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J.B. Delston

@jdelston.bsky.social
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Assistant professor of philosophy @UMSL: ethics, applied ethics, social and political philosophy, feminism. Author of Medical Sexism. sites.google.com/view/jdelston

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
"I am the cool fizz of prosecco sliding down one’s throat during the golden hour. The chartreuse velvet couch we make out on after eating Vietnamese take-out." @kellathornton.bsky.social's "Green" trampset.org/green-b178ab...
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Green
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Michaella Thornton @kellathornton.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
I'm exceedingly grateful to the incredible editorial team @trampset.bsky.social for a Best Microfiction nomination for "Green" 💚 thank you from the bottom of my heart for this incredible kindness 💚
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Michaella Thornton @kellathornton.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Lingering Inland Book Launch Party - The New Territory Magazine share.google/YFRZmrZAfs8k... Wanna party in St. Louis & celebrate the gorgeous, gritty beauty of Midwestern writers? Join me & a bunch of incredible writers, editors, & publishers who make the writing world a better place on 12/13
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Lingering Inland Book Launch Party - The New Territory Magazine
Join us to celebrate Lingering Inland, an expansive anthology edited by Andy Oler. 73 original short essays explore locales in Midwestern literature relevant to the life and work of literary […]
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Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 21/07/2019
"My One, My Only", a Sunday Short Read by Michaella A. Thornton | mailchi.mp/creativenonfiction/sunda… @kellathornton via @cnfonline #cnf
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
The only person I call King
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Bloomsbury purchased Lexington Books so my book has a new website. Check it out here: www.bloomsbury.com/us/medical-s...
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Medical Sexism
Doctors routinely deny patients access to hormonal birth control prescription refills, and this issue has broad interest for feminism, biomedical ethics, and ap…
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
"The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter" goacpr.org
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American Coalition for Public Radio - Tell your lawmaker, save your public radio station
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Tell your senators to take a stand against the “No Contempt Clause” act.indivisible.org/sign/senator...
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Tell your senators to take a stand against the “No Contempt Clause”
Congressional Republicans hid a provision deep in their Medicaid-slashing megabill to shield Trump and his cronies from contempt of court orders. Their “No Contempt Clause” would cause chaos for our c...
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I absolutely loved being in conversation with Samir Chopra, @kkthomason.bsky.social and @jdelston.bsky.social in this panel. I really think it's worth watching if you are interested in so-called "negative emotions"! I learned a ton. #philsky #philosophy
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APA On Demand: “Mixed Emotions: Confronting Feelings that Get a Bad Rap” replay now available - American Philosophical Association
The panelists for the online event were as follows:
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Maxi Glamour @maxiglamour.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I submitted my piece on a whim to a gender theory contest… and I won! The work is titled Policed Minds: The Assault on Neurodivergent Black Boyhood. You can read it here
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Policed Minds: The Assault on Neurodivergent Black Boyhood
Policed Minds:The Assault on Neurodivergent Black Boyhood
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I learned so much today from @kkthomason.bsky.social @saraprotasi.bsky.social and Samir Chopra at our APA panel on "bad" emotions. Look for the recording soon on the APA On Demand Video Library! www.apaonline.org/events/Event...
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American Philosophical Association
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
If you are an American Philosophical Association member, come chat about "bad" emotions this Thursday at 10am Pacific! @kkthomason.bsky.social and Samir Chopra are the other panelists, and @jdelston.bsky.social will moderate. #philsky #philosophy
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American Philosophical Association
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Congratulations to @UMSL Philosophy student Sarah Boslaugh for her presentation prize at this week's UGS! "STIGMA TOWARD PREP IS HIGHER AMONG MEN & ON SUBSCALES REFERENCING SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE" (Sarah E. Boslaugh, Brandon Park, & Dr. Rachel P. Winograd) #philsky #UMSLproud
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Eric Schwitzgebel @eschwitz.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Over the past two years, only 16% of authors in the most elite philosophy journals have been women. Link to full post with details in comments.
Authorship Rates in Four Elite Philosophy Journals (Past Two Years): Women 46 authorships; Men 243 authorships; Nonbinary/unclassified 2 authorships. Percent women: 16%
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Today at 3pm is the final UMSL Philosophy Colloquium: “Explaining Ourselves”, Samuel Dishaw (Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Louvain University in Belgium). Lucas Hall 205.
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Friday and Saturday!
Pragmatism and Scientific Inquiry
Res Philosophica Conference at Saint Louis University
April 25-26, 2025
Pere Marquette Gallery, Saint Louis University
Friday, April 25
9:00 – 9:15 Opening remarks
9:15 – 10:00 Holly Andersen, Simon Fraser University
“Pragmatist Measurement and Positive Possibility”
10:00 – 10:45 Commentator: Marina DiMarco, Washington University
and Q&A
Chair: Aja Watkins, University of Wisconsin, Madison
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:45 David Stump, University of San Francisco
“Lessons from Pragmatism for Philosophers of Science: Nine Teachings
and a Cautionary Tale”
11:45 – 12:30 Commentator: Tom Kaspers, University of Chicago
and Q&A
Chair: William Rehg, SJ, Saint Louis University
12:30 – 2:15 Lunch
2:15 – 3:00 Sharyn Clough, Oregon State University
“Peace and Pragmatism: Responding to Polarized Science Policy.”
3:00 – 3:45 Commentator Ge Fang, Washington University
and Q&A
Chair: Sahar Joakim Resch, St. Louis Community College, Meramec
3:45 – 4:00 Break
4:00 – 4:10 Introduction to Wade Memorial Lecture by Scott Ragland, Chair, Saint
Louis University Department of Philosophy
4:10 – 5:00 Joseph Rouse, Wesleyan University
“Scientific Practice and Radical Naturalism” (Wade Memorial Lecture)
5:00 – 5:30 Q&A
Chair: Kent Staley, Saint Louis University
5:30 – 6:30 Reception
6:45 Conference Dinner:
Salsa Rosada/Mayo Ketchup, 3135 Olive Street, St. Louis, MO 63103
Pragmatism and Scientific Inquiry
Saturday, April 26
9:30 – 10:15 Sabina Leonelli, Technical University of Munich
“Contrasting Visions of Inquiry in an Open Society” (via Zoom)
10:15 – 11:00 Commentator: Anya Plutynski, Washington University
and Q&A
Chair: Jill Delston, University of Missouri St. Louis
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:00 Matthew Brown, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
“What is Pragmatist about the New ‘Pragmatist’ Philosophy of Science?”
12:00 – 12:45 Commentator: Zachary Mayne, University of Pittsburgh
and Q&A
Chair: Anna Marmadoro, SLU
12:45 – 2:30 Lunch
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Luvell Anderson @luke-rage.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Looking forward to chopping it up with folks at the Critical Humor Studies Association conference this week. criticalhumorstudies.org/conferences/
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Conference – Critical Humor Studies Association
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Coming up! #philsky #medicalsexism #bioethics
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Looking forward to giving two talks today and to the student presentations tomorrow! #medicalsexism #philsky #bioethics
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Emma Tumilty (she/her) @emtumilty.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
If you want to review one of these books, or another that may be of interest to an IJFAB audience, or you have a book coming out, get in touch! www.ijfab.org/blog/2025/04...
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Book Reviewers Needed | IJFAB Blog
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Looking forward to being the keynote for this philosophy conference--thanks for the writeup addressing my research, Pacific! pacindex.com/2025/04/03/p... #philsky
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Pacific University’s 27th Annual Philosophy Conference
Pacific University’s annual undergraduate philosophy conference begins on April 18    Annually, Pacific University holds a two day philosophy conference. Since 1997, this conference …
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
I have a bad feeling about this...wait, what is a "bad feeling"? Find out more with @kkthomason.bsky.social , @saraprotasi.bsky.social, Samir Chopra and me in my capacity as a member at large with the Virtual Programming Committee of the APA. This panel has been in the works forever! #philsky
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Sara Protasi @saraprotasi.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Come chat about negative emotions with me, @kkthomason.bsky.social, and Samir Chopra. Thanks, @jdelston.bsky.social, for organizing!
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Krista K. Thomason @kkthomason.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Hey #philsky come to my panel on negative emotions! Organized by the great @jdelston.bsky.social and featuring @saraprotasi.bsky.social and Samir Chopra. It's for APA members only, so pay your dues and join us! www.apaonline.org/events/Event...
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American Philosophical Association
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
My second blog of the APA @apaphilosophy.bsky.social post in as many months is out today. It concerns inequity in medicine and health care with a precision health lens blog.apaonline.org/2025/04/10/m...
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Medical Bias as Hierarchy
Just ten hours after giving birth to her second child via C-section, Kira Johnson died of haemorrhagic shock at Cedars-Sinai hospital, surrounded by some of the best medical care providers in the worl...
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Tomy Ames @tomy.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Really amazing pieces with neat ideas. It was an honor to judge the prize of someone who I respect so much. ❤️
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The 2025 Munson Awards are out! Graduate prize: “Protecting the Partity: In Defense of Companions in Guilt,” by DeWitt 'Witt' Spiller Undergraduate prize: “Rationalityism: A Hierarchy of Discrimination and Oppression” by Eleanor Grissom Thanks to our judge, @tomy.bsky.social! #UMSLProud #philsky
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
We are looking forward to hosting Dr. Robert Lippert from the National Park Service on Thursday at 1pm in MSC Chamber for Engaged Philosophy Speaker Series. The exhibit will be on view April 1-15 on MSC Bridge #philsky #UMSLproud
Thursday April 3rd @1pm @MSC Chamber, History of Slavery in St. Louis: A talk with Dr. Robert Lippert presented by Philosophy and the Engaged Philosophy Speaker Series. Make sure you check out the full exhibit on the MSC Bridge April 1-15th. Sponsored by the UMSL Museum, Heritage, and Public History Programs
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
What an inspiring event! Join Activism Hour on Tuesdays for more resistance work bio.site/activism
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I'll be speaking at this event later this month. More info here: Finding Your Place in the Resistance March 29, 2024, 2:30-4pm ET on Zoom www.ticketleap.events/tickets/gree...
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Finding Your Place in the Resistance
We live in a time of profound challenges. Are you feeling overwhelmed? Do you want to help but not sure where to start? Do you need to realign your actions with the new political reality? At this even...
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
@michciurria.bsky.social is serving as the keynote for the Midwest Society for Women in Philosophy tomorrow at 4pm. Schedule here: www.siue.edu/mwswip/sched...
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Our very own Dan Lehocky will be giving a talk during the WhyPhi hour 3/19 12:30-1:45 in the MSC Chamber entitled “The Importance of Indecision.” Contact me to read the slides in advance of his talk. We hope you can join us! #philsky #umslproud
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Dr. Annah Bender and I have been working on an interdisciplinary project with survivors of intimate partner violence and their approach to justice. You can read about it this week in the Blog of the American Philosophical Association: blog.apaonline.org/2025/03/11/w...
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What is “Justice”? For Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence, It’s Complicated
He shattered my cell phone…I just kind of knew the situation was going to escalate, I didn’t know if the police were coming, so I went to my car to look for a weapon to defend myself and at that time ...
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
We are so excited to host Lea Brandt (MU) today 3-4:30pm in MSC Chamber for her talk, "Bedside Bioethics: Shared Understanding in Times of Moral Ambiguity" at UMSL Philosophy. Join us! #philsky #UMSLproud
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The 19th Annual Gateway Graduate Conference is April 26! Papers due 3/29. Graduate students, please submit and come visit St. Louis! The theme is philosophy of language philevents.org/event/show/1... #philsky
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19th Gateway Graduate Conference: The Wonder of Language
The University of Missouri - St. Louis' Philosophers' Forum invites submissions from current graduate students related to the conference title: "The Wonder of Langauge." Philosophy of language is the ...
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American Philosophical Association @apaphilosophy.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Week 2 of the 2025 Central Division meeting starts tomorrow! #APACentral25 sessions will be held Thursday, February 27–Saturday, March 1. Register now! www.apaonline.org/2025central
2025 Central Division Virtual Meeting, February 20-22 and February 27-March 1
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Our Black History Month celebration at #UMSL Philosophy Department is today at 5pm! We'll be serving soul food from Adina's Vegan Cuisine and have invited Rev. Michelle Higgins to speak. Join us! #philsky
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Congrats, #UMSL Philosophy MA grad Laura Miller on the publication of her book, AI Ethics in Action: A practical guide to building modern organizations through purposeful, ethical AI innovation! #philsky
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Looking forward to Wednesday's Why-Phi hour! Elizabeth Jackson (SLU) will be in conversation with Eric Wiland about Pascal’s wager and epistemic permissivism Wednesday, February 26, 12:30pm, Millenium Student Center 313 (free pizza)
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Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 24/02/2025
The Journal of the History of Philosophy has launched a new prize to recognize excellent books that bring the history of philosophy to a broader public audience. The prize's inaugural winner has just been announced...
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Austin Wins New Public History of Philosophy Prize - Daily Nous
The Journal of the History of Philosophy has established a new, biannual prize for a book that brings the history of philosophy to a broader public audience. The inaugural winner of the prize is Emily...
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Looking forward to this session today at the C-APA #philsky
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Presented today with Dr. Annah Bender on Missouri's terrible policy not to let pregnant women get divorced and the ways in which it connects to IPV and #medicalsexism at the Central APA. Virtual APA has had some snags but very impressive feat overall #philsky
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Check out #UMSL #Philosophy MA graduate, Lav McKittrick-Sweitzer's C-APA session tomorrow (1.8.T Teaching Hub: High School Philosophy Program 2 Friday February 21st, 9:55 - 11:50 CST) #philsky
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Looking forward to seeing #UMSL Philosophy undergrad Eleanor Grissom's poster at the C-APA tonight. (1.6.T Teaching Hub Student Research and Faculty SoTL Poster Session Thursday February 20th, 6:55 - 8:10 CST)
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Congratulations @michciurria.bsky.social for your the Routledge, Taylor & Francis Prize, announced at this year's Central Division of the APA! #philsky
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Due to @UMSL’s move to remote learning today, Minorities and Philosophy will be meeting at 12:30 on Zoom (authentication required). Hope you can make it! We’ll be discussing and making posters for the Department of Philosophy's Black History Month Celebration umsystem.zoom.us/j/95354279617
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American Philosophical Association @apaphilosophy.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The 2025 APA Central Division Meeting will include 5 sessions that are free and open to the public—no registration needed! Visit www.apaonline.org/event/2025central for more information. #APACentral25
2025 Central Division Meeting Public Sessions. Free and open to the public. Zoom links for these sessions are available on the meeting page and in the meeting program. https://www.apaonline.org/event/2025central
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Due to #UMSL shifting to remote, our Women and Gender Minorities and Philosophy (Gender Pals) meeting today is on Zoom in 20 minutes 12:30-1:30pm. UMSL login is required. Hope you can make it! umsystem.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Gender Pals Why-Phi Hour . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Gender Pals Why-Phi Hour . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Announcing the Munson Prize, which is being revived after a brief hiatus! All submissions will be sent out to be externally refereed. All currently enrolled #UMSL students are eligible to submit. Deadline 3/30/25
The 2025 Competition 
 
The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce the annual competition for the Ronald Munson Essay Prizes in Philosophy. Two prizes will be given: one for the best philosophy paper by an UMSL undergraduate, and one for the best philosophy paper by an UMSL graduate student in philosophy. Each prize comes with a $150 award. The essay prizes are named in honor of Ronald Munson, a distinguished medical ethicist and philosopher of science who taught in UMSL's Department of Philosophy from 1967 until his retirement in 2010. 
 
Eligibility 
To be eligible for the Undergraduate Essay Prize, you must currently be enrolled as an undergraduate at UMSL. (You need not be a philosophy major or minor.) To be eligible for the Graduate Essay Prize, you must currently be enrolled in the Philosophy M.A. Program. You are allowed to submit only one paper per annual competition. The paper may be a paper you wrote for a course, a revised version of a seminar paper, part of a thesis project, or something you have written independently. There is no minimum length requirement, but papers exceeding 8,000 words will not be considered. You are welcome to write on any topic in philosophy. 
 
Format, Deadline, and Review Process 
Please submit an electronic copy of your paper by email attachment to Jill Delston at delstonj@umsystem.edu. The paper must be formatted so that it can be sent out for anonymous review. Your name should not appear anywhere in the attached file but do include both your name and your preferred e-mail address in your initial e-mail.  Also, please include “Munson Prize” in the subject line of your email and indicate whether you are submitting for the graduate or undergraduate prize.  Create a title page for your paper with both a full title and a word count. Papers should be double-spaced. Any style of citation is acceptable, so long as that style is used consistently throughout the paper. Improperly formatted papers may not be considered. Papers …
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J.B. Delston @jdelston.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Thank you @michciurria.bsky.social for assigning my (unpublished!) work and inviting me to speak to your students. What a thoughtful and dynamic classroom you have fostered!
WashU at night
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