SOPHIA has organized two panels to be held at the Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association. The second will take place on Thursday, January 10 from 1:30–4:30 p.m. See program code: G17B for the room location. The panel is titled:
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SOPHIA has organized two panels to be held at the Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association. The first will take place on Wednesday, January 9 from 11:15am-1:15pm. See program code: G11F for the room location. The panel is titled:
Grace Joy Cebrero (University of Minnesota), “Actually, Nobody Cares: The Ethics of Care in Navigating the Workplace as an Invisibly Disabled Colleague”
Tommy J. Curry (Texas A&M University), “Orthopedic Injury, Pain Management, and Regenerative Medicine”
Nate Jackson (Capital University), “Individualisms and Security Measures: Producing and Performing Disability”
Eric T. Weber (University of Kentucky), “Stoic Pragmatism for Parenting a Child with Disabilities”
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SOPHIA Business Meeting reminder: 9/9/16 @ 5pm Eastern
Agenda:
1) SOPHIA panels – planned and future
2) radio show and podcast
3) chapter recognition and building needs
4) leveraging video: a) video conferencing business meetings? b) intro videos & other online community building; c) online video conference/symposium
5) funding opportunity and other $ plans
6) recognition/awards for engaged philosophers and community building?
7) Procedures for updates
8) Reminders
9) Other thoughts/needs?
If you are interested in joining the meeting but have not received detailed instructions for joining it, email us at philosophersinamerica@gmail.com.
SOPHIA is experimenting with options for levering technology to build communities of philosophical conversation. One tool available to us for free is Zoom. Zoom will enable the hosting of video conference meetings with huge capacity and tools for recording meetings, among other functionalities. Joining a meeting is simple, yet it might be a good idea to watch a short video about the several ways in which one can join a SOPHIA conference call with Zoom. Before we get to that, consider the following:
It’s a good idea to test your video and audio settings in advance. If any of you would like to hold a quick call with me (ETW) to test out the connection and process, I’d be delighted to give the system as many practice runs as members would like. I think you’ll find that tools like these will 1) dramatically reduce the impediment that distance represents for our community building, and 2) archive our meetings for later viewing and sharing, so that we benefit more people and more deeply in holding our recorded meetings.
Here’s Zoom’s explanation of the process of joining a meeting:
SOPHIA will be hosting a panel at the 2017 Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association on Thursday, January 5th from 5:15-7:15 p.m. There have been some changes to our original plan. The presenters listed below reflect the updated plan:
Group Session
Topic: “The Value of and Impediments to Studying Philosophy for First Generation College Students”
Chair: George R. Lucas (U.S. Naval War College & Notre Dame University)
