Creating a common narrative for a color-blind democracy
CSU professor Andre Archie advocates a color-blind approach to race relations, emphasizing individual character, family, and economic class for a shared American identity.
The Vegetarian turned Hunter: Grad Student Cori Persinger finds inspiration through indigenous hunting practices
Her desire for ethical eating and living leads grad student Cori Persinger to a cross-cultural discussion of hunting ethics and her first deer kill.
Losing Faith and Building Trust: How Philosophy Informs and Bolsters Scientific Practice and Communication
Philosophers and scientists team up on efforts to build trust in science and successfully communicate its results.
Living the Good Life: Retired Faculty are Writing, World-Travelling, and Winemaking in their years after CSU
Retired philosophy faculty spend lots of time doing philosophy! They are also having lots of fun—in the vineyard, on the pickleball court, and on globe-trotting adventures.
Department Year-in-Review: 2022-2023
CSU Philosophy faculty hosted a record-breaking number of public lectures, deepened campus partnerships, practiced innovative teaching, and engaged in nonstop research this year.
Music and Emotional Perception
How can we all experience similar emotions when we hear a piece of music played? What makes the tones and tempo of music universal? Domenica Romagni investigates the aesthetics of music and how it can arouse emotion and strengthen empathetic connection.
Congratulations to the Class of 2023!
Meet CSU’s graduating class of philosophy majors! These inquisitive, deep-thinking, creative, and socially-minded young people are sure to make their mark on the world.
NEH grant will help build new Center for Engaged Humanities
As part of the $500,000 NEH Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant, the college must raise approximately $1.5 million in matching funds for the project within the next five years.
Liberal Arts and Health
In 2022-23, CSU embarked on a thematic year of health. From artists to sociologists, our faculty explored issues of health.
Happiness class hooks students on more than a feeling
Part of a series exploring humanity’s most enduring questions, the class looks at the concept of happiness through multiple lenses.