The Society for Women in Philosophy is pleased to announce that Nancy Tuana has been named the Distinguished Woman Philosopher of 2008.
You are cordially invited to the 2008 Distinguished Woman Philosopher Award Panel and Reception, where we will celebrate Professor Tuana’s work, achievements, contributions to the discipline of philosophy, and support of women in philosophy.
The session will take place at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association on Sunday, December 28, 2008 from 5:15-7:15pm at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
CHAIR:
Carla Fehr, Iowa State University
SPEAKERS:
Lorraine Code, York University
Linda Martin Alcoff, Syracuse University
Rita Alfonso, University of California-Berkeley
Laurie Shrage, Florida International University
Joan Callahan, University of Kentucky
Shannon Sullivan, Pennsylvania State University
AWARDEE:
NANCY TUANA, Pennsylvania State University
Biography:
Nancy Tuana is DuPont/Class of 1949 Professor of Philosophy, Science, Technology, Society, and Women's Studies at Pennsylvania State University and Founding Director of the Rock Ethics Institute (http://rockethics.psu.edu). Her contributions to feminist philosophy include: Series Editor of ReReading the Canon (Pennnsylvania State University Press), co-editor with Laurie Shrage of Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, Editor of the APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy, co-editor (with Sally Haslanger and Jenny Saul) of the Stanford Encyclopedia's entries on feminist philosophy, director of two NEH Summer Seminars on Feminist Epistemologies, and numerous publications in the field of feminist philosophy. With Joan Callahan she is working on an in-depth oral history project Feminist Philosophers: In Their Own Words. Her most recent project is an investigation of the intersections of feminist philosophy and climate ethics.
Please join in celebrating all that Professor Tuana has done for the discipline of philosophy and for women in philosophy.
In celebration,
Jen
P.S. If you would like a pdf flier of this announcement to advertise Nancy's achievements, please e-mail me directly.
Jen McWeeny, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Executive Secretary, Eastern Division of the Society for Women in Philosophy
John Carroll University
20700 North Park Blvd.
University Heights, OH 44118
Phone: (216) 397-4783
Fax: (216) 397-1819
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Recipients of the Distinguished Woman Philosopher Award:
Nancy Tuana (2008)
Joan Callahan (2007)
Ruth Millikan (2006)
Linda Martín Alcoff (2005)
Susan Sherwin (2004)
Eva Feder Kittay (2003)
Sara Ruddick (2002)
Amelie Oksenberg Rorty (2001)
Marilyn Frye (1999)
Linda Lopez McAlister (1998)
Claudia Card (1997)
Gertrude Ezorsky (1996)
Alison Jaggar (1995)
Iris Marion Young (1994)
Kathryn Pyne Addelson (1993)
Virginia Held (1992)
Jane Roland Martin (1991)
Sandra Harding (1990)
Hazel Barnes (1989)
Leigh Cauman (1988)
Elizabeth Flowers (1987)
Mary Mothersill (1986)
Marjorie Greene (1985)
Elizabeth Beardsley (1984)
(no recipient was honored in 2000)
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Jen McWeeny, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Executive Secretary, Eastern Division of the Society for Women in Philosophy
John Carroll University
20700 North Park Blvd.
University Heights, OH 44118
Phone: (216) 397-4783
Fax: (216) 397-1819
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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