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Andrew Altman Social Justice Scholarship
College of Arts and Sciences
Groups Served
Graduate
Program Website
Visit the Program Website
Contact Information
Dan Weiskopf
dweiskopf@gsu.edu
Address
25 Park Pl Rm 1616
Atlanta, GA 30303
Building
25 Park Place Building(Sun Trust Tower)
Campus
Atlanta
Funding
Multiple Sponsors
Overview
The Department of Philosophy aims to recruit and educate a diverse body of undergraduate students and graduate students and to build a faculty that can effectively engage with a diverse student body. The Andrew Altman Social Justice Scholarship supports this mission of the Department by seeking to increase diversity in its MA program. The Scholarship is awarded to a member of the incoming MA class every year who on the basis of their application will make a strong contribution to advancing these goals through their scholarship, teaching, and service.
Benefits
The Scholarship awards MA students a higher stipend than our normal financial support package. In 2021-22 this amount was $15,000, paid for by a combination of departmental and endowed foundation funds.
Supplemental Materials
Not Applicable
Discipline Focus
Humanities
Diversity Group ( Social Identity)
Ability/Disability, First Generation, Gender, Military/Veteran Status, Race/Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, Socioeconomic Status
Race/Ethnic Group
American Indian, Asian, Black, Hispanic/ Latinx groups, Pacific Islander, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiians
Program, Initiative, Policy or Sponsored Award Category
Priority 1: Academic Initiative
Established
Feb 2021
Number Served
0-50
Notable Alumni
The Award is too new to have alumni yet. This will be updated once they graduate the program.
Research Components and Activities
Not Applicable
Self-efficacy Emphasis
The goal of the Fellowship is to provide resources for ameliorating the historically exclusionary practices of the discipline. Fellows are provided with support commensurate with their abilities and prospects for contributing to this goal.
Acknowledgement/Affirmation of Identity, Strengths, Needs
The Fellowship is aimed to explicitly affirm the identities of its recipients, as well as the strengths that they bring to the program. It does this by providing public recognition of those qualities as well as financial support.
Examples of Inclusionary Practices and Activities
Additional Information
(I was unsure whether this referred to the specific initiative being discussed here or the Philosophy department in general. Many of these are in place in the department generally, but not in the Altman Scholarship specifically. I can provide more details if needed.)
Participant Empowerment
Mentoring Components
Not Applicable
Opportunities to Privilege Voice
Altman Scholars are publicly recognized as such, allowing their voices to be centered among their peers and among the departmental faculty.
Evaluation Methods
Not Applicable
Anticipated Participant Outcomes
Not Applicable
Outcome Milestones
The program has just been initiated and so there is not any outcome data yet.
Program, Initiative, Policy or Sponsored Award Category
Priority 1: Academic Initiative
Established
Feb 2021
Number Served
0-50
Notable Alumni
The Award is too new to have alumni yet. This will be updated once they graduate the program.
Research Components and Activities
Not Applicable
Please describe how your program addresses self-efficacy (one's beliefs in their own ability to execute behaviors necessary to perform) in its participants?
The goal of the Fellowship is to provide resources for ameliorating the historically exclusionary practices of the discipline. Fellows are provided with support commensurate with their abilities and prospects for contributing to this goal.
How does your program acknowledge or affirm individuals’ different identities, strengths, or needs?
The Fellowship is aimed to explicitly affirm the identities of its recipients, as well as the strengths that they bring to the program. It does this by providing public recognition of those qualities as well as financial support.
Inclusionary practices/activities utilized in your program:
Additional Information
(I was unsure whether this referred to the specific initiative being discussed here or the Philosophy department in general. Many of these are in place in the department generally, but not in the Altman Scholarship specifically. I can provide more details if needed.)
Participant Empowerment
Mentoring Components
Not Applicable
Opportunities to Privilege Voice
Altman Scholars are publicly recognized as such, allowing their voices to be centered among their peers and among the departmental faculty.
Evaluation methods are used to substantiate the program’s outcomes:
Not Applicable
Anticipated participant outcomes for your program:
Not Applicable