The 35th Annual
Philosophy and Religion
Undergraduate Conference
November 15, 2025
Baldwin Hall 114
The conference is free and open to the public; no registration is required.
Conference Schedule
| Time | Presenter or Activity | School | Talk Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | MEET & GREET & REFRESHMENTS | ||
| 9:20 AM | OPENING REMARKS | Dereck Daschke | Truman State University |
| 9:30 AM | Ammi McHugh | Truman State University | What it Means to Feel |
| 10:00 AM | Clo Mayback | Illinois State University | Freedom, Determinism and Love: Introducing Noncompatibilism |
| 10:30 AM | BREAK | ||
| 10:45 AM | Summer Ryan | Creighton University | Legal Legitimacy, Individualism, and Oppression |
| 11:15 AM | Jasper Barnum | Missouri State University | Refusal to Bite One’s Own Tongue: The Dangers of Public Speech, and the Necessity of It |
| 11:45 AM | LUNCH: Cafeteria lunch provided at Ryle Hall for conference participants and their guest | ||
| 1:30 PM | KEYNOTE: Dereck Daschke | Truman State University | Taking Root in a New Land: Field Notes from the New American Psychedelic Religious Landscape |
| 2:30 PM | Olivia Wiegel | Creighton University | Catcalling as Violence Against Women |
| 3:00 PM | Elizabeth Hoffman | Creighton University | Equal in Name Only |
| 3:30 PM | BREAK | ||
| 3:45 PM | Gary Hardy | Washburn University | Literature and Rules |
| 4:15 PM | Carter Morris | Lindenwood University | The Antevocity of Divine Inbeing |
| 4:45 PM | CLOSING REMARKS |
The conference coordinator, Dereck Daschke, gratefully acknowledges the support of the Program of Philosophy & Religion in the Department of Social Sciences and Human Inquiry, the Dr. Patricia Burton Honorary Endowment, and the Student Paper Selection Committee.
Find out more about recent past Truman Undergraduate Philosophy and Religion Conferences.
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