Category: Improving the philosophy profession
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Posted here at Feminist Philosophers.
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Discussion on FB of this post at Leiter Reports about rejection led me to remark: I hesitate to say this, since I made it through the wars by dint of being married to the right person, but here goes. My wife likes to say "you can't take rejection personally; there are too many factors involved…
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From time to time, this blog has discussed the benefits (and the challenges) of open access journals; see, e.g., here, here, and here. New APPS has also discussed the temporary moratorium that Hypatia had to institute (now over) because of a large backlog of submissions. So, I am very pleased to see an announcement for…
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Article here. This suit is in state court. The previous suit was in federal court, against Northwestern, under Title IX. A Northwestern University student who sued the University earlier this month, accusing them of failing to adequately follow up on her allegations of sexual harassment against a professor, is now suing that professor in state…
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Article in the Daily Northwestern is here. The student’s attorney, Kevin O’Connor, told The Daily on Friday afternoon the University had provided him additional information regarding the committee, which the original lawsuit says was established to determine disciplinary actions against Ludlow. O’Connor said he recently learned the committee was created to evaluate sanctions the University…
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Recently I read the following story on What’s it like to be a woman in philosophy. The poster says her partner thought the mother/daughter relationship is not a topic of meaningful or worthy philosophical investigation. She writes “It feels like I have to defend why the female experience is worthy of philosophical analysis. It feels…
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An excellent resource. Click here. See also this form for volunteering. Thanks to FP!
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Article here in The Daily Northwestern. Update, 2pm CST, 14 Feb:< complete statement from Ludlow's attorney at Leiter Reports.
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(Many thanks to Bryce Huebner for drawing my attention to this work) – There has been a lot of speculation about whether or not sexual harassment is worse in philosophy than in other disciplines. While there are few hard data on this issue, a new paper by Dana Kabat-Farr and Lilia Cortina throws new light on…
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[Changed headline and URL from this morning.] See here, here and here for news articles. 3:20 pm, CST, 11 Feb. We are opening comments. We will moderate closely. See our comments policy. From the news stories, we know the following facts: 1. The student is suing Northwestern, not suing Ludlow. 2. The lawsuit alleges that the original complaint was upheld by the NU Office…
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