Ethics and Applied Philosophy Graduate Conference

at UNC Charlotte, hosted by the Philosophical Union of UNC Charlotte

Praxis as First Philosophy

6th Annual Ethics and Applied Philosophy Graduate Conference hosted by the Philosophical Union of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

April 26 - 28, 2024, virtually

Keynote speakers:

Kim Q. Hall, Appalachian State University

Kathleen Lowenstein, Michigan State University

Zoom Information

https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/95627127695

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Program

Note: all times are in Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4).

Day 1 Schedule (April 26)

Opening Remarks (1:15pm - 1:30pm ET)

Opening remarks delivered by Philosophical Union of UNC Charlotte Co-Presidents

Steve Muir and Nicholas Osaka

Established Scholar Keynote (1:30pm - 3:00pm ET) — Toward a Cripistemology of Eco-Anxiety

Keynote: Kim Q. Hall, PhD. Professor of Philosophy @ Appalachian State University.

Moderator: Billie Waller

Panel A (3:00pm - 4:45pm ET) — Topics in Disability Studies

Speaker: Casey Doherty (Independent): Reimagining Protest: Artivism in the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Community

Speaker: Rosalie Looijaard (Boston University): Against Disability Generalism: Navigating Chronic Pain Through Models of Disability

Speaker: Kilah Tabatsky (Siena College): Defining Disability Through the Lens of Solidarity

Moderator: Amanda Hassard

Panel B (4:50pm - 6:20pm ET) — Theorizing Action

Speaker: Corey McKibbin (Carleton University): Decolonizing Time

Speaker: Simon Francesco Di Rupo (Università degli Studi di Perugia): The importance of interfaith dialogue in approaching environmental ethics. Raimon Panikkar and Pope Francis in comparison

Speaker: Scott Ryan Maybell (Independent): Brandom in the Wild: Recognitive Analysis and Recollective Praxis

Moderator: Pennda Arami

Day 2 Schedule (April 27)

Saturday Open (10:45am - 11:00am ET)

Saturday Open will consist of coffee chat and technical check.

Panel C (11:00am - 12:30pm ET) — Specificity in Praxis

Speaker: Emily Lange (Marquette University): Making Better Worlds: Worldbuilding as Feminist Theory and Practice

Speaker: Dhritiman Barman (Virginia Tech): The Shaping and Reshaping of a Legal Cannabis Market in Southwest Virginia

Speaker: Jack R Leff (Virginia Tech): On Activist Science

Moderator: Nicholas Osaka

Panel D (1:20pm - 2:50pm ET) — Affect & Injustice

Speaker: Roxy Alexander (Independent): Epistemic Injustice and ADHD Girls in the K-12 Education System

Speaker: Erica Bigelow (University of Washington): Felt Weapons: Wielding Affect to Harm

Speaker: Triston Hanna (Arizona State University): Degrees of Emotional Fit: A Range View

Moderator: Knaviyah Howard

Alumna Keynote (3:00pm - 4:30pm ET) — Engaging the Margins: Exploring the Intersections of Critical Mental Health and Bioethics

Keynote: Kathleen Lowenstein. PhD Candidate, Philosophy, Michigan State University.

Moderator: Steve Muir

Social/Networking Hour (5:05pm - 6:00pm ET)

Day 3 Schedule (April 28)

Sunday Open (10:45am - 11:00am ET)

Sunday Open will consist of coffee chat and technical check.

Panel E (11:00am - 12:30pm ET) — Topics in Bioethics

Speaker: Daniel Gaines (Western Michigan University): Transgender Healthcare, Depathologization, and the Gender Dysphoria Diagnosis

Speaker: Xiu Lim (Independent): Could (some) religious leaders have a special obligation to morally bioenhance? Examining the use of libido-reducing drugs to promote celibacy

Speaker: Natalia Nealon (University of California, Irvine): Epistemic Shortcuts and Unjust Diagnostic Practices

Moderator: Steve Muir

Panel F (1:20pm - 2:50pm ET) — Feminist Perspectives

Speaker: Margaret Murphy (American University): Nara Smith: A Case Study in Black Motherhood and Trad Wives

Speaker: Mary Peterson (Universität Hamburg) and Kate Yuan (Yale University): Ethics is Failing Ethics: Citation Standards for Sexual Misconduct in the Field

Speaker: Neha Nandakumar (Simon Fraser University): Taking Care of Yourself in a Workist Society

Moderator: Lilly Tran

Panel G (3:00pm - 4:30pm ET) — Historical Methodologies

Speaker: Jonmarc Bennett (Marquette University): Tosaka Jun on Cultural Freedom

Speaker: Ethan Gettes (Fordham University): The Fractured Totality: Benjamin, Hegel, and the Politics of Universal History

Speaker: Spencer Heitman (University of Arkansas): Blaming Backward: On Moral Evaluations of Historical Predecessors

Moderator: Carson Saffold

Closing Remarks (4:35pm - 4:45pm ET)

Closing remarks delivered by Philosophical Union of UNC Charlotte Co-Presidents

Nicholas Osaka and Steve Muir

Speaker Information

Notes and Acknowledgements

The Philosophical Union of UNC Charlotte is the graduate student organization of students at UNC Charlotte interested in philosophical interventions and discussion. Annually since 2018, the Philosophical Union has organized the Ethics and Applied Philosophy Graduate Conference, a home for philosophical interventions and discourse from an applied and interdisciplinary perspective.

This conference is funded in part by the Center for Professional & Applied Ethics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The Center does not necessarily endorse the beliefs or actions of this organization.

This conference is funded in part by the Graduate & Professional Student Government (GPSG) of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with student activity fees. The GPSG and Student Activity Fees Commision do not necessarily endorse the beliefs or actions of this organization.

Funded in part by the Graduate & Professional Student Government with your student activity fees. GPSG & SAFC do not necessarily endorse the beliefs or actions of this organization.