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Dear DAVID,
As you may know, the American Philosophical
Association is currently engaged in a strategic planning process.
Following a survey circulated this past summer, we are organizing
a series of focus groups with philosophers, both members and
nonmembers, to provide feedback on the APA's current work and
potential future directions and priorities.
There will be five online focus groups held via
the Zoom web conferencing software this November. In addition, one in-person focus group will be
held at each of the 2020 APA divisional meetings. While the
in-person focus groups will be open to anyone who wishes to
participate, participants in the online focus groups will be
pre-selected to ensure the focus groups include philosophers with
a variety of experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds.
Two of the five focus groups will be targeted to
particular constituencies that were underrepresented among survey
respondents, to ensure voices from those constituencies are
included in the strategic planning process. One focus group will
be targeted to adjunct and contingent faculty; another will be
targeted to community college faculty. Adjunct and community
college faculty are welcome to participate in the general focus
groups as well, but the targeted focus groups will include
exclusively faculty members from these constituencies.
If you are interested in participating in one of
the APA strategic planning focus groups, please complete the focus
group interest form. Those who are selected to participate will be
informed by email in advance of the focus groups.
If you are unable to participate in a focus group
but would like to submit feedback for inclusion in the strategic
planning process, send an email to strategicplanning@apaonline.org.
Thank you for participating in this important
process.
All the best,
Amy Ferrer
Executive Director
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