Accomplishments: Department of Philosophy

Cheryl Abbate (Philosophy) presented an invited talk titled "Taking Feline Well-Being Seriously" at the Cat/People Symposium at Southern Methodist University. In this talk, Abbate argued that promoting animal well-being (human and nonhuman, felines included) involves more than just promoting happiness; it also involves treating and viewing animals…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) participated in an "author meets critics" panel on her book Intimate Borders: Feminist Migration Ethics at the 2026 American Philosophical Association Central Division meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Her commentators included José Jorge Mendoza from University of Washington, Allison Wolf from Universidad de los Andes,…
Dave Beisecker's (Philosophy) article, "America Encounters the Absolute" has been published in the latest issue of Pragmatism Today. The article traces the emergence of American pragmatist philosophy out of revolutionary German Idealism.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published a public philosophy article titled, "Minneapolis exige una coalición feminista," ("Minneapolis demands a feminist coalition") in El País.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published a public philosophy article titled, "Antisemitism damages Mexico protests" in Salon.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published "Doctors as Immigration Agents: An Ethical Challenge" in Forced Migration and Health Care Justice (Oxford University Press), edited by Lisa A. Eckenwiler, Verina Wild, Anna Gotlib, Ryoa Chung, and Deborah Zion.
Jesse Fitts (Philosophy) has published the paper, "Access Denied: An Argument Against King’s Propositional Access Principle," in the journal Thought: A Journal of Philosophy.
Todd Jones (Philosophy) gave a presentation titled, “Imaginative Worlds in Literature and Real World Understanding” at the 76th Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference on October 31 in Portland, OR.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published a book titled Intimate Borders: Feminist Migration Ethics with Oxford University Press.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) served as consultant and script advisor for the most recent season of the PBS Kids television show Alma's Way. One of the episodes on which she served as a consultant, "To Tell or Not to Tell," aired recently on PBS.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published a guide on migration in the Public Philosophy Network's new series of Guides to Public Philosophy.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Children, Borders, and Adultification" at the Workshop on Migration Justice at Texas State University.