2013 Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institute (PIKSI)

Graduate Assistants
Call for Applications
Deadline: April 5, 2013

The seventh annual meeting of Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institute (PIKSI) will take place from August 3-August 10, on the campus of the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, PA. At least two graduate students will assist Ellen Feder, who will direct the Institute this year. 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, University of Washington, Dalhousie, American University, DePaul University, University of Oregon, and the University of Alberta, generously supported PIKSI graduate assistants in 2006–2012.)

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 which discusses why he or she would like to be a GA for PIKSI

· the graduate student’s CV

· a letter of support from a faculty member

· documentation of institutional support, if available

Please e-mail complete applications by April 5, 2013, to:

Ellen Feder
Department of Philosophy and Religion
American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20016-8056

 

If you have any further questions please contact Eva Feder Kittay, PIKSI Board Chair, at [log in to unmask], or Ellen Feder, Director of PIKSI Summer 2012, at [log in to unmask]

 

 

Barbara Andrew, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Department Chair

Department of Philosophy

William Paterson University

300 Pompton Road

Wayne, NJ 0740

 

office phone: (973) 720-3723