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In an essay published in The Washington Post titled “Beyond disgust: How to get eaters to try insects or cultured meats,” Associate Professor of Philosophy Alexandra Plakias replied, “The answer depends in part on what foods Westerners can be persuaded to eat.”

National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, alumni, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. October’s news topics included varied subjects from gender bias to gun control. Links are provided, but some may require subscriptions to access content.

Book XI, a journal of literary philosophy housed in the Levitt Center, recently published its September issue about Plato.

National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, alumni, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. September’s news topics included varied subjects from President Steven Tepper’s inauguration to politics.

Associate Professor of Philosophy Alexandra Plakias ’02 recently presented during the 2024 International Society for Gastronomic Sciences and Studies (ISGSS) Congress at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy.

Essays by Russell Marcus, the Christian A. Johnson Professor of Teaching Excellence, were published in recent months in The Art of Teaching Philosophy: Reflective Values and Concrete Practices, edited by Brynn Welch (London: Bloomsbury, 2024).

Forty-five new faculty members have entered Hamilton’s ranks, including nine tenure-track professors in anthropology, art, computer science, dance and movement studies, economics, government, mathematics and statistics, music, and Russian. They join 31 visiting professors and lecturers, and four teaching fellows for the 2024-25 academic year.

National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, alumni, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. August’s news topics included varied subjects from the discussion of coups to the Federal Reserve and the vice presidency.

The Hamilton College Summer Program in Philosophy (HCSPiP) began in 2018 and has been a huge success ever since — including in an article featured by the American Philosophical Association. This year’s program welcomed students from as nearby as Hamilton and as far afield as Indonesia and Colombia. We sat down with Professor of Philosophy Russell Marcus, HCSPiP’s organizer, and two Hamilton students to learn about the program and what went on this summer.

A review of Awkward: A Theory, by Associate Professor of Philosophy Alexandra Plakias ’02, was published in the July 19 issue of The Times Literary Supplement (TLS).