TWO PIKSIs!

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/APA Sponsored

Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institutes (PIKSI)

2015 SUMMER  INSTITUTES FOR  UNDERGRADUATES

Application Deadline:  March 13, 2015 

Online application form here.

PIKSI summer institutes are designed to encourage undergraduates from underrepresented groups to consider future study of philosophy. Undergraduates and recent graduates from underrepresented groups such as women, African Americans, Chicano/as and Latino/as, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, LGBTs, economically disadvantaged communities, and people with disabilities are urged to apply. Transportation and lodging are provided. Stipends are awarded to all.

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PIKSI ROCK at the Rock Ethics Institute/Penn State University

Date: June 13-22, 2015

Director: Serene Khader, Brooklyn College, CUNY

Theme: Philosophy and Social Justice  

Speakers:

• Luvell Anderson, University of Memphis
• Talia Bettcher, California State University, Los Angeles
• Kristie Dotson, Michigan State University
• Lisa Guenther, Vanderbilt University

(All PIKSI-ROCK students will be designated Iris Marion Young Fellows)

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PIKSI BOSTON at MIT, in collaboration with U. Mass-Boston 

Date: August 2-8, 2015 

Director: Lisa Rivera, University of Massachusetts Boston 

Speakers:

• Keota Fields, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
• Jorge Garcia, Boston College
• Justin Khoo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Mickaella Perina, University of Massachusetts Boston
• Susanna Siegel, Harvard University
• Subrena Smith, University of New Hampshire

 (All PIKSI-BOSTON students will be designated Alain Locke Fellows)

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For More Information See:

PIKSI ROCK: 
Web: rockethics.psu.edu/education/piksi   
Email: [email protected]

PIKSI BOSTON:  
Web: piksi-boston.mit.edu
Email: [email protected]

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Co-sponsors: 

Penn State's Rock Ethics Institute; College of the Liberal Arts; Department of Philosophy. 

MIT’S Department of Linguistics and Philosophy; Dean's Office, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. 

Michigan State University; Stony Brook University; University of Oregon; The Iris Marion Young Diversity Fund; Ann Arbor PIKSI Funding Initiative; The Association of Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST).