Brody Armstrong
Brody Armstrong is the former Program Coordinator at the American Humanist Association’s Center for Education. He holds a BA in ethics & public policy, political science, and philosophy from the University of Iowa, and is pursuing an MA in data, economics, and development policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Posts by Brody Armstrong
Humanist EDge: Education Innovators Shoot for the Moon
Despite decades of research, standardized testing, and increased spending, educational outcomes in the United States have stagnated behind other developed countries. Literacy rates and... Read More
PHILOSOPHICALLY SPEAKING | Simulation Rhapsody: How to Be Real Even If It’s All Fake
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? —“Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen At our current rate of technological advancement—especially in the fields of... Read More
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Find Out What It Means to Humanism and Yourself
One month from today, the American Humanist Association and Periyar International will host their first-ever joint conference, Humanism & Self-Respect, at Montgomery College’s Cultural... Read More
Humanism Goes Higher: AHA Awards University of Miami for Philosophical Diversity
Universities exist as centers of learning and progress; they cultivate intellectual curiosity and discovery while holding firm to an academic rigor that puts truth... Read More
AHA Welcomes New President and Returning Board Officers
The American Humanist Association (AHA) board of directors, in accordance with by-laws and customs, recently elected new officers to fill the roles of president,... Read More
Curbing Hate: It’s Time for Tech Platforms to Address the Mess They Helped Create
Months before Robert Bowers gunned down eleven Jewish congregants at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he posted anti-Semitic, hate-filled vitriol on... Read More
Film Review: The Oath
The fictionalized America of Ike Barinholtz’s film The Oath could have been characterized as dystopian if it had premiered two years ago, but in... Read More