LGBTQ Advocacy Committee

Mission Statement

  • To promote the LGBTQ community of SPEP and its intellectual and innovative contributions to the program of the annual meeting.
  • To promote scholarly activities that integrate LGBTQ issues into studies in Continental Philosophy.
  • To communicate concerns of the LGBTQ community of SPEP to the Executive Board.
  • To defend the rights and interests of LGBTQ members both within the organization and, when applicable (as in cases of reported discrimination), in educational institutions. Please send comments/suggestions/questions/nominations to the committee chair.

Current Members (2024-2025)
(As of November 2024)

  • Chair: Andrea Dionne Warmack, Ursinus College (2022-2025)
  • Eric Aldieri, Bridgewater State University (2023-2026)
  • Anwar Uhuru, Wayne State University (2024-2027)
  • Megan Walsh (Graduate Student Representative)

Previous Members

  • Amy Marvin, Gettysburg College, (2021-2024)
  • Eyo Ewara, University of Texas at San Antonio (2019-2023)
  • Andrea Pitts, UNC-Charlotte (2018-2022)
  • Jingchao (Chris) Ma, Villanova University (2019-2021)
  • Leigh Johnson, Christian Brothers University (2017-2021)
  • Yannik Thiem, Villanova University (2016-2019)
  • Das Janssen, Chicago State University (2016-2019)
  • Jami Weinstein, Linköping University (2012-2017)
  • Ron Sundstrom, University of San Francisco (2014-2017)
  • Emanuela Bianchi, New York University (2013-2016)
  • Mary Bloodsworth-Lugo, Washington State University (2011-2014)
  • William Wilkerson, University of Alabama, Huntsville
  • Robert Vallier, Institut d’Études Politiques
  • Kyoo Lee, John Jay College CUNY