Alexis Dianda is a Fellow at the Leslie Center for the Humanities at Dartmouth College. She is the author of “William James and the ‘Willfulness’ of Belief” (European Journal of Philosophy, 2017), and has a forthcoming book on the concept of experience in James. She has edited a number of volumes, including The Problem with Levinas (Oxford University Press, 2015) and Philosophy and Race (Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal, 2014). Her current research is focused on the nature and value of hope.