The American Philosophical Association is now accepting nominations for appointments to our committees.

Unless otherwise noted, member and chair nominations are for three-year terms beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2017.

Associate chair nominations are for one-year terms beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, at which point the associate chair immediately ascends to committee chair for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2018.

Vacancies for which we currently invite nominations are as follows:

Submit a committee nomination

Nomination Information

• Both nominators and nominees must be APA members in good standing. Join or renew your membership.
• Self-nominations are welcome.
• All members in good standing, including student associate and international associate members, are eligible for committee service.
• Nominations will only be accepted through the committee nomination system on the APA website . Do not submit nominations via email, phone, or postal mail.
• Members may nominate or be nominated as many times as they wish.
• Nominations for chair and associate chair vacancies on a particular committee are also considered nominations for member vacancies on that committee. That is, if a nominee for chair or associate chair is not selected, her or his nomination will be considered for any membership vacancies on that same committee.
• The chairs of the APA’s six standing committees serve on the APA’s board of officers. Please consider this additional responsibility when making or accepting nominations for chairs or associate chairs of standing committees. In the current round of nominations, this applies to the associate chair vacancies on the Committee on the Status and Future of the Profession and the Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy.
• The deadline for nominations is May 31, 2013.
• The deadline for accepting nominations (including CV submissions) is June 15, 2013. Any nominations not accepted by this date will be considered declined. Nominations for which no CV has been submitted will be considered declined.
• We strongly recommend nominees submit a brief (100-200 word) statement of interest when accepting a nomination. Nominators are also encouraged to include comments in support of their nominee when making a nomination.

About the committee nomination and appointment process

APA members in good standing may nominate any other APA member in good standing for a committee appointment. Self-nominations are also welcome. All APA members in good standing, including student associate and international associate members, are eligible for committee nomination. Nominations will only be accepted through the committee nomination system on the APA website.

After a nomination is submitted, the proposed nominee will receive an email notification containing information on how to accept or decline the nomination. To accept the nomination, the nominee must upload a CV via the committee nominations system on the APA website. A brief statement of interest (100-200 words) is requested but not required.

Self-nominations are automatically considered accepted, but a CV must be uploaded to complete the nomination. A brief statement of interest (100-200 words) is requested but not required.

All accepted nominations and associated materials will be reviewed by the committee on committees, composed of four members of the APA’s board of officers: the three divisional representatives and the executive director. The committee on committees will present a slate of recommended committee appointments at the November 2013APA board of officers meeting, at which time the board of officers will review the slate, make any changes it sees fit, and officially appoint selected nominees to committee service.

Following the board meeting, all nominees will be notified of the status of their nominations. Prior to beginning committee service, newly appointed committee members will receive orientation materials from the APA national office.

Note: While the number of vacancies identified above accords with the number of positions vacated, the board reserves the right to add members to committees, to subtract members by failing to replace members whose term expires, or to appoint members for special terms of less than three years or of more than three but no more than four years if such modification will serve the interests of the association. The board also holds the authority to establish new special committees or disband existing special committees in accordance with the bylaws of the association.

About committee service

APA committees fulfill a wide variety of national purposes of the APA and, in that capacity, are responsive to the needs of APA members. The work of the committee members includes the development, planning, and supervision of a broad range of APA projects, such as prizes, awards, newsletters, sessions at divisional meetings, web resources, surveys, input to the APA board of officers, and, in general, activities that help philosophers perform their professional duties as teachers and researchers. All committees also have the right to recommend to the board the adoption of statements and the initiation of programs which would assist in achieving the aims of the committee and the association.

Note that the chairs of the APA’s six standing committees serve on the APA’s board of officers. Please consider this additional responsibility when making or accepting nominations for chairs or associate chairs of standing committees.In the current round of nominations, this applies to the associate chair vacancies on the Committee on the Status and Future of the Profession and the Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy.

As only APA members in good standing are eligible to serve on APA committees, all committee members are expected to pay APA membership dues in full and on time for each membership year in which they serve on an APA committee. The APA board of officers reserves the right to remove from committee service any member of a committee who has not paid her or his APA membership dues for the current membership year by the time of the board’s annual meeting, generally held in early November.