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Take EPE 628, Ethics & Educational Decision Making, S’20

In the spring of 2020, I’ll be teaching Ethics and Educational Decision Making, EPE 628, with both face-to-face AND synchronously online sections! The class meets on Tuesday from 4-6:30pm. Consider signing up or tell your friends who might. [featured-image link=”http://ericthomasweber.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/EPE628-FB.jpg” link_single=”http://ericthomasweber.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/EPE628-FB.jpg” single_newwindow=”false” alt=”Image of a road that forks, next to the text of the name…

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[VIDEO]: Why You Should Take my Philosophy of Education Course this Fall

Graduate students and advanced undergraduates at the University of Kentucky, watch this VIDEO (4m29s) about why you should take my EPE 640 course this fall on the Philosophy of Education. [youtube id=”PHIKvuteoHM”] Advanced undergraduates, if you’d like to take this course, email the instructor at eric.t.weber@uky.edu. Why study the Philosophy of Education? a) Educators…

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Excited to Be Joining Ed Policy at UKY

It is my great pleasure to announce that I’ll be joining the department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation at the University of Kentucky as associate professor in August of 2018. [featured-image link=”http://ericthomasweber.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/UKY.jpg” link_single=”http://ericthomasweber.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/UKY.jpg” single_newwindow=”false” alt=”The University of Kentucky.”] Over the years, I have had the immense honor to work with countless outstanding students in Public…

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‘Ethics & Public Policy’ course in Fall ’18

For the Fall semester of 2018, I’m planning an upper level course here at the University of Kentucky in ‘Ethics and Public Policy,’ PHI 531, Section 1, which will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:45 pm. The course will begin with an examination of major moral traditions as well as ethical problems…

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Tehran Times Front Page on ‘Uniting MS’

Check out the front page of February 28th’s Tehran Times. I gave an interview on Uniting Mississippi and was honored with some pretty cool real estate in the paper. Here’s an image of the cover and below that I’ve got links for a clipped PDF of the interview and to the regular text version on their site: [featured-image link=”http://ericthomasweber.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/TT-InterviewOnUnitingMississippi-022816.pdf”…

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Videoed Talk on ‘Uniting Mississippi’ at USM

I had a great time at the University of Southern Mississippi on Friday, January 29th. After a fun interview on WDAM TV in Hattiesburg, MS, I headed over to the new Liberal Arts Building on campus, which is beautiful. Dr. Sam Bruton in the Philosophy and Religion department at USM organizes the Philosophical Fridays program, which…

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Fun Interview on WDAM TV

I had a delightful time in Hattiesburg, MS this January. My first stop while in town was at WDAM TV’s studio for the Midday News on Channel 7. I had the great pleasure of talking with Miranda Beard, who invited me to tell people about Uniting Mississippi and who announced my talk at the University of…

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TV Interview and Talk at USM

I’m looking forward to meeting the folks at WDAM in Hattiesburg, MS, on Friday, January 29th for an interview about Uniting Mississippi: Democracy and Leadership in the South. I’ll be on live at around noon. I’ll post a clip of the interview as soon after it as I can. That same day (Friday), I’ll next head…

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Video of My Interview on WLOX TV News at 4

The video clip of my interview on WLOX TV News at 4 in Biloxi, MS, is included at the bottom of this post. I had a great time visiting the coast, seeing the beautiful water, and talking with some really nice people. [featured-image link=”http://etweber.wp2.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2015/12/WLOXintvw-Frame.jpg” link_single=”http://etweber.wp2.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2015/12/WLOXintvw-Frame.jpg” single_newwindow=”false” alt=”This is a still video frame from my interview on WLOX…

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Signed Copies of ‘Uniting Mississippi’ for Southern Bound Book Shop

Beautiful day in Biloxi! Just met the owner of Southern Bound Book Shop. If you live nearby and can’t make it to the signing tonight, you can head there for a signed copy later. They also have a store in Ocean Springs. If you live closer to Bay Saint Louis, Bay Books will have copies…

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