Johnny Brennan from the ACLS kindly writes with news about philosopher winners in the last ACLS competitions:

ACLS Fellowship 

• Jacob Beck, Assistant Professor at York University, “Beyond Language” How the Mind Represents the World”
• Tim Maudlin, Professor at New York University, “Space-Time and the Theory of Linear Structures”
• Christia Mercer, Professor at Columbia University, “Feeling the Way to Truth: Women, Reason, and the Development of Modern Philosophy”

 Collaborative Research Fellowship 

• Derrick Darby, Professor at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (in collaboration with John L. Rury, Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies at the University of Kansas), “The Color of Mind: Why the Origins of the Achievement Gap Matter for Justice”

Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship 

• Arash Abazari, PhD Candidate at Johns Hopkins University, “Hegel’s Logic of Essence as the Ontology of Power in Capitalism”
• Robert Steel, PhD Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh, “Planning for Failure”
• Denise Vigani, PhD Candidate at CUNY Graduate Center, “Construing Character: Virtue as a Cognitive-Affective Processing System”

Our Public Fellows program is currently still in review. This program seeks to match recent PhDs in two-year staff positions with partnering organizations in government and the non-profit sector. It is a great way for fresh humanities PhDs who are considering careers outside of academia to make the transition. It is growing rapidly in popularity among graduate students as well as organizations who are quickly realizing the benefits of staffing humanities PhDs. We hope to announce the fellows in late May. If there are any philosophers in the cohort I’ll be sure to let you know.