Diversity and Inclusiveness

Cultivating Inclusiveness: The PIKSI Institute

Any night that an inspirational philosopher like Sally Haslanger tells me I belong in philosophy is a good one in my book. A starry-eyed...
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Featured Philosopher: Donna-Dale Marcano

What is black feminist philosophy? To raise this question, argues Donna-Dale Marcano, an associate professor of philosophy and Director of the Human Rights Center...
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Black Issues in Philosophy: Introduction

Dear Readers: We here introduce Black Issues in Philosophy: Blog of the APA Committee on the Status of Black Philosophers. The purpose of this series is...
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Using The Deviant Philosopher This Fall

It’s that time of year when many of us are finalizing, or starting to finalizing (or finalizing to start) our course syllabi for the...

APA receives second Mellon Foundation grant to support undergraduate diversity institutes

The American Philosophical Association (APA) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a major grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a...
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The Deviant Philosopher – A Teaching Resource

In a wonderful keynote address at the Harvard East Asia Society Graduate Conference this year, Professor Michael Puett warned against the dangers of ideological...
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Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Bisexuality and the Culture of Professional Philosophy

“Feminist blogging is basically the 21st Century version of consciousness raising.” Courtney Martin, Feministing At the start of the film The Lobster, we learn that the...

How to Improve the Situation for Women in Philosophy

The Demographics in Philosophy project (women-in-philosophy.org) evaluates the proportion of women at various ranks in approximately 100 departments for the past ten years as...

APA Newsletters, Spring 2017 Edition – Part One

The latest edition of the APA newsletters was posted online recently. In case you haven’t had a chance to check them out yet, I’m...

AHA and APA Receive Joint Mellon Grant, “Extending the Reach of Scholarly Society Work...

The American Historical Association (AHA) and the American Philosophical Association (APA) are pleased to announce the receipt of an $80,000 grant from the Andrew...