I could not be more grateful to Heather Cowherd, Ph.D. candidate in Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation (EPE), who nominated me for this great award. I have also been truly amazed by just how seriously the University of Kentucky Alumni Association has taken this awards process. They have put serious effort into making me and…
Freedom in Education: A Philosophical Critique of Current Educational Policies Video, 1 hr & 6 mins This video is a recording of the presentation I gave in Middle Tennessee State University’s Applied Philosophy Lyceum speakers series on November 17, 2023, in Murfreesboro, TN. The talk is titled, “Freedom in Education: A Philosophical Critique of Current…
In the spring of 2023, the Ethics and Social Justice Center at Bellarmine University issued a call for proposals for their yearly Commonwealth Ethics Lecture. They invited scholars from around the state to propose a talk to be delivered for their 2023 lecture, considering approaches from all disciplines and with special interest in interdisciplinary dialogue…
On Tuesday, October 13th, 2020, I was invited to give a talk for the Lewis Honors College at the University of Kentucky on “Undergraduate Research Beyond the Classroom.” This talk is also potentially of interest to students in my EPE 301 course on Education in American Culture. Really, this talk is for any undergraduate who…
Every semester, I mention several tools in my classes that I get asked about time and again, so I decided to make a quick video about them. I explain that in the last 5 years, text-to-speech programs have revolutionized how I consume text and how I edit documents. Programs that can read to you allow…
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…
I’m pleased to report on two exciting invitations I’ve had to speak in the spring of 2019. For one of them, the Ron Messerich Distinguished Lecture that I delivered in February, I spoke on “Correcting Political Correctness,” a piece from my book in progress titled A Culture of Justice. On Tuesday, February 26th, I gave…
[featured-image link=”http://ericthomasweber.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Capture-FromPurdueTalk-022016.jpg” link_single=”http://ericthomasweber.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Capture-FromPurdueTalk-022016.jpg” single_newwindow=”false” alt=”This is a screen capture from my talk at Purdue University in February of 2016.”] I’ve posted a number of recordings of interviews and talks I’ve given on Uniting Mississippi. This talk is on my next project, which is still in progress. The book is titled A Culture of Justice. One of the…
Here’s episode 4 of Philosophy Bakes Bread, titled “Uniting Mississippi.” You can listen to it here above or you can visit the podcast’s page for this episode here. You can subscribe to the podcast’s RSS feed here. If you prefer, you can download the MP3 file here and listen to it later. iTunes has it too. “Uniting…
Now that I’m finally catching up with my grant reporting obligations, I’m returning to work from October of 2015. We snagged some nice pictures of Judge Reeves while he was here and we recorded the video of the open forum discussion we held. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves of Mississippi’s southern district caught my attention…
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…
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…