Organizing and service
Here you can find information and resources on efforts to make philosophy more inclusive that I participated in while I was a graduate student. Hopefully to be continued!
MAP International
I am currently in the Board of Trustees for MAP (Minorities and Philosophy) International, having served as the director in 2019-2020, and as one of four organizers in 2018-19. MAP aims to address structural injustices in academic philosophy and to remove barriers that impede participation in academic philosophy for members of marginalized groups. It currently has over 140 chapters across the world. I was the lead author of MAP’s report on service work distribution and compensation. You can read a summary in this Daily Nous post.
New York MAP
In 2017-19, I was a founder and organizer for New York MAP, a community of graduate students in the New York area interested in organizing events that address minority participation in philosophy and seek to build community in the New York area. We hosted a series of graduate student and post-doc talks in Spring 2018 and Spring 2019 (NY-MAPWorks), and a large conference on the topic “Oppression and Resistance” in Fall 2018, including both practical workshops on activism and academia and philosophy talks.
Public Philosophy
I participated in a range of public philosophy activities in the New York area, including taking part in curated philosophical conversations throughout the city with non-philosophers through the talkPOPc project. I also sometimes write philosophy for a public audience: see Public Writing.
Rutgers Philosophy Climate Committee
In 2017-18, I chaired the Rutgers philosophy climate committee. During that time, we re-started our MAP chapter; surveyed graduate students on department climate; hosted two practical workshops and a lecture with Sally Haslanger; and increased the accessibility of departmental space for people with disabilities, among other things. You can find more details on our activities and achievements during that year here.
Rutgers Feminist Philosophy Reading Group
I started a feminist philosophy reading group at Rutgers in Spring 2018 (co-run with Dee Payton). We discussed papers in feminist philosophy, primarily in the analytic tradition, and ran work-in-progress sessions. We also hosted 2-4 visiting speakers a semester. Speakers included Sally Haslanger (MIT), Miranda Fricker (CUNY), Rachel Fraser (Oxford), Esa Diaz-Leon (Barcelona), and Robin Dembroff (Yale).
Philosophers’ Fundraisers
In December 2016 and 2017, I set up and co-organized “Philosophers Against Malaria” and “Philosophers Against Factory Farming.” In 2016, 26 departments raised over $57,000 for the Against Malaria Foundation. In 2017, 38 departments raised over $50,000 for the Humane League. The Daily Nous covered these fundraisers here and here.