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Professor Gentzel’s Paper “Facial Profiling Technology and Discrimination: A New Threat to Civil Rights in Liberal Democracies”
Professor Gentzel’s peer-reviewed paper that was published on May 16th, 2024 in Philosophical Studies, link to paper here https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11098-024-02156-0
Dr. Walker receives 2024 Excellence in Online Teaching Award for Course Design
Dr. Nathan C. Walker, Lecturer II for the Department of Philosophy & Religion, received the 2024 Excellence in Online Teaching Award for his online course Religion & Law and his hybrid course Religion & Health. Rutgers University’s Teaching and Learning with Technology bestows these awards to Rutgers faculty, lecturers, or staff in recognition of outstanding … Continue reading Dr. Walker receives 2024 Excellence in Online Teaching Award for Course Design…
Dr. Walker receives 2024 Chancellor’s Grant for Pedagogical Innovation & Honors College Faculty Fellowship
Dr. Nathan C. Walker, Lecturer II for the Department of Philosophy & Religion, received the 2024 Chancellor’s Grant for Pedagogical Innovation and Honors College Faculty Fellowship. He will use this grant to design and teach “AI Ethics & Law” for the Rutgers Honors College in the Fall 2024 semester. This honors seminar builds upon his … Continue reading Dr. Walker receives 2024 Chancellor’s Grant for Pedagogical Innovation & Honors College Faculty Fellowship…
Article in the Gleaner about the Deep Thinkers Club
The Deep Thinkers Club attracted some attention, read this insightful article found in the Gleaner (Rutgers’ Run Student paper), article can be found here https://gleaner.rutgers.edu/2023/10/02/inside-the-deep-thinkers-club/.
Dr. Betz’s New Book “Modes of Protest and Resistance/Strange Change in Morals Political”
The Department of Philosophy and Religion is delighted to announce the release of Dr. Betz’s new book “Modes of Protest and Resistance” released December 2023. This book presents a philosophical analysis of the different forms of political resistance and protest. It explores the normative space of resistance that is beyond self-defense and civil disobedience, and … Continue reading Dr. Betz’s New Book “Modes of Protest and Resistance/Strange Change in Morals Political”…