Welcome to the official web site for the Collegium of Black Women Philosophers!
Purpose and Objectives:
The Collegium of Black Women Philosophers (CBWP) is a philosophical organization, launched through Vanderbilt University, whose purpose is to encourage and foster a networking and mentoring relationship between the underrepresented Black women in philosophy including graduate students and assistant, associate, and full professors in the Academy. The objective of the CBWP is to mentor and retain the Black women who are currently professors or graduate students in philosophy while simultaneously recruiting more Black women into the discipline.
The specific goals of the CBWP are as follows:
1) To increase the representation of Black women in philosophy in the Academy
2) To provide a network for participants to share their experience and expertise
3) To help participants in graduate programs in philosophy successfully complete the Ph.D. and
transition well into the job market and the Academy
4) To help participants get into tenure-track positions
5) To help participants successfully navigate the track to tenure
6) To help participants develop research projects into publications
7) To offer mentoring and professional development
These goals will be achieved through the following initiatives:
- Annual CBWP Conference
- APA Job Market Information Sessions
- Undergraduate Recruitment
- Publications
