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
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 Chair Carla Fehr (University of Waterloo)
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 Chair: Sally Haslanger (MIT)
Plenary Session: Howard McGary (Rutgers University)
Race and Inclusion
10:45 - 11:45
(A) Chair: Vanessa Gorley (University of Cincinnati)
Panel: Diversifying Undergraduate Syllabi and Teaching Materials
Diversity and Disability
(Remaining panel members TBA)
(B) Chair: Julianne Morgan (University of Dayton)
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) Chair: Robert Richardson (University of Cincinnati)
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) Chair: Nina Atanasova (University of Cincinnati)
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)
AFTERNOON/EVENING
1:30 - 3:00 Chair: Carla Fehr (University of Waterloo)
Plenary Session: Sue V. Rosser (San Francisco State University)
Attracting and Retaining Women in Academia 3:15 - 4:15
(A) Discussion Leader: Ann Garry (California State University, Los Angeles)
Panel: LGBTQ Intersectionality
Talia Bettcher (California State University, Los Angeles) Mariana Ortega (John Carroll University)
(B) Chair: Danielle Poe (University of Dayton)
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) Chair: Vanessa Gorley (University of Cincinnati)
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) Chair: Nina Atanasova (University of Cincinnati)
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) Discussion Leader: Laura Ruetsche (University of Michigan)
Panel: Pockets of Progress
Ruth Chang (Rutgers University) Casey O’Callahan (Rice University) Tim Kenyon (University of Waterloo)
(B) Chair: V. Denise James (University of Dayton)
Issues for Members of Underrepresented Groups
Rodmon King (Hobart and William Smith Colleges)
Minding Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Being Black in the Academy
(C) Chair: Alexander Fred (University of Dayton)
Implicit Bias and Stereotype Threat
Kim Q. Hall (Appalachian State University)
“I Got a Woman”: Demographics, Gender, and Implicit Bias
Stereotype Threat for Trans* Women
(D) Chair: Julianne Morgan (University of Dayton)
Panel:‘Dissing’ the Discipline: Philosophy and Disability
Teresa Blankmeyer Burke (Gallaudet University)
Dissin’ Disability: Institutional Barriers and (Deaf) 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 Chair: Sally Haslanger (MIT)
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 Chair: Peggy DesAutels (University of Dayton)
Plenary Session: Tim McKay (University of Michigan)
Alliances for Change: Lessons from the University of Michigan Advance Program
10:45 - 11:45
(A) Chair: Danielle Poe (University of Dayton)
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) Chair: Laura Newhart (Eastern Kentucky University)
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) Chair: Alexander Fred (University of Dayton)
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) Chair: Joseph Adams (Rice University)
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) Chair: Nina Atanasova (University of Cincinnati)
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) Chair: Julianne Morgan (University of Dayton)
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
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) Chair: Nancy Bauer (Tufts University)
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) Chair: Vanessa Gorley (University of Cincinnati)
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) Discussion Leader: Amy Ferrer (Executive Director, APA)
Panel:Coordinating APA Divisional and National Efforts
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) Chair: Danielle Poe (University of Dayton)
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) Chair: Rebecca Whisnant (University of Dayton)
Nancy Holland (Hamline University) Humility and Feminist Philosophy
Phyllis Rooney (Oakland University)
Diversity and Philosophical Argumentation: 30 Years After Moulton’s “Adversary Paradigm”
(D) Chair: Alexander Fred (University of Dayton)
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) Discussion Leader: Samantha Brennan (University of Western Ontario)
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) Chair: Carla Fehr (University of Waterloo)
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) Chair: James Nelson (Michigan State University)
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”?
What the University of Oklahoma is Doing About Diversity
(D) Chair: Jennifer A. Bulcock (Rice University)
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)
