Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institute

A  SUMMER  INSTITUTE  FOR  UNDERGRADUATES

Application Deadline:  March 13, 2015 

PIKSI summer institutes are designed to encourage undergraduates from underrepresented groups to consider future study of philosophy. Undergraduates and recent graduates from underrepresented groups such as women, African Americans, Chicano/as and Latino/as, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, LGBTs, economically disadvantaged communities, and people with disabilities are urged to apply. Transportation and lodging are provided. Stipends are awarded to all.

PIKSI ROCK at the Rock Ethics Institute/Penn State

Date: June 13-22, 2015

Director: Serene Khader, Brooklyn College, CUNY

Theme: Philosophy and Social Justice  

Speakers:

Luvell Anderson, University of Memphis

Talia Bettcher, California State University, Los Angeles

Kristie Dotson, Michigan State University

Lisa Guenther, Vanderbilt University

(All PIKSI ROCK students will be designated Iris Marion Young Fellows)

PIKSI BOSTON at MIT/UMB 

Date: August 2-8, 2015 

Director: Lisa Rivera, University of Massachusetts Boston 

Speakers:

Keota Fields, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Jorge Garcia, Boston College

Justin Khoo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mickaella Perina, University of Massachusetts Boston

Susanna Siegel, Harvard University

Subrena Smith, University of New Hampshire

For More Information See:

PIKSI ROCK:  Web: rockethics.psu.edu/education/piksi   

Email: [email protected] 

PIKSI BOSTON:  

Web: piksi-boston.weebly.com   

Email: [email protected]

 Co-sponsors: PENN STATE’S ROCK ETHICS INSTITUTE, COLLEGE OF THE LIBERAL ARTS, AND DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY – MIT’S DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS AND PHILOSOPHY AND DEAN'S OFFICE, SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES-MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY—STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY—UNIVERSITY OF OREGON—THE IRIS MARION YOUNG DIVERSITY FUND—ANN ARBOR PIKSI FUNDING INITIATIVE—THE ASSOCIATION OF FEMINIST ETHICS AND SOCIAL THEORY