The Board of Officers of the American Philosophical Association (APA), at its Fall 2022 assembly, elected R. Lanier Anderson (Stanford) as its subsequent Chair.
R. Lanier Anderson
The time period of present Board Chair Dominic McIver Lopes, concludes on the finish of this June, at which level Dr. Anderson will take up the place.
Dr. Anderson, the APA notes in a press launch,
was member-at-large of the APA board of officers from 2018 to 2021; he has additionally served on the APA finance committee, the Pacific Division nominating committee, and the Pacific Division program committee. Anderson was govt director of the North American Nietzsche Society (NANS) from 2015 to 2021, and chair of the NANS program committee from 2004 to 2021; a member of the American Council of Discovered Societies (ACLS) and Fulbright Program screening committees; and Senior Affiliation Dean for the Humanities and Arts at Stanford College. He’s a member of the American Society of Aesthetics and the North American Kant Society, in addition to a member of the editorial boards of the European Journal of Philosophy, Journal of Nietzsche Research, Nietzsche-Studien, and Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Dr. Anderson says:
I’m honored by this chance to serve the APA, a corporation which has completed a lot for my very own profession by way of its work to help philosophers and advance the place of philosophy within the tradition. I deeply respect the management of Dom Lopes, Amy Ferrer, and the board in guiding our affiliation by way of the pandemic, and I’ll do my greatest to reside as much as their instance. The challenges of the approaching years will likely be vital, and we are able to meet them solely collectively, devoting the APA’s assets to deal with the wants of all philosophers, throughout the entire various vary of our self-discipline immediately.
You possibly can study extra in regards to the APA’s Board of Officers here.
(by way of Erin Shepherd)
