comparative philosophy

Randolph students to debate ethics and artificial intelligence during annual VFIC Ethics Bowl

A group of students sits around a conference table, practicing for the Ethics Bowl. They're smiling and laughing with each other.

Jordyn Shumpert ’25, Elizabeth Bailey ’25, Ranay Bingham ’25, and Brandon Castro-Pruett ’27 will debate case studies. ... READ MORE >>

Moscarítolo Palacio, Mortensen receive Interfaith America Curriculum Development Grant

Headshot photographs of professors Alessandro Moscarítolo Palacio and Kaija Mortensen

The grant program is designed to recognize campus leaders who are reimagining higher education by fostering pluralism in their classrooms.... READ MORE >>

Randolph hosting Quillian International Symposium on Sri Lanka

A graphic for the upcoming event: Movement Rhizome, a symposium on Sri Lankan dance

Curated by Quillian Visiting International Scholar Sudesh Mantillake, the event will explore the intersection of dance, performance, film, geography, philosophy, anthropology, architecture, religion, music, literature, rhetoric, decoloniality, and migration. ... READ MORE >>

Comparative philosophy department hosts World Philosophy Day event

Professors Sudesh Mantillake and Alessandro Moscaritolo Palacio sit next to each other, smiling, during an event in the chapel

Faculty members Alessandro Moscaritolo Palacio and Sudesh Mantillake spoke during the event. ... READ MORE >>

Jordyn Shumpert ’25 attends philosophy workshop at the University of Michigan

Jordyn Shumpert poses for a portrait outside

COMPASS at Michigan is designed to support underrepresented students who are considering graduate studies in philosophy.... READ MORE >>

New faculty Q&A: Sudesh Mantillake

Sudesh Mantillake poses for a portrait on front campus

Mantillake, Randolph College’s Quillian Visiting International Scholar, had a truly global education. ... READ MORE >>

New faculty Q&A: Alessandro Moscaritolo Palacio

Alessandro Moscaritolo Palacio poses for a portrait photograph on front campus, wearing a straw hat

He joined Randolph this fall as an assistant professor of comparative philosophy,... READ MORE >>

Quianday Worthington ’25 studying behavioral ecology as part of NSF-funded research experience

Quianday Worthington smiles while working at a computer

Worthington is conducting research at the University of Virginia’s Mountain Lake Biological Station this summer. ... READ MORE >>

Bessenger attends conference in Sri Lanka

Movement Rhizome: International Conference on Dance Studies was held in February at the University of Peradeniya. ... READ MORE >>

Retiring professor David Schwartz reflects on nearly three decades at the College

“Philosophy should not be something that only experts practice. Everyone should think about and have their own answers to the classic philosophical questions and problems. My job in the classroom was to provide the framework whereby students could explore important questions on their own.”... READ MORE >>