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I’m still teaching at Central Michigan University, where my rank is Senior Lecturer.  CMU recently decided to slash the budget in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, which resulted in four lecturers being laid off from the Department of … Continue reading →

Last (fall) semester I did something new: I taught a first-year seminar course for the honors program.  The first year seminars allow the professor to build a course around an issue of her choice, within a few broad areas.  I … Continue reading →

I have recently returned from the Animal Liberation: Forty Years On conference, hosted by the University of Rennes 2.  This was my first time in France and I really enjoyed the experience.  The conference was partly in French and partly … Continue reading →

I’m teaching a very standard slate of courses this semester: two sections of Business Ethics and two of Introduction to Philosophy.  (This is in addition to the online Business Ethics sections I also teach most terms.) Last time I taught … Continue reading →

I’m back to teaching Animal Ethics this semester after a long break (over two years).  This is the first time it’s being taught under its own course designator instead of as “PHL 397” which at CMU designates a “special topics” … Continue reading →

Thank you to the organizers and audience of the Dionysium.  I had a splendid time and hope to return someday.  I can only hope that people enjoyed my talk as much as I enjoyed everyone else’s.  The discussions I had … Continue reading →

I’m delighted to report that I will be appearing at The Dionysium in Austin, Texas, for the Ethics show on April 3.  My talk will be titled “Letting Animals In.”  The tentative description is below: Not so very long ago, animals were … Continue reading →