The 2025 Mentoring Workshop

The application for the 2025 Mentoring Workshop is now open.

We are delighted to announce that the 7th Biennial Mentoring Workshop for Early Career Women* in Philosophy will be held June 4-6, 2025, at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri.  Our keynote speaker this year will be Teresa Blankmeyer Burke of Gallaudet University.  The Mentoring Workshop is supported by the generosity of the Mark Sanders Foundation.  More information about the workshop can be found here.

This 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.  Details of the application process can be found here.  The deadline to apply is now January 15, 2025.

Your application should include a CV and an abstract of your proposed workshop paper no longer than 500 words.  Successful applicants will be assigned a networking group consisting of a mentor and four fellow mentees working in similar fields.  Given that workshop groups are intended to function as long-term sources of mentoring and networking support, it is recommended that your paper fall squarely within the area of specialization in which you intend your future work to focus.

If you have questions or concerns about the application process, please contact Kori Hensell at kori@marcsandersfoundation.org.