Jennifer Hansen’s work explores the fascinating intersections of philosophy, ethics, technology, and contemporary social issues. Her core research focuses on the Philosophy of Psychiatry, where she critically examines the complex epistemological and normative assumptions underlying depression diagnoses. A significant aspect of her work involves analyzing the pronounced gender disparity in these diagnoses and evaluating the…
Jeff Maynes is an Associate Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the St. Lawrence Center for Innovation in Teaching and Assessment. One of his research interests is the nature of linguistic knowledge, including how that knowledge might be implemented in AI systems. In particular, he explores ways in which different AI architectures do, and do…
This group has worked together since Fall 2013 to create a cluster of new, interrelated courses under the theme “Paths to the Buddha.” Project goals include fostering inter-departmental collaborative teaching in ways that are unique to St. Lawrence University, creating opportunities for group participants to learn from each other’s research and teaching, developing an interdisciplinary…
Dr. Erin McCarthy came to St. Lawrence in 2000. She teaches Asian, feminist, continental and comparative philosophy. Author of the book Ethics Embodied: Rethinking Selfhood through Continental, Japanese and Feminist Philosophies (Lexington, 2010), her work has been published in several anthologies and journals in both French and English and she regularly presents her scholarship both…
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