Dear Feasties,

PIKSI is now accepting applications for its 2017 summer institutes at Penn
State and MIT/UMB. Please share the attached announcement with your
departments, and encourage your students to apply.

The deadline is January 31.

Note that the deadline for GA applications (for PIKSI-Rock only) is also
Jan. 31.

In solidarity for a better world,
Asha


*PIKSI 2017   A SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR UNDERGRADUATES*

PIKSI summer institutes are designed to encourage undergraduates from
underrepresented groups to consider future study of
philosophy. Undergraduates and recent graduates from underrepresented
groups such as women, African Americans, Chicano/as and Latino/as, Native
Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, LGBTs, economically
disadvantaged communities, and people with disabilities are urged to
apply. Transportation and lodging are provided. Stipends are awarded to
all.

*APPLICATION DEADLINES*

*Undergraduates -- JANUARY 31, 2017*

*Graduate Assistants (PIKSI-Rock only) -- JANUARY 31, 2017*

*For more information visit: **piksi.org* <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__piksi.org_&d=CwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=Oo4TCJF8pXcsWPDC7Sy8bdP2IJ6ZbST0v2xdYtuNH80&m=F4TaRtdyB78Te8ZwgxBujysx_c4wCputaaPYEiB3sY8&s=8aG7iT01A2IieL1_herXNjzr2nI9wpKVznrolokGrME&e= >

*PIKSI ROCK*

Rock Ethics Institute/Penn State

Date: June 21-30, 2017

*Director: Serene Khader*

Brooklyn College, City University of New York

Theme: Philosophy and Social Justice

Speakers:

*Linda Martín Alcoff*

CUNY Graduate Center/Hunter College

*José Medina *

Vanderbilt University

*Kris Sealey*

Fairfield University



*PIKSI BOSTON*

MIT/UMB

Date: June 20-27, 2017

*Directors: Lisa Rivera*

University of Massachusetts Boston

*Keota Fields*

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Speakers:

*Sally Haslanger*

MIT

*Quayshawn Spencer*

University of Pennsylvania

*Michaela McSweeney*

Boston University

*Avery Archer*

George Washington University

*Jennifer Morton*

CUNY

*Jennifer Marusic*

Brandeis University

*Dilly Ninan*

Tufts University

*Lionel McPherson*

Tufts University

*For more information visit: **piksi.org* <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__piksi.org_&d=CwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=Oo4TCJF8pXcsWPDC7Sy8bdP2IJ6ZbST0v2xdYtuNH80&m=F4TaRtdyB78Te8ZwgxBujysx_c4wCputaaPYEiB3sY8&s=8aG7iT01A2IieL1_herXNjzr2nI9wpKVznrolokGrME&e= >

*Contact: **[log in to unmask]* <[log in to unmask]>

*SPONSORS: THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION, AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL
ASSOCIATION – PENN STATE’S ROCK ETHICS INSTITUTE, COLLEGE OF THE LIBERAL
ARTS, AND DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY - MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY*
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY - STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY - UNIVERSITY OF OREGON -
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA - IRIS MARION YOUNG DIVERSITY SCHOLARS FUND - ANN ARBOR
PHILOSOPHERS’ PIKSI FUNDING INITIATIVE - ASSOCIATION OF FEMINIST ETHICS AND
SOCIAL THEORY - PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS-HARVARD UNIVERSITY-TUFTS
UNIVERSITY


-- 
Dr. Asha Bhandary
Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy
University of Iowa

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