PIKSI 2008 GRADUATE ASSISTANT
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The third annual meeting of Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institute (PIKSI) will take place from July 20-26, 2008, at the Rock Ethics Institute on the campus of Penn State University in State College, PA. At least two graduate students will assist Shannon Sullivan, who will direct the Institute for a third year. One graduate assistant will come from the Penn State philosophy department. We are hoping that, as was the case in previous summers, the home institution of the other graduate assistants will fund their positions. (The philosophy departments of the University of Memphis, Binghamton University (SUNY), Villanova University, and Michigan State University generously supported PIKSI graduate assistants in 2006 and 2007.)

We invite those of you teaching in graduate programs to nominate graduate student assistants for PIKSI. The applications will be screened according to the graduate student's accomplishments as a researcher, a teacher, and mentor; the relevance of her or his research to the topics of the institute; and the home institution's willingness to fund the student (approximately $2000, including travel, housing, and stipend). While funding from the home university is highly desirable, we will consider highly talented and appropriate graduate students whose home universities are unwilling or unable to provide the support.

Applications should include a cover letter from the graduate student in which they discuss why they would like to be a graduate assistant for PIKSI, the graduate student's CV, a letter of support from a faculty member, and documentation of institutional support, if available. Please email complete applications to Shannon Sullivan, Philosophy Department, 240 Sparks, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, by February 15, 2008. If you have any further questions please contact Eva Feder Kittay, PIKSI Board Chair, at us003667@mindspring.com or Shannon Sullivan, Director of PIKSI Summer 08, at sws10@psu.edu.

PIKSI 2008 GRADUATE ASSISTANT CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

PIKSI 2008 GRADUATE ASSISTANT
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS