Jeremy Colangelo
Election
Position
Name
Jeremy Colangelo
Candidate statement
Lecturer, The University of Western Ontario
Broadly speaking, the challenges facing the MSA take two forms: 1) the deficiency of funding and employment opportunities caused by academic austerity and neoliberalization, and 2) the continuing barriers to access and resources suffered by minoritized scholars, including queer scholars, disabled scholars, and scholars of colour. As Second Vice President, I would seek every available means of ameliorating these problems – both by seeking new resources and opportunities for these and other marginalized groups, and by targeting financial, practical, and cultural impediments to access within the MSA itself. I would push for the greater incorporation of digital and remote conference attendance to reduce barriers to scholars impacted by disability, geographic isolation, or a lack of funding, and I would support locating and booking future conferences in locations which are both less expensive and more accessible. I would also expand the conference’s individual paper stream, which makes it more accessible by reducing the need for a pre-existing academic peer network (a need which advantages people with greater social privilege). My organizational experience includes editing an essay collection and a Print Plus cluster, serving on the board of trustees for my faculty union, and serving as chief editor of Chiasma, a peer-reviewed, graduate student-run philosophy journal.
Broadly speaking, the challenges facing the MSA take two forms: 1) the deficiency of funding and employment opportunities caused by academic austerity and neoliberalization, and 2) the continuing barriers to access and resources suffered by minoritized scholars, including queer scholars, disabled scholars, and scholars of colour. As Second Vice President, I would seek every available means of ameliorating these problems – both by seeking new resources and opportunities for these and other marginalized groups, and by targeting financial, practical, and cultural impediments to access within the MSA itself. I would push for the greater incorporation of digital and remote conference attendance to reduce barriers to scholars impacted by disability, geographic isolation, or a lack of funding, and I would support locating and booking future conferences in locations which are both less expensive and more accessible. I would also expand the conference’s individual paper stream, which makes it more accessible by reducing the need for a pre-existing academic peer network (a need which advantages people with greater social privilege). My organizational experience includes editing an essay collection and a Print Plus cluster, serving on the board of trustees for my faculty union, and serving as chief editor of Chiasma, a peer-reviewed, graduate student-run philosophy journal.
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