On this day, June 4, 2020, Christina Friedlaender successfully defended a doctoral dissertation under the direction of Dr. Deb Tollefsen, entitled, “Shared Agency and Structural Oppression: The Ethics of Social Reality Management.”

Please join me in congratulating, Dr. Friedlaender!

On this day, May 20, 2020, Jonathan Wurtz successfully defended a doctoral dissertation under the direction of Dr. Tom Nenon, entitled, “Childhood as a Philosophical Means to a Political End: Liberalism, Stability, and the Deficiency Model of Childhood.”

Please join us in congratulating, Dr. Wurtz!

On this day, April 23, 2020, Ben Curtis successfully defended a doctoral dissertation under the direction of Dr. Tom Nenon, entitled, “Class Consciousness and Political Agency: A Conceptual Reconstruction for the 21st Century,”

Please join us in congratulating, Dr. Curtis!

On this day, March 25, 2020, Jim Zubko successfully defended his dissertation, “Ways of Being, Seen and Unseen: Concepts, Practices and the Emergence of Trans Ways of Life,” directed by Dr. Mary Beth Mader.

Please join me in congratulating Dr. Zubko!

On this Monday, October 28, 2019,  Samaiyah Jones Scott successfully defended a doctoral dissertation under the direction of Dr. Deb Tollefsen, entitled, “Anti-Black Racism, Shared Responsibility and the Role of African Americans”

Please join us in congratulating, Dr. Scott!

On this Monday, October 21, 2019, Kevin Ryan successfully defended a doctor dissertation under the direction of Dr. Shaun Gallagher, entitled, “Making in the Moment: The Dynamic Cognition of Musicians-in-Action.”

Please join us in congratulating, Dr. Ryan!