The PGSA’s functions are performed by officers and committees. The following is a list of our officers and committees, a brief description of what they do, and the chairs of the committees.
Officers
President: Lauren Willson
Vice President: Zach Smith
Secretary-Treasurer: Marc Biemiller
Conference Committee Chair: Zach Smith
Social Committee Chair: Kevin Hollahan
Writing Committee Chair: Bob Bishop
Job Search Chair: Marshall Bierson
Grad Student Rep for Faculty Meetings: Marshall Bierson
Conference Committee
Description: The conference committee organizes and executes two conferences each year: the Free Will conference and the joint FSU & UF philosophy conference.
Chair: Mike Zahorec (mzahorec@fsu.edu)
Writing Committee
Description: The writing committee organizes a read-ahead workshop for graduate writing in the department. If you have a paper that you’re interested in sending to a conference or off for publication, consider workshopping the paper first with our writing group. The meetings are conducted as requested.
Chair: Bob Bishop (rbishop@fsu.edu)
Job Search Committee
Description: The Job Search Committee organizes a regular group that workshops application materials and will organize a couple stand-alone workshops for important pieces of the application process.
Chair: Marshall Thompson (mjthompson@fsu.edu)
SOCIAL COMMITTEE
Description: The social committee organizes and executes social functions for the PGSA, which is historically a department picnic held each semester at The Rez.
Chair: Lauren Willson (lwillson@fsu.edu)