Referee Reports: A Beginner’s Guide
There are many aspects of professional academic life that are seldom explicitly taught to graduate students. Among them are some of the responsibilities involved in service...
APA Blog’s Journal Survey Project: Update
Recently, the Blog introduced the Journal Survey Project, which helps philosophers navigate the journals submission process by collecting and presenting data about each journal...
Mentoring the Mentors at Central APA with Will Fleisher
Will Fleisher took part in this year’s Central APA Workshop “Mentoring the Mentors.” Here, Will shares his thoughts on the workshop, and his tips...
Introducing the APA Blog’s Journal Survey Project
Many of us understand all too well what a toilsome experience submitting to journals can be. Journals can take what feels like eons to get...
Mentoring the Mentors at Central APA
Jill Hernandez (The University of Texas at San Antonio) took part in this year's Central APA Workshop "Mentoring the Mentors." Here, Jill shares her...
Applying to Graduate School in the United States: Some Suggestions
by Bernhard Nickel
Graduate programs in philosophy that guide you to a Ph.D. usually have two components:
Course work and qualifying exam.
...
Is Philosophy Dead?
by Ferit Güven
Have you not heard of the foreigner who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the conference and cried...
Awards Roundup : Year End 2016
APA Awards
Robert Audi, University of Notre Dame
Winner of the 2016 Quinn Prize
University of Missouri–Kansas City’s Philosophy in Prison program
Winner of the 2016 APA/PDC Prize
Patrick...
Interdisciplinarity in Practice: Directing a Gender Studies Program
By Taine Duncan
At the University of Central Arkansas, the Gender Studies Program is an interdisciplinary undergraduate minor, but it is also a home for...
MARGY: Managing Academic Recommendations Gratis Yay
By David Faraci
There has been a lot of discussion over the past few years of the unfortunate state of the application system for jobs...