Mental Health & Disability Network for Philosophy Grad Students
A pair of graduate students have created a network for graduate students in philosophy coping with mental and other health challenges, hosted primarily on Discord.
[Sara Hagale, “Walkerings” (detail)]
We’re writing on behalf of the Mental Health & Disability Network, a new student-led initiative for philosophy graduate students, with an invitation for the students in your department!
What is the Mental Health & Disability Network? It’s a multi-university network devoted to bringing together philosophy graduate students who are dealing with significant mental and other health challenges. Hosted primarily over Discord, the Mental Health & Disability Network has three aims: 1) to maintain a friendly, accommodating, and non-judgmental space in which peers can share their experiences and support one another; 2) to be an advocacy force that will assist in ongoing improvements to make our field an ever-kinder space conducive to everyone’s well-being; and 3) to work toward the broader de-stigmatization of mental health and disability in academia.
Any current philosophy graduate is welcome to join, no formal (or informal) health diagnosis necessary.
Interested students should contact Ms. Gustafson at [email protected].
Correction (9:21am): There was a typo in Ms. Rose’s email address in the initial version of this post. It has now been corrected.
