Diversity in Philosophy Conference

Diversity in Philosophy

  Conference May 29-31, 2013 University of Dayton

  

Diversity in Philosophy Conference

  May 29-31, 2013 University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio

Organizing Committee:

  Peggy DesAutels (University of Dayton, Chair, APA Committee on the Status of Women) Carla Fehr (University of Waterloo)

Sally Haslanger (MIT, Convener of Women in Philosophy Task

Force)

Programming Committee:

  Paul Benson (University of Dayton) Lawrence Blum (University of Massachusetts Boston) Cheshire Calhoun (Arizona State University) Chris Cuomo (University of Georgia)

  V. Denise James (University of Dayton) Ishani Maitra (University of Michigan)

Sponsors:

  American Philosophical Association American Philosophical Association, Committee on Inclusiveness American Philosophical Association, Committee on the Status of Women

American Philosophical Association, Committee on the Status of

Blacks in Philosophy American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division University of Dayton, Office of the Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences University of Dayton, Department of Philosophy University of Dayton, Women's and Gender Studies Program University of Dayton, Office of Alumni Chair in Humanities University of Dayton, Institutional Diversity and Inclusion

  

Program Schedule

Diversity in Philosophy Conference

  May 29-31, 2013 University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio

  SESSIONS ARE LOCATED AT 1700 South Patterson Building (unless otherwise noted)

  Wednesday, May 29 EVENING

  6:00 - 6:45 Pick up conference IDs and packets (must register online prior to arrival) Welcome Reception with Hors D’Ouevres

  7:00 - 7:15 Opening Remarks: Paul Benson (University of Dayton) 7:15 - 8:45 Plenary Session: Mariana Ortega (John Carroll University) Intersectionality 8:45 - 10:00 Wine and Cheese

  Thursday, May 30 MORNING

  8:30 - 9:00 Pick up conference IDs and packets (must register online prior to arrival) Continental Breakfast

  9:00 - 10:30 Plenary Session: Howard McGary (Rutgers University) Race and Inclusion 10:45 - 11:45

  (A) Panel: Diversifying Undergraduate Syllabi and Teaching Materials Charlotte Witt (University of New Hampshire)

  

Including Women: Why it is Important and How to Do It

  Kristie Dotson (Michigan State University)

  Re-Situating Philosophy and the Recruitment and Retention of Women

  of Color in Philosophy

  Teresa Blankmeyer Burke (Gallaudet University)

   Diversity and Disability

  (B)

  Panel: Gender Disparities in Undergraduate Philosophy Retention: Lessons from STEM

  Danielle Wylie (University of Wisconsin - Madison) Lessons from STEM: The Biological Hypothesis Gina Schouten (University of Wisconsin - Madison) Lessons from STEM: Stereotype Threat Elena Spitzer (University of Wisconsin - Madison) Going Forward: Comparing STEM to Philosophy

  (C)

  Challenging and Deliberating about the Canon

  Eugene Marshall (Wellesley College) Challenging the Canon in the History of Philosophy Fernando Zapata (Binghamton University) Deliberating Diversity: Insights from Dewey’s Social and Political

   Philosophy

  (D) First Generation and Non-Traditional Students Valerie Gray Hardcastle (University of Cincinnati) Mentoring First Generation Students Justin Harrison (Ashford University) Limits to the Pursuit of Philosophy for “Non-traditional” Female and

   Minority Students in Both Online and On-ground Educational Modalities

  12:00 - 1:15 Lunch (topic tables)

  1:30 - 3:00 Plenary Session: Sue V. Rosser (San Francisco State University) Attracting and Retaining Women in Academia 3:15 - 4:15

  (A) Panel: LGBTQ Intersectionality Ann Garry (California State University, Los Angeles) Talia Bettcher (California State University, Los Angeles) Mariana Ortega (John Carroll University) Richard Nunan (College of Charleston)

  (B)

  Panel: Liberating Practices: Intersections of the Philosophically Excluded

  Jasmine Wallace (University of Memphis)

   A Politics of Praxis: The Practical Responsibility of Critical Theory

  Alberto Bejarano (University of Memphis)

   De-philosophizing Thought

  Josh Dohmen (University of Memphis)

   Disabling “Traditional” Philosophy: Philosophy, Disability, and Practice

  (C) Diversifying Philosophy Saythala Phonexayphova (Loyola University Chicago Why Diversifying Philosophy is Just Lip-Service: Why the Minority

   Issue is Neglected and Misrepresented

  Emmalon Davis (Indiana University) Gendered Discourse in Philosophy

  (D)

  Pedagogy

  Catherine Hundleby (University of Windsor) Making Axes of Oppression Evident in Philosophy through Critical

   Thinking Pedagogy

  Ruthanne Crapo (Minneapolis Community and Technical College)

  

Nature, Bodies, and Representation: Philosophizing with

Underrepresented Students as an Underrepresented Philosopher

  4:30 - 5:30 (A)

  Panel: Pockets of Progress

  Ruth Chang (Rutgers University) Casey O’Callahan (Rice University) Laura Ruetsche (University of Michigan) Tim Kenyon (University of Waterloo)

  (B) Issues for Members of Underrepresented Groups Kyle Whyte (Michigan State University) Is a Career in Philosophy Ever Worth it for Tribal Citizens? Rodmon King (Hobart and William Smith Colleges) Minding Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Being Black in the Academy

  (C) Implicit Bias and Stereotype Threat Kim Q. Hall (Appalachian State University)

   “I Got a Woman”: Demographics, Gender, and Implicit Bias

  Rachel McKinnon (University of Waterloo) Stereotype Threat for Trans* Women

  (D) Panel: ‘Dissing’ the Discipline: Philosophy and Disability Teresa Blankmeyer Burke (Gallaudet University)

  Dissin’ Disability: Institutional Barriers and Philosophy Shannon Dea (University of Waterloo)

  Micro-Inequities in the Philosophy Class: A Case for Universal

   Design

  Joseph Stramondo (Michigan State University) Why Bioethics Needs a Disability Moral Psychology and Epistemology

  5:45 - 7:00 Reception (U.D. Ballroom, Kennedy Union) 7:00 - 7:30 Banquet Dinner (U.D. Ballroom, Kennedy Union) 7:30 - 9:00 Plenary Session: Virginia Valian (Hunter College and CUNY

  Graduate Center) The Psychology of Change (U.D. Ballroom, Kennedy Union)

  Friday, May 31 MORNING

  8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast 9:00 - 10:30 Plenary Session: Tim McKay (University of Michigan) Alliances for Change: Lessons from the University of Michigan

   Advance Program

  10:45 - 11:45 (A) Panel: Tackling the Underrepresentation of Blacks in Philosophy

  Quayshawn Spencer (University of San Francisco)

   How’s it Going for Blacks in Philosophy?

  Myisha Cherry (CUNY and St. Johns University)

   The State of Black Women in Philosophy

  Luvell Anderson (University of Memphis)

   The Society of Young Black Philosophers

  (B)

  Attracting and Including More Women

  Mary Ellen Waithe (Cleveland State University) Busted! A Pictorial History of Women Philosophers Ned Markosian (Western Washington University) Organizing a Gender-Balanced Philosophy Conference

  (C) Women Faculty Margaret Watkins (Saint Vincent College) Parallel Missions and Burdens: A Reflection on the Position of Women

   Philosophers in Christian Colleges and Universities Parallel Missions and Burdens: A Reflection on the Position of Women Philosophers in Christian Colleges and Universities

  Lisa Warenski (City College of New York) The Value of Extradepartmental Mentoring

  (D)

  Panel: Inclusive Pedagogy

  David Concepcion (Ball State University) What is Inclusive Pedagogy? Christine James (Valdosta State) Inclusive Pedagogy and Assessment Culture Donna Engelmann (Alverno College) Student Self-Assessment: An Inclusive Pedagogy?

  12:00 -1:15 Lunch (table topics)

  AFTERNOON

  1:30 - 2:30 (A) Sexual Harassment and Consensual Relationships

  Jennifer Saul (University of Sheffield) Stop Thinking (So Much) About Sexual Harassment Audrey L. Anton (Western Kentucky University) Secondhand Discrimination: How Student-Teacher Relationships

   Affect Women in Philosophy

  (B) Panel: Plugging the Leaky Pipeline: What Philosophy and the

  Physical Sciences can Learn from Each Other

  Samantha Noll (Michigan State University)

  Epistemic Virtues, Methodologies, and Formation of Hostile Environments in Philosophy

  Micha Kilburn (University of Notre Dame, Department of Physics) Plugging the Leaky Pipeline: What Philosophy and Physics can

   Learn from Each Other

  Ramon Barthelemy (Western Michigan University, Science Education) Shooting for the Stars: Lessons from Astronomy

  (C) Silencing and Exclusion Tina Botts (UNC Charlotte) Women of Color Philosophers and Hate Speech: Silencing as Social

   Harm

  Kate Lindemann (Mt. St. Mary College, prof emerita Senior Scholar Institute of Aging and Policy)

   Elderhood, the Last Exclusion from Philosophy

  (D)

  Panel: Pedagogy and Diversity

  Joan Woolfrey (West Chester University of Pennsylvania)

  Who is Philosophy For? Timothy Golden (West Chester University of Pennsylvania) Diversity Through Pedagogy Simon Ruchti (West Chester University of Pennsylvania) Bringing Women and Minority Students into Philosophical

  

Conversation, and Giving Them a Reason to Stay There

  2:45 - 3:45 (A) Panel: Coordinating APA Divisional and National Efforts

  Amy Ferrer (Executive Director, APA) Sally Haslanger (MIT and Vice President APA Eastern Division) Peter Railton (University of Michigan and Past President APA Central Division) Dominic McIver Lopes (University of British Columbia and Secretary- Treasurer APA Pacific Division)

  (B) Panel: (Co-) Teaching an (Inaugural) Feminist Course (as a First-

  Time Feminist)

  Jennifer Bulcock (Rice University) Teaching Feminist Philosophy as a First-Time Feminist Joseph Adams (Rice University) Co-Teaching Feminist Philosophy Christopher Dohna (Rice University) Bringing Feminist Philosophy to the University

  (C) Arrogance and Argumentation in Philosophy Nancy Holland (Hamline University) Humility and Feminist Philosophy Phyllis Rooney (Oakland University)

   Diversity and Philosophical Argumentation: 30 Years After Moulton’s “Adversary Paradigm”

  (D)

  Pedagogy

  Lauren Freeman (Concordia University) Creating Safe Spaces: Strategies for Confronting Implicit and Explicit

   Biases and Stereotype Threat in the Classroom

  Michelle Switzer (Whittier College) Identity and the Good in the Struggle Against Hegemonic Liberal

   (White Male) Norms in Academic Philosophy

  4:00 - 5:00 (A)

  Department Chairs’ Roundtable Includes:

  Samantha Brennan (Past Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of

  Western Ontario) Tim Kenyon (Past Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo) Peter Railton (Past Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of Michigan) Robert Richardson (Past Head, Department of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati) Laura Ruetsche (Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of Michigan)

  (B) Addressing Climate Issues Kathryn Pogin (University of Notre Dame) Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women, or Why would I

   Want to Stick Around?

  Carmen Marcous (Florida State University) An Empowerment-Based Proposal for Diversifying Philosophy

  (C) Implicit Bias and Stereotype Threat Toni Adleberg, Morgan Thompson, and Eddy Nahmias (all from Georgia State University) Women in Philosophy: Why is it “Goodbye” at “Hello”? Stephen Ellis, Amy Olberding, and Sherri Irvin all from (University of Oklahoma) What the University of Oklahoma is Doing About Diversity

  (D) Pedagogy Nancy McHugh (Wittenberg University) Pedagogical Relocation: The Value of Teaching Philosophy in an

   Underrepresented Setting

  Kate Parsons (Webster University) Teaching and Our Texts: Introductory Ethics Courses and Gender

   Inequity

  5:05 - 5:30

  Closing Remarks

  Peggy DesAutels (University of Dayton) Sally Haslanger (MIT) Carla Fehr (University of Waterloo)