Introducing the UnMute Podcast
I have a new project that I’ve started for 2015. I have been in the business of making philosophy accessible for several years. This year I want to focus on doing it in a different way that will have a reach for beyond what I can do physically. In my twenties, I co-hosted a two […]
Critical Philosophy of Race Journal Article
Some comrades and I (Liam Bright, Tina Botts, and & Quayshawn Spencer ) co-wrote an article called “What is the State of Blacks in Philosophy?”. It has been just published in Penn State’s “Critical Philosophy of Race” journal. It’s a piece that gives an empirical look into blacks in the US doing philosophy. This is the empirical part […]
My Summer at the Rutgers Institute For Diversity in Philosophy
For almost twenty years, Howard McGary and the Rutger’s Summer Institute for Diversity in Philosophy have been doing their part to make the profession more diverse. This summer at the Institute, I served as a panelist as well as a mentor to undergraduate students for seven awesome days. I was inspired by them, amazed by […]
The Hip-Hop Fellow (Trailer)
“The Hip-Hop Fellow” is a look into Producer 9th Wonder time as educator of Hip Hop at Harvard University. The Hip-Hop Fellow gives the 7 billion people who have not attended that prestigious institution a chance to bear witness to this historical moment, where the integration of hip-hop as an academic endeavor is finally accepted as […]
In My Classroom… End of the Semester Class Pictures
At the end of each semester, I like to take a class photo of my students in order to remember our experience together. Some students hate it but at least I have a visual memory 🙂 So here are my philosophy students from fall 2013. philosophy 103 Philosophy 61 Philosophy 231 9:25 Philosophy 231 10:50 […]
In My Classroom…
In my intro philosophy course our theme has been “Justice” this semester. My students just finished Nancy Hirschmann’s “Subject of Liberty” where she argues how the negative and positive liberty of women are restricted and infringed upon in cases of rape, domestic violence, and welfare. It has been an enlightening experience for me as a […]
Philosophy Classes with High School Students
This summer I had the opportunity to teach a critical thinking/ethics course to High school students. For the month of July I taught philosophy everyday to students of Upward Bound at Columbia University. It was fun challenging them, exposing them to philosophy, and hearing their unique voice.
TEXTnology In The Classroom
I had the opportunity to participate and present at the Teaching Technology Institute at Long Island University last week. My presentation was entitled “TEXTnology In The Classroom” and I shared how I use texting to enhance learning in my philosophy courses. I had a blast! (Go to the teaching menu above for ways to make […]
Fun at Free University
I had a great time at Free University this weekend. Free university is an organization committed to offering free and open education in parks and public spaces. Sessions are taught by activists, experts, and professors. Saturday’s event was held in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem on the theme “Assata Shakur’s Legacy & Lives of Resistance”. […]
Have a great summer Philosophy 231
I’ve enjoyed you all this semester. Now relax for the summer. Below is our class picture.
Literal Word Playing on George Yancey’s “Look A White” (Vine Video)
Have a good summer Philosophy 62
It’s been real and its been fun. I enjoyed your hard work, enthusiasm, sense of humor and insight you bought to the course. Have a great summer and don’t act awkward if we bump into each other next semester. 🙂
R-Kelly and Descartes (Stuff My Philosophy Students Say)
** I was given permission by my student to retell the following story. So in my intro to philosophy course at LIU we just finished wrappng up personal identity. For a few sections we compared physicalism (which says that we are only a body) and dualism (which believes we are made up of a body […]
Cornel West at John Jay College
Cornel West, Immortal Technique, and Khalil Muhammad came to our school to share information with our students. The discussion ranged from justice work to mass incarceration. My students enjoyed it and were greatly inspired. Much respect to the students of John Jay who invited the guests and organized the event by themselves. The next few […]
The 10 Commandments Of Good Thinking
KungfuHobbit prefers to call critical thinking; ‘How to think, not what to think’. That’s just fine with me. And if critical thinking is that, than I guess I am #TeamCritical. It would be great if our culture were not closed minded and instead less obsessed with collecting facts and open to learning how to think […]
The Cheat Song and Other Thoughts On Academic Integrity
After watching the cheating song video above it bought back memories of cheating instances while I was in school. At this point, I do not remember ever cheating while I was in school but I will not say that I have never done it. Matter of fact, I think I did provide a few […]
What Philosophers Do–The Philosophers’ Response to the “What I Really Do” Meme
I think this meme really describe the perceptions about and reality of philosophers. My friends really do believe that I have the best job ever. They think that my classes are filled with adult students so that means at least they listen to me. They think my classes are just cafe style meetings where we […]
Breaking the “Thou Shall Not Critique Religion” Commandment
In my Western Civilization course, students and I discuss the biblical books of Genesis, Job, and Mark in several meetings of the course. We do this in order to examine what life was like living in the Ancient Near East and in an occupied area of the Roman Empire. We also discuss the scriptures to […]
Don’t Trust Professor Wikipedia!
When I was younger, if I wanted to learn a fact I went to the encyclopedia. Of course it was a huge collection and only if you were fortunate did you have any in your house. But for school assignments I could always count on getting the facts right for my projects and homework assignments by reading […]
How NOT to Teach with Digital Media
Well today is my first day of class for the spring semester. With every semester comes the opportunity to try new things and also to improve on the old. As a person who uses digital media in the classroom, I want to make sure that Im using it in its most effective way. One of […]
Eddie Glaude and Mignon Moore on Left of Black
I really enoyed this episode of Left of Black!!! Here Mark Anthony Neil talks to Eddie Glaude Professor of Religion and African American Stides and chair of the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University about the state of Black Studies and the unique challenges of Black academics in balancing their roles as activists, […]
Nozick’s Utility Monster
Below is a comic and more funny version of Nozik’s “Utility Monster”. It’s one of several thought experiments used by Nozick to critique hedonism as a value and the ethical normative theory of utilitarianism. If utilitarianism is concerned with maximizing utility(benefit, pleasure, happiness), how does this interpretation of Nozick’s “Utility Monster” counter utilitarianism and exposes […]
End of the Semester Snark: “Grading”
Its the end of the semester officially. I gave my last exam yesterday and now its time to relax. But before I do, I thought I’ll snark with the video above. Students I love you but this is very funny. And its funny because its just something that as a student you should never ever […]