Events
February 21, 2026
Women, Their Allies, and Philosophy at the Claremont Colleges Luncheon
Discussion led by Professor Coleen Macnamara , University of California, Riverside
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m., Stanely Patio, Pomona College
Summer Programs
The summer institutes listed below are designed to encourage undergraduates (and in some cases recent graduates) from underrepresented groups to consider future study of philosophy. Underrepresented groups in philosophy include women, African Americans, Chicano/as and Latino/as, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, LGBTQ+s, economically disadvantaged communities, and people with disabilities.
- PIKSI (Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institute) Boston
- PIKSI Rock
- PIKSI-Logic at Northeastern
- Rutgers’ Summer Philosophy Program
- The Summer Immersion Brown’s Summer Philosophy Program
- Pittsburgh's Open Doors Philosophy Academy
- COMPASS Undergraduate Philosophy workshops
- Colorado Summer Seminar in Philosophy
- CUSP (Cultivating underrepresented students in philosophy) at Penn State
- Hamilton College Summer Program in Philosophy
- UCSD’s Summer Program for the Advancement of Women in Philosophy
- LPS (Logic and Philosophy of Science) Summer Program
- Summer School in Logic and Formal Epistemology at Carnegie Mellon
- Summer School for Widening Participation in Mathematical Philosophy
- Pittsburgh Philosophy of Science Summer Program
- IDEAS (Intelligence, Data, Ethics, And Society) Summer Institute
- Leadership Alliance through Summer Research - Early Identification Program
- Big Ten Academic Alliance Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)
- Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
Resources on Diversity and Inclusiveness in Philosophy
- The American Philosophical Association (APA) has put together information on demographics and opportunities in philosophy
- Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) aims to examine and dismantle mechanisms that prevent students from marginalized groups from participating in academic philosophy
Blogs and Websites
- Diversity and Inclusiveness in Philosophy hosted by the APA
- Women in Philosophy hosted by the APA
- Women in Philosophy Task Force
- Directory of Philosophers from Underrepresented Groups in Philosophy
- Older but still relevant: What it is like being a women in philosophy and What we are doing about what it is like
News Stories
- http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/women-in-philosophy/
- https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/the-perils-of-being-a-black-philosopher/
- http://www.salon.com/2013/08/15/philosophy_has_a_sexual_harassment_problem/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/opinion/black-women-in-philosophy.html
Newsletters, Articles, and Books
- Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy
- Newsletter on Philosophy and the Black Experience
- Newsletter on LGBTQ Issues in Philosophy
- Newsletter on Native American and Indigenous Philosophy
- Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy
- Newsletter on Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies
- Justin Weinberg, "How What It Is Like to Be a Woman in Philosophy has Changed over the Past Decade." Daily Nous, June 4, 2021.
- Sally Haslanger, “Changing the Ideology and Culture of Philosophy: Not by Reason (Alone).” Hypatia 23 (2008): 210-223.
- Molly Paxton, Carrie Figdor and Valerie Tiberius, “Quantifying the Gender Gap: An Empirical Study of the Underrepresentation of Women in Philosophy.” Hypatia 27 (2012): 949–957.
- Wesley Buckwalter and Stephen Stich, “Gender and Philosophical Intuition.” In Joshua Knobe & Shaun Nichols (eds.), Experimental Philosophy, Vol 2. Oxford University Press, 2013. 307-346.
Past Events
February 21, 2025
Women, Their Allies, and Philosophy at the Claremont Colleges Luncheon
Discussion led by Professor Zoë Johnson King, Harvard University
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m., Pearsons 202, Pomona College
April 27, 2024
We will attend the one-day conference organized by the Society for Women in Philosophy, Pacific Division (PSWIP) at Mount Saint Mary’s University.
September 30, 2022
Women and Philosophy Luncheon
Discussion led by Professor Rachel Barney, University of Toronto
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m., Stanley Patio, Pomona College
October 1, 2021
Women and Philosophy Luncheon
Discussion led by Professor Jennifer Lackey, Northwestern University
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m., Stanley Patio, Pomona College
September 20, 2019
Women and Philosophy Luncheon
Agency, Power, and Social Justice
Discussion led by Professor Sally Haslanger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m., Pearsons 202
May 2, 2019
Women and Philosophy Luncheon
A conversation about Agreeing to Unwanted Sex
Discussion led by Stavroula Glezakos (Wake Forest University) and Julie Tannenbaum (Pomona College)
November 1, 2018
Women and Philosophy Luncheon
Love - Discussion led by Ellie Anderson, Pitzer College
February 23, 2018
Women and Philosophy Hike
4:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
We are headed to Johnson's Pasture Trail
October 25, 2017
Epistemic Injustice
Women and Philosophy Luncheon
April 3, 2017
Women and Philosophy Luncheon
Using philosophy in the workplace
Discussion led by Tamara Zakim (Pomona Alumnus)
November 18, 2016
Women and Philosophy Luncheon
Discussion led by Sarah Stroud, McGill University
February 18, 2016
Women and Philosophy Luncheon
Who is the Parent? A discussion of how parental responsibility is incurred and transferred
Discussion led by Professor Rivka Weinberg, Scripps College
October 23, 2015
Women and Philosophy Luncheon
Identity-in-Difference to Avoid Indifference
Discussion led by Professor Emily Lee, California State University, Fullerton
February 20, 2015
Women and Philosophy Luncheon
Moral Reasons to Imagine the Experience of Others
Discussion led by Professor Adrienne Martin, Claremont McKenna College
October 25, 2014
Women and Philosophy Hike
Meet at Pearsons Hall, south entrance
We are headed to Johnson's Pasture Trail
April 24, 2014
Women and Philosophy Luncheon
Discussion led by Professor Helga Varden, University of Illnois at Urbana-Champaign
November 24, 2013
Women and Philosophy Hike
Meet at Pearsons Hall, south entrance
We are headed to Johnson's Pasture Trail
March 31, 2012
Women and Philosophy Hike
Meet at Pearsons Hall, south entrance
We are headed to Stoddard Peak
February 16, 2012
Women and Philosophy Discussion
Changing the Ideology and Culture of Philosophy
Discussion moderated by Pomona undergraduates Ruiwen Huang, Rebecca Raible, and Emi Young
February 10, 2011
Pre-Valentine’s Day Get Together
Pomona College, Smith Campus Center, Rm 201
September 16, 2011
Women and Philosophy Luncheon
Discussion led by Professor Stavroula Glezakos, Wake Forest University
Oct 28, 2010
Inaugural Women and Philosophy at the 5Cs
Dinner Get Together
Pomona College, Smith Campus Center, Rm 201