Resources

For Graduate Students

Publishing in Philosophy

• My handout on publishing in philosophy (presented at U Michigan and UMass' Professionalization Workshop, with Guillermo Del Pinal)

• Daniel Muñoz' tips on publishing 

• Eric Schwitzgebel's publishing advice 

  • Discussion of Eric Schwitzgebel's advice in Philosophers' Cocoon

• Michael Huemer on publishing in philosophy

• Ranking of generalist and value theory philosophy journals

• APA Survey of philosophy journals

Teaching 

• Generally, I recommend taking a general science of learning and teaching pedagogy course offered by your university teaching center if available at your institution (such as this one)

• Handout on online teaching by Elise Woodard and Josh Hunt

• Diversity reading list; great resource for construction of syllabi, with great meta-info such as degree of difficulty and recommended use. Consider submitting your own work for the data bases if adequate for UG teaching!

• APA Syllabus Collection

Conferences

• Check Upcoming Events and Deadlines at PhilEvents

• Sign up for Philos-L for events in Europe (I recommend not using your regular email address; you'll get swamped with emails)

• Check out this very handy document for recurring conference deadlines (created by Alex Dietz)

Job Market

• Jeff Russell's guide for job market materials

• philjobs.org

• Philosophers' Cocoon's job market boot camp

• My handout on alt-ac careers, presented at UMass' Professionalization Workshop series

Miscellaneous

• Hugo Heagren's list of practical tips for philosophy PhD students

• Philosophers' Cocoon's discussion on academic websites

For Undergraduate Students

Writing Philosophy Papers

If you've taken any of my philosophy undergraduate classes, you know that I make it a requirement to read through these philosophy writing resources:

• Jim Pryor on writing philosophy

• Harvard's writing philosophy guide

• Adrian Piper’s 10 commandments of philosophical writing

• Pink Guide to Philosophy

Very Useful Encyclopedias & Overviews

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (free)

• Encyclopedia of Philosophy (free)

• Philosophy Compass (use university library for access)

• Wi-Phi (Wireless Philosophy) video series

Finding Philosophy Literature

• PhilPapers

• Google Scholar

Applying to Graduate School in Philosophy

• Bernhard Nickel's advice on graduate school writing samples

• Alex Guerrero's tips on applying to graduate school in philosophy

• Philosophical Gourmet Report

Other Resource Pages

• Liz Jackson's resources on how to become a professional philosopher

• Adam Patterson's resource page

• Mercedes Corredor's resource page

• Elise Woodard's resource page

• Junhyo Lee's resource page

• Resources by MAP (Minorities and Philosophy)

• Resources for Undergraduates by the American Philosophical Association

• Resources for Graduate Students by the American Philosophical Association