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Prof. Jeffreys talks anger and religion on Psychology and Stuff Podcast

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Aug 3, 2021

UW-Green Bay Prof. Derek Jeffreys (Humanities) discussed religious perspectives of anger on the latest episode of Why We Get Mad, a special series of the Psychology and Stuff podcast, hosted by Ryan Martin.

Faculty/Staff

Prof. Xan Bozzo has new publication

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Sue Bodilly

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Jun 29, 2021

UW-Green Bay lecturer Alexander Bozzo (Humanities) recently had his paper “Faint Impressions, Forceful Ideas” published in the journal History of Philosophy & Logical Analysis. The paper considers a long-standing debate in Hume scholarship over the way Hume characterizes his distinction between impressions and ideas (two kinds of perception).

Announcements

Humanities announces scholarship awards

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Sue Bodilly

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Jun 3, 2021

UW-Green Bay’s Humanities program announced its scholarship recipients recently: Harold and Edna Bickford Memorial Scholarship – Lydia Downey Coryl Crandall Memorial Scholarship – Chance Kangas Thomas E. Daniels Memorial Scholarship – Olivia Nichter Lise Lotte Gammeltoft Scholarship – Bailee Nellis and Delaney Steger Historical Studies Scholarship Fund – Kimberly Krueger Eugene Cruz-Uribe Annual Memorial Scholarship for Historical Studies – Morgan Kronforst More…

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Faculty note: Prof. Ortiz’s monograph has been nominated for a prestigious literary award

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Sue Bodilly

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Jun 3, 2021

Professor Ortiz’s latest monograph, co-authored with María Pilar Rodriguez, Ph.D. from Universidad de Deusto, has been nominated for the prestigious literary award Premio Euskadi granted by the Basque Government. The study of representations of violence in the works of Basque female creators, Ellas cuentan: representaciones artísticas de la violencia en el País Vasco (Dykinson, 2020),…

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Prof. Heidi Sherman awarded a Title VIII Fellowship

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Sue Bodilly

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May 10, 2021

Heidi Sherman (History and Humanities) has been awarded a Title VIII Fellowship by Indiana University Bloomington to pursue intensive language study at the Summer Language Workshop in Summer 2021. The fellowship will support participation in virtual classes in advanced Russian language, which will assist in furthering Prof. Sherman’s work on a monograph of the Viking…

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Faculty note: Prof. Jeffreys publishes about mental illness in prisons

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Sue Bodilly

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May 4, 2021

Professor Derek S. Jeffreys (Humanities and Philosophy) has published a review article about mental illness and prisons in the May edition of the journal “Commonweal.”

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Lecturer Xan Bozzo invited to give talk on digital ethics

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May 3, 2021

Gartner, Inc. has asked lecturer Xan Bozzo (Philosophy & Humanities) to give a talk on digital ethics to a number of their clients. Gartner is a leading IT research and advisory company that operates in over 100 countries and is a member of the S&P 500. Bozzo will discuss the basics of business ethics (such…

Media Coverage

Pao Lor’s ‘Modern Jungles’ explores his childhood journey from Laos to Green Bay | The Capitol Times

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Apr 26, 2021

“It’s my story but it mirrors the Hmong American experience,” says Lor, an associate professor of education at UW-Green Bay. “Hmong, especially Hmong Americans, always have an identity crisis. They feel like an orphan. They don’t feel they have a country they could go back to or call their own. Going from one end of…

News

Check out The Driftwood, e-newsletter from the Marinette Campus

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Sue Bodilly

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Apr 19, 2021

The Driftwood is a student-centered e-newsletter created by the students in Professor Tracy Fernandez Rysavy’s Practicum in Literary Publishing class. The Driftwood is sent to the Marinette campus every two weeks, and you can find it online.

Announcements

Reminder: Philosophers’ Café event this Wednesday

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Mar 8, 2021

The rise and speed with which globalization has spread across the world have increasingly brought different ethnic and cultural groups into greater contact than ever before. Wars, famine, and climate change have also increased the numbers of refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers which, in turn, has led to increased cultural conflict as well as renewed…

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