Cory Wimberly is a distinguished teaching professor of philosophy at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.  Teaching is important to him, and he has been honored with Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award, Innovation in Teaching Award in Memory of Dr. Ram De la Rosa, and the Excellence in Hybrid Teaching Award. Wimberly has worked in the UT System since 2006 and considers himself lucky to work alongside the people that he does and describes his students as "great". Those are the main things in your work environment as a professor, and the philosophy department at UTRGV has them both.

Wimberly still really gets a kick out of teaching philosophy, including the good old “101” type courses. He loves taking what students think is going to be a throwaway course and turning it into something eye-opening or even life-altering.

His classes have changed a lot over time. Wimberly's emphasis used to be strongly on teaching a certain set of ideas or philosophical content. Now, he is equally interested in providing a moving experience that drives students to develop philosophical skills like critical thinking, analytical reading, open discussion, etc. To foster skills and not just memorization, Wimberly's classes typically have students doing a lot of philosophy rather than listening. If you look in his classes, you will see students debating, doing puzzles, reading, teaching, diagramming, and more.