NEW POST! "Staying Grounded" By @ericrwilkinson.bsky.social firstgenphilosophers.squarespace.com/contribution...

NEW POST! "On Feeling Awkward and Finding Your People" By Arianna Falbo firstgenphilosophers.squarespace.com/contribution... #firstgenphilosophers

NEW POST! "From North England to Newfoundland: An Immigrant Academic Story" By @samanthabrennan.bsky.social firstgenphilosophers.squarespace.com/contributions/samanthabrennan #firstgenphilosophers

NEW POST! "Flourishing in the Academy: Complicity and Compromise" By @jennifermmorton.bsky.social www.firstgenphilosophers.com/contribution... #firstgenphilosophers

I worry that some people love rags-to-riches tales of first-generation academics because they feed the lie of meritocracy and the false promise of class mobility. So I’ll talk about how I got lucky until I’m blue in the face. www.firstgenphilosophers.com/contribution...

A platform about philosophers from non-academic family backgrounds. Promoting diversity and inclusion in philosophy, by exploring the intersections of class with race, gender and further dimensions of equity. #firstgenphilosophers firstgenphilosophers.com

Check out this new site created by Simona Aimar and Daniel James with blog posts on #FirstGen philosophers. My piece is in the pipeline — there is an open call for graduate students and colleagues sharing their experiences of what is like to enter academia dailynous.com/2024/04/16/n...