-----Original Message----- From: Noel Dominguez <[email protected]> To: boston-philosophy <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Dec 14, 2016 2:29 pm Subject: [Bos-Phil] PISKI BOSTON Teaching Fellow Call For Applications CALLFOR APPLICATIONS PIKSI-Boston is a week-long philosophy summer program for undergraduatestudents from underrepresented groups. We invite philosophy PhD students fromthe Eastern Seaboard area to submit applications for the Teaching Fellowposition for the 2017 installment of PIKSI-Boston: Teaching fellow: The teaching fellow will be readingundergraduate applications in the months leading up to PIKSI-Boston, they willbe in charge of teaching one two-hour seminar during the week of PIKSI-Boston,they will be expected to be present for the whole week of PIKSI-Boston, helpwith the organization, and interact with the undergraduate fellows, and theywill be assigned roughly five undergraduate fellows that they will be expectedto mentor in the years after PIKSI-Boston until the undergraduate fellowsgraduate. The position pays $1,000 for the whole duration, including thementoring that happens after the 2017 PIKSI-Boston. We will fully coveraccommodation during the week of PIKSI (you will stay in a dorm with the PIKSIfellows, although of course not in the same rooms as them). We can cover up to$150 of travel costs. To apply for the teachingfellow position, please send us your CV, along with your answers to thefollowing questions by December 31, 2016. Do you identify as underrepresented in philosophy? (Feel free to provide details.) What are the most important things you focus on when you teach diverse undergraduates? Feel free to describe your past experiences as a teacher. What do you think are the biggest challenges members of underrepresented groups face in philosophy? What would you focus on when advising undergraduate students from underrepresented groups about applying to graduate school? The program involves a multi-year mentoring element. How would you approach mentoring the undergraduate fellows? What do you bring to PIKSI-Boston in terms of diversity? Have you participated in similar efforts to promote diversity in philosophy (or academia in general) in the past? Each teaching fellow will teach an afternoon seminar. Please list up to three specific topics that you would like your two-hour seminar to be on. You may also send along up totwo letters of recommendation that speak on your behalf regarding thesequestions. The letters should focus on your experience as a teacher and mentor,not on your research. Please have all yourapplication materials sent to [email protected]. Any questions about theapplication process may also be directed there. This message comes to you from the Boston-Area Philosophy Mailing List. To UNSUBSCRIBE from the list, send a message with the text "unsubscribe [email protected]" to [email protected]. Note: This message must be sent from the e-mail address that is subscribed in order to be effective. To SUBSCRIBE to the list, send a message with the text "subscribe [email protected]" to [email protected]. To SUBMIT AN ANNOUNCEMENT for distribution through the list, send it to [email protected]. Announcements should be contained in the body of the message, not in an attachment. For other subscription options, visit the home page of the list at https://lists.brandeis.edu/wws/info/boston-philosophy. For a calendar of events in philosophy in the Boston area, visit https://sites.google.com/site/bosphilos/.
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