Why You Should Self-Archive and How to Do It
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I earned my PhD in 2015. While I...
Why We Shouldn’t Shrink Our PhD Programs
Every so often—especially on Twitter—academic philosophers call to reduce the size of philosophy PhD programs. The reasoning is usually altruistic, if also a bit...
Statement on Equity and Teaching During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The following is a statement from the Advisory Board of Tenure for the Common Good regarding contingent faculty.
The COVID-19 pandemic presents significant...
Fighting with UC Santa Cruz for a Cost of Living Adjustment: An interview with...
In the wake of the recent firings of 54 graduate students by UC Santa Cruz following their wildcat strike, the Blog of the APA...
Kathleen Higgins: What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher?
This is an excerpt of an interview with Kathleen Higgins, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, in which she talks...
Study the Humanities: Articulating Career Pathways
Commentators have offered a variety of explanations for the widely observed decline in humanities majors and enrollments. Evidence suggests the primary cause is a dramatic reordering of student priorities away...
Why Should Professors Care About Their Students?
Years ago at a meeting of the American Philosophical Association, I passed a group of graduate students who were responding enthusiastically as one described...
Gender Bias in Philosophy Social Media
A top medical journal published a research letter this week concerning the behavior of health researchers on Twitter, and how that behavior is informed...
Ten Suggestions for Interviewing Job Candidates
A crucial step in making a faculty appointment is the initial interviewing of candidates. The process typically takes place at a professional conference or...
Three Reasons Why We Should Not Request Letters of Recommendation for Job Applications
A standard element for a job application for a philosophy tenure-track position is three (or more) letters of recommendation, requested up front. Just glancing...