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Glenn M. Trujillo

Visiting Assistant Professor
Philosophy

Office Building: Worrell Hall
Office Room: 306
Phone:
Email: gmtrujillo@utep.edu

Bio

B.A. in Philosophy, St. Edward's University. M.A. in Philosophy, University of Houston. Fulbright ETA, Bochum, Germany. Ph.D. in Philosophy, Vanderbilt University.

Education

Ph D in Philosophy, Vanderbilt University (2019)

Publications

The Virtue of Playfulness: Why Happy People are Playful Routledge (2024), Glenn M. Trujillo.
Dio Chrysostom’s Ancient Arguments against Owning Slaves: How Cynic Contrarianism Resists Injustice The Journal of Value Inquiry (2023), Glenn M. Trujillo.
How to Say No: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Cynicism. Selected, translated, and introduced by M.D. Usher Ancient Philosophy 43 2 (2023), Glenn M. Trujillo.
Ancient Cynicism: Rejecting Civilization and Returning to Nature 1000-Word Philosophy (2023), Glenn M. Trujillo.
Risking Death over Debt: The Moral Distress of EMTs Treating Patients Afraid of Medical Bills bioethics today: Blog of the American Journal of Bioethics (2023), Glenn M. Trujillo, Yedid Fernandez.
Aristotle on Friendship: What Does It Take to Be a Good Friend? 1000-Word Philosophy (2023), Glenn M. Trujillo.
AI Art Is Art Aesthetics for Birds (in press), Glenn M. Trujillo.
Possessed: The Cynics on Wealth and Pleasure Southwest Philosophy Review 38 1 (2022), Glenn M. Trujillo.

Presentations

Stoicism Sucks (2023), Volume Baylor University, Glenn M. Trujillo.
Cynicism without Assholery, Jerkiness, or Other Forms of Social Toxicity (2023), Glenn M. Trujillo.
On Riana J. Betzler’s, “Energy Vampires and Pep Squads: What We Do When We Shape One Another’s Emotions” (2023), Volume University of Colorado Boulder, Glenn M. Trujillo.
Inward Turn, Outward Spurn: Positive Psychology Undermines Stoicism (2023), Volume UTEP, Glenn M. Trujillo.
On Jordan Myers’ “Living Below the Line of Duty” (2023), Volume UTEP, Glenn M. Trujillo.
On Vanessa Voss’ “The Gang Exposes Misogyny: Dennis, ‘The Implication’, and an Allegory about the Impossibility of Consent” (2023), Volume UTEP, Glenn M. Trujillo.
Pretty Little Lies for Big Ugly Times: A Non-Cognitivist and Therapeutic Interpretation of Late Stoic Value (2023), Glenn M. Trujillo.
“On Yiran Hua’s ‘On Being a Good Friend to a Bad Person’" (2022), Volume Boulder, CO, Glenn M. Trujillo.

Grants

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Summer 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	31002

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Summer 2024	PHIL 2306 - Ethics	32249
Summer 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	31075
Spring 2024	PHIL 2306 - Ethics	25139	Syllabus
Spring 2024	PHIL 4351 - Great Philosophers	21041	Syllabus
Spring 2024	PHIL 4352 - Problems in Philosophy Seminar	24310	Syllabus
Spring 2024	PHIL 5351 - World Historical Philosophers	24442	Syllabus
Fall 2023	PHIL 3314 - Ancient Philosophy	15107	Syllabus
Fall 2023	PHIL 2306 - Ethics	13765	Syllabus
Fall 2023	PHIL 2306 - Ethics	13767	Syllabus
Summer 2023	PHIL 2306 - Ethics	33541
Spring 2023	PHIL 5352 - Basic Philosophical Issues	27480	Syllabus
Spring 2023	PHIL 2306 - Ethics	26170	Syllabus
Spring 2023	PHIL 2306 - Ethics	26171	Syllabus
Spring 2023	PHIL 4352 - Problems in Philosophy Seminar	24962	Syllabus
Fall 2022	PHIL 3314 - Ancient Philosophy	19698	Syllabus
Fall 2022	PHIL 2306 - Ethics	17198	Syllabus

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Summer 2024	PHIL 2306 - Ethics	32249	Evaluation
Spring 2024	PHIL 2306 - Ethics	25139	Evaluation
Spring 2024	PHIL 4351 - Great Philosophers	21041	Evaluation
Spring 2024	PHIL 4352 - Problems in Philosophy Seminar	24310	Evaluation
Spring 2024	PHIL 5351 - World Historical Philosophers	24442	Evaluation
Fall 2023	PHIL 3314 - Ancient Philosophy	15107	Evaluation
Fall 2023	PHIL 2306 - Ethics	13765	Evaluation
Fall 2023	PHIL 2306 - Ethics	13767	Evaluation
Summer 2023	PHIL 2306 - Ethics	33541	Evaluation
Spring 2023	PHIL 5352 - Basic Philosophical Issues	27480	Evaluation
Spring 2023	PHIL 2306 - Ethics	26170	Evaluation
Spring 2023	PHIL 2306 - Ethics	26171	Evaluation
Spring 2023	PHIL 4352 - Problems in Philosophy Seminar	24962	Evaluation
Fall 2022	PHIL 3314 - Ancient Philosophy	19698	Evaluation
Fall 2022	PHIL 2306 - Ethics	17198	Evaluation

Bio

B.A. in Philosophy, St. Edward's University. M.A. in Philosophy, University of Houston. Fulbright ETA, Bochum, Germany. Ph.D. in Philosophy, Vanderbilt University.

Ph D in Philosophy, Vanderbilt University (2019)

Publications

The Virtue of Playfulness: Why Happy People are Playful Routledge (2024), Glenn M. Trujillo.
Dio Chrysostom’s Ancient Arguments against Owning Slaves: How Cynic Contrarianism Resists Injustice The Journal of Value Inquiry (2023), Glenn M. Trujillo.
How to Say No: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Cynicism. Selected, translated, and introduced by M.D. Usher Ancient Philosophy 43 2 (2023), Glenn M. Trujillo.
Ancient Cynicism: Rejecting Civilization and Returning to Nature 1000-Word Philosophy (2023), Glenn M. Trujillo.
Risking Death over Debt: The Moral Distress of EMTs Treating Patients Afraid of Medical Bills bioethics today: Blog of the American Journal of Bioethics (2023), Glenn M. Trujillo, Yedid Fernandez.

Presentations

Stoicism Sucks (2023), Volume Baylor University, Glenn M. Trujillo.
Cynicism without Assholery, Jerkiness, or Other Forms of Social Toxicity (2023), Glenn M. Trujillo.
On Riana J. Betzler’s, “Energy Vampires and Pep Squads: What We Do When We Shape One Another’s Emotions” (2023), Volume University of Colorado Boulder, Glenn M. Trujillo.
Inward Turn, Outward Spurn: Positive Psychology Undermines Stoicism (2023), Volume UTEP, Glenn M. Trujillo.
On Jordan Myers’ “Living Below the Line of Duty” (2023), Volume UTEP, Glenn M. Trujillo.

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term

Summer 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

31002

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Summer 2024

Course

PHIL 2306 - Ethics

Section

32249

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2024

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

31075

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

PHIL 2306 - Ethics

Section

25139

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

PHIL 4351 - Great Philosophers

Section

21041

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

PHIL 4352 - Problems in Philosophy Seminar

Section

24310

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

PHIL 5351 - World Historical Philosophers

Section

24442

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

PHIL 3314 - Ancient Philosophy

Section

15107

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

PHIL 2306 - Ethics

Section

13765

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

PHIL 2306 - Ethics

Section

13767

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2023

Course

PHIL 2306 - Ethics

Section

33541

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

PHIL 5352 - Basic Philosophical Issues

Section

27480

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

PHIL 2306 - Ethics

Section

26170

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

PHIL 2306 - Ethics

Section

26171

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

PHIL 4352 - Problems in Philosophy Seminar

Section

24962

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

PHIL 3314 - Ancient Philosophy

Section

19698

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

PHIL 2306 - Ethics

Section

17198

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2024

Course

PHIL 2306 - Ethics

Section

32249

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

PHIL 2306 - Ethics

Section

25139

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

PHIL 4351 - Great Philosophers

Section

21041

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

PHIL 4352 - Problems in Philosophy Seminar

Section

24310

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

PHIL 5351 - World Historical Philosophers

Section

24442

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

PHIL 3314 - Ancient Philosophy

Section

15107

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

PHIL 2306 - Ethics

Section

13765

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

PHIL 2306 - Ethics

Section

13767

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2023

Course

PHIL 2306 - Ethics

Section

33541

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

PHIL 5352 - Basic Philosophical Issues

Section

27480

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

PHIL 2306 - Ethics

Section

26170

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

PHIL 2306 - Ethics

Section

26171

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

PHIL 4352 - Problems in Philosophy Seminar

Section

24962

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

PHIL 3314 - Ancient Philosophy

Section

19698

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

PHIL 2306 - Ethics

Section

17198

Evaluation

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