Mentoring Workshop for Early Career Women* in Philosophy

Call for Mentees/Mentors:  7th Biennial Mentoring Workshop for Early Career Women* in Philosophy  

We are delighted to announce that the 7th Biennial Mentoring Workshop for Early Career Women* in Philosophy will be held June 4-6, 2025, at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri.  Our Keynote Speaker this year will be Teresa Blankmeyer Burke of Gallaudet University.  The Mentoring Workshop is supported by the generosity of the Mark Sanders Foundation.  

* While we retain the historic title for this workshop, the co-directors would like to emphasize that its goal is to provide mentorship to philosophers who might have had difficulty finding it in virtue of their gender.  Given the demographics of the field, this includes philosophers from one or more of the following groups: women, nonbinary people, and trans* people.  

This workshop seeks to address the ongoing underrepresentation of women, non-binary people, and trans* people in professional philosophy by building long-term mentoring relationships among senior and junior colleagues from these groups.  Any woman, nonbinary person, or trans* person entering or holding a faculty (pre-tenure or contract) or postdoc position in Philosophy at a college or university is eligible to apply.  Because the workshop is aimed specifically at those who are navigating academic life after their PhD, we require that applicants have successfully defended by the date of their application.  Members of groups underrepresented in Philosophy are especially encouraged to apply.  Details for how to apply are available at our website: https://marcsandersfoundation.org/the-mentoring-workshop/. THE EXTENDED APPLICAION DEADLINE IS January 15, 2025.  

There is no charge for participation in the workshop, but mentees’ home institutions are expected to cover the cost of their transportation, room, and board.  We recognize and deeply regret if the cost of attending the workshop is prohibitive.  While the Mentoring Workshop operates on a limited budget, we invite those without adequate institutional support to contact us directly, so that we can offer support and advice as best we are able.  

We would like to invite senior scholars interested in serving as mentors for the Mentoring Workshop to identify themselves by signing up on our website: https://marcsandersfoundation.org/the-mentoring-workshop/

We also invite securely employed and established scholars to consider supporting the important work of the Mentoring Workshop by making a donation.  These funds will be directed towards our effort to lower costs for attendees as much as possible – a crucial consideration, given the precarity of many junior colleagues in these difficult times.  Donations can be made through the Marc Sanders foundation here: https://marcsandersfoundation.org/the-mentoring-workshop/   

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to any of the four co-directors (emails listed below) should you have any questions regarding the workshop.  

Carol Hay / University of Massachusetts Lowell / [email protected]

Willow Starr / Cornell University / [email protected]

Lori Watson / Washington University / [email protected]  

Yolonda Wilson / St. Louis University / [email protected]