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Spring 2008
Volume 07, Number 2

Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy

News from the Committee on the Status of Women

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The CSW has been busy, as usual, putting together interesting sessions for the various Divisional meetings of the APA. At the 2007 Eastern meeting we had a session on “Women and Terrorism,” one on “Philosophy: Our Way of Changing the World,” and one on “Standpoint Theory: From Different Standpoints.” Coming up at the Pacific meeting are a session on “Feminist Perspectives on Vice” and a session on “Strategizing Changes in the Culture and Ideology of Philosophy.” At the Central meeting there will be a session on “Reflections on Being a Woman Philosophy Student: Lessons for the Profession.” At the Eastern meeting in 2008 there will be a session on “Philosophical Perspectives on Female Sexuality” and one on mid-career issues faced by women. There will be panels on mid-career issues organized for the Central and Pacific meetings in 2009 as well. We welcome your ideas for future sessions.

We are also involved in a project with the National Office to gather membership and job placement information so that we can get more information on the status of women in the profession. We look forward to reporting more on this information in the future. We are pursuing the possibility of developing a position of an ombudsperson to handle complaints and concerns related to diversity issues.

When the committee met in December we did some brainstorming on our priorities for the next few years. The following emerged: continue pursuing the data on hiring and APA membership, make sure we go beyond organizing panels to produce concrete benefits and improve the future, keep up with Chris Bellon’s list of women/feminist friendly graduate programs, find ways to make the information we have more accessible (blog?) to APA members. If you have ideas related to any of these issues, or want to add to the list please contact a committee member.

The CSW will welcome three new members in July: Lisa Schwartzman (Michigan State University), Sharyn Clough (Oregon State University), and Elizabeth Hackett (Agnes Scott College). Nominations are now open for an Associate Chair for the CSW. Consider nominating someone you know (including yourself) for the committee.

Sally Scholz continues to do a great job editing this Newsletter. She has one more issue of the Newsletter to produce before she moves on to other ventures. Chris Bellon has been appointed the new editor of the Newsletter. She and Sally will work throughout the summer to ensure a smooth transition.

Erin McKenna
Chair, APA Committee on the Status of Women
Department of Philosophy
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, Washington 98447

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