Bondy publishes paper in Topoi

Dr. Bondy's paper, "Deeply Disagreeing with Myself: Synchronic Intrapersonal Deep Disagreements", was recently published in the journal Topoi (summer 2020).

Students co-author chapter on space ethics with Dr. Schwartz

Dr. Castro Blogs for the APA

Susan Castro posts "Engendering Algorithmic Oppression" for the Women in Philosophy section of the Blog of the APA (American Philosophical Association).

Alumni News

Zohreh Dalirian has been admitted to the Doctoral program in Education at Southeastern University (2021).

LCDR Joseph M. Hatfield returned to his roots in the WSU Philosophy department to give talks on the philosophical significance and implications of the blockchain technology used in cryptocurrencies for Internet 3.0, and a philosophical analysis of state intelligence in democratic and authoritarian systems (2021).

Lucy Petroucheva is a civic engagement manager at the Kansas Leadership Center (2021).

Courtney Minor is now enrolled in the PhD program in Philosophy at UCLA with 7 years of funding. She's studying Philosophy of Law, Ethics, Political Philosophy, and Logic (2021).

Daniel Saunders finished his masters at York University and is now getting his PhD in Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. He's studying Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Social Science and Philosophy of Medicine (2020).

Tyler Hiebert is finishing his dissertation for a PhD in Communications at the Annenberg School of Communications, USC (2020).

Curt Gridley and Tracy Hoover founded Groover Labs, a creative concept to market maker space in Wichita's Old Town Opportunity Zone (2019).

Alumni Spotlight

Hector Corea

Class of 2014

Education:

Wichita State University, Political Science and Philosophy double major (2014)

UC Berkley Law School (2016)

Previous Employment:

U.S. Army Reserve

Current Job Title:

Associate Attorney, DLA Piper LLP.

Responsibilities include:

Synthesizing legal research and analysis into a coherent written memorandum or brief for submission to a client, court or arbitrator

Appearing in a court of law, arbitration or other judicial tribunal on behalf of the firm's client

Analyzing and summarizing complicated legal documents, including contracts, and suggesting alterations to those documents

Anticipating and mitigating potential legal problems within the law firm or for a client — and developing strategies to avoid costly litigation and reduce potential areas of risk

Congratulations everyone!

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