PPE WELCOMES FIVE NEW FACULTY MEMBERS IN 2024! Read more about our new faculty below. Cara Nine, Associate Professor, Political Science Cara Nine received her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Arizona and her B.A. in philosophy from Carleton … Read more

The PPE Program would like to congratulate PPE minor Eleanor Rankin for receiving a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Award for summer 2023! The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program is one of many programs administered through the Office of … Read more

Congratulations, Spring 2023 Phi Beta Kappa Inductees! The PPE Program would like to extend a hearty congratulations to the following students, all PPE minors, who were recently inducted into the UNC-Chapel Hill chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in spring 2023: … Read more

PPE Director Wins Thomas Jefferson Award, is Geoffervescent! The PPE Program was delighted to see its esteemed Director in UNC’s From the Well today: “The Thomas Jefferson Award winner’s “Geoffervescence” is “a tremendous asset to philosophy as an academic field.” ‘In … Read more

Congratulations, Phi Beta Kappa Inductees! The PPE Program would like to extend a hearty congratulations to the following students, all PPE minors, who were recently inducted into the UNC-Chapel Hill chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in fall 2022: North Carolina: … Read more

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] NEW STUDENT PODCAST: Pit Perspectives Pit Perspectives is a student-run podcast. We record your candid and anonymous opinions in The Pit, add commentary and supplementary materials, and create episodes on relevant social issues facing college students at UNC and … Read more

IN MEMORIAM: GEOFFREY BRENNAN (1944-2022)   The PPE Program is deeply saddened to learn that Geoffrey Brennan passed away on July 28, 2022. Brennan served as co-founder and core faculty member of the PPE Programs at UNC Chapel Hill and … Read more

  Endeavors: UNC Research Interview with Erik Zhang May 26, 2022 Upon taking an intro to philosophy course in college, Erik Zhang fell in love with asking big questions about the world. Today, the UNC philosopher studies why people give … Read more

Congratulations, Phi Beta Kappa Inductees! The PPE Program would like to extend a hearty congratulations to the following students, all PPE minors, who were recently inducted into the UNC-Chapel Hill chapter of Phi Beta Kappa: Callan Joseph Hazeldine Katherine Taylor … Read more

PPE Director Wins Teaching Award!   Congratulations to our PPE Program Director, Geoff Sayre-McCord, who has won the 2022 Board of Governors’ Award for Excellence in Teaching!   Sayre-McCord is the Director of UNC’s Philosophy, Politics, & Economics Program. He is also the … Read more