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We are proud to announce the 2017 recipients of the Horace B. Russell Prize, the Frank Harrison III Scholarship, the Daniel Hart Memorial Scholarship, and the Richard H. Severens Scholarship. Congratulations to the students recognized below on these well-deserved awards! Matthew Schramm awarded the Frank Harrison III Scholarship and the Richard H. Severens Scholarship “As a double major in philosophy and religion, I have been privileged to…

Pictured l-r: Sam Guimond, Zoe Schweitzer, Peter Bartlett, Mong Vo, Mark Westrick, Caty Huff, Steve Guimond Congratulations to UGA’s Ethics Club for an impressive performance in the National Bioethics Bowl, which took place at Baylor College in Waco, TX on Saturday, April 13. Finishing as the highest ranked public university in the tournament, UGA’s team ranked 3rd place out of 20 teams, behind runner up Georgetown University and winner…

Congratulations to Presidential Award of Excellence winner Sophia Gavalas, a double major in Philosophy and Microbiology. This prestigious honor is awarded to only a handful of graduating seniors each year and we are very proud to have a winner among our Class of 2024. Gavalas was a CURO Summer Research Fellow in 2022, and has won two CURO Research Awards. She is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society, Co-President of the American…

Are you a student in a logic class who is having trouble with the material? Do syllogisms make you squeamish? Do proofs make you perplexed? Do you just want some extra study help? Well worry no more! UGA philosophy graduate student Douglas Geiger offers free logic tutoring on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, noon to 1pm in 10A Peabody Hall: email him at dlg70524@uga.edu to schedule an appointment.

The Department of Philosophy held a reception on Friday, December 15, 2023 to celebrate our students participating in Fall 2023 commencement ceremonies. We were excited to welcome their friends and families to Peabody Hall as we congratulated these accomplished young people and wish them well in all their future endeavors!  Graduate student Josué Piñeiro was awarded a PhD, he is pictured third from left with faculty Melissa Fahmy, Sarah…

The Department of Philosophy is excited to welcome new assistant professor, Youjin Kong. Kong's specializations in Social/Political Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, and the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence bring great expertise in areas of scholarship with tremendous relevance in contemporary society and culture. Her current research analyzes how AI reproduces gender and racial injustice and explores the nature of social identity and power…

Department of Philosophy PhD candidate Josué Piñeiro has accepted a position as a full time lecturer at Kennesaw State University starting in Fall 2023. His dissertation focuses on epistemic injustice and epistemic resistance with the incorporation of elements of the ethical and the political, his research interests drawing from the philosophy of race, decolonial theory, and feminist philosophy.  Piñeiro's interest in philosophy…

The Department of Philosophy hosted a reception and awards presentation on Friday, May 12 to recognize Spring 2023 graduates and award recipients. Students and their families gathered for refreshments in the atrium of Peabody Hall as department head Aaron Meskin and undergraduate coordinator Thanassis Samaras recognized this year's graduates and scholarship and award winners. All graduating seniors were presented with a gift bag containing a…

The Department of Philosophy is excited to announce the 2023 undergraduate scholarship and award winners. Congratulations to Ralph Liu, Kayleigh McCrystal, Joshua Track, and Emmalyne Zant: The Blackstone Scholarship Kayleigh McCrystal Kayleigh McCrystal is a Philosophy major who will be pursuing her Philosophy MA as a UGA Double Dawg. She carries a double minor in  Law, Ethics, & Philosophy and Law,…

The Department of Philosophy is excited to welcome Youjin Kong to our faculty. Dr. Kong will be joining the department as an Assistant Professor in August 2023. She achieved her PhD at Michigan State University and she specializes in social/political philosophy, feminist philosophy, and the ethics of artificial intelligence with a focus on social identity and gender and racial justice.  "I am really excited that Dr. Kong…