PIKSI 2010 GRADUATE ASSISTANT
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

 
The fifth annual meeting of Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institute (PIKSI) will take place from July 25 – August 1, 2010, at the Rock Ethics Institute on the campus of Penn State University in State College, PA.  At least two graduate students will assist Ladelle McWhorter, who will direct the Institute for the first time. In addition, one graduate assistant will come from the Penn State philosophy department. We expect that, as was the case in previous summers, the home institution of the other graduate assistants will fund their positions. (The philosophy departments of the University of Memphis, Binghamton University, Villanova University, Michigan State University, University of Colorado at Boulder, Stony Brook University, and Dalhousie generously supported PIKSI graduate assistants in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.)
 
We invite those of you teaching in graduate programs to nominate graduate student assistants for PIKSI. The applications will be screened according to the graduate student’s accomplishments as a researcher, a teacher, and mentor; the relevance of her or his research to the topics of the institute; and the home institution’s willingness to fund the student (approximately $2000, including travel, housing, and stipend).
 
Applications should include a cover letter from the graduate student in which they discuss why they would like to be a graduate assistant for PIKSI, the graduate student’s CV, a letter of support from a faculty member, and documentation of institutional support, if available. Please email complete applications to Ladelle McWhorter, Philosophy Department, University of Richmond, 28 Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA 23173, by March10, 2010. If you have any further questions please contact Eva Feder Kittay, PIKSI Board Chair, at [log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask] or Ladelle McWhorter, Director of PIKSI Summer 2010, at [log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask].


Eva Feder Kittay
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
Stony Brook University/ SUNY
Stony Brook, NY 11794
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