In October 2015, an intercampus email from the the Intercultural Affairs Committee at Yale University warned students not to wear certain types of Halloween costumes. In response, Professor Erika Christakis,…
Professor launches smartphone app to encourage critical thinking
Dialogue between skeptics and believers, in person or on Twitter, can result in hurtful language and invalid arguments. A new mobile app published by a Portland State philosophy professor aims…
From originality to authenticity
I remember gazing at the vintage Apple computer posters my uncle kept on his classroom wall. Each one had a picture of an iconic figure—Jim Henson, Ghandi, Jane Goodall—with a…