Eva et al:
I am saddened to hear that APA is considering severing ties with PIKSI. 25% of
the students at SIUE are first-generation college students, and many of the
others are not well-off. They simply could not afford to go to PIKSI without
the full funding that is offered. We have not had students go before, but I
routinely get students following up on my announcement once I point out the low
costs associated with it vs. the excellent opportunity that it represents. This
year, we will have at least one application.
Note that such straits are often true of members of underrepresented groups,
either due to historical discrimination and low intergenerational accumulation
of wealth, or due to ongoing costs related to their group membership such as
medical or assistive technology costs for disabled philosophers. The pipeline
issues here are significant, and PIKSI deals with these as much as the various
APA committees (indigenous philosophers, status of women, LGBT, etc.) deal with
representation and climate for folks already in the profession as well as
pipeline issues.
How can we argue against APA withdrawal of funding for PIKSI without knowing the
rationale? Also, as a procedural matter, is APA required to provide public
rationale for ending existing programs or only for beginning new ones? Who
should be contacted within the APA's bureaucracy re: continued support of
PIKSI?
I should say that for some of my colleagues who are not explicitly feminist, it
matters immensely that it is not just FEAST but also APA that are
organizationally affiliated with PIKSI.
Best,
Alison
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Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy
College of Arts and Sciences
SIU-Edwardsville
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Quoting Eva Kittay <[log in to unmask]>:
> Which is also why programs like PIKSI, which the APA does not want to
> continue to support on an on-going basis on the the philosophy that the APA
> should not be supporting such an entity, are so essential. Why the APA
> thinks it should not continue to support PIKSI, I and the Board members,
> have yet to figure out since the need for pipeline measures is so important.
> There are budget constraints, but diversifying the profession, starting with
> undergraduates should be a central priority. Perhaps if the APA National
> Board, through their divisional representatives, hears from its members that
> the APA should continue to fund PIKSI, the APA will see that there is
> widespread support for this program.
>
> In the meantime, we welcome any suggestions from FEAST members for funding
> opportunities for PIKSI. We really do need all the help we can get if we are
> not to let this program die.
>
>
> On Feb 16, 2014, at 11:25 AM, Bonnie Mann <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Peggy et. al.,
> >
> > I agree that this is good news, what is interesting is that it doesn't seem
> to support the perception (one that I've heard) that women get hired more
> easily than men because of affirmative action. It also reminds us that we
> have work to do at an earlier level, to make sure that the percentage of
> women receiving degrees in philosophy increases.
> >
> > Bonnie
> >
> > ---
> > Dr. Bonnie Mann
> > Associate Professor of Philosophy
> > Department of Philosophy
> > University of Oregon
> > Eugene, OR 97403-1295
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > On 2014/02/16 07:43, Peggy DesAutels wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >> I just added the following to
> >> http://www.apaonlinecsw.org/data-on-women-in-philosophy [1].
> >> CSW JOBS FOR PHILOSOPHERS EMPLOYMENT STUDY [2]
> >> Miriam Solomon and John Clark, 2009
> >> This is a report of faculty hires following Jobs for Philosophers
> >> (JFP) Volume 175 and 176 (October and November 2007). One of the key
> >> conclusions is: Women were hired in all categories in proportion to
> >> their percentage of PhD's (this includes temporary positions and
> >> postdocs, tenure-track positions, and positions in Leiter-ranked
> >> departments).
> >> Peggy
> >> Peggy DesAutels
> >> Professor
> >> Department of Philosophy
> >> University of Dayton
> >> http://www.peggydesautels.com [3]
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> >>
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