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KY’s Potential for Leadership in Educational Ethics: Calling for an End to Corporal Punishment in American Schools

etweber@gmail.com — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:47:48 +0000

2023 Commonwealth Ethics Lecture at Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY.

In the spring of 2023, the Ethics and Social Justice Center at Bellarmine University issued a call for proposals for their yearly Commonwealth Ethics Lecture. They invited scholars from around the state to propose a talk to be delivered for their 2023 lecture, considering approaches from all disciplines and with special interest in interdisciplinary dialogue […]

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Undergraduate Research Beyond the Classroom

etweber@gmail.com — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 20:14:51 +0000

A Presentation for the Lewis Honors College & for EPE 301 Students at the University of Kentucky.

On Tuesday, October 13th, 2020, I was invited to give a talk for the Lewis Honors College at the University of Kentucky on “Undergraduate Research Beyond the Classroom.” This talk is also potentially of interest to students in my EPE 301 course on Education in American Culture. Really, this talk is for any undergraduate who […]

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3 Tools for Having Your Computer or Phone Read to You – Text-to-Speech

etweber@gmail.com — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 19:26:38 +0000

Every semester, I mention several tools in my classes that I get asked about time and again, so I decided to make a quick video about them. I explain that in the last 5 years, text-to-speech programs have revolutionized how I consume text and how I edit documents. Programs that can read to you allow […]

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[VIDEO]: Why You Should Take my Philosophy of Education Course this Fall

etweber@gmail.com — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 17:25:41 +0000

EPE 640 is offered this fall, 2019.

Graduate students and advanced undergraduates at the University of Kentucky, watch this VIDEO (4m29s) about why you should take my EPE 640 course this fall on the Philosophy of Education. Advanced undergraduates, if you’d like to take this course, email the instructor at eric.t.weber@uky.edu. Why study the Philosophy of Education? a) Educators and leaders […]

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Talks in Spring 2019

etweber@gmail.com — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 19:05:43 +0000

I’m pleased to report on two exciting invitations I’ve had to speak in the spring of 2019. For one of them, the Ron Messerich Distinguished Lecture that I delivered in February, I spoke on “Correcting Political Correctness,” a piece from my book in progress titled A Culture of Justice. On Tuesday, February 26th, I gave […]

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Video: “Poverty, Culture, and Justice,” @ Purdue U

etweber@gmail.com — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 22:35:09 +0000

I’ve posted a number of recordings of interviews and talks I’ve given on Uniting Mississippi. This talk is on my next project, which is still in progress. The book is titled A Culture of Justice. One of the chapters that is in progress is the subject of the talk I gave at Purdue University. Here’s the video, […] Continue reading →

Video: US Judge Carlton Reeves on “Race and Moral Leadership”

etweber@gmail.com — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 22:10:56 +0000

Now that I’m finally catching up with my grant reporting obligations, I’m returning to work from October of 2015. We snagged some nice pictures of Judge Reeves while he was here and we recorded the video of the open forum discussion we held. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves of Mississippi’s southern district caught my attention […] Continue reading →

Videoed Talk on ‘Uniting Mississippi’ at USM

etweber@gmail.com — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 02:46:22 +0000

I had a great time at the University of Southern Mississippi on Friday, January 29th. After a fun interview on WDAM TV in Hattiesburg, MS, I headed over to the new Liberal Arts Building on campus, which is beautiful. Dr. Sam Bruton in the Philosophy and Religion department at USM organizes the Philosophical Fridays program, which […] Continue reading →

Fun Interview on WDAM TV

etweber@gmail.com — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 15:45:43 +0000

I had a delightful time in Hattiesburg, MS this January. My first stop while in town was at WDAM TV’s studio for the Midday News on Channel 7. I had the great pleasure of talking with Miranda Beard, who invited me to tell people about Uniting Mississippi and who announced my talk at the University of […] Continue reading →

TV Interview and Talk at USM

etweber@gmail.com — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 22:07:02 +0000

I’m looking forward to meeting the folks at WDAM in Hattiesburg, MS, on Friday, January 29th for an interview about Uniting Mississippi: Democracy and Leadership in the South. I’ll be on live at around noon. I’ll post a clip of the interview as soon after it as I can. That same day (Friday), I’ll next head […] Continue reading →