RESOURCES

RESOURCES FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

WHY STUDY PHILOSOPHY IN COLLEGE?

• whystudyphilosophy.com

• The American Philosophical Association's (APA's) Philosophy: A Brief Guide for Undergraduates

• The APA's Resources for Undergraduates

READING AND WRITING PHILOSOPHY RESOURCES

• "How to Read Philosophy" by David W. Concepción

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN PHILOSOPHY RESOURCES

• Database of Undergraduate Conferences and Journals compiled by Ashley Denney, Library Services Assistant at St. John's College in Annapolis

SUMMER PROGRAMS IN PHILOSOPHY FOR MARGINALIZED, MINORITIZED, OR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS

• Rutgers Summer Institute for Diversity in Philosophy (SIDP)

• Penn State Cultivating Underrepresented Students in Philosophy Summer Institute (CUSP)

• Penn State Rock Ethics Institute Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institute (PIKSI-Rock)

• MIT Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institute (PIKSI-Boston)

• UC San Diego Summer Program for the Advancement of Women in Philosophy (SPAWP)

• University of Pittsburgh Open Doors Philosophy Academy

• Brown University Summer Immersion Program in Philosophy (SIPP@Brown)

• COMPASS at University of Michigan

GENERAL SUMMER PROGRAMS IN PHILOSOPHY

• CU Boulder Colorado Summer Seminar in Philosophy

• Hamilton College Summer Program in Philosophy (HCSPiP)

PURSUING GRADUATE STUDY IN PHILOSOPHY RESOURCES

I am happy to share my own graduate school application materials to undergraduates interested in pursuing graduate study in philosophy. I am also happy to share my honest experience and advice on pursuing a career in philosophy -- email me!

• Singing in the Fire: Stories of Women in Philosophy ed. Linda Martín Alcoff

• APA's Data and Information on the Field of Philosophy

• "Applying to Graduate Programs in Philosophy" from the University of Chicago Department of Philosophy

• The APA Guide to Graduate Programs in Philosophy

• The Pluralists Guide to Philosophy (TPGP) Program Recommendations (last updated 2013/14)

• "Advice for Applying to PhD Programs in Philosophy" by Alex Guerrero

RESOURCES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

JOB MARKET RESOURCES

• APA's Data and Information on the Field of Philosophy

• Philosopher's Cocoon Job Market Boot Camp

• "The Quick and Relatively Painless Guide to Your Academic Job Search" by Dr. Karen Kelsky

• "Academic Job Search: Negotiations" from the University of Washington Center for Career Services

• "Trans/Non-Binary Philosophers on the Academic Job Market: A Resource Guide" by Perry Zurn, Blake Hereth, Christina Friedlander, Tamsin Kimoto, Amy Marvin, and Andrea Pitts

BOOKS

• • Singing in the Fire: Stories of Women in Philosophy ed. Linda Martín Alcoff

• The Academic Job Search Handbook by Julia Miller Vick, Jennifer S. Furlong, and Rosanne Lurie

• The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide for Turning Your PhD into a Job by Karen Kelsky

RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS

GENERAL TEACHING RESOURCES

• Penn State Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence Tools and Resources Database

• Harvard Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning

SYLLABUS DESIGN

• "Death to the Syllabus!" by Mano Singham

ACTIVE LEARNING RESOURCES

• Penn State Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence Active Learning Strategies Handout

• Harvard Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning Active Learning Resources

• Handout on the PQ3R reading strategy from York University's Learning Skills Services

• "The Four-Sentence Philosophy Paper" by Justin Weinberg (Daily Nous) based on Dennis Earl's "The Four-Sentence Paper: A Template for Considering Objections and Replies"

LECTURE RESOURCES

• "Twenty Ways to Make Lectures More Participatory" by the staff of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning

BOOKS

• Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks

• Teaching Gloria E. Anzaldúa: Pedagogy and Practice for Our Classrooms and Communities edited by Margaret Cantú-Sánchez, Candace de León-Zepeda, and Norma E. Cantú

• Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students by Zaretta L. Hammond

RESOURCES FOR EARLY CAREER/TENURE-TRACK SCHOLARS

BOOKS

• Feminist Scholars on the Road to Tenure: The Personal is Professional edited by Kate Richmond, Isis H. Settles, Stephanie A. Shields, and Alexandra I. Zelin

• From Dissertation to Book by William Germano

• Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success by Wendy Laura Belcher