At its 1998 meeting, the Board of Officers approved the following appointments to APA Committees to take effect July 1, 1999:

Committee on Career Opportunities

• George Lucas - Chair (American Academy for Liberal Education)
• David E. Cartwright (University of Wisconsin, Whitewater)
• Daniel E. Garber (The University of Chicago)
• Jean P. Rumsey (Clarion University of Pennsylvania)

Subcommittee on Non-Academic Careers

• Stephanie Lewis - Chair (Municipal Capital Management, Inc.)
• Richard Hull (Texas Council for the Humanities)
• Jerome Tovo

Committee on International Cooperation

• Michael Krausz (Bryn Mawr College)
• Cristina Lafont (Northwestern University)
• Xiaorong Li (University of Maryland)
• Gail M. Presbey (University of Nairobi)

Committee on the Status and Future of the Profession

• Myles Brand - Chair (University of Indiana, Bloomington)
• Richard Foley (Rutgers University)
• James Francis Bohman (St. Louis University)

Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy

• Jacquelyn Ann Kegley - Chair (California State University, Bakersfield)
• Martin Benjamin (Michigan State University)
• Shannon Sullivan (Pennsylvania State University)

Committee on Blacks in Philosophy

• Bernard Boxill - Chair (University of North Carolina)
• Blanche Radford Curry
• Charles W. Mills (University of Illinois at Chicago)

Committee on Philosophy and Computers

• William L. Uzgalis (Oregon State University)

Committee on Hispanics in Philosophy

• Eduardo Mendieta (University of San Francisco)
• Gregory Velazco y Trianosky (California State University, Northridge)
• Marcelo H. Sabates (Kansas State University)

Committee on Philosophy and Law

• Claire O. Finkelstein (University of California, Berkeley)
• William A. Edmundson (Georgia State University)

Committee on Philosophy and Medicine

• Mark P. Sheldon (Indiana University, Northwest)

Committee on Pre-College Instruction in Philosophy

• Robert M. Figueroa (Webster University)
• Michael S. Pritchard (Western Michigan University)

Committee on the Status of Women

• Nancy Fraser (The New School for Social Research)
• Susan J. Brison (Dartmouth College)
• Cynthia Willett (Emory University)

Committee on Teaching Philosophy in Two-Year Colleges

• Anthony David (Blinn College)
• Thomas W. Simon (Illinois State University)

Committee on Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender People in the Profession

• Timothy Murphy (University of Illinois College of Medicine)
• Mark Gregory Chekola (Moorhead State University)
• Christopher D. Horvath (Illinois State University)

Committee for the Defense of Professional Rights of Philosophers

• Michael L. Corrado - Chair (University of North Carolina Law School)
• Larry Hickman (The Center for Dewey Studies)
• Helen E. Longino (University of Minnesota)

Committee on the Status of Asians*

• Xinyan Jiang - Chair (Three-year term) (Grand Valley State University)
• Yoko Arisaka (Three-year term) (University of San Francisco)
• Kisor K. Chakrabarti (Two-year term) (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
• Vrinda Dalmiya (Three-year term) (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
• Chenyang Li (One-year term) (Monmouth College)
• Alan D. Fox (Two-year term) (University of Delaware)
• Robin Wang (One-year term) (Loyola Marymount University)

*By special vote of the Board of Officers, the Committee on the Status of Asians will begin to function immediately. The length of each member’s term will still be counted from July 1, 1999.