Opera-ting worldwide | Maire Therese Carmack
UCCS may not be known for its opera program, but it has served Visual and Performing Arts alumna Maire Therese Carmack well. (More)
Department of Philosophy
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Is Violence Always Counterproductive During Protests?
Most people would say that protests should be non-violent. They believe that violence never works in conveying a message and that it’s morally not okay. Kling and Mitchell, however, take an alternative view. (More)
7 Questions with Jeff Scholes, author of “Religion and Sport in North America: Critical Essays for the 21st Century”
Described as “a rigorously researched introduction to the relationship between Christianity, race, and sport in the United States,” Scholes’ book examines how Protestant Christianity and race have interacted, often to the detriment of Black bodies, throughout the sporting world over the last century. (More)
Olkowski named CU Distinguished Professor
Dorothea Olkowski has recently been named by CU as one of two UCCS distinguished professors. (More)
7 Questions with Jennifer Kling, author of “Racist, Not Racist, Antiracist: Language and the Dynamic Disaster of American Racism”
People in the United States have a hard time talking about racially tricky situations, says Jen Kling, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at UCCS. That’s why her new book advocates for a new kind of racial vocabulary. (More)
UCCS partners with local organizations for dialogues on war, trauma and the reintegration process
When, if ever, is the right time to go to war? What’s it like to leave for war, and what’s it like to come back and attempt to re-acclimate to society? These are the types of questions Jennifer Kling and Max Shulman hope to explore with the upcoming “Experience of War” dialogues. (More)
UCCS to pilot Learning Assistants peer tutoring program
Using funding from a $300,000 CU Next award, UCCS will work alongside CU Boulder and CU Denver to pilot a new Learning Assistants program to bring peer tutoring to UCCS classrooms. (More)
7 Questions with Jennifer Kling, author of “The Philosophy of Protest: Fighting for Justice without Going to War”
Jennifer Kling, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at UCCS, answered seven questions on “The Philosophy of Protest: Fighting for Justice without Going to War.” Kling calls it “a theory of protest for our world.” (More)
7 Questions with Jeffrey Scholes, author of “Christianity, Race, and Sport”
Jeffrey Scholes, associate professor of religious studies in the Department of Philosophy, answers seven questions on his new book, a critical examination of white Protestant Christianity’s attempt to disproportionately police, discipline and punish Black athletes. (More)
7 Questions with Jennifer Kling, author of “War Refugees: Risk, Justice, and Moral Responsibility”
Jennifer Kling, assistant professor of philosophy, answered seven questions on her new book, which argues that war refugees have suffered and continue to suffer a series of harms, wrongs, and oppressions – and so are owed recompense as a matter of justice. (More)