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APA Good Practices Guide Public Discussion Series, Part 3: Professional development and placement

This post is part of a series of posts soliciting public comment on the APA’s new Good Practices Guide. In the first post in this series, I provided some background...

APA Good Practices Guide Public Discussion Series, Part 2: Teaching, supervising, and mentoring

This post is part of a series of posts soliciting public comment on the APA’s new Good Practices Guide. In the first post in this series, I provided some background...

APA Good Practices Guide Public Discussion Series: About the Guide and how to use It

This post is the first in a series of eight posts that will appear on the blog over the next few weeks. The posts are part of a public comment...

APA receives second Mellon Foundation grant to support undergraduate diversity institutes

...Amy Ferrer said, “The APA is delighted to be able to continue providing funding and other support to PIKSI and all undergraduate diversity institutes in philosophy, thanks to the generosity...

Inside the APA: An Update on the Journal of the APA

by Amy Ferrer, John Heil, and Sally Hoffmann Most learned societies in the US have had journals for decades, but not the APA! Though the possibility of launching a journal...

The Well-Being of Philosophy

by Valerie Tiberius Note: The following is a draft of Valerie Tiberius’s Presidential Address at the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association on March 3, 2017, in Kansas City,...

Inside the APA: 2016 Divisional Meetings — Year in Review

This time of year, after the hubbub of the three divisional meetings has died down, I always take a bit of time to look back on how the meetings went—what...

Inside the APA: Statements, Resolutions, Letters, and Censures

Over the last couple of years, you may have noticed that the APA board has become more responsive to issues of public interest, releasing statements or joining coalition letters on...

APA Board Responds to Firings at Mount St. Mary’s University

...open debate that is a hallmark of higher education. Most sincerely, Cheshire Calhoun, Chair Amy Ferrer, Executive Director for the Board of Officers of the American Philosophical Association   Tweet...

Inside the APA: The Changing APA

...longer than a society president—up to six years (if the first 3–year term is renewed). As Amy Ferrer mentioned in her recent post, the chair is elected by the board...