Kelly  Swope, Ph.D.

Kelly Swope, Ph.D.

Kelly Swope, Ph.D.

 Kelly  Swope, Ph.D.


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Degrees

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2021

M.A., Columbia University, 2012

B.A., Vanderbilt University, 2011

Areas of Expertise and Research Interests

Philosophy of education; social and political philosophy; 19th-century philosophy

Publications

"The Personalist Aims of American Public Education (and What They Mean for the System's Basic Structure)," Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2025

"Bolstering Individualism while Socializing Risk: Linking Education to Work and Welfare," Philosophy of Education,  2025

"Affirming the Need to Grow up: Lesson from U.S. Education Law," Southwest Philosophy Review, 2025

"Education as 'Absolute Transition' in Hegel's Philosophy of Right," Idealistic Studies, 2018

Additional Information

Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society
Southeast Philosophy of Education Society
American Association of Philosophy Teachers

Employee Roles
Departments Positions Titles
Philosophy, Political Science, & Economics Faculty Assistant Professor

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