Alexandra Johnson

Alumni

Alex is a senior majoring in Philosophy and triple-minoring in Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies; History of Art; and Law & Society. She plans to attend law school to pursue a career in civil liberties impact litigation.

Regarding philosophy for the young: I was lucky enough to be introduced to philosophy early on in my academic career, starting in middle school and continuing throughout high school with a philosophically-focused form of competitive debate. I think the fact that I was able to start thinking about philosophy so early--in addition to jumpstarting a passion--meant that my first encounters with the subject matter were not in esoteric ivory-tower university settings, but rather in a typical primary education context, among peers rather than PhDs. I want philosophy to be seen as a field as accessible and important as the other subjects taught regularly in schools, rather than one reserved for only the most upper intellectual echelons, and bringing it to younger folks is a really wonderful way to do that.