A number of months in the past throughout a dialogue right here in regards to the demand for philosophers, the significance of philosophers in high-level administrative roles got here up.
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Right here’s the related bit:
One factor we should always do is encourage universities and faculties to higher promote the distinctive worth of philosophy and the research of the liberal arts extra broadly. However how can we get universities to take up the mission of sending that message? What you want are folks in positions of energy who care about sending that message. That’s us… And so it will serve philosophy nicely if extra philosophers took up administrative positions on the faculties and universities. We don’t want thinker kings, however thinker deans and affiliate deans, thinker provosts, and thinker college presidents could be useful.
Maybe it will be good to have a operating listing of philosophers in these roles. For one factor, it’s a little bit of profession-wide recognition for taking over a doubtlessly helpful place. It may be helpful for philosopher-administrators to have the ability to simply discover out about one another. The listing is also helpful as a useful resource for philosophers contemplating shifting into administrative positions. And it might assist us work out whether or not having philosophers in administrative positions is definitely good for philosophy at these establishments (and maybe extra broadly).
So let’s collect this info. What we’re on the lookout for are philosophers in college- or university-wide administrative roles. If you already know of any, add their identify, title, and establishment within the feedback, ideally with a hyperlink to their college web page. I’ll begin with a couple of names to get a listing going. Periodically, I’ll transfer names supplied within the feedback to the listing within the put up itself.
Thanks.
Philosophers in School- or College-Extensive Administrative Positions
- Christa Acampora, Dean of Arts and Sciences, College of Virginia
- Frédéric Bouchard, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Université de Montréal
- Samantha Brennan, Dean of Arts, Guelph
- Grant Cornwell, President, Rollins School
- Ann Cudd, President, Portland State College
- Shannon Dea, Dean of Arts, Regina
- John DeGioia, President, Georgetown College
- Karen Detlefsen, Vice Provost for Schooling, College of Pennsylvania
- William C. Dudley, President, Washing & Lee College
- Jennifer Frey, Dean of the Honors School, College of Tulsa
- Tamar Gendler, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Yale
- Brie Gertler, Vice Provost for Educational Affairs, College of Virginia
- Peter Graham, Affiliate Dean of the UC Schooling Overseas Program, UC Riverside
- Sean Kelly, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, Harvard College (starting July 1st)
- Tim Kenyon, Appearing Provost, Brock
- John I. Jenkins, President, College of Notre Dame
- Sam Levey, affiliate dean of Arts and Sciences, Dartmouth School
- Alice MacLachlan, Vice Provost and Dean of Grad Research, York
- Agustin Rayo, Dean of Arts and Humanities, MIT
- Debra Satz, Dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford College
- Brian J. Shanley, President, St. John’s College
- Lisa Shapiro, Dean of Arts, McGill
- Matthias Vorwerk, Provost, College of Dallas
- Margaret Watkins, Dean of Arts and Sciences, Windfall School
- Simon Wigley, Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, Bilkent College
(Listing will likely be up to date periodically. If you happen to discover an outdated entry on the listing, please let us know.)
