Supporting Non-Tenure-Track Faculty and the Art of Teaching Through Association Collaboration

In 2015, two of philosophy’s largest professional organizations, the American Philosophical Association (APA) and the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) collaborated to produce the Teaching Hub, a two-day professional development event to be held at three place-based philosophy convenings (Eastern, Central, and Pacific). The Teaching Hub was created as a way to support, celebrate, and develop the pedagogical contributions of contingent faculty in philosophy departments across higher education institutions. The Teaching Hub was also created to welcome teaching-oriented philosophers back to the APA meetings, which had become predominantly research-focused. The program is regularly funded by both the APA and the AAPT.