- Best Practices for the Inclusive Philosophy Classroom
- Creating a family-friendly department - from UC Berkeley
- ADVANCE – NSF program to develop systematic approaches to increase the representation and advancement of women in STEM careers
- How to institutionalize diversity initiatives - from ADVANCE at the University of Michigan
- Iowa State University's recommended best practices for hiring in a gender/race neutral way.
- Virginia Valian on how to evaluate candidates fairly
- Philosophical Spaces on fair hiring practices
- Mary Rowe on how to deal with micro-inequities on your hiring committee
- How to make a philosophy conference accessible to the disabled (here, here, and here)
- APA Site Visit Program. The goal and activities of the program are based on a significant body of research and best practices developed over the past decade by the National Science Foundation ADVANCE program. Specific goals of the APA-CSW-sponsored site visits include:
- Gaining information in a systematic way about the range and variety of women’s and minorities’ experiences in Philosophy that contribute to the ongoing underrepresentation of women and minorities in the field.
- Informing departments, where necessary, about challenges women and philosophers of other underrepresented groups face, drawing on first person reports and social science research.
- Helping departments analyze the climate issues particular to their own setting.
- Making recommendations based on proven best practices. Department Chairs may write to the Chair of the APA Committee on the Status of Women for more information about the program.
Department of Philosophy
Upcoming Events
| Thu, Feb 5, 2026 3:00 pm-05:00 pm Dept Faculty Meeting |
| Wed, Feb 18, 2026 12:00 am 2026 APA Central Division Meeting |
| Wed, Feb 18, 2026 12:00 am 2026 APA Central Division Meeting |
| Thu, Feb 19, 2026 3:00 pm-05:00 pm Prof. Rachel Fraser (MIT) |
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New & Noteworthy
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Ezra Rubenstein's article selected by The Philosopher's Annual as one of ten best philosophy...
Ezra Rubenstein's article, "Two Approaches to Metaphysical Explanation", which was published in Nous in 2024, has been selected for inclusion in The Philosopher's Annual, as one of the ten best philosophy articles of that year. Rubenstein earned... -
Frances Kamm elected Vice President of APA Eastern Division
Frances Kamm has been elected Vice President of the American Philosophical Association's Eastern Division. After serving as vice president during 2025-26, she will serve as President during 2026-27. Professor Kamm is the Henry Rutgers Distinguished Professor... -
We regret to announce the passing of Professor Martha Brandt Bolton
Professor Martha Brandt Bolton passed away on October 27, 2024. She was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and did her undergraduate work at Ohio Wesleyan University. After briefly studying at Tulane, she earned her Ph.D. at the University of... -
Paul Pietroski's co-authored paper selected by Philosopher's Annual
"Psycholinguistic Evidence for Restricted Quantification" by Tyler Knowlton (Penn), Paul Pietroski (Rutgers), Alexander Williams (Maryland), Justin Haberda (JHU), and Jeffrey Lidz (Maryland) was selected by Philosopher's Annual for 2023. The list aims... -
Boxed In - Making Identities Safe for Democracy with Derrick Darby and Eduardo J Martinez
See the Presentation Slides Here -
It is with sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Alvin Goldman
(1938-2024) It is with sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Alvin Goldman, a Board of Governors Professor at Rutgers University from 2002 until his retirement in 2018. Born on October 1, 1938, he died on August 4, 2024. He received his B.A... -
We regret to announce the passing of Emeritus Professor Robert Bolton
(1940-2024) Professor Bolton was a renowned expert on Aristotle who taught at Rutgers for 52 years. After earning his B.A. at Princeton (including a senior thesis on Plato’s Theory of Forms, directed by Gregory Vlastos), he was a Rhodes Scholar at... -
Papers by Faculty and Alum chosen for 2022 Philosopher’s Annual
A paper by Assistant Professor Jake Quilty-Dunn and a paper by 2019 Ph.D. Eddy Chen were chosen for the 2022 Philosopher’s Annual, representing the best work in the discipline that year. Quilty-Dunn’s “The Best Game in Town: The Re-emergence of the...