"Are We Breaking the Ivory Ceiling? Women and Minorities in Philosophy and STEM Disciplines"
Sally Haslanger
Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract: There has been significant work on the underrepresentation of women and minorities in STEM disciplines through the NSF ADVANCE program. Philosophy, however, has not drawn the same attention and continues to lag behind in the recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups, not only in comparison with other humanities and social sciences, but almost all the natural sciences (physics being the exception). What can we learn from recent research about the persistence of these disparities? What is being done now, and what should be done, to avoid the substantial loss of talent and to make the academy more just?
When: Friday April, 26th
Time: 3:35-5:00pm
Where: 275 Nicholson Hall
