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Past PPEL Events
- Andrew Light, Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy, Philosophy, and Atmospheric Sciences, George Mason University; Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, The University of Chicago
- Moderated by Blake Francis, Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Director of the Human Context of Science and Technology Program, UMBC
4 December 2025 – “The Ethics of Cryptocurrency”
- Yaya J. Fanusie, Global Head of Policy at the Aleo Network Foundation
- Amy Froide, Professor of History & Director of the Dresher Center for the Humanities, UMBC
- Tobey Scharding, Assistant Professor of Management and Global Business, Rutgers Business School
- Moderated by Michael Nance, Associate Professor of Philosophy & Director of the Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law Program, UMBC
13 April 2026 – Progressive Confucianism, Nei-Wai Citizenship, and the Family
Eminent Scholar Lecture
- Stephen C. Angle, Mansfield Freeman Professor of East Asian Studies and Professor of Philosophy, Wesleyan University
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