Yearly Archives: 2016

Introducing the New TeachPhilosophy101

TeachPhilosophy101 (TP101) provides free resources, strategies, and links for philosophy teachers—especially for folks teaching at the introductory level. It was originally started by John Immerwahr...

APA Staff Interview: Janet Sample

Janet Sample serves as Membership Coordinator for the APA and has worked for the association in a wide range of capacities since 1981. She has...

The Teaching Workshop: Preventing and Coping with Student Disengagement

Welcome again to The Teaching Workshop, where your questions related to pedagogy are answered. Each post features questions submitted by readers, with answers from...

The Job Market: Applications, Imbalances, and a Stale Narrative

The Job Market: Applications, Imbalances, and a Stale Narrative This post is from an anonymous job seeker who was awarded his Ph.D. in philosophy (more than...

Committee Sponsored Sessions at the 2016 Central APA

The 2016 Central Division Meeting will take place March 2–5 at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Below is a schedule of sessions sponsored...

Early-Career Research Spotlight: Brandon Warmke

The purpose of the early-career research spotlight is two-fold. First, the aim is to bring attention to an early-career APA member who is doing...

The Job Market: How to Get an Interview at a Community College (Part 1)

Tailoring Your Application for the Philosopher on the Committee After getting my Ph.D. in philosophy, I applied to any job that I could, which included...

Philosophy and Current Events: The Epistemology of Drone Strikes

In his final State of the Union speech, one topic that President Obama did not discuss was his use of drone strikes in the...

What Are You Reading? (February 29–March 6)

With all the election hysteria going on at the moment—illustrated most recently by The New York Times's interesting account of the Republican establishment's attempts...

APA Member Interview: John L. Protevi

John L. Protevi is the Phyllis M. Taylor Professor of French Studies, Chair of the Department of French Studies, and Professor of Philosophy, at Louisiana State University...

Awards Roundup: February 2016

APA Awards Nancy Cartwright, Durham University Selected to give the 2017 Carus Lectures to be delivered at the 2017 Pacific Division Meeting in Seattle, WA. Béatrice Longuenesse,...

APA Member Perspective: “You’re a philosopher, eh? What do philosophers do?”

If you would like to submit a contribution, we’d love to hear from you.  Please contact us via the submission form here. * “You're a philosopher,...

Major Sessions at the APA 2016 Central Division Meeting

The 2016 Central Division Meeting will take place March 2–5 at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. For those able to attend the meeting, some...

Family and the Academy: Part 2

The aim of this series is to provide APA members with a forum to discuss issues in philosophy from a variety of sources and perspectives....

What Are You Reading? (February 22–28)

Since the last time I wrote, I have shifted gears a bit. Instead of my paper on the phenomenology of race, I am now...