About
Co-Directors of the Workshop: Elisabeth Camp, Elizabeth Harman, and Jill North
The Networking and Mentoring Workshop for Graduate Student Women in Philosophy brings together a group of women graduate students with a group of women faculty mentors for three days of substantive philosophical discussion and professional advice sessions. Participants benefit from getting to know the other talented female graduate students and the women faculty members, and from hearing the mentors’ advice on topics of interest to people in the profession.
The first workshop took place at Princeton University in August, 2014. It brought together eleven faculty mentors and 37 graduate student women in philosophy, drawn from a range of schools, PhD program stages, and areas of interest, with eleven faculty members. There was tremendous interest in the first workshop: 325 students applied for the 37 spots.
The workshop featured seven paper sessions, with two student commentators each, plus five advice sessions. All paper sessions were pre-read discussion sessions. Advice sessions consisted of brief comments from some of the mentors followed by a general question-and-answer period. The following topics were addressed: getting the most out of graduate school; writing a dissertation; publishing; presenting and participating at conferences; preparing for and going on the job market; teaching; starting a tenure-track job; balancing work with the rest of life.
Two future workshops will be held in the summers of 2016 and 2018 at Princeton. Overall, the three workshops will reach more than 100 graduate student women in philosophy across five years.
The Networking and Mentoring Workshop for Graduate Student Women in Philosophy brings together a group of women graduate students with a group of women faculty mentors for three days of substantive philosophical discussion and professional advice sessions. Participants benefit from getting to know the other talented female graduate students and the women faculty members, and from hearing the mentors’ advice on topics of interest to people in the profession.
The first workshop took place at Princeton University in August, 2014. It brought together eleven faculty mentors and 37 graduate student women in philosophy, drawn from a range of schools, PhD program stages, and areas of interest, with eleven faculty members. There was tremendous interest in the first workshop: 325 students applied for the 37 spots.
The workshop featured seven paper sessions, with two student commentators each, plus five advice sessions. All paper sessions were pre-read discussion sessions. Advice sessions consisted of brief comments from some of the mentors followed by a general question-and-answer period. The following topics were addressed: getting the most out of graduate school; writing a dissertation; publishing; presenting and participating at conferences; preparing for and going on the job market; teaching; starting a tenure-track job; balancing work with the rest of life.
Two future workshops will be held in the summers of 2016 and 2018 at Princeton. Overall, the three workshops will reach more than 100 graduate student women in philosophy across five years.