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Those of you at the Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association in Washington, D.C., are invited to join us for a SPEP Session and Reception on:

Wednesday Evening December 28th Group Session V – 5:15 – 7:15 P.M.

Chair: Debra Bergoffen (American University)

Speaker: Leonard Lawlor (Pennsylvania State University)

“What Happened? What is going to Happen? An Essay on the Experience of the Event”

Commentator: Ann Murphy (Fordham University)

Reception to Follow.

Ed Casey, past President of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association, reports that on his initiative the national board of the APA has undertaken a massive survey of all M.A. and Ph.D. graduate programs in Philosophy in the United States.

This survey is meant to be informative in quite detailed ways regarding the number, composition, gender ratio, and racial identities of faculty members as well as graduate students.

Data concerning average years to completion of graduate degrees will be given as well as job placement figures. A special column will allow programs to give a profile of themselves and to specify what they offer that is truly distinctive.

There will be no ranking whatsoever of the 243 graduate programs surveyed. The aim is to help prospective graduate students make informed decisions.

The results of this comprehensive study will become available this fall on the APA website under the heading of “Guide to Study in Philosophy.”

Long-time SPEP member Ed Casey is President of the Eastern APA for the 2010-11 year. Click here to send him comments or questions.

Here are the results of this year’s Eastern APA elections:

• Vice President (who becomes President in 2011-12 without further election): Paul Guyer.
• Divisional Representative, 2010-2013: Catherine Elgin.
• Members of the Executive Committee, 2010-2013: Michael Della Rocca and Tommie Shelby.
• Members of the Nominating Committee, 2010-2012: Michele Moody-Adams and Alison Simmons.