Parker Rose - 2021
Parker is one of our recent graduates who has chosen to go on to graduate school in philosophy and has since matriculated at UCLA which is frequently rated as one of the top programs in philosophy nationally.
Parker praises her undergraduate education at UAB and singles out “the opportunities for close mentorship” and the “holistic and collaborative approach to philosophy.”
Parker was an involved undergraduate serving both as the president of the Philosophy Club and as a philosophy tutor. She spent a summer studying philosophy at the University of Colorado and was the department’s unanimous choice for its annual “Philosophy Student of the Year” award. Her talent and dedication have earned her many other awards including the Beineke Scholarship, the Fulbright (declined) and two awards from UCLA – the Dean’s Graduate Scholar Award and the Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship.
Parker is interested in questions at the intersection of philosophy and law, feminist philosophy, and social and political philosophy and has recently become interested in the philosophy of emotions and the concept of the self. More specifically, she is currently focused on, in her words, “the relationship between the law and oppression, specifically the ways in which law is ill-equipped to meaningfully address the experiences of oppressed persons.”
All of us are delighted that Parker will be joining us in the profession and are expecting her to make significant and interesting contributions to the discipline. As she begins her graduate studies, Parker is already impacting the well-being of those entering the profession of philosophy. She has co-founded the Mental Health & Disability Network to bring together and advocate for graduate students dealing with mental and other health-related issues.