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On Dec 13, 2009, at 8:12 PM, Lisa Tessman wrote:
> Hi Maurice,
> I (still) didn't get a ballot... ?
> Lisa
>
> On Dec 13, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Maurice Hamington wrote:
>
>> Hi Lisa,
>>
>> I sent this e-mail out to both the member and the FEAST list
>> yesterday, but I don't think it got distributed. I didn't get
>> one. I will try again.
>>
>> Maurice
>>
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> From: Maurice Hamington <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Date: December 12, 2009 12:08:20 PM MST
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Ballot for FEAST members
>>>
>>> Dear FEAST Members,
>>>
>>> I apologize for the tardiness of this ballot but it should only
>>> take a few moments to fill out. Please keep in mind that only
>>> members may vote.
>>>
>>> FEAST BALLOT 2009
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please return your vote by Monday, December 28 to
>>>
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A. INTRODUCTION:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. Election of Steering Committee members to commence service on
>>> January 1, 2010:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> FEAST Steering Committee seats to be filled are:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. At Large Member (January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2011)
>>>
>>> 2. Grad Representative (January 1, 2010-December 31, 2011)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bios of candidates (in alphabetical order):
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For At Large Member (three-year term):
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Louise Collins. I have been a low-profile participant in FEAST
>>> since its inception and am eager to become more actively involved
>>> in the organization. I am pleased to be completing my sixth - and
>>> final! - year as Philosophy Department chair at Indiana University
>>> South Bend, where I am an associate professor of Philosophy, and
>>> also serve on the Women’s Studies Governing Board.
>>>
>>> I presented a paper on feminist approaches to
>>> children’s literature at the 2001 proto-FEAST meeting, served on
>>> the program committee in 2003, 2005 & 2007, and chaired a session
>>> at the 2009 meeting. Reading and discussing the manuscript
>>> submissions to FEAST for three meetings was a privilege and a joy,
>>> despite the need to make some tough calls.
>>>
>>> I have a paper forthcoming in the 2010 Hypatia FEAST
>>> Special Issue, entitled, “Autonomy and Authorship: Story-Telling
>>> in Children’s Picture Books.” My current research project
>>> explores the significance of on-line relationships.
>>>
>>> Among my hopes for FEAST: that the organization
>>> continue to flourish and provide a supportive, professional venue
>>> for feminist philosophers to share our work; and, that the
>>> organization continue to nurture the next generation of feminist
>>> scholars from diverse backgrounds.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Peter Higgins (Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2008) is
>>> an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Faculty Affiliate of
>>> Women’s and Gender Studies at Eastern Michigan University.
>>> Peter’s area of research specialty is global feminist social and
>>> political philosophy. His current work critiques extant
>>> philosophical visions of justice in immigration policy (on the
>>> grounds that almost all of it overlooks the synergistic effects of
>>> immigration policies with the workings of unjust social
>>> institutions like gender, race, and class), while developing and
>>> defending a feminist principle for determining whether or not
>>> states’ immigration policies are just. Peter has latent
>>> philosophical interests in philosophy of sexuality and queer
>>> theory that he hopes to pursue in the not-too-distant future.
>>>
>>> Peter has been a member of FEAST and presented work at its bi-
>>> annual conference since January 2006. He strongly supports the
>>> mission of FEAST to increase the visibility and influence of
>>> feminist ethical, social and political theory, and is eager to
>>> contribute to the flourishing of the organization. Having always
>>> had such a fabulous time at the three FEAST conferences in which
>>> he’s participated, Peter wishes to serve FEAST and its membership
>>> as at large representative to the steering committee.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Alice MacLachlan is an assistant professor in the department of
>>> philosophy at York University (Toronto, Canada). She works in
>>> feminist ethics and in social and political philosophy. Her
>>> research topics include reconciliation, forgiveness and apology,
>>> as well as the philosophy of Hannah Arendt. She also has interests
>>> in the politics of sexuality. She completed her PhD at Boston
>>> University in 2007, and holds degrees from Cambridge University
>>> (UK) and Queen's University (Canada). Alice is the founder and a
>>> moderator of the online feminist draft exchange, and is actively
>>> involved in fostering local feminist communities in the Toronto
>>> area. "FEAST was my first experience of a professional feminist
>>> philosophy conference, and it was through the FEAST email listserv
>>> that I first felt connected to the wider community of feminist
>>> ethicists and social theorists working, writing and changing
>>> philosophy. I remain committed to the mission of FEAST and - at
>>> the same time - I am intrigued and excited by the changes and
>>> challenges FEAST faces, ranging from difficult and important
>>> conversations on the listserv, to discussions of conference
>>> location, atmosphere and accessibility. I would welcome the
>>> opportunity to be more involved in FEAST, as a member of the
>>> steering committee, as we move forward, and I look forward to
>>> finding ways I can contribute."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Lisa Rivera. I am an Associate Professor at the University of
>>> Massachusetts, Boston. I received my Ph.D. from Cornell University
>>> in 2001. My current work in Feminist Ethics focuses on the
>>> relevance of political engagement and social location for moral
>>> agency.
>>>
>>> I was overjoyed to find in FEAST a place where I could collaborate
>>> with other feminist theorists, both intellectually and
>>> politically. FEAST’s mission to increase the “visibility and
>>> influence” of feminist ethics and feminist social and political
>>> philosophy gives me the hope that FEAST will continue to be a
>>> resource for those of us who want to challenge the status quo in
>>> the academy, and further feminist ethical and political
>>> perspectives within and beyond disciplinary boundaries.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Some of my hopes for FEAST:
>>>
>>> I hope that FEAST will mentor graduate students and junior faculty
>>> in order to promote the professional success and flourishing of
>>> feminist ethicists, political philosophers, and social theorists.
>>>
>>> I hope FEAST will promote the work of people with diverse
>>> backgrounds and those who are underrepresented in philosophy by
>>> providing intellectual collaborators, a constructive place to
>>> develop work, and guidance in negotiating the rocky terrain of
>>> academia.
>>>
>>> I want to work with others to support PIKSI and develop further
>>> strategies to make academic philosophy include those who are now
>>> marginalized from, or altogether shut out of, the discipline.
>>>
>>> I hope we will continue to have many difficult conversations, and
>>> that these conversations will lead to opportunities for feminist
>>> action both inside and outside the university.
>>>
>>> I hope that FEAST conferences continue to be venues where
>>> feminists with a variety of different theoretical orientations can
>>> engage with one another to cultivate our work. The conferences are
>>> a place where we can find intellectual collaborators and expand
>>> our own theoretical frameworks. I want to support those who find
>>> venues for publishing the writing of FEAST members.
>>>
>>> I hope that FEAST members can be resources for one another in the
>>> face of two prolonged wars, an alarming environmental situation,
>>> and other forms of injustice and oppression. Many of the scholars
>>> in FEAST are also experienced activists and organizers. I hope to
>>> work with others in the FEAST community to voice a feminist
>>> perspective on the ethical and political issues we face.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For Grad Representative (two-year term):
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jessica Kyle. I am a Ph.D. student in Binghamton University’s
>>> Program in Social, Political, Ethical, and Legal Philosophy
>>> (SPEL). My research and teaching interests include Social and
>>> Political Philosophy, Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, and Philosophy
>>> of Law. Currently, my research is focused on non-ideal moral and
>>> political theorizing, and also on exploring the role of caring
>>> moral emotions like sympathy, empathy, and compassion in politics
>>> and political concepts (e.g., solidarity) through an Arendtian
>>> political lens. I am an active member of FEAST and at the 2009
>>> conference I both presented a paper and served as the local
>>> arrangements and registration co-coordinator.
>>>
>>> Having the good fortune to be part of a very feminist-friendly
>>> graduate program in philosophy, I am aware of the significance of
>>> environments that encourage the flourishing of academic-related
>>> feminist pursuits and also strongly interested in promoting these
>>> spaces. And, as president of my program’s Graduate Student
>>> Organization, I have worked to ensure representation of and
>>> promote responsiveness to graduate student interests and
>>> concerns. These efforts have included serving on the GSO
>>> Committee for Graduate Student Professional Support, through which
>>> I have helped to organize activities including conference
>>> presentation and teaching workshops. I would love to have the
>>> opportunity to draw on this experience for the advancement of
>>> graduate students in feminist philosophy. A primary commitment of
>>> mine as FEAST grad student representative would be to the
>>> continuation and strengthening of those programs and activities
>>> put in place through the hard work of other graduate students;
>>> these include the FEAST Mentoring Program and FEAST Conference
>>> events such as the Mentoring Breakfast and student/faculty lunch
>>> session on succeeding as women philosophers. While the
>>> initiation of new programs and activities is dependent on the
>>> feedback of FEAST grad student members, a further hope I have is
>>> to help compile and make available through the FEAST website,
>>> listserv, and perhaps other digital venues a range of information
>>> and resources specifically tailored to the issues and needs of
>>> graduate student women in philosophy.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> __________________________________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please cut and paste from here, and send to [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> B. BALLOT
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. Instructions:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please complete the following form and return it by Monday,
>>> December 28 to the FEAST Nominating Committee, via Maurice
>>> Hamington at [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The easiest procedure for all of us will be for you to just cut
>>> and paste the ballot itself, as directed just above.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please vote for one (and only one) nominee for each of the open
>>> seats.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2. Vote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For At-Large Representative (two-year term):
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ___ Louise Collins
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ___ Peter Higgins
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ___ Alice MacLachlan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ___ Lisa Rivera
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For Grad Representative (two-year term):
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ___ Jessica Kyle
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Again, please return your ballot by Monday, December 28 to Maurice
>>> Hamington at [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Maurice Hamington, Chair
>>>
>>> FEAST Nominating Committee
>>>
>>> Maurice Hamington
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>>>
>>>
>>> Maurice Hamington
>>> Associate Professor of Women's Studies & Director
>>> Institute for Women's Studies and Services
>>> Metropolitan State College of Denver
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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> Lisa Tessman
>
> Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Philosophy
> Program in Social, Political, Ethical and Legal Philosophy (SPEL)
> Binghamton University
> Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
>
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