APPE Conference Acceptances/Rejections Provided
 All conference proposals, for the in person, virtual, and APPE RISE Pre-conference, have been reviewed and authors have been notified whether their submissions have been accepted. The email notifications came through Ex Ordo; please make sure that you received the notification as it included important information, including how to RSVP.
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Interactive Peer Review Workshop for Early Career Scholars
Following the APPE Conference, an Interactive Workshop on the Peer Review Process will be held at Old Dominion University, in Norfolk, Virginia. Applications to attend are now open. The workshop is designed specifically for advanced graduate students, post-docs, and early-career scholars, focusing on, but not limited to, STEM fields.
Workshop details:- Date: Sunday, February 23rd, 2025
- Time: 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- Location: Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Virginia)
- Presented by: The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) and Old Dominion University
Led by a team of experienced journal editors and research integrity educators, this hands-on workshop will provide:- A comprehensive walkthrough of the peer review process
- Practical tips to develop critical review skills and ethical considerations in peer review.
This event is an opportunity to enhance your professional development and build confidence in navigating the publication process.
Space is limited to 30 participants, so early application is encouraged. If you would like to be considered, submit your CV (no longer than 2 pages) along with a short paragraph explaining why you are interested in this workshop to l.anestidou@communitiesinscience.org and dena.plemmons@ucr.edu by January 6, 2025. |
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Seeking Your Suggestions for an APPE Reading Group
We are re-imagining the Ethically Curious Book Club. Please help us select books, chapters, articles, or other readings for APPE's "Great Reads in Ethics" reading group. We hope these regular reading and discussion meetings will vary by topic and in audience (and length of reading). For example, some might be for a general audience, and some may be more useful to people teaching in a specific area of ethics. We are interested in exploring different formats and methods as we continue to offer a variety of member benefits.
Past books have included:- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Is the Algorithm Plotting Against Us?: A Layperson's Guide to the Concepts, Math, and Pitfalls of AI, by Kenneth Wenger
- How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question, by Michael Schur
Which books, articles, or other types of reading material would you recommend? Fill out a form here. |
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Over the past few weeks, Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl regionals have taken place from California to the Chesapeake Bay and more than 160 universities and colleges--and nearly 200 teams--have participated. Next week, the cases for the APPE Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl® will be released, and all 36 national-qualifying teams will be announced.
Interested in volunteering to judge at the national competition, which will take place Feb. 22 and 23 in Norfolk, Virginia? Fill out this form. |
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Complete the Ethics Center Directors Survey
APPE is conducting a survey among Ethics Center Director consortium members to help us learn more about the important work being done at Ethics Centers, your interests in how our collective group of directors can be helpful to each other, and how to better structure our Summits themselves. Hopefully, this information will allow us to develop a more robust network and provide some resources (including information about salary, responsibilities, and role which you might be able to use in negotiating for salary increases or changes in your workload).
We will present the results of the survey at the upcoming 2025 Ethics Center Directors’ Summit at the APPE Conference on Feb. 20. All information will be aggregated (individual responses will remain confidential). The survey contains questions across four categories of demographics, professional duties, strategic initiatives, and goals for the Ethics Center Directors group. We anticipate that the survey will take no more than than 10 minutes, and greatly appreciate your response to learn more about our community. |
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APPE Member Benefit Spotlight: Teaching Ethics  APPE members have access to current and archived issues of Teaching Ethics, thanks to a partnership with The Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum (SEAC).
Members might be especially interested in the newest issues, which were guest edited by and feature APPE members. To view online content, you'll need to log in and access a link in the APPE Info Hub under the "Resources" tab.
The Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum (SEAC) was organized in 1999 to stimulate scholarship on ethics and the teaching of ethics in all academic disciplines and to afford an opportunity for the exchange of research. The Society sponsors the journal Teaching Ethics, organizes professional conferences, and provides resources for ethics instruction across the curriculum. |
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Newsy and Noteworthy
Ethics Bowlers in the News APPE Member News
University of Notre Dame students who attended APPE's Strategic Decision Making and Ethical Leadership undergraduate conference at the Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University included Student Government leaders Dawson Kiser (Student Body President) and Maeve Miller (Chief of Staff), and student group leaders Mark Metryoos (Founder, Equity in Business Initiative) and Michelle Seaberg (President, Black Business Association). They were accompanied by APPE member Jessica McMaus Warnell, who spoke at the event and also helped organize it in her role as co-chair of the Business Affinity Group. Read about the students' reflections on the event.
Jobs & Events
Have you seen our job and event emails? Limited free access to post jobs and events of interest in the weekly email (as well as in the Info Hub) is a benefit of membership. If you're a member and would like to submit something for consideration, just login to the Member portal, go to Job & Event Postings and click "add." Non-members can access the jobs and events by creating a login but must pay a fee to list positions and events. Reach out to contact@appe-ethics.org for more info.
We Want to Hear From You! To be featured as a member spotlight or if you have news to share, including books published, send us an email at membernews@appe-ethics.org. |
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Ethics Issue to Consider I've Just Seen A Face, 2024 Regional Case Set, Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl If you're traveling for the holidays you may soon find yourself faced with new technology being rolled out at airports across the U.S. As a case in this year's regional case set begins:
"Instead of showing your ID to an employee in the security line, you may find that you’re asked to insert it into a machine while a camera captures your image. The machine software will then determine whether that image matches the person on your ID. Some airports use databases for identification so that the ID does not even need to be scanned."
On first glance, perhaps it appears this is an improvement to the slow-moving security line. But as the cases so often do, it also lays out concerns about this technology and who has access to the data.
Read the case here (#2) and then discuss it with your traveling partners this holiday season. |
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