This year Professor Aaron Meskin spearheaded a new philosophy working group: the University of Georgia Aesthetics Lab. The Aesthetics Lab, modeled on labs in STEM fields, served as a way for graduate students and faculty to receive thoughtful constructive feedback on works in progress ranging from roughed out ideas for a publication to qualifying papers and dissertation chapters. In addition, the Aesthetics Lab functioned at times as a reading group where faculty and students worked on developing a collaborative understanding of recent work in aesthetics, and as a forum for thinking about underexplored topics in aesthetics. This latter aspect of the Aesthetics Lab resulted in a mini-panel at the 2025 Chattahoochee Aesthetics Workshop where Dr. Meskin and UGA graduate students Danielle Kotrla, Nathan Pagel, and Shagun Sharma joined Dr. Angela Sun from Washington and Lee University in presenting philosophical perspectives on the aesthetics of reality television. For more about philosophy labs, see this blog post. Type of News/Audience: Announcement Faculty News Read More: For more about philosophy labs, see this blog post.
