Sally Haslanger, the Ford Professor of Philosophy and Women’s and Gender Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has received the 2024 Philip L. Quinn Prize from the American Philosophical Association. The annual award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of philosophy and philosophers.
An MIT faculty member since 1998, Dr. Haslanger’s interdisciplinary scholarship links feminist studies, critical race theory, and issues of social justice with contemporary work in epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind. She has edited and authored several books, including What is Race: Four Philosophical Views (Oxford University Press, 2019) and the award-winning Resisting Reality: Social Construction and Social Critique (Oxford University Press, 2012).
In addition to her research endeavors, Dr. Haslanger is dedicated to promoting diversity in philosophy and beyond. She founded the Women in Philosophy Task Force and co-founded PISKI-Boston, a summer philosophy institute for undergraduates from underrepresented backgrounds.
Dr. Haslanger is a graduate of Reed College in Portland, Oregon, where she double-majored in philosophy and religion. She holds a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley.