EMU UCiP

2025 UCiP Schedule

Saturday, November 8th, 2025

• 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM | WELCOME

  • Tower Room (348):

    Join Dr. John Koolage for a brief welcome message and breakfast!

• 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM | PRESENTATIONS

  • Tower Room (348):

    Everett McKay, University of Utah: “Where Emotions Become Ugly: Socioaestheticization and Aesthetic Pathologization”
    Comments: Adriana Wynn, Eastern Michigan University

  • Alumni Room (342):

    Join us in the Tower Room!

• 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | PRESENTATIONS

  • Tower Room (348):

    Fiona Hamilton, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga: “Heraclitean Cosmos as a Container”
    Comments: Priya Ghotane, Eastern Michigan University

  • Alumni Room (342):

    Heather Nakatsukasa, Linfield University: “The Historical Development of Capital: Transforming Society”
    Comments: Peyton Baldwin, Eastern Michigan University

• 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | PRESENTATIONS

  • Tower Room (348):

    Lucia Jackson, Montana State University: "The Enforced Vulnerability and Ungrievability of Black and Trans Women in The United States Prison System"
    Comments: Kalista Leggitt, University of Utah

  • Alumni Room (342):

    Conrad McIntosh, Grand Valley State University: “Objective and Formal Reality: An Answer to the Gassendi Problem”
    Comments: Ava Ryan-Young, Eastern Michigan University

• 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | LUNCH & KEYNOTE

  • Guild Room (330):

    Holly Kantin, The University of Alabama: ""Not a Choice!” “Born This Way!” Does it Matter?: Clarifying the Role and Relevance of Etiological Claims in the Context of Gay Advocacy"

• 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM | PRESENTATIONS

  • Tower Room (348):

    Annika Prange, Linfield University: "She is Bound: A Peek at the Undressed Woman"
    Comments: Sage Henke, Linfield University

  • Alumni Room (342):

    Shyanna Mayes, Linfield University: "Feminism of Women's Projection onto Male Characters in Media"
    Comments: Fiona Hamilton, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

• 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM | PRESENTATIONS

  • Tower Room (348):

    Priya Ghotane, Eastern Michigan University: "Indoctrination, Religious Education, and the Case for Epistemic Diversity in Curriculum"
    Comments: David Henderson, Eastern Michigan University

  • Alumni Room (342):

    Olivia Niemenski, Eastern Michigan University : "Scientific Participation and Engagement Between Researchers & The Public: An Archeological Museum Study"
    Comments: McKenna Schmittlein, Eastern Michigan University

  • Guild Room (330):

    A2 Ethics Bowl Presenters:

    • Samir Rao: "Man's Best Frenemy: Our moral duties around domestication"
    • Sakshi Sivakumar, Amy Yang, and Amelia Bai: "The Ethicality behind the Obligation of Assimilation"
    • Izzy Choi: "The Duty of Being"
    • Haochen Tian: "An Ethical Dilemma: The Conflict Inherent in For-Profit AI Companionship"

• 3:30 PM - 4:20 PM | PRESENTATIONS

  • Tower Room (348):

    Jacob MacFarland, Linfield University: “Hostage to the Pen: The Unethical Obligation of Exploitation Within Capitalism”
    Comments: Luke Nordberg, Eastern Michigan University

  • Alumni Room (342):

    Jamison Nemecek, Linfield University: "From Phenomenology to Dialectics: Space, Time, and the Moving Body"
    Comments: Sylvia Thompson, Eastern Michigan University

  • Guild Room (330):

    A2 Ethics Bowl Presenters:

    • Ryanna RePass: "Morals or Manipulation?"
    • Nome Popp Berman: "Ethical CRISPR Development"
    • Hrudya Pingili: "The Question That Outlives the Answer: Humanity's Search for Meaning"
    • Alexandra Pryplesh: "“There is no doer”: Monique Wittig’s legacy within and beyond critique"