Bailie Peterson
Faculty
Department Chair & Associate Professor
Education
- Ph. D. University of Massachusetts – Amherst
- M.A. University of Massachusetts – Amherst
- B.A. University of Colorado at Boulder
- A. A. Aims Community College, Loveland
Professional Experience & Affiliations
- 2016-2017: Instructor, UNC
- 2014-2016: Teaching Associate, UMass Amherst
- 2011-2013: Teaching Assistant, UMass Amherst
Research Expertise & Interests
Metaphysics and Epistemology; Ethics; Philosophy of Religion
Publications
Peterson, Bailie (2023) with David Agboola and Kelly Lundberg. What Do Beginning Students Think about Philosophy before Their First College Course? The Journal of the American Philosophical Association. 1-11.
Peterson, Bailie (Guest). Greene, R. and Robison-Greene, R. (Hosts). (2022, September 29). Hey Ho, Let’s Phi [Audio podcast episode]. In I Think, Therefore I Fan. https://ithinkthereforeifan.com/
Peterson, Bailie (2022). To Resist Despair: The Metaphysics of Punk. R. Greene and J. Heter (Ed.). Punk Rock and Philosophy (#7). Illinois: Open Universe.
Peterson, Bailie (2021) Supporting First-Generation Philosophers at Every Level. APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy. 20 (3): 38-43.
Peterson, Bailie (2019). Can Summer Philosophy Programs Help Close the Achievement Gap? Precollege Philosophy and Public Practice (2), 23.
Peterson, Bailie (2018). The Meaning of Belief. In Christian Perring (Ed.), Metapsychology Online Reviews (22) 6: 2018.
Peterson, Bailie (2018). Attributes of God. 1000 Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology.
Applications and Extensions of Counterpart Theory – Doctoral Dissertation, 2017
Honors & Awards
The John Robison Prize for Teaching Excellence (UMass Amherst. 2016)