#1249 Melissa Shew: Women and Intellectual Joy
RECORDED ON APRIL 9th 2026.
Dr. Melissa Shew has her PhD in Philosophy from the University of Oregon. She is currently the Associate Director of Teaching Excellence at Marquette University, where she is also the Faculty Director of their Executive MBA Program. She is the author (together with Kimberly Garchar) of Philosophy for Girls: An Invitation to the Life of Thought.
In this episode, we talk about women and intellectual joy. We first discuss discrimination and bias against women in academia. We talk about what intellectual joy is, and the barriers women have to deal with in academia and at work. We discuss how we can break down those barriers and increase intellectual joy. We also talk about emotional labor, dishonesty at work, and intellectual disempowerment and epistemic injustice.
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Intro
Discrimination and bias against women in academia
What is intellectual joy?
Barriers that women have to deal with
How to break down the barriers and increase intellectual joy
Emotional labor and dishonesty at work
Intellectual disempowerment and epistemic injustice
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Follow Dr. Shew’s work:
Faculty page: https://tinyurl.com/483tn9aj
PhilPeople profile: https://tinyurl.com/bd8jrhsh
Philosophy for Girls: https://tinyurl.com/mpjcchk6