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Seventh Biennial Mentoring Workshop: Application Now Open!

We are delighted to announce that the Seventh Biennial Mentoring Workshop for Early Career Women* in Philosophy will be held June 4-6, 2025, at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri.

his workshop seeks to address the ongoing underrepresentation of women, non-binary people, and trans* people in professional philosophy by building long-term mentoring relationships among senior and junior colleagues from these groups. Any woman, nonbinary person, or trans* person entering or holding a faculty (pre-tenure or contract) or postdoc position in Philosophy at a college or university is eligible to apply. Because the workshop is aimed specifically at those who are navigating academic life after their PhD, we require that applicants have successfully defended by the date of their application. Members of groups underrepresented in Philosophy are especially encouraged to apply.

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Our Mission

For a better world, we need better thinking. The Marc Sanders Foundation is committed to using philosophy to help the world approach larger personal and societal issues with the thoughtfulness, care, and rigor needed to drive understanding and change and to cultivate and preserve civil discourse, public dialogue, and a healthy democracy.

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Diversity in Philosophy

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Political Philosophy

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Our Impact


Since 2013

The Marc Sanders Foundation has a strong history of identifying and rewarding excellence in philosophy, as well as identifying, nurturing and fostering programs that advance philosophy in the public and academic arenas.

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