‘Where are they now?’ Category
Take that, Novalis!
For at least two centuries, people who ought to know better have been alleging that “philosophy bakes no bread.” Google the expression, and you’ll find it (or a version of it) attributed to that wildly prolific philosopher, It Has Been Said. I found a hand-scrawled note to myself, claiming that Bertrand Russell says it in The [...]
Philosophy alumni present
The philosophy department welcomed back three wonderful alumni–Tad Marinac, Shel Silvernail and Paul Tidemann–on Wednesday, March 18, for the semi-annual dinners-and-discussions that we call “Mom, Dad…I’m a Philosophy Major.” The Rev. Paul Tidemann (’60) provided us with a written copy of his remarks. Shel Silvernal (’90) discussed the ways in which her life as a philosophy major [...]
Stephen Henderson (’96)
Stephen Henderson (’96) teaches English in Osaka, Japan. He reports that “My two most memorable conversations were with an 80-year old man who fled Japan to China in the 1930s and lived out the war hiding in Manchuria. He had hundreds of wonderful stories to tell. I also had the opportunity to “interview” a woman [...]
Chris deLaubenfels (’08)
Chris deLaubenfels (’08) is spending the 2008-09 academic year teaching in New York City, as part of Teach for America.
Charles Stringer (’85)
Charles Stringer (1985) is a licensed attorney in California and Washington with over 15 years experience in commercial, environmental, natural resources, and American Indian law and policy. He is in-house counsel and a principal with Renewable Resources Group, where he manages several renewable energy and large-scale water conservation, storage, and transfer projects.
Joel Jensen (’97)
Joel Jensen (’97) received a Ph.D. in architecture, with a dissertation in architectural ontology. He teaches philosophy at North Hennepin Community College.
Danny George (’08)
Danny George (’08) is teaching English in South Korea during the 2008-09 year.
John Hallsten
John Hallsten is retired but enjoyed several “different lives” during his professional life; parish pastor in several parishes; Lutheran University Pastor (NLCM) at CSU in Ft. Collins, Colorado; clinical psychologist at UAF in Fairbanks, Alaska; Clinical Supervisor, Yukon–Tanana Region of the Tanana Chiefs in Interior Alaska; and private practice in Fairbanks, Alaska. John [...]
Kaaren Williamsen (’95)
Kaaren Williamsen, a 1995 graduate of Gustavus, is the Director of the Gender, Women and Sexuality Center at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota. You can still find Kaaren’s senior thesis on our department webpage.
Kara Barnette (’05)
2005 graduate Kara Barnette is a graduate student in philosophy at the University of Oregon. Her first paper, on Josiah Royce and entitled “Communities, Traitors and the Feminist Cause,” was published in 2007 in The Pluralist.