Tag: Philosophy

Jon Ivan Gill (Philosophy) will release his debut hip-hop album on April 21 as part of VirgoTwins, a duo comprised of Gill (AKA, MC Gilead7) and producer Boricua Sandy. The album, ArtSpace, is described as “a realm where creativity is never concluded but always malleable. The sonic imagination encapsulated in these ten potent and unique…

Peg O’Connor (Philosophy) Completed Her 40th Podcast Since Summer 2022. Each podcast was in conjunction with her book, “Higher and Friendly Powers: Transforming Addiction and Suffering,” published this past fall. Additionally, she has given five talks and several interviews during that time. (She is now officially talked out.)

Lisa Heldke (Philosophy) gave an invited talk for the Philosophy Department at Marquette University entitled, “Stuck on You: Thinking Parasitically.”

Lisa Heldke’s (Philosophy) story “The Potluck League” was published in the latest issue of the journal Food, Culture & Society.

Peg O’Connor (Philosophy) is prominently featured in “Is Dry January a Little too Dry for you?” in Salon magazine.

Lisa Heldke (Philosophy) published an essay entitled “Parasitic Personhood” in the anthology “Co-Operative Aesthetics: A Quasi-Manifesto for the 21st Century,” edited by Gioia Laura Iannilli.

Lisa Heldke (Philosophy) gave a lecture at Colby College — “The Aesthetic Value of Disgusting Experiences: Ruminations on my Compost Bucket” — as part of the Colby Center for the Arts and Humanities yearlong lecture series, “Food for Thought.”

Lisa Heldke (Philosophy), along with her co-creator Cynthia Belliveau from the University of Vermont, is the recipient of the 2022 John Dewey Society Award for Outstanding Achievement, for their creation of the John Dewey Kitchen Institute. The award is given to “that individual or those individuals who, in the judgment of the committee, has or…

Peg O’Connor (Philosophy) had an op-ed in USA Today on the necessity of legislation to legalize pot including limits on its potency. Additionally, her series, “Philosophy Stirred, Not Shaken,” on psychologytoday.com has now reached more than 2 million total views.

Lisa Heldke (Philosophy) presented a paper entitled “I Know I Am But What Are You? Paul Thompson on the Ethical Irrelevance of Dietetics” at the Food Ethics Futures conference held at Michigan State University.