FEAST BALLOT 2009
Please return your vote
by Monday, December 28 to
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.
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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