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Hamilton bids goodbye to a remarkable cohort of faculty as they enter retirement. We asked them to reflect on their careers, changes at the College, and the future.

Hamilton President Steven Tepper announced the promotion of three faculty members to the rank of professor, as approved by the College’s Board of Trustees at its June meeting. They include Abhishek Amar (Asian Studies), Tara McKee (Psychology), and Katheryn Doran (Philosophy), who will retire later this month as professor of philosophy emeritus.

Katheryn Doran, associate professor of philosophy, hosted the second Philosophy of Film Without Theory conference on Oct. 21-22. Doran’s talk “I May Destroy You: TV and the Growth of Understanding” grew out of conversations with students in her Philosophy of Film course about the paucity of treatment in film and TV of all but stereotypical violent sexual assault by strangers.

“Lone Star: Ambiguity as a Philosophical Given and a Philosophical Virtue,” by Associate Professor of Philosophy Katheryn Doran, was published as a chapter in Philosophy of Film Without Theory, from Palgrave Macmillan.

Associate Professor of Philosophy Katheryn Doran recently posted a blog on American Philosophical Association's Current Events in Public Philosophy. In "Phronêsis, or, a Plea for Critical Thinking," she gives a critical account of what philosophers do in the classroom -- and its many uses beyond the classroom.

Associate Professor of Philosophy Katheryn Doran presented a paper in a Society for the Philosophical Study of the Contemporary Visual Arts session at the American Philosophical Association’s recent virtual Central Division Meeting.

Associate Professor of Philosophy Katheryn Doran recently participated in a virtual Voter Education Panel event sponsored by the Utica College Student Government Association.

Associate Professor of Philosophy Katheryn Doran discussed her advanced course on American philosophy and how it fits into Hamilton’s SSIH requirement in a post on the Blog of the American Philosophical Association.

“With Friends Like These…or: How Not to Respond to the Imposition Objection,” by Associate Professor of Philosophy Katheryn Doran, was recently published in the journal Aesthetic Investigation.

Associate Professor of Philosophy Katheryn Doran wrote about Hamilton’s Social, Structural, and Institutional Hierarchies in a post published recently on the Blog of the American Philosophical Association.