News & Events

May 3, 2024 

Dr. Sukaina Hirji, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, will deliver the second lecture in our Testing Patience Lecture Series. The lecture will take place at Baylor University in the Beckham Room (202) of the SUB at 3 pm.

 

What Taylor Swift’s New Album, Covid-19 Vaccines, And The 2020 Election Say About Patience

People tend to experience greater impatience at the end of their wait, according to a new study by Annabelle Roberts at the University of Texas and Ayelet Fishbach at the University of Chicago.”

Read a new article on patience by our collaborator, Dr. Christian Miller, here.

With the support of the Testing Patience grant, Dr. Christian Miller and Dr. Mike Furr have a paper forthcoming in the Journal of the American Philosophical Association entitled “Patience:  A New Account of a Neglected Virtue.”