Wes Siscoe

Two-Body Problem: Solved This fall, Laura and I will be starting as tenure-track Assistant Professors at @OhioState in the newly established Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society.

Year 1 at Ohio State is in the books. Finishing up finals week will never get old 📚

10 years. You have seen me through grad school, engagement, marriage, and my first child. Oh, and did I mention that in those 10 years, you have lived in 9 different states? Happy birthday, Bella! 🐕🌎🎂

Χριστός ἀνέστη! ✝️🌷🪺

Full course list is here: chasecenter.osu.edu/academics/chas…

A lot of exciting courses at the @osuchasecenter this fall - my wife Laura will be teaching about How Politics Breaks Your Brain, @sabrinablittle is tackling happiness, and @DanielGullotta is looking to the life of Bonhoeffer as an inspiration for leadership and discipleship.

Spring vibes 🕶️💐☀️

"On our end-of-year survey for all the programs, we had many students say that they were more likely to apply to graduate school in philosophy, but a large number also indicated that they were not." Seeing the direction academia is headed, maybe that means we were successful?

I still stand by this - best in the business for professors looking to share their research with the public. The last workshop will run this summer - apply by March 1st! Link below

Do you want to live a good life? Of course! Who wouldn't? The harder question is how to do it. I'm teaching a @ThomisticInst reading group on Zoom in March, open to all college students. Join us to learn more about Aquinas's views on happiness! Sign up link below:

The Chase Center is currently advertising for postdocs. 2 year position open to economics, English, history, law, philosophy, political theory/science, theology/religious studies, and sociology

**Call for Submissions** The 10th Theistic Ethics Workshop will take place September 10--12, 2026 at Wake Forest's amazing Graylyn Conference Center! The deadline for submissions is June 1st, and we cover all expenses. Please share with anyone who might be interested! The invited speakers are Sarah E. McGrath (Princeton), Philip Swenson (William & Mary), Manuel Vargas (UC San Diego), Meghan Sullivan (Notre Dame), and Chris Tucker (William & Mary). Details can be found at the link in the comments.

@birchlse @lecielcyan Have gotten rocked by this on two occasions now. My favorite triennial tradition.

@lecielcyan It's a cruel and unusual punishment for junior scholars - something only ethicists could come up with.

Just another symptom of philosophy's journal crisis. Because the journals function as "CV prizes" with higher rejection rates than Nature and Science, reviewers operate in "prize judging mode" rather than "is the paper publishable?" mode.

I grew up the son of a Baptist preacher. Unsurprisingly, the first time I read the word ‘philosophy’ was in the Bible. The message was not a positive one. And somehow I still ended up a philosophy professor!

Our first full year at @ThePhilLibrary just wrapped, and what a year it was. It has been humbling, building a website and teaching library from scratch. For helping me learn that there are many, many things I don't know how to do, thank you to everyone who made it possible!

The good news: There is a new movie about philosophy professors out on @PrimeVideo The bad news: